I’m setting up my TerraMaster F6-F424 Max. First I installed four new 24 TB WD Red NAS HDDs and two used 12 TB WD Gold HDDs. The TerraMaster would not boot up for initial install. No lights on the Ethernet connections on unit or router. Removed the used HDDs, which were working fine in the older TerraMaster NAS I own, and the F6 booted like a dream. Live and learn.

Hi there - I'm completely new to this, and need a NAS that can route my video files that I edit on Mac and Windows, for real time editing, backup and archiving. It would need to route my internet traffic to both machines as well.
MY current setup is,
Mac M1, 32GB-> Caldigit TB4. Ethernet and external SSD/HDDs plug into the Caldigit.

Windows 64GB, AMD threadripper 3960X, Asus Prime TRX 40 Pro-> External SSDs plug direct into the box.
Thanks for your help!!
Cheers

Hi Guys,

Was wondering if you could help me please. I've been concerned that I've been running a DS920+ now for a number of years without any real backups beyond RAID5 so have just acquired 8 x 16TB Ironwolf Pro drives from ServerPartDeals while in the USA.

With the intention of putting them into a RS1221+ and backup to the existing DS920+ albeit without backing up the entire new capacity.

It seems the Synology is now very old and is due a refresh as well as limited, 1GBE etc...

Is it unwise to look at something like a Terramaster U8-500 Plus and stick a couple of boot NVMEs in it and run TrueNAS or Unraid? Or am I asking for trouble?

I would like to extend my QNAP TS-262-4G with SSD Cache but unsure how big and how many M.2 SSD drives I should buy. Twice 1TB is a good idea? Or should it be a single 2TB? Or twice 2TB? Or a single 4TB?

The official QNAP table is very confusing for me, 2TB is indicated with a dash. Maybe it's not supported? I have go either less or more?

Would like to optimize a little bit more for performance than for price. The NAS is used for Time Machine backups and for Plex.

Hello
A bit lost here, all i need is a NAS where I will store my Bluray library and share that using SAMBA or whatever protocol KODI supports, no transcoding needed.
It would be great to host a Wireguard server.
I need to keep it stupid, simple, compact, reliable and cheap.
I'll keep reading on and learning from your website until you come across my message.
All the best and thanks again !
J.

Hi,

im looking for a motherboard(formfactor doesnt matter) that has 6-8 SATA connectors, plenty of power to run Jellyfin immich and some more docker containers. 1-2 m.2 connectors and a nice to have would be a pcie-e slot. IPMI of BMC would be nice but is not a priority. planning to run TRUENAS on it so im going to need a lot of ram.

most of all it needs to be very power efficient, i live in the EU and eletricity is not cheap so something that draw lesss then 30W. I know that the amount of hard drives, pcie cards,... are also going to change the power draw but if the motherboard doesnt have a good pcie power management its inefficient and cant go to lower c states.

what motherboards would you recommend?

I'm currently using my computer (which was never purchased with this intent) to host a Plex server. Everything I have is on a single 4TB HDD (HUS726T4TALA6L4). I keep running out of space and have even copied some files over to one of my EX950 SSDs for a bit. I've been wanting to setup a NAS for a while and looking around at options for years now. I have really valued the videos and text content from NasCompares as well. Currently, I'm able to stream over Wifi 6 to my Hisense U8K in the living room without problem via Direct Play on Plex. My PC has a Ryzen 3900X and 16-16-16-36 3600 Mhz RAM.

A higher bitrate file example from my collection is below:

I'm looking to start off with a 4-bay NAS and two 8 TB HDDs (edit: can't post a link so I'd like to note I'm referring to the 8 TB HUS728T8TALE6L4). I'd like to avoid purchasing Plex Pass but in the future I may be willing to do so. I don't really have a need for transcoding, provided the NAS will get the job done as good or better than my PC does. I will almost always be using this to play things myself on my TV on my own network -- but it's nice to have the option to stream remotely. I'm currently using a Hitron CODA56 modem and ASUS RT-AX58U router. I intend on upgrading the router this year to one which supports WiFi 6E and has 2.5 GbE support. Keeping in mind that the drives I'm buying are $340 for two, and I'd like to buy a small UPS for $50-75 for the NAS, it would be nice to keep the NAS around $450-500. I REALLY like the Lincstation N1, but I can't really budget for all those NVME M2 drives in the size I'm looking for.

Considering that, I've recently been taking a look at the following options:
$500 TERRAMASTER F4-424 (8 GB DDR5, N95 CPU, 2x 2.5 GbE)
$529 Asustor AS5404T (N5105, 4 GB DDR4, 2x 2.5 GbE)
$552 TERRAMASTER F4-424 PRO (N305, 16GB DDR5, 2x 2.5 GbE) *
$557 QNAP TS-464-8G-US (4 GB DDR4, N5095 or N5105, 2x 2.5 GbE)

* After making this post I hit play on a video tab I had in queue from Nas Compares and found this NAS has a coupon on Amazon right now making it $52 more than the non-pro version.

It seems like to me the major differences for my use case may be a preference for software and physical design, and what I want the M2 NVME slots to be capable of.

Am I missing any options I should be considering? Are any of these not a wise choice for my needs? Is there a way I can get what I want at a lower price? In this case I'm only interested in purchasing from Amazon, for various reasons. My experience level is above average with experience running servers and websites, building computers, troubleshooting on Windows and linux/unix based systems, and very light work in code. It shouldn't be an obstacle if I have to do something extra, but I would prefer a simple point and click experience I can just setup and use as a Plex server.

Hi!

I have found your youtube videos so helpful. Thanks! I hope the new year is treating you and yours well.

I have a question about selecting HDD's for my newly purchased DS723+.

First a bit of background:

I got the nas a few days ago, installed 32gb ram (2x Crucial RAM 16GB DDR4 CT16G4SFRA32A) and two NVME drives (WD_BLACK 1TB SN770 NVMe WDS100T3X0E).

I also installed two of these hdds:

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B084ZTSMWF?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
(Seagate IronWolf 12TB ST12000VNZ008)

The system would not work (could not install DSM). So I tried using just one HDD, and it worked. Then I added the other drive (after a reboot) and it would not boot. So, I went ahead with one drive, assuming the other was DOA. However, the first drive eventually failed and went into read only after about 3 hours operating.


I returned those drives.

Next, I was able to reset and reboot the system and setup DSM again, with this old 2tb HDD I had laying around:

https://www.ama

Hello,

Can I just say I have watched a lot of your youtube videos before typing this. They have been very helpful.

I am looking for my 1st NAS, a 2-bay which I can put 2 drives in and run a raid configuration. I have well under 1tb of data.

The primary reason for buying a NAS is to back up the thousands (40,000) of travel photos I have and some book drafts that I have done. I also would like to be able to sync photos to a NAS whilst I travel. That's it really.

So far I have found 3 options which seem to fit my budget and needs

-Synology DS223J
-Synology ds223
-Asustor Drivestor 2 Pro AS3302T

I just wanted to ask:

1.If you have an opinion on which of these 3 offers best value for money, for my purposes?
2.If you suggested any better options than those, for my purposes?

I really appreciate your time.

All the best,

Chris

Hi, for the last few years I've used a basic WD EX2 Ultra with 2x4TB drives.  I need to increase the storage now and WD indicates that to do this I also need a 48W power supply.  Fine--however, they will give me the specs for it but they don't sell the power adapter now and are unwilling to give me the MFG and part number so I can simply buy it outright from another vendor.  So, first question:  does anyone here know the MFG and part number for this adapter (which they included with the 0 drive or gt 10TB drive units)?  I can use the specs but I'd be more secure using something they've tested for the box.

Second question:  this has started me thinking that I'd rather have a better NAS and I've been looking at your channels videos and I'm thinking about either the QNAP TS-464-8G-US 4 Bay or the UGREEN DXP4800 Plus because I have Docker needs (databases, etc) that I think might be well handled by this.  The UGREEN seems superior in that the RAM can be expanded and the processors are pretty new.  The QNAP has the advantage of superior software but it doesn't appear as if the RAM can be expanded.  Is that a fair understanding of the differences?

Thanks much