Hey. Love your videos! Thanks for all that you do. In your review of the 423+ I couldn't tell if you said you could or could not use a 2.5/5GBe USB dongle with the 423+. I'm assuming you can, since it's the same processor as the 920/1520+.

Also. It has 2GB of ram. I was thinking of just adding a 16gig stick, since its so cheap and I'm assuming it will add a ton of performance. Do you think more ram will help? Or should I just go with a 4gb stick?

I plan to backup my wifes photogrophy all of our iphone photos and videos and run plex/jellyfin.

Bought 4 18TB Hard Drive Exos X18. Plan on running SHR

Hi i want to change my 2x 250gb ssd in raid 1/volume 1 config to 2x 500gb ssd in raid 1/volume 1 config. My data is stored on 2x 8tb seagate hdd's as volume 2 and i cant afford to lose the data on these drives. I have heard you can eject these drives chnage over your boot drives and reinsert them with no issues. I just wanted to know if this is the case before i commit to changing my boot drive.

Many thanks.

John

Looking into getting the Expansion DX517 by Synology. I cane across this on the page "To have better performance, we recommend creating storage volumes physically located within the same NAS or Expansion Unit, rather than creating volumes across your NAS and Expansion Unit." Can someone explain this in layman's terms? Or point me to a YouTube link?

I'm Mac based and live in an old house with a Deco mesh wifi system enabling us to have wifi at opposing ends of the house (despite thick walls). I would like to have central work storage so that I can work on a laptop in one room and if I want to, be able to work at the other end of the house and access the same files at a good speed. I am a graphic designer so it might be quite large files. Is this possible? Thanks for your help Philippa

I've got a DS920+ that I am considering as a primary for Surveillance. However, as you know, it is HDMI deficient! Short of getting a DVA1622, is there a HDMI solution for the DS920 that works as well as the direct option of the 1622? Thanks

I have an old Cisco NSS 324 (don't laugh) and it was never really used. EOL was around 2012 I think? I am just dusting it off and really really need to update the firmware. Mine is 1.0 and Cisco went to 1.5 if memory serves. If I am reading correctly some Qnap upgrades work. Do you know where I could D/L the firmware? Any help is much appreciated.

Good day guys, hope your doing well. I have 3 quick questions:

1. Does the “Backup & Restore” in QNAP HBS3 do backups in a way where it captures the OS, installed apps, app settings/configs so lets say God forbid there is a system crash or ransomware you can actually restore the entire system from backup without having to reinstall apps & reconfigure them?
2. If HBS3 doesn’t accomplish my above mentioned question. Does Snapshots accomplish it?
3. If neither Snapshots or HBS does this what can be used on a QNAP to get this done?

I'm setting up my home surveillance system. Right now planning 5 4k cameras ran via POE. I have been looking at the Synology DVA3221 and QNAP QVP41B. I have been unable to find a source of comparison between the 2. I have found videos on each but none that cover the same aspects. What would you recommend and why? What surveillance drives would you recommend, I have no experience with this type of drive.

I am somewhat familiar with Synology as I am currently using a DS920+ with WD Red Pro drives, but want my surveillance to be separate and want the AI features.

Thanks for your help!

Ryan

I’m buying my first NAS, mostly for file management and redundancy for family home movies and photos. None of the videos are 4k, and I have no plans to rip and store DVDs on the NAS. I’m thinking of getting a synology DS923+ but I read reviews and comments about the lack of a gpu making hardware transcoding impossible. Is this something that will impact watching the home movies/videos from the NAS?

I use a DS918+ with 4x4TB WD Red Plus drives at home. I just ordered 4x10TB WD Red Plus drives to expand capacity. Now I am wondering if this is an opportunity to use the old drives at an off-site location for backup. I currently use C2 Hyper Backup, but I would also like another NAS to store at a friend's house. Should I upgrade my enclosure at home and use the 918+ for remote backup, or should I keep the 918+ at home and purchase a cheaper Synology 4-bay enclosure as the backup? The 918+ has worked flawlessly since new. Thank you for any recommendations and replies!