Hey. Hope you are well. Been watching a lot of your YouTube’s which are very good I have to say. I’m after a 2 bay home NAS mainly for storage to be accessed on my home network by laptops, iPads and phones. Not looking for a plex setup just something most likely with 2x8tb for mirror backup. I would like to future proof as much as possible with something decent that I can add a bit of RAM to and ideally has NVME for that extra bit of speed.
I will probably stream a few videos I have saved but these are only basic MP4 and alike so I don’t need transcoding I think.
Can I ask what you would recommend for me please. Thank you very much. Mike.

Hi I have a Qnap TS 219pP II with WD reds which has been up and runnin 24/7 for 10 years approx. It is currenty only used for music, CD and Hi Res (24bit/192 kHz),around 1 tb of data. I would like to add a media server for the family to use for phone/ipad phots and vids. I would like to add a second more upto date second Qnap and new HDD's and keep the old one as occasional backup. What wouldyou suggest?

Thanks

Hi,

Looking to purchase my first NAS for home. It will sit in the electronics cabinet near my modem, router, switch and PLEX server. The cabinet is located in my living room where my TV is. Needs to run quietly.

Watched a dozen of your videos on possible choices (great job BTW) and decided the Synology product line may be my best choice. The QNAP TS-233 was a neck and neck competitor with quiet performance. I'm leaning toward the Synology product line due to their easier (newbie) UI and their commitment to addressing security breaches quickly.

That brings me to two choices, the new DS233 or the older DS220+ model. The 220+ looks like it has much more capable hardware, but is it getting pretty dated in 2023?

What would be your thoughts on the these two choices and any other Synology box that I may have missed?

I would likely populate the NAS with two 4TB WD Red Plus HDDs. Good price point, and relatively quiet operation (from your TS-233 sound video.

regards,
Karl Shubert

Hi, I have a RaspberryPI with USB drivers attached to it and shared with Samba. It sits under the TV. I'm looking to replace it with a 4 bay NAS but fan noise is a critical concern due to device location. I'm planning to have 2x 8TB raid-1 and 2x 4TB raid-1 volumes as i already have 4TB drives.

Could you suggest a really quiet NAS for me? Or advise if it is even possible have a that quiet device? HDD sounds are acceptable.

Thanks.

Hello,

As a new NAS user I've been watching your YouTube reviews with a lot of interest.
However I'm now stuck with the set up process of my iPad.
I'd like to sync some of my data of my Ipad with my Synology NAS hence using the Synology Drive app.
However while stetting up a new sync task I can specify the destination folder on the NAS but it looks like I can't specify any folder on my iPad. It says "a folder will be created in the File app".

On the other hand I don't have such an issue on Android and Synology as I'm able to specify the origin and destination folders.

Would you be able to help me here ?

Thanks in advance for your support.

Nicolas

Hi, I am a complete novice on NAS drives & Cloud facilities. I have a Mac Mini 1TB of storage ( its nowhere near maxed out), I have an iPad & iPhone. I use a Maxtor external drive 500MB as a back up to the Mac mini but its getting quite old. I live alone, no other users.

I would like something that has a least two drives, so one backs it up reducing possibility of loss of data. I want to be able to use Time Machine (if there anything better please advise) and i want to be able to easily connect to my iPad & iPhone to change around my music and photos.

I am considering Synology as I have a friend who swears by their easiness of use. What would be the “best bang for my buck” NAS drive?

Many thanks for your advice. Watched a few Youtube videos but probably made myself even more confused. I hope you dont mind this suggestion but can you do a video series of ‘idiots guides ‘ because as a novice all these different technical terms, are way beyond my understanding at this stage ?

Good morning from Spain. I wish buy a nas with 4 bays and 4 hard dribes 4Tb cmr and 4 Gb Ram (or less and ivrease amount later). Nas use is to nest functions:

-Multimedia
-Vpn servet
-Pi Hole
-Bachup
-Personal cloud

I have a daugther in London to use nas I have 1 Gb simetric internet conection.

Could you propuse nas models for my?

Regasd and thanks

Hi, i wish buy Terramaster f4-223 because have good hardware building and configuración. I like to know if tos 5.x supports 3tr part ram modules or if i must instal openmediavault or true nas to instal 3tr part ram module to increase amount ram.

Best regards

Pd sorry my english level i am learning it

I currently have a DS1019+ with the DX517 expansion filled with 14tb drives. It's about 82% full so I'm looking to expand. I like the ease of the Synology platform because I'm not very computer savvy but they don't seem to offer a robust NAS for PLEX like the 1019+ with plenty of expansion capability (unless I missed something). I saw the recent QNAP TVS-h874 review and think that may be the way to go. As stated before, I'm not very computer savvy so I wonder how simple it will be to set-up and manage compared to the Synology. The majority of my media is HEVC 1080p .265 and I usually have 2 active streams, possibly 3 at times between myself and family that I share the PLEX with. Thank you!

I currently have a Synology ds 918+. With most of my collection being 4K, I have been having issues with playback. “Server not powerful enough to play file”. I would want to play any file at original quality. If I were to upgrade to another nas and that nas were of a different manufacturer like QNAP, would I be able to install and play my four 6tb drives with my movies without complications? Would there be any issues going to a different manufacturer? What would you recommend for me to do? What unit would you advise me to upgrade to avoid 4K problems? Thankfully, Charles