I know from watching your Youtube channel that I can put two HDD's in a four bay NAS. But my question is about placement. Must one HDD be in position 1 and another be in position two? Or could I use positions 1 and 3 to allow for more air flow? Thanks for all your great work and videos!

Hi Ed,

I just purchased a ts464 but given I have a 16u rackmount cabinet I am considering a rackmount equivalent. Primary usage would be Photos, File backup and Plex (including transcoding to 1080p, native 4k playback and free to air stream via tv plex tuner - several streams to mobile, iPads, tv..)

I noticed Qnap has a ts-464eu rackmount unit which seems to be equivalent to ts464. I have not seen you review it yet for plex use etc.

Would the ts464eu be at least the equivalent of ts464? Anything I should be aware of in terms of advantages/disadvantages in use?

I have an existing Plex setup using a Lenovo M93p i7 to run Plex and 2 x Netgear RN104's.
I have 17TB of film and TV and I would like to refresh my wholes setup with a new NAS that will run Plex (no more external). Content is 720 and 1080.
I'm thinking about QNAP, but with so many models, which would be a good one for me?

Hey guys I am in the market for a PCIe M.2 NVME SSD card. The purpose will be to solely update firmware so I dont need something expensive or feature rich.
I have an old PC knocking about in which the motherboard has PCIe x1 and PCIe x16 slots.
Can you guys recommend an adapter card which supports both M.2 NVME and M.2 SSD drives that could work with that motherboard.

Thanks in advance and keep up the great work.

was wondering if should get either a 4 bay with 32TB storage, or maybe go for a 5 Bay with 40TB storage, plus what raid should use for best case senarios.

Hello , first off thank you for the very informative videos. I have 2 drobo 5D units with qty 5 cpacity 6TB drives in each unit. i currently have 14.7 TB of data , mostly movies for Plex server that i am running off of a mac mini that has the 2 drobos attached. i don't know which way to go. I am so confused. I want to re use the drives if possible but was thinking of buying 14TB drives if need be so i can use the NAS as a cloud service for my entire family giving them the opportunity to store back ups and pictures and such off theiur iphones instead of relying on icloud. what is the best recommnedation?

I'm a long time Synology user (10+ years), and really favor the simplicity and no-nonsense nature of DSM. However, since one of my main use cases is as a Plex Media Server and I want the ability to transcode video to multiple devices, I really want a NAS with a graphics processor. With the new Synology *23+ devices, graphics are no longer an option (as you have covered in videos). Asustor has really intrigued me - especially with their LockerStor models with the new Celeron procs. I worry that their software isn't as up to snuff compared to Synology. You've pointed out that Asustor relies on more 3rd party apps as opposed to 1st party like Synology. In your humble opinion, is Asustor mature enough for my use case? Again, a home NAS for Plex, photo storage, and a couple of shared drives for family use is what I'm looking for. Oh - and a Download Station like Synology has. Thanks!

Heloo im from Pakistan.
You might know about economic crisis of Pakistan, i watch your videos on YouTube & i just love it ,, im contacting you because here in pakistan NAS is not available easily Whoever has it pays very dearly because one dollar is equal to 260 Pakistani rupees, & thats very sad & the price of ds1823xs is over 1.2 Million Pakistani, how can somebody affords , i wish i have also a NAS like this. ,
Can you tell me a gigabit NAS which is affordable for me ?

I want to build a media server for 4k UHD backups. Atleast minimum 2 TV’s.
Ideal 1st choice would be Kaleidescape system (way too expensive)
2nd choice zappiti 4k nas ( still cost around £5k)
But Zappiti has brilliant ui including putting a blue ray in the drive and it automatically rips.
So learning from your videos I prefer a solution 4/6 bay with transcoding hardware. Not sure how important 10gb ports are?
Is it safe to buy Terramaster T6-423 (or f4-423)with ASU’s bw-16D1HT blu ray rip drive and Seagate iron wolf pro 16tb drives x4 to use with Plex
I want the blue ray rip to be easy and seamless (like Zappiti) if possible.
Currently have virgin 1gb internet at home.
Many thanks for your thoughts
Gulam

Hello,

I'm looking for a NAS to back up my Cloud storage, local storage, and mobile data.
Plex & Virtualization would be a plus. I'm 99% decided on TS-464.

The missing component I've found is a way to back up:

iOS or Google contacts. (Looks like QNAP discontinued support of their contacts app)
Mobile Notes

What is your recommendation?