Hi

I want to buy a NAS for music and movie but i saw that you're talking about transcoding.
I have lots of 4K movie with HEVC / H265 codec and i want to watch it on an apple tv (on the apple website, they didn't talk about the H265 support). I saw that the INFUSE player can read H265 codec.
So if I use Infuse on my apple TV does it have to transcode ?
Because i want to buy the Synology DS220j that is not really powerful and i think i will not be able to transcode.

If it has to transcode, which Synology NAS will be ok for me ? (I saw the DS218play and the DS220+)

Thanks in advance for your answer and all your work to help people with NAS.

Regards

Quentin Monnier

I am an architect I have a Synology DS220j with two 3.6TB drives though currently using only 200GB. I back up to a SSD drive which I take off site in the evening. My colleague and I currently access the NAS on a LAN. I am planning to move to a laptop to enable working from home. The internet access at one of the locations I will be remote working from won't have the best internet connectivity. Do you have any advice as to how I should access my files remotely (CAD and graphics included)? As I see it my options are Synology QuickConnect, a VPN or using Cloud access through Google Drive or similar. I currently backup to Google Drive using Clous connect. Obviously security is a major consideration.

Hello, first of all thank you for all the information you provide on your website, it is very useful.

I wanted to ask if the Synology NAS that have SAS hdd connection as for example my ds1821+ have support for SAS or only for SATA, because I do not understand that the NAS has SAS connection but Synology indicates that only supports SATA.

Thank you very much

Hi I have seen your video and noticed this , im setting up home network but having troubles with inter-vlan routing (HPE- old web gui). There is not much information out there regarding this so im having a tough time, im about to throw away this switch and go for a cisco layer 3 switch would that make my life easier? setting things up compared to the hp switch any recomendations ??im not a pro in the IT field ...and noticed there is so much more out there with cisco wise ( have a few rasberry pis and access ponts so looking for something above 24 ports not high budget ...used ideally) ..any info will help thanks

WD My Cloud is driving me mad as Plex server...I would like something that can transcode and be accessible both at home and when I am abroad. I dont have immediate needs beyond Plex and back up of music files/photos a so I dont need huge capacity. I am Ok with fairly simple IT so I was thinking Terrmaster F2-423 and 6TB storage - is that overkill? Should I split the storage between some SSD and a hard disk? Thanks for your help and your Tube channel is great!

Hello,

I'm looking to buy my first NAS. My budget cap is around 500€ and that does not include drives. Currently I have my eye on Synology DS423+ or the Asustor as5304t. My primary use would be to use the server as a 4k capable media server and maybe add some surveillance cameras into it as well. Also I might host some docker applications for home use.

Also should I buy SSD drives instead of HDD? I would like the NAS to be quiet as I live in a 1 room apartment.

Any recommendations?

Hi gents!

I bought a CyberPower Value Pro VP1600ELCD - UPS - 960 Watt - 1600 VA. When I connect the USB cable to my Qnap TVS-1288x I can see if and I can change some settings like shutdown when AC power fails. It will shutdown but when power is back on again it won't start up.

Any idea?

I want a UPS that can boot up again as well because I have it on a remote location.

Hi there, I have purchased the dns 1550, this is my first venture into the nas environment, it is for my home studio, I have setup the system, and can do minor tasks on it, but really I needed to be able to use the iscsi service to store all my large projectnfiles on, I'm kind of lost at the minute and really would like to have a walk through if possible, on properly configuring my nas

Hi there I love the channel and appreciate the PRO help

Im looking at a NAS system mainly for these things:

1/ Regular automated backup ability from Mac OS and PC - (audio and video files )

2/The ability to access NAS drive like a desktop drive (speed is quite important to an extent ) to read and check 4k video files and listen to wav audio files/ mp3's. As long as its on par with a wd red 5400 speed - 200 - ish read that would be great!

I actually purchased 3 (yes 3) NAS drives before I found your channel! Could you tell me please if they are actually worth keeping for the tasks above and if there are better alternatives within the £300 range?

I purchased :

ASUSTOR AS6204T
QNAP TS- 453 PRO
QNAP - TS - 251 +

Thank you for your time

Andrew

Hi Nes, big fan of your channel but I'm a total noob when it comes to tech, I've watched almost all your reviews on new Gen4 SSDs with heatsinks espcially fpr the PS5, what would be the best combination of a SSD and heatsink that you would recommend based on the best performance and importantly operating temperatures as well. After watching your videos I've come to conclude that the best heatsink would probably be either the Elugear or Sebrent? Would you recommend pairing those with the Samsung 990 pro 2tb? and which heatsink would you choose personally? Or would you have an even better combo to recommend me. Thank you so much in advance and please keep up the amazing work you are doing! Cheers! Gavin