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  Lexar NM790
Posted by: Enquiries - 05-30-2023, 04:30 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (2)

Will you be reviewing the Lexar NM790 SSD and comparing specs when used in a PS5?

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  video suggestion
Posted by: Enquiries - 05-30-2023, 03:30 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Hope a suggestion is ok here!
Saw this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLGi8sPLkLY
Excerpt from the description:
Western Digital has ben caught again with anti consumer practices on their NAS drives. This time they are marking some of their drives which have had more than 3 years of power on hours as 'warning' within Synology DSM (this is right after their 3 year warranty runs out). This can cause tons of issues within DSM, as actual warnings, such as too many relocated sectors, will go unnoticed. This is not the first time WD NAS drives have had serious anti-consumer behavior, the most notable was them secretly shipping SMR drives as NAS drives.

Not much available yet on this issue. Seems like an issue your channel should cover with your usual information packed style.

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  starting point with nas
Posted by: nas_max - 05-30-2023, 11:45 AM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Hi,
if I start with 2 disk´s in raid 1 and I will expand later can I set another 2 disk raid 1 and bundle it to raid 10 subsequently without data loss?
( ... is this possible in QuTS hero ZFS or in DSM with BTRFS ... ? )

That is the crucial question for my decision for my first nas.  Confused

Thanks and regards,
max.

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  Choosing my first NAS
Posted by: Enquiries - 05-30-2023, 09:00 AM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Hi,

Love your channel. I'm looking in to buying my first NAS. Right now I have a home lab with OMV but I'm looking in to something more stable and easy to set up and maintain. What I'm looking for is a NAS for streaming media at home trough SMB, back up photos from phones and manage some files between the home members (3-4 users). For the time being i believe that storage around 4-6 TB should be more than enough. On top of that I would like to be able to run some containers such as Transmission, Radarr, Jellyfin, maybe Nextcloud (i don't know whether there are benefits vs DSM), so I will need something with a bit more RAM or the possibility to expand. One of the main concerns that I have are around noise as the NAS will be placed in my living room so I would prefer it to be as silent as possible .
I was thinking about buying a second hand device and was looking in to Synology DS220+. So I would love to hear your thoughts and also to ask should I look in to other brands?

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  Dead DS413J replacement
Posted by: Enquiries - 05-29-2023, 10:00 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Hi,

My old DS413J has died. t was used for file, photo and video/movie storage.

For the replacement I would like to make use of Plex.
I am considering Synology 920+ or moving over to QNAP.

1. Do I need to be concerned with Synology's strategy re supported drives. Only Synology drives are officially compatible with 920+? Is there a risk that they restrict to Synology drives only in the future?

2. Do I have to buy Synology and transfer the hard drives to get back up and running or can I transfer data to a new Qnap from the synology backup?

Many thanks. Your site has been very informative.

Regards,

Oliver

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  NAS for Plex
Posted by: Enquiries - 05-29-2023, 02:30 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

I'm looking to move my cloud storage to a local option as I'm sure you know Google has changed their storage rates/policy recently. NAS and hardware are a whole new world to me. I feel like I'm shooting blind in the dark. I was looking at the DS1522 + Thanks

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  Synology DS423+ info
Posted by: Enquiries - 05-29-2023, 08:30 AM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Hi!

First thanks a lot for this great website, I found so many relevant information about my next NAS!

I would like to buy a NAS in which I would install HomeAssistant and other VMs (not too much, just a couple or 3). I taught the best budget / performance solution could be the Synology DS423+.

I would like to upgrade it with this RAM: hma82gs6cjr8n-vk n0 ac

and this ssd: WDS200T2X0E

Do you think they are compatible? About the RAM I'm almost sure it will work, even if the website says 4 gb only (I saw your video about RAM upgrading solutions), but talking about the m2 SSD I can't find any info on Synology website or other websites.

Thanks in advance!

Have a great day!
Gabriele

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  DS423+ Memory
Posted by: Enquiries - 05-29-2023, 08:00 AM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Hi,
Is the D4ES02 Synology DDR4 4GB 3200 ECC compatible with the DS423+?

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  NAS selection
Posted by: Enquiries - 05-29-2023, 07:30 AM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Hello there, your channel are really incredibly great.
I'm looking for a Home NAS to play photos and videos on my TV, Phone and computer using a decent NAS.
I need it to be not too noisy so that I can place it in the leaving room and woluld like to avoid as much as possible the zzzz sound when airing a movie or populating photos.
I have selected a shortlist with prices in Euros :

DS223 - 290 euros
TS-231P3-2G - 344 Euros
TS-433 - 426 Euros
TS-262 - 446 Euros

Please let me know if you see better option but I wanted to have something quite evolutive for the next years as well.

Thank you.

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  What NAS and HDD/SSD to choise
Posted by: Enquiries - 05-29-2023, 07:00 AM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Hi I hope this email finds you well?
I need an advise - My Drobo 5N died on me ... all my 4x4TB RED WD 5400 Nas drive is now dead (or Drobo slowly stopped working?) Right now - Total gone :-(
So I need a replacement (new NAS)
I love the 4 bay - But could properly live with 2-bay?
I have an old (20yr old) Buffalo that I use as a backup NAS (2x2TB)
I did look a lot at the TS-464 and wanted some SSD (Working from home since 1995) so noise is an issue for us (Wife from Nott. works here with me). I also have a 2-bay ShareCenter as 2. backup.
My Drobo ate 2 disc - leaving me with 2 - But now I can't boot it up :-(
Can I use SSD and what brand? And model to use for NAS?
Can I just load the TS-464 with M.2. (Or is that like Drobo a "Buffer disc?) What brand and model to use? and size?

My guess is that 3 disc is better than 2 for data-protection?

Hope to hear from you soon.... Have a nice Pentecost

All the best
Peter

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