Hi,
I was looking deal to buy Synology DS923+ currently priced at $730 in India
Now Im getting Synology DS1621+ for $525 with 6 months warranty. Shall I go for it as it gives me additional bays
Want to use it for storage of my personal stuff and use the plex too

Everytime i try to set up my F2-423 Terramaster, i have virtual server enabled and set up, port forwarding, but i keep getting this Error, even with all firewalls turned off..
any idea?

Debating between the DS220+, and the DS723+.   The DS723+ only has (1) USB port, and I want to have a UPS connected to it, for automated power down, as well as a USB External Hard Drive, for backups.  It appears the DS220+ “has” 2 USB ports, whereas the DS723+ only has 1 USB port.  I’d prefer to use the DS723+, and thought “maybe” I could use a USB Hub, which would allow me to connect a USB hard drive , as well as the UPS cable from my APC Smart UPS.   Any thoughts on this, i.e., possible to use a USB Hub, to give me more than “1” USB connection on the DS723+ … ?  Thanks in advance for your help!

hi Rob,

I have a DS920+ (4 x 8TB Ironwolf NAS drives, SHR) that I have never quite got running as it should specifically for photos. I recently upgraded to DSM 7.2 and with the upgraded Photos app I want to fully utilize it's features. Specifically, I have about 12TB of "family" files of both photos and videos. I have them categorized in folders by "Year", then in folders by "EventName_Date" and within those folders the individual files. My organizational structure works well for me to manually find images from specific events quickly.
However, I would now like to index all of my photos (and videos if possible) so I can do a name search in Synology Photos to find specific people throughout my entire collection without restructuring my entire organizational structure.
Can I do a photo search for a specific person with my existing file structure or do the photos need to be moved into a special "Photos" directory in order to be searchable?
Love your channel, many thanks!
Rob Bos

Setting up a new QNAP TS-462 mostly for Plex Multimedia. Is it best to first install the SSD's as Raid 1 and set them up as storage and install QTS and the apps such as Plex Media Server on these 2x1TB devices? Then install the 4x6TB HD's as Raid 5 and setup the shared Movies Folder, etc. on the HD's? Or is it best to just install all the drives at once setting the SSD's in Raid1 as cashing and the HD's in Raid 5 and install QTS and everything on the HD's.

2 - SSD's are WD Red SN700 NVMe - 1TB each
4 - Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN00451 - 6TB each (Repurpose from non working QNAP TS=453Bmini)

Thank you for any suggestions you can provide...........Jose

Hello, can you tell me how many User can access the DS220+ at the same Time. I want to use the Nas as iCloud Apple Music alternative for my family wich has 10 Members who would use the nas. Thanks for your help

Hi, I've been setting up hyper backup for my synology DS423+ and was wondering if the application data which is uploaded takes up a lot of space? I'm just trying to work out if it's work it.

I've already got 7.5TB i'm backing up to C2, and just wondering if it's going to add a lot more.

Many thanks,
Lee

Hello. I have Synology DS215j right now. I use it to backup my Photos and some critical documents. I wanted to use it to store my music, notes from phone (replace Google Keep), calendar, contacts, some financial spreadsheets - BUT - it's extremely slow. I mean UI. For backing up my photos and docs it's good enough though I'm sad that backup takes a lot of time, and browsing photos even in local network is slow. I moved email and calendar/contacts to fastmail, passwords to bitwarden but I wanted to give Synology another try. But I want fast working, responsive solution. I wanted to run some docker containers (for some notes and finance/music stuff) and I really don't know if DS220+ is enough (how much ram?) or should I use DS723+ or DS923+ - and with or without NVMe cache drives and how much RAM would be necessairy? I'd like to browse UI services smoothly. Can you help with that? Thanks

My Mom broke her iPhone 11 recently, my last manual iTunes backup was from 2020. She doesn't want her stuff on the cloud. We were able to get the phone repaired and perform an itunes backup. This started my quest to locate a NAS that would be capable of handling simple automated backups. The only youtube videos relating to backing up an iPhone to a NAS were for Synology. I'd prefer an itunes quality disk image backup solution if possible but the most important data i'd like backed up are: pics, vids, contacts/calendars, texts.
Due to the cost of NAS devices, it doesn't make sense to me to spend $500 (including drives) on the cheapest NAS just to back up a handful of my families phones. I'd rather spend a bit more for increased capabilities & longevity. I work as a computer repair tech. Prefer 4-bay, was looking at TS-464 or DS423+. Use for file storage/backup, video storage (like plex).

Hi there, new viewer to the chanel and taking you up on the offer of free support.

Looking for a Home 2 bay nas raid to achieve the following:

Backup and viewing of family photos/video. (over wifi from Apple phones would be a plus)
Direct playback of movie & tv files up to 4K 10bit (no transcoding needed) to an Apple TV 4K Box / Tv with built in Plex / Kodi
Able to run sabnzbd, Sonarr, Radarr (Docker would be a plus)
Able to attach extra accessible drives (like ssd).

Don't mind goin gdown the used market route.

Keeping things short and sweet as I imagine you get a tonne of these.

Thanks for your help, much apprecited as I feel my head may explode at the rate i've been consuming information on the subject.

Tim