Hi Guys. I hoping to get some advise.... im new to the world of the nas but I have bought myself a ds920+ and have been trying to set up plex for inhouse streaming. However I just cant get it to run. I have installed plex on the nas but as soon as I try to run it(the new tab opens) I get a this site cant be reached page with an ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT message. Any help would be greatly aprecieated. Mark

Hi, i was at first looking at the QNAP TS-H973AX-8G but the price jumped dramaticaly with 333euros more than when i looked at it so i'm looking for a alternative. (i've already a 10gb card on my PC )
Is the less powerfull TS-932PX would be enought or should i go to a over nas with similar CPU like the TS-873A

I will have a raid5 of 4SSD as main partition from which i will work ( already bought the SSD) and later another raid5 of 4/5 HDD which will act a little more as cold storage. (backed up in backblaze)

if you have any other suggestion i'm open to other brand.

Thx a lot in advance !

Hello Guys,

I am wondering if you know of a Black Friday sale on the following products to use your affiliate link and to support your channels as you guys rock!

I am a photographer and video enthusiast and thinking to buy 1 of these:

Only found a deal on the German Amazon:
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/TS-464-4G-Storage-Server-Built-Ethernet/dp/B0BB1KTZ4Y/ref=sr_1_3?crid=269K4IFM8D0UM&keywords=QNAPs+TS-464&qid=1669033847&sprefix=qnap+ts-464%2Caps%2C239&sr=8-3

Thinking between those products:

QNAP TS-464
https://www.qnap.com/en/product/ts-464

QNAP TS-664
https://www.qnap.com/en/product/ts-664/specs/hardware

Synology DS920+

Synology DS922+

Synology DS1621xs+ (probably too expensive)

And I have 2x WD Red 4TB old NAS drives
And potentially buy 2 More
2 x WD Red 8TB
And use them in Raid 10 or Raid 1 configuration until the 4 TB drives die and replace them with 8 TB and use the 4 x 8TB drives in Raid 5 configuration.

So, what do you think?

Thanks,
Plamen

Greetings,
I just want to let you know that I am a big fan of your YouTube videos and I never imagined that someone has many videos in this niche market and I applaud you for that.
I have been planning to get a NAS since 2017 and one thing that you should know about me that I like to future proof (over kill) anything that I buy.
From the beginning of the pandemic, I started converting all of my friends and family's old DVDs and VHS libraries to soft copy and sharing that with them through Plex on my gaming PC, and I already filled my 8TB Seagate barracuda with about 20% of libraries.
Then my pc started to be very slow in games when someone streams on Plex.
Therefore, I do not want to invest in any additional storage if my PC is going to be that slow.
And I’m planning to buy the new Qnap TVS874 (8x16TB RAID 10) or TVS674 (6x16TB RAID 6) and my question is which is a better RAID for Plex streaming that can handle more users, and I want your advice regarding the whole thing 
Thank you very much.
Abdulrhman

Good morning,

I was looking at upgrading my discrete external storage solution with a NAS. I have acquired 6 8TB WD Elements drives (new), these have 4 WD80EMZZ and 2 EDBZ drives in them (bought at same time/vendor so surprised they are different). The EMZZ are 5640 and EDBZ are 7200 rpm. Specs look similar to Plus's and Pro's respectively based on model numbers

I was considering a Raid 6 system, most likely on the Gen 2 Asustor.

My use case is mainly secure backup (hence raid 6) of photos and documents. Sharing across a number of PCs. Also ideally backing up Iphones etc.

Question:
a). Is the used of the shucked drives OK for RAID 6
b). Any issues with the 2 types in same system (was planning on separating the two 7200 drives (say slots 1 and 6) to spread heat dissipation.
c). Do Asustor historically discount on black Friday as I haven't seen any offers?

I would have gone for REDs, but the above popped up at an absolute bargain..

Wilbur

Hi
I was wondering if it is more beneficial to have read write cache or just read only for web hosting?
I am currently using a DS920+ with 2 NVME drives for cache but wondering which option is best for a hosting environment that will also enable customers to use Synology Drive as their own business collaboration environment alongside their website being hosted?

Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards
Rob

Thanks to both of you for offering this service. Your channel is excellent, and you guys are tireless.

My question is regarding NAS selection from the point of view of a user doing not-too-crazy file server tasks with a WiFi-connected client.

I currently have a TS-451 (original) upgraded to 8 GB RAM, connected to a WiFi router over Ethernet, and clients connect over WiFi. It has been good for backups and learning QTS, but that’s about it. Everything else including just browsing through folders, using PhotoStation, editing photos, or using a VM is just too laggy, even with the RAM upgrade. It’s really not usable for those applications. Dare I say it’s a toy?

I use the same WiFi setup to connect to file servers at work through VPN, and the experience is smooth and seamless. The enterprise-grade file servers at work help with the user experience.

I know I have an ancient NAS, so I’m looking to upgrade to something newer and more capable. The TS-464 and 453E look interesting, but I’m worried that a Celeron-based machine will still result in lag, and I’d have been better off buying a Pentium-based NAS like the TVS-h474, but it would have to be 4-bay. That said, the 4-bay h474 is disappointingly de-featured, and not sure it’s a significant step above the prosumer models.

My tasks are not super strenuous, but I need a NAS that does it’s job really well with no lag for WiFi-connected clients. Do you have suggestions?

Thank you,
Dave

P.S. I made a donation, but not sure how to link it to this message.

Hello: are you aware of the availability of a data rack shelf accessory for the Synology DVA1622?
Thank you

Hi, and thanks for all of the amazing information, and the level of detail, you guys create! I don't understand half of it and it still is enormously useful!

My question is with the new Asustor AS6704T Lockerstor 4 Gen 2 NAS, do all of the M.2 SSDs have to be the same size, or can I put in 2TB for storage and 1TB for cache?

Thanks again!

Cheers!

Brian Creek

Hi there,
I have a DS411 Slim. Do you know the possibility to upgrade the RAM.

Cheers,
Gerrit