Quick question. I've got an old ASUStor AS5002T which is used for home use with 2 WD 4Tb reds. It's 7 years old and needs to be replaced. I'm looking at either the QNAP TS233 or TS251d. I'm planning on using 2x 8Tb Toshiba n300 drives. I use it for my movies in MP4, loads of mp3s, and some photos and other stuff. Which do you recommend and are the drives good for the NAS?

I would like to know the best comparable unit/s to the XA 416 and XA 464 Miner Units provided by SC Prime:
(https://xaminer.net/product/xa-miner-xa464-b2c/
My aim is to keep adding to the systems through passive earnings.
I have been comparing your tests with Synology, Qnaps and Terramaster 4,6,8,9 & 12 bay units.
As a newby I am not sure if the XAMiner software (Linux) can be run on these other systems?
8MB of system Ram and a SSD of 250/500GB would be ideal.
I would appreciate any help - please feel free to email me with any queries. I would be pleased to pay a reasonable set-up/installation charge for any units supplied by yourselves or your reccomended suppliers. Paul

System - Computers; a Humax TV Set op Box & printer on a Linksys WIFI Network

Never had a NAS but want to know what would be the best for a start-up?

Hi there great product advice at the right time for me. 1 question i have a Truenas Core server running Plex Pass and I am running out of space. Am I able to use the QNAP TS-464 as an extra storage unit for the Plex Pass on the Truenas core system?

Thanks in advance.
Regards Rob

Followed the steps but when turned the NAS, the front blue light has been blinking for a couple hours and the NAS doesn't start.

I am using an old SYNOLOGY 4 bays DS411j with 8 Tb of storage. The system is configured in RAID 0 and all content is backed/synchronised nightly on a 8Tb USB drive using Hyper Backup. The system is for home use with only one user accessing the NAS from different devices.
I would like to upgrade to a newer Synology NAS probably with 2 or 4 bays with 30 Tb in a JBOD configuration and also nightly backups to USB drives. The device will be used to store files and possibly running a few docker applications. Could I start by purchasing a NAS with one large HDU drive and then add further drives without loosing existing data?
Can I also use non NAS drives?
I used to have a RAID 5 configuration, but as I have frequent backups and I can afford the downtime to replace a faulty drive from the backup, is it still advisable to use JBOD or RAID 0 to maximise the disk usage?

I see that the Qnap 1688 is using McAfee Antivirus, I do NOT like McAfee Antivirus, is there other anti virus programs I can use instead that also will run on the NAS System?

Hi,
I'm an absolute fan of your channel and the content that you make.
I was just wondering whether or not I can use Kingston KSM26SED8 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC CL19 SODIMM 2Rx8 16GB in my yet to buy DS923+ without any hassle. The Syno tax on 16GB sticks is 300% compared to this one....
In your table it says it this memory will not give a warning, will Synology also not be able to detect that you're not using their Syno sticks?

Thanks

I have a Synology DS420+ and am trying to set-up remote file access on a Mac using finder without success. I am beginning to question if it is possible with the Amplifi HD router I have. Do you have any suggestions or a recommendation for a new router? Thanks.

Hi, I have a QNAP TS464, all been working fine until this evening when it warned me about running out of Snapshot space. I then recevied warmings about the Datavol1 being unmounted. I have tried to check the file system but it fails after 1%. Tried restartig numerous times but that doesnt help. There is a red light on front of the NAS, top light. The NAS is about 2 months old and in good health. How do I remount the DataVol please?

Would really appreciate some guidance.
PS, Im not that IT savvy.

Thank you