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

Hi,
Please, has anybody tried QNAP HS-264 with Coral USB accelerator for AI? Has it been properly recognised by the device and utilized within QuMaggie (for faster image recognition)?
Many thanks for your insigjts.
Jan

Good morning! I'm looking to upgrade my potato NAS (based on a 2015 NUC with USB hard drive and network card connections). My use case is mostly Immich for family photos and videos, Jellyfin media streaming, and some light file movement with SMB/Nextcloud. My goal is snappy, avoiding CPU bottleneck for downloads and transcodes (usually 2/2 subtitle burn in or Immich videos), and some room for upgrades in the future. I've got the following build down to $600 on Amazon (own storage already) https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FgY4xH. Is this overkill? Is it weighted in the wrong places? And I know the limitations of the N4 from your videos, I just love the look and size. Thanks for any help!

I bought and built my own home NAS setup a few years back. It all seems to be working although I am not sure how I managed... (your videos helped!).

I now just wanted to add two NEW 12TB drives to my slots but wanted to ensure that I was doing it correctly for sure this time. I want to split 1 dual drive and use it solely for PLEX and the other solely for storage.

I wanted tobuy a session but I don't have the bread and I don't guess I need a full one hour Zoom session either. But I would like some eyes on my system somehow. I don't just have one question/problem. Just a bunch of little questions

Example: I never changed my HTTPS port because I'm scared like a little girl.

Just some Q&A would be good. Or how can I get you all of the information you need in order to look at my setup and tell me what I can do better or best? thanks,! Todd Kramer

Made a mistake bought 4 8tb wd DC hc320 drives for 200. Thought was sata. Are they just a mistake or is there a solution. Was hoping to use for plex server but now think $$ down the drain.

Searching for DIY NAS Parts for Jonsbo N3 or N4. Need a IDLE Power cons. of 9-14W!
Engery in Germany is really expensive...
Thought about Topton N100? It needs to run sometimes max 2 VM (light weight linux distros often). But I need min. 2 Ethernetports and Docker for must also run on the hardware?
THANKS!
Greetings Marcel

We are Windows based institution and would like to invest in a NAS instead off adding additional storage in our current processing LAB PC/Servers.

We looking for a NAS to assist with remote/out of lab data forensic data acquisition and transfer, processing directly on NAS using Forensic Software - https://www.vound-software.com/pro

See Software Technical Guide - https://www.vound-software.com/resources/files/Intella%20Technical%20Guide.pdf

Our Budget include the Storage (4 x HDDs)

This article links toa Noctua at Amazon that is a 4pin fan, but images show 3 pins? Which is correct? Which is the best fan for the DS923+? And Noctua makes several in the correct size. What are the differences? Anything better than Noctua?

Thanks!

~Bob

I found this the other day looking for a NAS (on Amayon DE) with enough juice that can run a couple of VMs. I was wondering if anyone has one already and could provide a first impression? The price seems reasonable and it states that it supports any NAS OS you want to run on it.

transfer speeds became INCREDIBLY slow after upgrading DSM from 6 to 7. been using the unit since 2020 with absolutely no problems outside of not being able to access the DSM interface.