Currently running a Netapp DS4246 with 24x 3TB HGST SAS, but it's power-hungry, loud, and the power supplies keep failing and are getting hard to come by. Drives are very old, could start failing any time...

Looking for a NAS with reasonable resiliency, will be backed-up to cloud. Need at least 50TB, but I'd like more space than that. Being able to run plex and other containerized apps (sabnzbd, sonarr, radarr, etc.) would be great, as would hardware transcoding.

I'm currently considering WD Red Pro drives, in a Synology ~6-bay NAS.

Thoughts/ recommendations appreciated.

I run Plex from a desktop to multiple TVs at home thru wifi, thru Roku Plex app. Occasionally another remote user accesses my Plex content.

Been looking to offload the workload from my desktop CPU. Thought NAS might accomplish this. I have approx 1TB of media, but with more capacity could quickly get up to 2TB, possibly 4TB in a year.

Almost all my content is 1080 or less. Most files are 2GB or less.

The NAS would be strictly a media server and file backup device.

Looking at the Terramaster F2-423 as a good value option.

But is a NAS necessary at all? Might I be better served with running ethernet cable thru the attic and upgrading internet service to 100MBps?

Hello,

I am looking to replace my 8 year old QNAP NAS (TS-253A with 2 3TB disks in RAID1 and 2x4GB of RAM).
It sits behind the TV in the leaving room. My main uses are Plex and docker (portainer / pihole / wireguard).
Disks are at almost full capacity since a few months and docker could use more RAM.
I kept it mostly offline for security reasons (ports blocked), tho I would love to be able to read my multimedia files when I am out of home.

So today I am contemplating these 3 options:

A. QNAP TS-464-4G , +32 GB of RAM, + 2x12TB disks (WD Red Plus) and install TrueNAS Scale for peace of mind
B. Asustor lockerstor 4 gen 2, +32 GB of RAM, + 2x12TB disks (WD Red Plus) and keep the default OS
C. Asustor Flashstor 6, +32 GB of RAM and 2x4TB of NVMe (Crucial P3 Plus) and keep the default OS 

Option C seems best for the silent and power consumption but will it be equally powerful as the first 2 options?

Cheers

I have two Synology Nas(s?) - a DS220J and a DS918+ - 2tb & 6tb respectively. We had a power cut the other day and Synology recommend installing a USB UPS. Is it possible to buy one to protect both or do I have to buy separate ones for each unit? And doe3s anyone have any recommendations?

Hi

Just checking/wondering:

Kingston FURY Renegade 2 Tt M.2 SSD
SFYRD/2000G

Kingston FURY Renegade 4 Tt M.2 SSD
SFYRD/4000G

Compatible with Qnap TVS-H474 not H674?
(both x74-series)

Is it possible? ?

Harri

Hi,

I love your channel!! I have watched many of your videos.

Just wondering what is the cheapest 4 bay synology NAS that can run docker?

Thanks
Michael

I just brought Qnap for a Plex server. Can I use the latest 22 TB Iron Wolf Pro? Also, can I use a container to run BackBlaze Unlimited? The other option can get expensive.

I recently purchased my DVA3221 and will have it maxed out on memory and storage (64TB Seagate Skyhawk AI drives ) and will be running 6-8 BC500 Synology cameras. I will probably have a TV running 16 hours a day or more viewing the cameras in real time.

I was looking at the Coral that gets mentioned on the videos and was wondering if would be a good idea to run on my DVA3221? My wife wouldn't have a problem with spending a extra $60.00 after spending $6k the other night.

Thanks for all the support and knowledge you provide to your followers.

Thank you,

Ryan

i need to setup 50 cameras for city surveillance including ANPR and PTZ cameras. what is best recommendation

Hi-love your vids. SO much info! I'm a software engineer. have a nas ~7yrs old, time for new. had 8-raid6 and 5-raid5=60tb, looking to up to at least 100. usually err on the side of smaller disks... but your review of QNAP TVS-h874-i9 has me all hot and bothered. lol. encryption is necessary due to sensitive nature of work. I am a bit concerned about recovery of encrypted data in case of failure. but I'm looking at the h874 with the new 22TB Seagate NAS drives and 2-Kingston Fury Renegade 4TB PCIe Gen 4.0 NVMe M.2. I figure that's gonna run me just under $6300. My question for you, you know a load more about this than I do. If you were buying a replacement nas with these parameters... Would that be your choice? I want speed, security, ease. I want the ability to run vms on the nas, etc. which I have not been able to do. my 7yo nas was really small business based, just did not have the power I wanted. I'll keep it for backups. lol thank you for sharing your knowledge on NAS!