Hi Rob,

Thank you so much for your NAS videos! They are unbelievably helpful. Still, I am torn on what system to consider for my photography business. I am new and growing in the Atlanta area @stephenguyphotography on Instagram, and would hope to have a NAS with which I could start now and grow over the next five years or more. While I don't do video much right now, I have clients who request it and anticipate more. So video will likely be important. I do travel and the ability to send my files to my NAS and edit them from that point, including videos, is important. So I'm torn on the system to purchase, seemingly between Synology and QNAP. My income from my day job is decent and I want a system that is great now and will grow with me over time. I'm drawn towards QNAP for its superior hardware, to Synology for its superior software, but ultimately, bandwidth may be king. I am not a coder (but my brother is and I have a sympathetic brain), so I might be open to some software headaches if QNAP is the way to go. Although I do not need it now, I am not opposed to looking at an 8 bay system. What are your thoughts? And thank you so much for your consideration. I really appreciate it.

Hello,
I posted up debating either the Synology 920+ or the 923+ ... because the 923+ is newer, it is probably the on that I am looking to get :/ 
I have looked at the Synology compatibility list for the 923+ for the Seagate Ironwolf Pro drives; however, they're not listed ... but the Seagate Ironwolf are ... 
Are the former not listed because they're doing testing and probably will be compatible (Seagate ST4000NE001 IronWolf Pro) , or are they actually not compatible?
I only assume they would be compatible because they are for the 920+ ... 

What are they key differences between Seagate IronWolf and the pro - all I can see is the RPM .. some say lower RPM is better than the 7200 ... but others say the pro HDD (whcih are 7200) have a long life expectancy ... 

(as I am completely unsure if I'm getting the right machine with the 923+; I'm not sure if this is a sign to ditch the 923+ and get the 920+) hehe 
I think the 923+ is the right move as it's newer and will cope with plex things ...

one thing I'd also like to ask is about 'media-side' transcoding?
I recall in a video NASCompares (?Robbie) says that you can buy a 'lifetime pass' which would help out a 923+ NAS if it were to struggle (presumably this would be transcoding to then send/stream to a device?) ... 

Say I didn't have the pass , so the NAS was relied on; would the 923+ struggle sending the stream to devices (say a TV / iphone) which is linked on the same LAN  -- or is the problem rooted with streaming / sending the data via the net?

Hello
I Looking to purchase my first NAS system mainly for Photography, storing and browsing RAW & Process Jpeg files.
I have a MacBook Pro M1 1TB o and store everything on Icoud in just one year the iCloud has taken up over half my available storage space.
I am exploring Synology DS420j 4 Bay Desktop NAS and initially populating it with 2 x Seagate IronWolf Pro 4TB NAS Hard Drive 3.5" 7200RPM 256MB Cache. With the intent of being able to save up for 2 larger drives at a later stage.
I have seen on your videos that NAS drives are often loud.
I have recently purchased TP-Link TL-PA7027P KIT AV1000 2-Port Gigabit Passthrough Powerline Starter Kit, Data Transfer Speed Up to 1000 Mbps, I ahve one plugged into my router and the other in the upstairs office (box room) would the NAS be best placed up in office connected via LAN cable to the Passthrough Powerline ?

Would this set up future proof me for quite a while?

Thanks in advance
Alex

I have 40tb of data on my synology on 5x16tb exos shr. I bought the f5-422 to do backup of it in traid. What is the best way to connect them so a backup doesn't take forever? Are terramaster getting near weekly updates like synology? Any thoughts on adding an 8gb sodimm to the terramaster?

Hi
On the compatibilty list of the DS1621xs+, I can only find the EXOS X16 16TB.
Do you think the Exos X20 18TB would work just fine and would you recommend buying this type of drive (very good $/TB ratio at the moment)?
I could live with a warning (you mentioned this could happen).
Thanks!
Daniel

I have a QNAP TS420 it got hit with the deadbolt malware this year. If I have another QNAP nas as a backup directly connected to the TS420 via USB or Ethernet and the TS 420 gets another attack can the malware also infect the backup NAS that is connected to the TS420 ?
Love your NAS videos on You Tube keep up the good work

Hi,

I had an old NAS that I could download torrents to and stream from using FTP. I am looking for a new NAS I can log into from outside my home network and open torrent files. I would also like to be able to stream to TVs and ipads from home and away. What would you recommend?

I am buying my first NAS specifically with plex in mind. Currently I just have 20t stuffed into my PC (there has to be a better way lol) a simple 4 bay NAS "should" work just fine. I have watched a ton of the channels videos and still have not settled on 1 brand/model. I have built several of my PC's so I have what I would consider a basic knowledge of computing. That being said I was considering the Synology DS920+ however my fear is that it is an older device and if I want to get more than a few years out of the system it may be outdated. I have watched the channels comparison of the 920 and 923 but I still didn't come to a solid conclusion. This brings me to the big question if YOU had to choose a NAS under $800.us given all I have said what would you choose?

P.S. Love the channel, the knowledge, British humor and support you guys are doing.

Hello NAS Compares form!

I have noticed in “Resource Monitor” in the Connections section that our home Mac desktop is connecting to the NAS using IPv6.

Is this a security concern? Does that mean that all the data going to and from my Mac to the NAS are also going through the Internet via IPv6? Our home network does not assign IPv6 addresses. 

I am using an Automounter program to mount the SMB share automatically. I wonder if that’s the culprit? 

Thanks for any feedback.

Best regards,

Mark

Hi, I have a DS418 Play with its stock 2GB of ram.
Will it accept an upgrade of 2x8gb of DDR3L, 1866mhz, 1.35v

Thanks in advance