Hello

Thanks for all your great videos. I have watched a lot of them. I was about tongo for the ds920+. But now I saw a new video you have put up. Now it soon is possible to get the ssd for storage. So maybe that will chance the choice. I shall use the server for plex and home assistant. So maybe now it is a good idea to run the home assistant from the ssd and plex as always. So what would you recommend for me? I hope you will answer my message.

Kind regards

Jesper Eriksen

Hi
I have just purchased an AS5302t and I am looking to purchase a Link Aggregation switch ( Asustor 2.5Gb 5 port or equivalent) Am I able to use this or do I have to purchase a managed switch. Asustor documentation under setting up makes no mention of this other than Adaptive load balancing requires no special switch report. Googling the subject and most say you can't but there are some that say you can. Please help

Regards

Hi there,

I thought I might get in touch as you were so helpful last time I had a question. I wondered if you might be able to help me out as the Synology support team are good at replies but not overly helpful on the matter. No worries if this isn't in your remit/you don't have time to answer!

My ds720+ has been a backup for my external ssd sandisk extreme drive for a couple of years now with relatively few problems. I recently swapped to a MacBook Pro from my windows machine and shortly after I started experiencing some issues. I seem to be unable to backup my external drives to my gas using drive sync client (which was working fine before). The program spews out a couple of error messages, most notably, 'failed to initialize'. I have now deleted the tasks in order to try and reset them but now I've ran into another problem which is that I cannot create a sync task as it gets stuck loading the next tab after I select the drives and press continue or the advanced button. Any help would be really appreciated as I am quite worried about not having a current backup running!

Thanks so much
Simon

I have an older Synology DS415+ and 916+ running DSM 7 that I use to store data for a very small side business as well as personal files. Both deices run 24/7 but under minimal load. I access the NAS remotely, use some of the chat features, and backup my data and run a print server. I have both configured with Raid 5 and the 916 is the primary while the 415 acts as a backup. To date this configuration has worked just fine. Recently one of the WD red hard drives failed and I am now considering upgrading both systems to WD Red SSD. I'm wondering if this is a wise decision, should I keep the same configuration or consider other options?

Hi,

First of all, I want to tell you that your youtube-channel/blog is one of the best I ever found on the internet!!! In comparison to a lot of other "creators" of content about NAS storage solutions it is much more to the point, it is interesting, comprehensive and comprehendible. As a German, I usually look for German videos, but yours in English does just deliver a lot more value for "time in front of the screen".

Here's my use case: I do own a rather old QNAP TS-210 NAS server with 2 TB HDDs. I store data from my little home network (2 Windows PCs and 1 Macbook), both normal documents but mainly photos taken with my Olympus cameras. The old QNAP is extremely slow when I transfer data from the PC to the NAS and it is also too slow for photo management etc. I would like to have a much faster storage solution and I want to have access to my photos and documents when I am away from home. Remote access should be as safe as possible. Security concerns me because I heard of the QNAP vulnerabilities and their poor reaction. Although currently not needed, I would like to go for 4 bays in order to be more flexible in the future.

I had hoped for the Syonology 923+ to provide everything I need for a reasonable price. However, the features of the new model are disappointing to me. E.g. higher LAN speed only for extra money. More performance, but no graphics module and more power consumption, etc. Although QNAP provides much more technical value for often less money, I am reluctant to continue with QNAP because of the over-complicated OS and because of security concerns. Now, I am somehow stuck in the middle.

I would be grateful if you could let me know, which model you would prefer in my case.

Many thanks in advance

Stefan

Hi. Our Microtix router board died because of power outage. Replacement of same make model was too expensive so
I bought a TPLINK (TLSL 1218MP) 16 port POE Switch. Internet company says I must buy a router to link to their modem and this switch.

I'm not an IT person, need recommendation on any specs I should look for when buying the router - I assume the usual home routers are not good enough?

(Switch has to be used for at least 10 access points on different floors)

THANK YOU!

hi, I'm buying a 4 or 5 bays NAS to use as the main drive (on RAID) for my photography work (files up to 400Mb). One user. Which is the fastest/best option in your opinion?
I m hesitating between the 418, 420+ or 920+
thanks,

Hello,
I recently purchased a Asustor Drivestor 4 Pro AS3304T - 4 Bay. I'm not happy with it and I'm thinking of returning it. What would you recommend as a upgrade or replacement?

Requirements:
4 bays or more (so I can do RAID 5)
SSH access
expandable

Nice to have:
Media server, Jellyfin
remote access
HDMI output

After looking at your channel I'm thinking a QNAP or a higher end Asustor. I want to spend less then 1,000

Hello.

Thank you for your Site/Youtube/Knowledge/Support/Advice.. DEEPLY APPRECIATED

God knows how long I've waited for that Synology's 923+.. At that time i've purchased some HDDs and SSDs (luckely not RAM) to be used in my next NAS..
According to "Synology Products Compatibility List" from there website:

1. WD Red Plus (WD40EFZX) is listed.
2. SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 500GB is NOT listed.
3. ONLY Synology's RAM Modules are listed.

A* as for the SSDs, is that because it's new, or this will be changing soon? won't I be able to use those Samsung's?

B* as for the RAM, will your "Synology NAS Memory Upgrade Guide - 2020/2021 Edition" be valid also in here? and as I read you've tested it with DSM 7.1, should I conclude that even if I find a working Module, no one can guarantee it'll still work on DSM 7.2 or maybe later?

C* Synology's HW costs way much for way less.. All that time I was leaning toward Synology for the "Apple-like" Easiness and Robustness.. That's said,
- will you advice me considering a QNAP NAS instead?
- what will I be missing mainly?
- will it support the HDD/SSD/RAM i've talked about before?

D* What's the QNAP corresponding model for that 923+?
- will it be the 453D? it doesn't support NVMe without an adapter - right?
- and what are those TS-464 / TS-453E / TS-462.. some are newer..
- will you make a comparison 923+ VS a corresponding QnNAP ?


sorry for that long message.. THANKS again

Hi Guys,

I'm in a position to buy an actual decent NAS but i'm struggling to find info, benchmarks and tests on people using the mid level QNAP NAS's with PCIE graphics cards for use with plex.

I previously give up trying to get my QNAP to run the plex server as a High end NUC did so much better. But the fact we can now you PCIE graphics cards and these QNAP nas's are much more competent at the mid end, Its probably worth having a Mid range QNAP with a 1650, or 1050ti card.

I'm wondering how these perform. I'm looking at the 873A and getting a 1650 card (MSI) to go in it. Will this Ryzen CPU but able to keep up with hardware encoding for 4k? Will it be better than a decent I5 NUC with No hardware GPU? (obviously the nuc cannot do 4K but it does everything else very nicely)

If you have videos on these mid level NAS's with PCIE cards i'd be really interesting in watching but struggling to find any, couple using the mega expensive 1288.

Any info people can give me will be awesome! Thanks Guys.

Marc