I am considering the ASUSTOR AS6702T 2nd Gen NAS. I want to use it for a PLex Server at home with little if any streaming outside my network.
I have questions.
1. Will the 6702 work with just 4 M.2 drives installed, no SATA drives.
2. SATA III drives are supported but I was wondering if legacy older drives are backward comparable?
3. Can you use SSD drives instead of spinning drives, so I can make the unit quiet?

Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks for the help and a donation is coming.
Leo

I have a QNAP TS-251 with two WD Red 4TB drives, which recently experienced a failed backplane. I believe the drives are both good, but the RAID is degraded as a result of the backplane. I purchased a new QNAP TS-464 and 2 new 8TB Seagate Ironwolf drives. I'm wondering what would be the best approach to migrating my existing data.
I hope to continue to use all 4 drives, but won't installing the old drives in the new NAS require a reformatting in order to set up the new Storage Pool?

Hello,

I have been using my Synology NAS DS720+ without any issues for past 3 years with default 2GB RAM. Now I started to experiment with docker a bit and with couple of containers running I started to run out of memory. I have read all the articles regarding the RAM upgrade and compatible modules and I aware of the risk and benefits :-) But what is not clear to me:

1. If I buy a 16GB tested stick, should I replace the default one with that or not? Or can I leave the 2GB there and add 16GB to free slot to have 18GB in total?
2. In some of the articles you mentioned that you recommend to install two same sticks at once. Should I understand it as Synology NAS supports Dual-Channel? So it is better to install 2x8GB instead 1x16GB?

Many thanks in advance

Tomas

Tomas

I was interested in the Asustor Flashtor 6 FS6706T because of the SSD storage, price, and being quiet. However, it appears as not available on AMAZON and other providers. Perhaps it is no longer in production. Can you make a recommendation for an alternative model?

1. Thank you for your videos (as well as your previous response dissuading me from the DS223 in favor of Intel-based new releases from Asustor or Synology).

I recently bought the AS5402T from Amazon and used your reference link (I hope it worked for you to get a commission, even though there wasn't a direct link, i.e. I took your reference link to Amazon but then had to navigate to the AS5402T).

2. Why do you say the Flashstor may be a better value than the Nimbustor Gen2 in your recent video (Con#4)? If I only intend to use up to 4 of the NVMe slots, wouldn't the Nimbustor (at $369) be a better value than the Flashtor (at $529) w/ identical specs?

3. In that same Nimbustor Gen2 video, you mention that NVMe speeds are restricted: should I not buy the latest and greatest NVMe SSD then, i.e. is there a specific SSD generation or speed I should look for in order to not buy a high end SSD which will be throttled?

Thank you so much for your videos! I've been matching many of them!

Hi been watching your videos for awhile. It lead me to purchase my first Nas Qnap TS-664 with 6x20TB seagate exos enterprise drives. I live in a 800sqft apartment. The HDDS are so loud can hear them in every room even outside my front door. The Nas itself is not noisy but the drives are insane. Can you recommend some quieter drives at least 20tb. I’m using the Nas as a plex server if that makes a difference with raid 5. any advice would be greatly appreciated haven’t been able to use it much because of the noise and my neighbors

I have a couple questions about the AI Photos.

I am one of those who has a mix of photos from and Old DSLR, sony cam, and old and new iPhones.

typically I just dump into a PHOTO folder, and when i get around to I'd semi organize the photos by YEAR and if there were enough, by event, 

So not a lot of sorting, but more than 10 years worth. 

My Questions:

Does the AI take into consideration the folders and subfolders when it's organize the files in Photos?

The Photos app doesn't move or copy the files, It just maps to them right? maybe creates thumbnails for each?

Hi, I have a DS 920+ 3 8TB Western Digital drives 5400 rpm and 256 cash and 1 with 4 TB.The problem is that I want to change the fourth one to also 8 TB but they don’t sell that unit anymore. Western Digital only sells now 8 TB with 7200 RPM and 256 cash or 8TB 5600 rpm and 128 cash could I maybe buy a different brand that has the same specifications in cash and RPM. The second question is if I buy SSD for cash will that help when I want to see my pictures that I have saved on my hard drive because it’s very slow now and yes I have over 10,000 pictures.

Best regards Cerim

Is there a NAS that could recieve/store images from a Canon EOS R5 camera over a WiFi network via the image.Canon app or any other NAS app?

Hi Nas Compares,

Can you please help me with my first NAS? I would like to have 2 bay NAS but if there is any reasonable option for 4 bay, why not.

My use case is to have it mainly for
:: photos to back up and share with family
:: storage for movies and series so I can connect remotely and play it when needed to my kids during travels
:: backup of my phone and laptop (mainly selected files on PC). If possible to have snapshot of the entire phone with apps preferred (not sure if possible)

The amount of data I currently have is around 1.5 TB


I was considering Synology DS223j as an entry series, but I cannot increase ram or change the LAN ports. Now the question, do I need more RAM, SSD or 10 GB port for the above use case? Is the entry level limited in any way that I wont be able to do the listed tasks above?

I really don't mind paying more bucks if it will last, but I don't want to buy high-end NAS and not use it to its full potential.

Thank you for any advice.