Two questions: First, when editing off the NAS, is the editing software like Davinci Resolve installed on the NAS or the computer? Second, we need to have two computers connected to a QNAP TVS-h674 and work at the same time. Will the i3 version or the i5 version make a difference in our use case? Is the i5 version worth it? Thanks!

NAS

Freelance graphic designer and web developer. Starting to build up a decent amount of client work files. Currently utilising a dropbox folder and periodically backing up to a 2TB G Technology DAS.

Looking to put in place a future-proofed solution to store and backup work files, currently storing around 700GB on Dropbox, just me working from home and an office location from a MacBook Pro.

Started researching, stumbled across Synology and your videos - Great content, definitely wrapping up the market for NAS research. Saw the DS273+ and the DS220+, any recommendations welcome. Not tied to Synology but saw that it had the functionality to link with Dropbox and cloud sync?

New to NAS, not sure if NAS is right way to go. Fairly competent in setting up tech.

I am an independent doc Cinematographer/editor/post guy desperately needing to expand and simplify my storage for projects. Very frustrated that there still seem no great solutions. Anything new you are aware of since your excellent review agreeing with the above? Am eying OWC Thunder at 8 (or even 4, despite having no rack to mount it in!) so I can use PCI slot for a black magic decklink. Some say use Apple Raid mirroring with this set up? Ideas? Advice? THANK YOU!

Hi - Thank you for your informative videos.

I'm looking for a first NAS to solve the following purposes

1) Music/Movies - Home network/share (Plex?) for digitized music from CDs and DVDs purchased over the years

2) Photos - transfer from Google Photos and old local backups from GPhotos/Apple/point and shoot cams

3) Videos - long GoPro videos of adventure sports

4) Documents - repository for old school/college notes, scanned documents, etc

5) Services - I need a server to run a Homebridge instance, a WebdavNAV server (to backup Omnifocus)

6) Optional services I'm considering but not critical - Monica CRM, NVR for IP-based security cameras

I am somewhat tech savvy (can build a PC, install/setup a linux box and used to be a software eng in a past career) but don't have experience with Docker/VMs

Thank you for your advice!

Love your youtube channel. great info. keep it up!! I just bought the Synology DS418
Not sure if I really need RAID.
Is it possible to use 2 bays as RAID and 2 as just drives?

I'm a podcast coach and have a handful of client's shows that I edit as well. So need 2 backups for my projects. Also do videos as part of 'work'. (total around 3TB) On the personal side of things I have photos , legal stuff, docs and other stuff totaling (around 1TB)

If have the Sinology unit but haven't bought the drives yet. I've got a 1TB SSD that I can use plus many NON-NAS drives but am willing to buy NAS. Wanting to backup a little work and personal backups and replace the 7 drives around my workspace). Defiantly need to be able to access data from the road. Don't need to "after a breach" be up and running for my hundreds of employees. No that serious.
So if I'm not using RAID - would I just use the SHR setting and then hyperbackup?
Hope this is clear. Open to suggestions. THANK YOU!

To Whom It May Concern:

Do you know if I can use WD Red Pro drives with Synology RS2423+? Only Synology drives are listed on the compatibility list.

Are there any drawbacks? Do you recommend a different brand?

Thanks. Your help is much appreciated.

David

Good afternoon,

What do I have:
MAC Studio (OS 12.6.5)
Synology 920+ (in Synology RAID),
Synology DS220J (Mirror RAID)
Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station

What do I do:
I am a photographer, I work 99% of the time on images, seldom on videos.

What do I need:
the fastest possible connection between the computer and the NAS (mainly the 920)

Any suggestion about best hardware and/or software configuration to achieve « decent » transfer speeds?

Thanks,

Would the TS-264 be a good replacement for our current ts-219p+ ? Can I buy the TS-264 and install 2 SATA SSDs in RAID 1 for total storage? Can you recommend best disk\storage to use? (2 HDDs only or 2 HDDs & SSD cache or just 2 SATA SSDs)

Appreciate the recommendations.

Thanks

Hi

Recently seen your video for the Asustor Flashstor 6 and looks interesting (apart from price of SSD drives).

Was wondering what you would choose yourself as a home user for showing movies, backups, website and poss other things between the Asustor Flashstor 6 or Synology DS920 (when refurbished are released as still waiting for those)

In both instances 4 x 4TB drives

For the Asustor Flashstor 6 am assuming that the Crucial P3 Plus 4TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe Internal SSD would work ?

Also, taking into account the software that comes with the NAS which is the better for a home user (asking as not seen anything mentioned about software that comes with the Asustor Flashstor 6)

Regards

Steve

Hello,

Do you have any updated information on DS223+?
So much time without news.

I need to upgrade soon (during this year) and I don't want to upgrade from my DS220j to a DS220+ to find out that 223+ is way better..

Do you hove more detailed information on the specs and/or when it will come out? If it will come out at all?

Isn't suposed Synology to renew its models using this year prefix?

Thank you very much, I love your work, specially on youtube