Hi, still using Drobo, but want to upgrade/replace before I have an issue. Large format photography (HUGE files up to 20GB per image), have 7TB of work files now. Not needing PLEX or even remote access, just want to share working data across 2 machines on the network. Can use fast NVME external drive for working with active data, then want to move "keepers" to the NAS/DAS. Raid 5 preferred, but currently have a mix of 6 and 4 TB drives. Offsite backup is currently managed manually for every project. Thank you!

Hi, I'm wondering if you might be able to help.
A Thecus N7700 Pro v1 that has been running without issue (firmware version 5.03.02) for the past 13 years has recently failed. Upon reboot the unit gets stuck at the Self Testing ... stage based upon the orange status LED.
Thecus support want $200 to raise a support ticket - pointless as the unit is no longer accessible over any network. It could either be that the on-board double NIC has failed or the dual DOM itself.
As the unit has no video output socket troubleshooting the issue is problematic to say the least. What I haven't been able to ascertain is what specific hardware that is needed to allow the drives to all be mounted on another PC and how to image the drives and use the images to recover the data.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,

Please can you give me your opinion for 2 BAY Synology NAS, primarily for a PLEX and Picture (take care in Lightroom) storage?

Dear NasCompares team,

Hope you are doing great!

I was wondering if you could give me an advice on which QNAP NAS should I choose.

We used to have an TVS-472 that died last week and im wondering if I should buy the TVS-h674 or the TS-h973AX.

As a Photography business we would like to continue to work directly from the NAS and use it to share large video files.

Thanks in advance for your support!

Best Regards

First, my network will upgrade to 2.5G Wan. An intranet is a 10GbE connection between Mac Mini with OWC 10GbE with a wifi router. And now I'm using the Drobo 5C ( I have 6 pcs of 3TB HDD) and want to replace him with NAS. 

For this NAS, I hope it will: 
1: For Mac Mini ext-drive storage doc, photo and video in Raid 5 and a time machine, 
2: Sync the Baidu online cloud for backup.
3: Replace and sync google drive for accessing my business catalogues.
4: Storage the music in NAS and play it in Mac Mini.
5: Easy to upgrade the HDD size in the future.

Now I am looking at DS1621+ and TS-832PX, which are nearly identical in price.
1: DS1621+ without 10Gbe after add the second hand X540-T2 the price still in my budget.
2: Qnap, is it still easily a hack? (this very important because I don't want to waste time and money)
3: In my case, will 4gb run enough? If not, Synology needs ECC ram. It may be a little bit over budget.

Or you can advise the cheaper NAS that can fit my use. Thanks.

I never used NAS before, just DAS. Now that Drobo is finished, I want to use found a new backup way with NAS. For this NAS, I also want to replace the Google Drive for my iPad to connect, download or access my business catalogues.

My network will upgrade to 2.5Gbe Wan and 10Gbe intranet. And I already have 6 3TB HDD.

Now I'm looking at two NAS one is DS1621+ and TS-832PX.
Both prices are under USD860 in Hong Kong.

Question
1: Qnap is more potent than Synology but easy to hack. If I sync with my cloud, will it be easy to hack?
2: If DS1621+ need 10Gbe need to add nearly USD150 for the LAN card?
3: For the second-hand market, Synology is more valuable.

May I have some advice on which one is fitter my case?

Hi.
Thanks a million for all your incredibly informative YT videos.
I'm just about to by myself synology 923+ I want one good system for storing my photos and videos.
I'm a photographer amateur.

My question is if I would be able to run the synology on myfi only. In my house this was the best option as WiFi was slow.
Also possibly I'll be moving back to Poland so didn't want long broadband contract.

I understand that to set up synology i need to connect it via cable to a router...
I can do that taking my laptop to my work where I've got a WiFi...
Will i be able then after to bring it back and use it only on the mobile (myfi) with my PC? Or contacted to my PC via Ethernet?

I'm sorry this is all completed and I hope that this all make sense what I'm trying to ask for.

I wish you all the best and thank you in advance.

Kriss

Hi guys,
I bought a Synology DS423+ to run as a home plex media server.
I went down the JBOD route (I know this isn't a popular option, but backups are not a problem, as I have this sorted another way).
I've added 4 drives 18TB/12TB/5TB and 2TB
I have 4TB of Music, 10TB TV and 14TB of Movies
I'm still uploading all to Plex, and is taking a while.
Firstly, I'm getting a lot of the time (no matter what device I try to access the Plex NAS on) Something went wrong. I've left it so the plex is only detecting intro's on the TV shows (which is taking soooooo long), and it's still saying this a lot of the time. Is this because I've added a huge amount at once and need to optimise the database? I'm hoping so as ill do that once finished adding everything.
I also have a spare 128GB SSD NVME...is it worth installing or should I not bother. IF I should, how should I utilise it.
I am only using this NAS for Plex
THX in advance

Hello, I am approaching my data limit on my existing QNAP TS-453A (running RAID 10, with 14.10 TB usable storage, all slots filled), and I am looking to expand my storage.

Current use case is holding media for my Intel NUC to MAP it in Windows and behave as a Plex Media Server.

I am considering building my own NAS and not buying a NAS, and considering building an 8-bay NAS (RAID 5).

How cost-effective and reasonable is this for my current use case? Is a DIY NAS power consumption much more than an off the shelf NAS?

Hi. I have been watching lots of your videos especialy on the DS3622xs+. I’m using macbook pro m2 max to edit my 4k videos. I already been using DS418 however only for storage. I would like to upgrade to DS3622xs+ so that I can edit my 4k videos while connecting to the NAS via the 10gbps connection as i know it had 2 10gbpe ports. Will i be able to edit smoothly the 4k timeline without any drop frame and can scrub through the timeline smoothly with this setup? Appreciate your advice. Thanks.