I have used a Synology DS215J at home for a number of years with no problem. I have 2 x WDC WD30EFRX-68EUZNO 2.7TB hard drives which are still working fine and show as "healthy"
I am looking to get another NAS in order to be able to run PLEX, a VPN and ADBLOCK since I am no longer able to update DSM past version 6.2.
I was thinking of maybe a 4 four bay NAS so that I could utilise my existing 2 hard drives at first and then purchasing 2 more at a later date as funds allow. Is this feasible with such old drives? And if so what would you recommend? I managed to set up the 2 drives years ago in a simple RAID setup in order to mirror each other but I am a NOOB really, so ease of setup would be good.
I need to have a fairly easy load, in that I back up all mt documents, files and media straight to the NAS and do not keep much on my PC or Laptop.
TIA

I need to find the an easy way to copy my files from my Drobo 5n2 to my Synology 1821+. I was wondering if it’s possible to connect my Synology to another NAS directly. I’m new to Synology and it’s a bit confusing with all the options? Both my Drobo and Synology are connected by 1gb Ethernet into a 1gb switch (on the same network). I have to move 17tb of data. Would I need to keep my Mac turned on while this process is happening as DSM seems to be web based or could I connect one of the Ethernet cables from the Drobo directly to the Synology? Many thanks and apologies for the newbie question.

Hello there.

I have been scratching my head for a while now. Most of the time I can't decide between DS923+ and DS423+. I feel as if I want the former for how much it offers, but then I'm not sure if I will ever utilise it. The latter appeals to me as I want to share my Plex library.

I'm a software engineer and I spin up a lot of my local environments from my PC. Being able to use Docker on NAS is very appealing, but not sure if I truly need it?

And lastly (which probably should be mentioned first) I am an iPhone user and I run mainly Windows at home. Originally I wanted to migrate my iCloud photos to NAS but I understand that I can't just simply move my library there and I’m not interested in replacing Apple photos with something like Synology photos. I probably would just spin up a Docker container to download my photos to NAS to store them there as a backup. With all that said I want to understand if I will benefit from DSM? If not, is still Synology a valid choice? Thank

Hi There,

I am looking to install Handbrake on my Synology NAS. I know this has to be done via a DOCKER program. Im not very familar with the technical terminology around this kind of logic. I got halfway through the installation, but just cant seem to figure out how to do this. All videos i have seen arent really helpful with the setup. You have previously assisted me and your tutorial videos are super simple to follow and understand why you are doing what you need to do. Hoping you can assist

Regards,
Wesley

I am currently finding the DS220+ at 315 USD and I heard you on one of your videos that the NAS usually goes on sale. So I was wondering if this is a fair price to purchase, or should I wait. More importantly, I have listen to few of your videos praising the DS220+ for home, personal, photo management, Plex uses for entry levels like myself. however, is it still the best giving its 2 years old now?

The best RAID to use if I want to use if I want to only use 2 bays and then upgrade to 4 bays later. I have already bought the DS 923+ and 2 Seagate Iron Wolf Pro 12TB hard drives. I would like to upgrade to 4 bays later and would not like to start all over.

After debating back and forth regarding my first NAS purchase of either AS6704T, AS5404T and QNAP TS-464-4G
I’ve decided to follow Ed’s advice and go with the QNAP for the smoother software experience.
Since I’ll use it for editing and storing video files, drone files, ripping 4K movies for playback, etc. I’m having to decide on upgrading the 4Gb to either 16GB or 32GB RAM.
I want to ask for another honest and humble opinion, Would it be worth the extra money to up the RAM from 4GB to 32GB or go with 16GB? Would it be wasted memory?
Keep up the good work we appreciate all that you guys do.

Hi I’m new to my nas and feel like a noob, I have the 920+ and have 2 18tb hard drives to go in it if I use shr will I lose the capacity of one drive for redundancy or can I use the full storage of both drives and still have redundancy

Sorry for the noob question

Hi All, 

First of all I'd like to thank everyone for making this community available! Great that there are people who can help an amateur like me out with everything related to NAS.

I am considering to buy a NAS, I am inclined to Synology due to the software. However, I'm open for other brands. The two use cases I have (for now) are: 

• Run a plex mediaserver and stream movies in 4K (HDR) to my TV. (and stream to iPad)
  
• Create periodically backups of my Proxmox server.. 
  
• Create periodically backups of my Google Drive, iCloud Photos and (not a must) Macbook.
  

I currently have a TVS-672XT + 8bay JBOD expansion.

Its looking like I'm going to need more space on my NAS, would it be possible to add another JBOD expansion? or am I limited to 1?