Hello Ed

Hope you are doing good.

I have an idea for a NASCompares video..
Do a video regarding my Plex-problem.

If it lags when I stream large 4k movies with plex
.. on tv from the computer that has amd ryzen 7 7700 cpu, 16gb, and nvidia 1050 gtx card and 1gbit network ...
and the 4k movie wont even start, just get an connection mess.
What is the problem then?
Too slow network and should upgrade? ...or too slow computer...?
Have no problem streaming 1080p...

On the computer, yes, I can watch 4k without problems... .

Thoughts and comments welcome...

greetings
Andreas

My NAS Asustor flashstor 12 lives a low stress life. total file transfers to NAS pr day is normaly less then 10GB. Plex use mabye 5 to 10 hours a week.

I want to rebuild nas from using 5 x 1 TB m.2 nvme drives and start with 3 x 4 TB m.2 nvme.
These drives for NAS are whery expensive in Norway.
But with my "workload" i was thinking of using
Crucial P3 4 TB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D NAND.

In your opinion and thinking long term is that a whery bad choise ?

Thank you !

Excuse my spelling
Fred.

Hi
My history is that for some years I have used and still running a Synology DS211+ 2 bay unit, and it is really at its end of life. So, I'm looking to upgrade and need some expert knowledge on the Synology products. I currently use the NAS for photo storage and document storage. I have been looking at the RS1619xs+ and like the specs. I currently have a server rack HP 10642 42U and would like to go the RS way. One of my main concerns is VM and the license around this. But my main question at this stage is " Is it worth waiting for the possibly RS1625xs+" as the RS1619xs+ cpu came out in 2015. It's a rather big investment and any further information would help.
The items I have been looking at are:
RS1619XS+
Rail kit RKS-02
ST16000NM001G - 2KK103 x 4 (It looks like the compatibility list runs behind new and available drives my preference would be ST24000NM002H but it not on the list)
Built-in M.2 Slot now I’m thinking of Samsung 990 Pro 4TB M.2 NVMe but this may be just a wish

Hi
I bought a Qnap Desktop NAS TS-453D-8G 4-Bay RAID (8GB RAM) + PCIe + 2.5G back from you in 2020 Order ID : 81365.
One of the HDD is now showing an error in the form of bad blocks and is recommending replacement. The drive came with 4 of Seagate IronWolf (NAS) ST2000VN004 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s 2TB 5900rpm. I am only looking at replacing the one failing drive.
Can you please give me a recommendation ?
Thanks for your help

Hi, I’m getting 4-6 poe cameras taking advantage of the NAS I have planned for so long to get.
I’m not getting an nvr, it costs way more of what I can afford plus I need a real NAS for Plex and file storage and I don’t think all that deep analytics is necessary for a home owner. I think I just need movement and recording upon detection and zone selection, correct me if I am wrong pls.
1) I want to understand what capabilities to expect from surveillance station on a normal NAS.
2) what are the minimum requirements for a NAS to handle at the same time cameras, media consumption, file sharing, photo managing and maybe a pihole in a docket container? Would a 2020 dual core be enough? Quad core? ds223j too weak?
3) in order to assess my pool drive, how much space should I consider for camera use? Considering recording only on movement and deletion after a couple of days I imagine.
Thank you

I have misophonia, really low tolerance to noise, and I'm planning to use this in the living room.

I purchased a set of new 5x EXOS 6TB 3.5 enterprise drives from newegg for a great price. I installed in a new Jonsbo N4 build. After just a few minutes three of the five disks heated up to over 60 degrees (64, 63, 61) and the other two were in the mid 50s. This is with ZERO load (on but no throughput). This is seriously hot, and while the user manual states they can run at up to 60 by design I am concerned about this.
 
I tried a few old 1TB seagate drives, and those ran in the mid 30s and 40s. Much better!
 
So I went to pick up a few 6TB Seagate ironwolf NAS red drives (I already have two in my PC, so can swap those in) to replace the EXOS drives, coupled with a fancy Noctua NF-A12x25 fan to replace the measly Jonsbo fan that really wasn't putting out much of a draft.
 
I installed the fan to see how that would work out. Immediately the system is much cooler, and disks run at 35C BUT my system is now LOUD as I made a poor selection of MOBO without PWM fan support (an N5105 - I will tackle that in a separate thread).
 
So my question is this:
 
Should I go ahead and do the swap out of the EXOS drives and use the NAS drives instead and lower the fan output somehow? It seems to me that the EXOS drives are really meant to be in an enterprise server room with great cooling and super loud fans. I would imagine the NAS disks would run naturally cooler, and perhaps be more power efficient. I can return the EXOS drives easily.
 
Thoughts?

Thanks

I purchased a HKUXZR N5105 motherboard, and only just realized that the case fan speed cannot be controlled as the board only has a 3 pin connection - no PWM support. This is an issue as I'd like to save power, and keep noise low if the system isn't being used as it currently sits in my office.
 
What are my options? Is there a method of modifying the BIOS to get the fan to run at a different speed based off the total system temp (or ideally average disk temp), or should I instead just buy a different motherboard with PWM fan control support? It looks like there are a number of containers that allow PWM fans to be set based on disk temp. 

If you'd recommend a new board, any pointers to boards that have 6+ sata ports, support for 32GB RAM, and low power? My case is a Jonsbo N4 (supports mini ITX or micro ATX).
 
Thanks!

TS-453Be, bought 2019 never initialized. Already upgraded RAM to 8g, 4x WD Red 8 T drives

Two "Gigabit" ethernet ports, info sez upgradable for 10g, but does not specify if I can just upgrade to 2.5G. Is there a specific recommended PCIe card I need for 453Be?
Need PCIe adapter for USB slots as well or not?

Also, would like to add MVMe card for cacheing; is there a specific PCIe card I need for 453Be?

Budget not an issue, just want the right expansions the first time before initializing.

I am considoring selling my newly purchased 923+ and go to a 423+ instead. The issue lies when I playback certain home videos and movies as with transcoding, cpu of the 923+ gets hit hard casuing buffering. I am hosting Jellyfin on it which serves the content.

I also have two other options which include re-encode all content to a supported format by most players on my android devices and TVs or else I host Jellyfin on an external HP elitedesk micro pc with an AMD ryzen 5 2400GE which I use as a Proxmox server and 64GB Ram. The downside of having another PC running is the extra electrical cost which I can maybe mitigate by having the PC only run with Wake on Lan and switch it off when not in use (It will require teaching my parents on how to use it). Most videos are family videos as well as a library of 1080p and 4k movies which I will need to encode to x264 or compatible format. I have some x265 and old mpeg1/2 videos from an old camcorder which will need transcoding.

Going with a 42