I feel torn between choosing ECC or transcoding, in the prebuilt arena it seems to be mostly choosing one or the other. If I go the DIY route I feel overwhelmed in CPU/motherboard options and those that have both ECC and tanscoding seem to be mostly power hungry CPUs. I came across a youtube video of someone who had a synology with an AMD cpu (couldn't transcode) but was using a Xima board for transcoding. Started thinking pairing a Xima board with a 1522+/1525+ to get the best of both worlds. In looking at power consumption seemed to beat out those CPUs that had both ECC/transcodinng. Is this a smart option or not a great idea? Would love to see a video on this if it is not a dumb idea.

Hello NAS Compares!

Thank you so much for your videos and help.

I work for a production company as a video editor and we recently upgraded our system to a QNAP TS-453BT3 connected to an M4 Mac Studio running macOS Sequoia. They are connected directly with 10GB ethernet. We use Premiere Pro to edit feature documentaries with our project files and footage all stored on the QNAP.

The problem I'm having is Premiere is taking multiple hours to access the files (what it calls "relinking media&quot every time I open a project. Once the project is open and relinked the speeds are fine but the opening time is crazy. Our old system (Drobo to Mac Studio) opened and relinked the same projects within a few minutes every time.

I'm wondering if there is anything I can do to speed up my read speeds, I read online about mounting the NAS as NFS instead of SMB (how it is mounted by default)? What would you recommend for our situation? Any advice is appreciated!

Thanks so much!

I have looked around the blog and I saw that you recommended ugreen nas for photos as there system is more advanced in AI over synology.
So I’m think of purchasing DXP2800 for starts but worried for some reasons if you can explain to me:
1. Is there a limit on number of accounts for ugreen? If I purchase DXP2800 or DXP4800+? As I will share the NAS with my family and friends probably.
2. Will you recommend 2800 or 4800+? And what size of storage to buy?
3. What type or brand of HDD? Redbox or iron wolf pro or another ?
4. If I started with the DXP2800 and wanted more storage can I buy another 2 or 4 bay nas and connect them together under the same account?
5. There is no dealer for ugreen in Bahrain so I will make an order online and ship it. Is there a place that you recommend to buy from and if they provide international warranty?

Thanks for your help .

Dear NAS compare,

After reviewing the Zettlab NAS. A question raised for this one. Regarding the hot-swapping function of this NAS. As currently the device is not support hot-swapping currently in the Kickstarter comments, and it will be researched. Based on the current hardware your received for testing, could you please comments if this device could support hot-swapping in the future, just lack of software capability, or simply, the hardware cannot support hot-swapping?

Thanks,
Drake

working to switch from synology and got stuck on a base unit from terramaster (F6-424 max) but i cant find a good explonation of waht to get for a expander case to it so i dont need multi nas units with the same stuff installd when it´s max uppgraded ... or can i get anny DAS and cornect it?

Hey guys.. I have a DS920+ that I currently use.. However I'm looking to back this up - Do you suggest going to the cloud or having a second nas?

It has pictures on it and files.. including my business graphic design items.

Hey ! I've been reading and watching tons of information about NASes for over a month and still cannot decide. Luckily I got into this wonderful forum and I hope you guys can help me.

I'm a regular home user, have a lot of photos, movies, ISO files etc, completely running out of space on my PC. That's why I decided to get my first 2 bay NAS. 
My first choice was Synology DS224+however the more I read the less I know, therefore I will try to summarize my needs
I would like to have a plug & play device (therefore building my own is of the table, I'd rather go for complete devices).  My needs are:

• autosyncing photos & movies from my android smartphones and having an access to them via dedicated android app
  
• I have a Samsung TizenOS TV and would like to stream 4K movies from NAS to my TV via internet (I know that I'd have to sideload apps for TizenOS, but as well I have a chromecast 4k as backup). 
  
• Access to NAS from my phone anywhere I am
  
• NAS on HDDs however It would be nice if it had NVME slot as well. I will want to add some RAM as well
  
• Running HomeAssistant 
  

Hi, I am looking for storage options that are both secure and convenient. My current use case is just to clear off space off my phone (Photos and videos) which has only 256GB of storage. I am looking for a long term solution for this use case and want to bring my old photos and videos over (about 1.7 TB). I have looked at the Synology BeeDrive and BeeStation. and both seems to offer only up to 4TB and the Beedrive has no form of password protection.

I am considering a NAS just for the purpose of having at least 8TB of storage, redundancy, security and scalability.
Is it a good idea or should I just stick with external HDDs?

Looking to Backup files from 5 Macs on two volumes, one HDD and one SSD. Needed: RAID 1 or 5 on both volumes, 10GB networking, Future option to run <3 docker containers. Nice to have: Low idle power, Quiet, Not rack mount

Planning to upgrades DS916+ and notice with the new Synology only support Synology hard drive. I use the NAS for data and video surveillance.
What type of drive should I purchase if planning to run surveillance which will be compatabile with the new 2025NAS.
Will synology make toshiba S300 video drives compatible with the new 2025 NAS.