Hi,

I currently have a Asustor Lockerstar Gen 2 - 2 Bay Nas.

This has done well for me and is at a good price point for the performance onto of a OS That i found easy to work with alongside portainer despite a learning process.

My primary focus is on this being a Media Drive with streaming to people outside via JellyFin.

Looking for 5 bays minimum however if the price/performance is sufficient i am open to adustments in bays/budget.

I have been able to do this with the Lockerstar Gen 2 and it's Intel Processor very well and i am reluctant with other choices that may struggle with transcoding. However this is partially due to my lack of experience and history with alternatives.

Any suggestions and direction would be appreciated, thanks!

Can I create 2 volumes of raid 5 one using 5x8T drives and other 10tx5. PrimaryV1 backup to Vw.

Do you see a problem with this method and can it be done?

Dear guys,

I am reaching out in a state of final desperation. I have lost access to 12TB of data on my TBS-464 NAS after installing a new QTS firmware. The device is now stuck in a perpetual installation loop, and I am unable to progress past the installation step (where I choose "Reset Factory Settings" after which it reboots). No matter what I try, I always return to the same installation screen.

In the past, I resolved a similar issue by installing an older firmware version (QTS 5.0.0-2131 build 20220815), but now I am unable to locate this firmware version for download. It appears to have disappeared from the QNAP servers. I have already tried installing several different QTS versions, but none of them have worked to restore normal operation.

Could you please advise how I might obtain this specific firmware version or offer any alternative solutions to regain access to my data?

Thank you for your help. Much appreciated!

Hi I have an Omen 30L HP Pc with no thunderbolt 3, I don't have the hardware for 10gbe network yet. I've been frustrated with performance demonstrations with 10gbe speeds - I have terabytes of 4K -8K data and installed 2 2tb NVME's in both my NAS's

I'm considering switching to Mac system and would like to be portable as well as have beefy editing setup.
Can I connect to both my Qnaps individually to the new MacBook Pro M4 MAX via thunderbolt and connect an external display to treat the MacBook like a home station and get fast Thunderbolt editing speeds via plugging in direct?

Hi I didn't follow your setup guide when I first bought this NAS and have populated 30TB already. Experiencing problems with NAS and would like to pay you guys at NASCompares for a 1 on 1 Zoom meeting to discuss how to fix my system, improve thrust and discuss managing expansion . I've heard you mention the 1 on 1 previously on YouTube and would love your help and to pay you for it. let me know if we can make this work

Bought an AS6508T. installed 2 8TB ironwolf HD and 2 2T m.2 cards. The device is only recognising 1 M.2 card and the other is listed as inactive. The iron wolf 8TB drives are functioning as they should. How do i get the system to recognize the 2nd M.2 card and make them both active on the suystem? Thanks, Anil

Dear Sir
I require a new NAS unit to replace my old DROBO N5. I was expanding this unit at the time that DROBO collapsed and have laid of adding any data to it as it is no longer supported.
The DROBO N5 contains 5 disks as below 4 being new. Any recommendations to replace this unit would be welcome?
And are these Disks suitable for new units

New WD Green 2.0TB SATA/ 64MB Cache WD20EZRX
New WD Green 2.0TB SATA/ 64MB Cache WD20EZRX
New WDl Red PLus WD20EFZX SATA 6Gb/s NX HA 510 NASware3.0
Old TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 1.0TB Oct 2015
New WD Red PLus WD20EFZX SATA 6Gb/s NX HA 510 NASware3.0
6.30 TB Capacity

I would be looking for a new cloud connection as the one I have (Elephant Drive) is not the easiest to use or afford.

Hope you can help great videos by the way.

Paul Lunnon

Want to setup music file server to use with Audirvana software from Apple MacMini M4 w/ USB-C ports. /i have 4 TB WD 3.5" drives can use in RAID 5 config. Have a Sabrent Ethernet to Thunderbolt adapter.

Happy to pay you for assistance Zelle or Paypal

Hi,

I wanna get a NAS and I want to be able to use it for video editing. The Main question I have is which NAS would be the main recommendation for my use case.

I have done some researching myself and I am personally looking at the rs1221+ and the UNAS Pro.
I only really intend to use the NAS for storage, which is why the latter is an option IMO and quiet good budget wise. The main Concern I have is the weaker CPU in the UNAS Pro not being sufficient to saturate the full 10GB sfp+ connection

Just wondering if you have or are planning on doing a review video for the latest (version 2) Asustor Drivestor 2 Pro Gen2 AS3302T v2? And how it compares to v1

Many Thanks

Andy