I am planning to set-up two Truenas Scale configurations as a file/photo/AV1 media server in a CS382b case (Jonsbo N5 is viable SATA when it ships in October) and a Corsair SF850L power supply each with Nine Seagate Mach.2 drives SAS or Sata partitioned into two drives. I would set-up two 6+2 RAIDZ2 pools. I would have hot swap drive with two partitions. If a drive fails then a single volume in each pool would need to be replaced by one of the volumes on the hot swap drive. Will this work?
If I go Sata, I would use either:

1) CWWK i3-N305 Purple board with Intel Arc A380 low profile card (It required PCIex8 bu tonlu has x4), or

2) CWWK 8845HS 9-bay NAS card.

3) new CWWK Q670 board with SFF-8643 PCIe x4 and a T series Intel CPU if I can source them.

Do you have a recommendation between them ?

If I go SAS, I would use motherboard #2 or #3 with LSI 9207-8i PCIex8 card and have the Hot swap drive connected by Sata. Is there a better mITX board, or is mATX necessary?

Hey, I'm looking to replace our current NAS setup. It is a QNAP TVS with 16TB of storage. We use the NAS for data storage for CAD files. We have 8 workstations connected to it that simultaneously use it for storage during design. Save and load times have slowed considerably since we have grown from our initial 3 work stations. What would be our best option here? Would using something with thunderbolt ports help with speed? I'd be happy to discuss via phone and pay you for your time if that would be easier. Thanks!

The Ugreen DXP2800.
Does it support using the NVME drives in raid 1

Hi guys,
Looking at purchasing an Synology DS1823xs+ and would like to upgrade from 1gb to 2.5gb 8 or 16 port unmanaged switch. maybe manged depending on price. We currently using computers with no ability to upgrade to the network cards, so USB adapters will be required.

Could I please get your current recommendations for suitable mid range switches and adapters? Amazon links would be nice so I can support you guys.

Many thanks

Hi,
I wrote you before for a recommendation and baught as 1520+.

I want to have a remote backup using Tailscale in a family member home versus paying yearly C2 costs. So I am looking for a 2 bay NAS that will work for this.
I looked at the 223j but it has limited software.
Should I go for the 2s4+ or a 223, I want to backup the computer in the other family house and have future hardware proofing. I will reuse my disks in my QNAP and just throw it away diskless.

Thanks in advance for you recommendation !

I hope to find a nas

I've had my AS-302T for several years now, and although it still works fine, I think it's time to upgrade. 

Before I invest in a new (probably DIY) NAS, I would like to see if the AS-302T can be upgraded in any way.  I've searched far and wide (that's how I ended up on NAS Compares!), but haven't found anything about upgrades for the Asustor AS-302T yet.  I doubt I'd be able to do anything about the hardware (RAM specifically), but perhaps a change of OS??

Anyways, any help / pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks!
 
BTW - Currently running with 2 x WD Red 6Tb HDDs

I'm planning to buy the Exos 20TB but I'm very afraid from the noise that I read about online. Is it really that loud? Are there are any 3.5" enclosures that reduces the sound emission?
I'm planning to use a single drive, I'm open to max of two.
SSDs are very expensive for me.
What's your advise? Thanks!

Hi guys,

I'm looking for some advice. I'm researching the best NAS setup for our company, we're planning to implement this next year. We're currently using Google Drive and are editing directly from it and it has run its course. We are currently with 3 video editors that need to be able to work from the NAS at the same time (not the same files), and need to be able to access it from home. We're working with 4k 10bit footage, so I'm thinking 10gbe ports connected directly to the NAS. Is the best Multi-Video Editor NAS: QNAP TVS-h874T our way to go or is there a cheaper option for our use case? And in case I want maximum speed and a single backup, how much drives of x TB and in what kind of RAID setup would you recommend?

If you need any more info, don't hesitate to ask. Thank you so much!

Hi there. I am following your guide for video editing on a NAS - An Idiot's guide. I am looking at how to connect to a Mac using an iSCSi initiator. your guide predominantly refers to connecting to a PC with some reference to Mac. I have downloaded the Kernsafe initiator and am in the process of setting it up. It has now asked me to identifty and connect to a target drive. In doing so it has indicated i need to Initialise the NAS "drive". I had set up a 1 TB target lun.

I am concerned how this will impact the NAS (1019+ - set up with just one volume across the 5 drives. synology hybrid raid) - ie if i format the drive for apple, how will this work ? will it work or will it adversely impact the NAS ? what format should I use ? Am I setting it up correctly at all ?

thanks Mike