I'm Mac based and live in an old house with a Deco mesh wifi system enabling us to have wifi at opposing ends of the house (despite thick walls). I would like to have central work storage so that I can work on a laptop in one room and if I want to, be able to work at the other end of the house and access the same files at a good speed. I am a graphic designer so it might be quite large files. Is this possible? Thanks for your help Philippa

I've got a DS920+ that I am considering as a primary for Surveillance. However, as you know, it is HDMI deficient! Short of getting a DVA1622, is there a HDMI solution for the DS920 that works as well as the direct option of the 1622? Thanks

I have an old Cisco NSS 324 (don't laugh) and it was never really used. EOL was around 2012 I think? I am just dusting it off and really really need to update the firmware. Mine is 1.0 and Cisco went to 1.5 if memory serves. If I am reading correctly some Qnap upgrades work. Do you know where I could D/L the firmware? Any help is much appreciated.

Good day guys, hope your doing well. I have 3 quick questions:

1. Does the “Backup & Restore” in QNAP HBS3 do backups in a way where it captures the OS, installed apps, app settings/configs so lets say God forbid there is a system crash or ransomware you can actually restore the entire system from backup without having to reinstall apps & reconfigure them?
2. If HBS3 doesn’t accomplish my above mentioned question. Does Snapshots accomplish it?
3. If neither Snapshots or HBS does this what can be used on a QNAP to get this done?

I'm setting up my home surveillance system. Right now planning 5 4k cameras ran via POE. I have been looking at the Synology DVA3221 and QNAP QVP41B. I have been unable to find a source of comparison between the 2. I have found videos on each but none that cover the same aspects. What would you recommend and why? What surveillance drives would you recommend, I have no experience with this type of drive.

I am somewhat familiar with Synology as I am currently using a DS920+ with WD Red Pro drives, but want my surveillance to be separate and want the AI features.

Thanks for your help!

Ryan

I’m buying my first NAS, mostly for file management and redundancy for family home movies and photos. None of the videos are 4k, and I have no plans to rip and store DVDs on the NAS. I’m thinking of getting a synology DS923+ but I read reviews and comments about the lack of a gpu making hardware transcoding impossible. Is this something that will impact watching the home movies/videos from the NAS?

I use a DS918+ with 4x4TB WD Red Plus drives at home. I just ordered 4x10TB WD Red Plus drives to expand capacity. Now I am wondering if this is an opportunity to use the old drives at an off-site location for backup. I currently use C2 Hyper Backup, but I would also like another NAS to store at a friend's house. Should I upgrade my enclosure at home and use the 918+ for remote backup, or should I keep the 918+ at home and purchase a cheaper Synology 4-bay enclosure as the backup? The 918+ has worked flawlessly since new. Thank you for any recommendations and replies!

I now have a Synology DS1522+ which replaced a dead Drobo 5n2. I have the backup Drobo 5n2 which still works. Can I use it as a backup for the new Synology NAS? Both have 5 10TB drives in them. Any help would be appreciated. While I have the drives to put in a new 1522 not sure if I need to have 2 Synology DS1522+ one to backup the other.

My new setup:
Synology 1621+
Intel X550 10Gbit card
4 x WD RED Pro each 16 TB in SHR
1 SNV3410 800 SSD for cache

When i tranfer a large file from my WD SSD 960 pro 2TB in my PC to the NAS i expect a tranferrate from about 600 MB/s (in one of your videos you sugested about 200MB per actual drive)
I do not get a steady line and it fluctuase between 180 and 280 MB/s
What settings could be wrong on my NAS?

Hi there,
I am looking for NAS to sort, store, share and overall manage my photos (hobby photograph). Hence, Synology is my choice (Photostation).
Besides, I want to use it as generic data storage and maybe as a VM for Smart Home environment (maybe I will use my Pi which currently runs OMV for that - but who knows).
Plex etc. will not be used.

Priority should be a smooth working for a huge number of photos.
Currently I have a 4 TB Ironwolf, would add a 8TB and later exchange the 4TB to a 2nd 8TB for RAID1 usage (is 2Bay fine? makes 4Bay more sense?)

Thoughts:
2Bay:
Basic: DS220+ (~320€)
Advanced: DS720+ (~440€)
2023: DS723+ (~490€)
4Bay:
Basic: DS420+ (~520€)
2023: DS423+ (~520€)
Advanced 2023: DS923+ (~595€)

The more the better - sure - but
1. Does the extra money pay out?
2. do I need 4 Bay? Probably 2x8TB would run for years.

I would definitely upgrade the RAM to at least 10GB (+~30€/ ECC: ~60€).

Would be happy for help. Many thanks!