I'm a junior devops looking to purchase a NAS for personal use, primarily to store media for Jellyfin and personal NextCloud. I'm considering building a DIY option to gain experience in hardware building and server space. I'm planning on 64TB of redundant storage in RAID 5 and have a budget of $3000. Can you recommend specific components for a DIY option (preferably TrueNAS Core) that will be reliable and offer me enough control to tinker around and learn? Or, alternatively, do you have any commercial products you recommend that would meet my needs?

I have 2 disks of 2To in a RAID 1 on my NAS. Lets say disk 1 and disks 2. The disks are FULL (no more space on them). I want to keep the data on the disk. Being on a RAID 1 they both contain the same data. To keep my data, can I remove just one of the disks lets say Disk 1 for keeps and use Disk 2 for something else? If I do, will I be able to read or retrieve my data on Disk 1 when I put it back in the NAS with a new Disk? Or do I have to take out the two disks (1 and 2) and keep them together to preserve and be able to read or retrieve my data. Thanks for your help.

Hello there, I'm trying to pick the right combination of hardware to use unraid for media server (Plex) and home automation (HomeAssistant). I prefer rackmount 1U to put it in my communication wall mount rack.
The 500€ target is ONLY for hardware, no disks included.
I am more inclined to DIY solution, i have no problem in assembly.
I souls apreciate your opinion/sugestion. Thank you

I am looking for a nas that will let me
-Access photos/videos from my iPhone
-Dump my iPhone photos/videos (like a cloud server)
-Backup my main computer on my network
-Do some light video editing/download video from a cloud locations
-Possibly stream video or just download to device then watch.
-preferably quiet in operation
Debating between F2-210 and ds220+ or any other 2 bay nas suggestions
Thanks
-Adam

G'Day, Rob, first and foremost, huge thank you for sharing your knowledge/experience. From being a venerable ignoramus and not knowing what NAS is, you guys are responsible for turning me into a slightly less ignorant non-networky person. I watch your videos for the info as well as the entertainment!!
I need to get a reasonably sized array on which I can edit 4k video (Resolve) and access remotely quite often. )Currently on a mac mini M1, hoping to upgrade to something with 10Gbe sometime, (budget allowing) Speaking of which, I am unfortunately on a very difficult budget. I have been scanning Marketplace/Amazon sales etc for a bargain, but so far, no luck. (unfortunately I missed your giveaway due to circumstance, but spotted quite a few clues.. 'Nightmare before Xmas' and others) Would something like a 1821+ or 1621+ with 10gbe and NVME caching do the job? What would you advise the ignoramus? Thanks again!!! Chris

Hi,
We use currently an old QNAP TS-219P II and a disk would need to be replaced. Now, the device reached its EOL and replacment would make sense. Used by 5 people in 4 different houses for Sync (Qsync) and backup only. Other features tried out but not really used. Also, no photo or streaming is used.
Goal: 2 bay, 4 TB for sync and backup. Low maintenance needed (Synology or QNAP seem to fit here).

I read about security concerns when it comes to QNAP and was tending towards the Synology DS220j or DS220+. I would say DS220+ would be the closer replacement of the QNAP, but I was wondering if the DS220j would not be sufficient for our simple need of sync and backup with low speed needed? Or maybe another QNAP? I see that spending more money can make sense but in the last 11 years we did NOT use any of the features expext sync and bckup. As long as security is same I would save that difference.
best and thank you,
Andres

compatible with TVS-h674...looking for 2x 10Gbe card if available...is there 4Gen PCIe cards available for H674?

I was looking at your memory guide in the link below and noticed you had tested 16GB in the DS920+. This NAS has factory specs of a max of 8 GB, 4 on board and 4 expanded. Can you explain how this works and, if you know, why Synology wouldn't give that as a spec when the hardware can handle it.

Thanks!
https://nascompares.com/synology-nas-unofficial-memory-guide-2019-2020/

Hi There Lads,

Thanks to your YouTube Channel I have a DS920+ which is setup purely to run Plex with direct and remote access. It’s mint…so firstly thanks for that!
I’m using an iOS app DSdownloads and DSfile to download and manage torrents directly from my phone to the NAS which is also mint. What I’d appreciate is recommendation / guidance on is how best to introduce a VPN to avoid unwanted ISP attention but still have Plex work seamlessly with remote access. I have not used a VPN previously and I’m definitely not tech savvy, that said, I’ve got this far, largely thanks to you!
Thanks in advance.
Matt

Good Morning

I have a Synology DS420+ with a 3 drive SHR comprised of 3 - 8TB WD Red Plus drives. I would like to have a hot spare since we are on the road for weeks at a time and not around to handle a drive failure. If I use a low hours WD100EZAZ 10 TB drive that I have on hand will it use just 8TB of the 10TB spare or will I be locked in to 10TB or larger for future drives. I would like to stick with 8TB drives in the future.

Thanks.