I had an old POS WD 4 x 4TB NAS that decided to die. Now, everything is running in my home server (Proxmox + TrueNAS Scale)

Thinking about buying either a complete solution (6 to 8 bay QNAP, Terramaster or Synology) or DIYing a new one on my own.

Regardless of the solution I pick, I was planning on buying 3 x 8TB drives to start and grow from there as needed, which means adding a drive from time to time.

I heard this is very stressful on the other drives, takes a lot of time and in some instances is not advised. Is this the case? Should I save more and buy all drives at once?

With your experience, which is the best NAS solution for a plan like this? QNAP? Synology? Terramaster? TrueNAS Scale? Unraid?

I think I would prefer to build something in the Jonsbo N3 or N5, but I am concerned about the limitations of DIY NAS software when it comes to add more drives and expand the pools.

Hello Gentleman - I'm hoping you can help since I can't find an answer to this anywhere in Synology or on the web from what I can see. I'm in the process of considating my medical files movies, tv shows etc. from iTunes and other sources into synology. Is there any script I can run that will give me just a simple list of names/titlas of the files I have in a folder so that I can ultimately take that list and enter it into a look up table so I can compare what I have and have moved?

I hope this is clear with what I'masking here but I haven't been able to find a thing to be able to get this out of my 920+ but it seems like something that should be easy to do?

Thank you for the time on this!

Rob

Hi team, thanks for previous advice. You are the best. I have a QNAP T664 with 6 x 6TB HDD's in raid 5 config. I still have my previous T653D unit which does not have any HDD's installed. I would like to increase my storage capacity by upgrading the size of my HDD's while retaining all of my current data. I was thinking of using 10 or 12TB drives. My questions is how to go about this? Can I replace one drive at a time and let the system rebuild the drive before moving onto the next drive, until all six are replaced? Or do I load up my T653D with the new drives and then copy all of the data from the T664. Once the data has been copied I would need to move the drives from the T653D and place them into the T664. I hope this makes sense. Your advice would be most welcome before I commence this task.

Regards - Mark from Australia.

I bought the QNAP ts 473a to get a home nas. Left synology because they were getting to business focused. I am still finding the nas approach requires IT maintenance from me. Should I have just gone with home server and storage. Can I convert the QNAP to home server? It seems using container is clunky and just more maintenance.

Hello, I've already tried everything - synology support, my ISP support, tried all home configuration, LAN speed is ok like 200-300MB/s, but remotely goes down even below 100kB/s, my internet speed is 900/900mbs and it really works on my computer. My friend has ds923+ and just to try he gave me his link to download and transfer from his NAS is +50MB/s. I connect my (and I setup his nas the same way) via ddns (synology.me). I even bought ugreen dxp4800 plus and the speed remotely is similar. Can you help me somehow? Thank you
Shema

Hey Mate,

been loving your thoughts on the Orico CF1000 - wondering what your thoughts are in comparison to something like the DS918+ that I'm already running, in particular in relation to Plex, which we're heavy users of.

How do you go about installing Plex on the Orico? Is it a Linux shell that you install via, or would the use case to install it with Docker? The OS Orico are using is a bit of a black box to me at this stage, vs Synology with their modified Linux implementation.

Bang for buck, it's definitely there compared to other Intel-based systems with that drive capacity, and I'm IT savvy (not terribly afraid of Docker), but the family acceptance factor is highly desirable.

Cheers,

Andrew

Hi! I have followed your reviews of the WTR Max from Aoostar with great interest. Seems to be a good fit for my needs. However, Aoostar seem to never have it in stock, only occassionally offering pre-sales of certain configurations. I am curious why this may be the case. Sales tactics? Lack of parts?

Hi Gents! I have a Synology DS212J (2012) and doing rsync/hyper backup jobs to a QNAP TS-231 (2015). Running an SHR volume in the DS212J with two 3TB drives. QNAP, been running each disk as separate volumes, each receiving a Hyperbackup rsync weekly, and then a multi-version backup as well nightly. I keep the TS-241 in other location in house and pop out one of the drives to keep off site and rotate them periodically. Mostly family photos/videos, family documents like financial/medical. I have also been considering cloud backup for an easier off-site backup. Synology C2 might be the easiest thing and cost about the same as Backblaze for 2TB storage, with backups approaching 2.5TB. 1 drive failed on QNAP, and 1 drive getting read errors now in Synology, seems like time to consider upgrade, to take advantage of snapshot replication/ransomware protection. Looking at ds923/5+ ds423/5+. Would like to backup kids PCs as get to college, iphone photo backup, and do Synology photos. Thoughts?

I am seeking advice on the best upgrades for my Synology DS918+. My primary use is hosting 30-40+ containers, and the current bottleneck is RAM. I do not use Surveillance Station or Plex on this NAS>
I have concerns about RAM upgrades causing data corruption due to the CPU limitations of this model. I am also open to considering M.2 upgrades if they would be beneficial for my container-heavy workload.
What are the most reliable RAM and M.2 upgrades for the DS918+ to improve performance for containerization without risking data integrity? Or should I get a new NAS/Hardware instead of pushing DS918+ to the limit?

Hi. Read your article regarding unofficial memory upgrades. Just got my RS1221RP+ a couple days ago but yep, only 4gb of memory installed. I'm interested to know how the gear will react if I installed the two 32gb Kingston memory modules. I have never exceeded the listed capacity of a piece of equipment and being able to do this would be a real plus. My son is putting together a AI system that requires a large amount of memory & being able to allocate half of the 64gb of memory into a vm for him would be ideal. I am by no means a hardware expert but seems installing non-ecc memory would defeat the internal process programmed into this NAS but, if it is still a good option as indicated by at least one persons comments then I'm willing to go at it as well. Let me know if you would please.