You've answered a few questions for me about my old DS1813+ and potentially moving to a Mac mini for Plex server. My thought now is to get a DS 1821+ (to avoid the drive issue), move my existing drives into that and add a 10GbE card and possibly additiona RAM.

This more expensive but hopefully preserves my investment in drives that are SHR-2.

What 10GbE card does the DS1821+ use? I can't seem to find an authritative answer.

What would you suggest for additional RAM? While I have my wallet open how much would you put into this?

Our parallel distributed VaultFS (Vault file system for datacenters) can intermix CMR with SMR (latest tested is WD HC690 30TB) and any intermixed capacities.

ZFS can do neither. ZFS is limited to a single server.

Lustre can do SMR with difficulty, Fraunhofer's BeeGFS and CERN's EOS cannot.

None of the above have built-in parity (they depend upon layering above a ZFS scheme).

VaultFS overcomes all these limitations. You are welcome to try on a (possibly mixed) cluster of i86 or ARM.

See VaultFS in wikipedia Distributed_parallel_file_systems

Doug Fortune
douglas.fortune@swissvault.io

I am a photographer and filmmaker in need of storage of my work media. I also plan to add two other users, my partner and our son, for basic files, backup and photos. I have purchased a Synology 1522+ and wonder what is the best way to set up the Pool and Volumes for the best longevity. Can you help with any suggestions?

I'm a NAS newbie and need something to store my backups and photos/videos/files, but I want to consider my future needs/wants too so I don't lock myself into something that's not upgradeable or that's destined for obsolescence. I'm an Apple user (iPhone, iPad, MacBooks, etc) and don't use PCs so I'd like something that works with Time Machine for backups. Currently, I use an external USB drive but I want something more secure as far as redundancy (i.e., RAID) and faster as well, both for backing up as well as accessing. I was considering a UGREEN DXP4800 Plus or a Zettlab AI NAS D6 Ultra, however, I also saw that UGREEN has another Local AI NAS upcoming for crowdfunding! I'm also considering utilizing Thunderbolt connectivity and going with a Thunderbay enclosure or similar! Help! I don't want to overspend (I certainly can't afford to!) on something more than I need but I do like the ability to use local AI to search for things! I bought 4 Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB NAS drives fyi.

I have a TVS-h1688x
I recently updated its firmware to QuTS hero h5.2.4.3079.
Plex server was previously working in home.
Then I updated the firmware and am unable to connect to network.
MAPed network drives are OK.
QFinder is OK
Can log into NAS from MAC, Win 10, and Win 11. (MS Edge, Safari, Firefox browsers too ok)
Plex will not connect to the home network.

Error message states that the server is "currently unavailable"

Has anyone else reported this issue?

Would this work? 4 bay nas 2x16tb disk setup raid 1. either a 1 disk or 2 disk raid in the remaining 2 bays exiting 8tb disks as the backup.

Usage
I switch the nas on an hour a week to copy over my tv recordings.
Ability to archive emails
Not used for remote access or sharing files
I may get a few surveillance cameras
I don’t do gaming.

My nas short list
TERRAMASTER F4-212 4 Bay NAS - Quad Core CPU, 2GB DDR4 RAM,
TerraMaster F4-210 4-bay NAS Quad Core 2GB RAM Media Server Personal Cloud Storage
Asustor AS5304T 4 Bay NAS, 1.5GHz Quad-Core, 2 2.5GbE Port, 4GB RAM DDR4
Asustor Drivestor 4 Pro AS3304T 4 Bay NAS, Quad Core 1.4 GHz CPU, 2GB RAM DDR4
QNAP TS-462-4G Intel Dual-Core 2.5GbE Multimedia NAS with M.2 PCIe slots and PCIe expandability
QNAP TS-433-4G 4-Bay NAS, ARM 4-core Cortex-A55 2.0GHz processor, 4 GB RAM

My 16tb disk short list
Seagate Exos X18 Enterprise Class, 16TB, Enterprise Internal 128MB cache (ST16000NM000J)
Seagate 16TB ST16000NM001G Exos X16 SATA 6Gb/s 7.2K RPM

I'm looking for an automated PC backup solution (4 PC's) that is controlled from the NAS side (as in Synology) without having to configure each PC individually (as in TrueNAs, ASUStor, Aomei etc) My problem with Synology is I cannot find a 4 bay unit with 2.5/10GB network (the home is already wired for 10G) and GPU support for 4K/8K .mp4 video transcoding. BTW, I do enjoy and value your videos, Best regards

Hi - I am looking for 2 to 4 bay nas for home use and wanted to store usual data, pic, phone backups etc.

but want SSD + HDD option for fast access and good read and write speeds.

Hi, I am wanting to use a Terramaster F8 Plus NAS to run my Plex Server, a Torrent server and backup cloud for mine, and my wife’s iPhones.
Could you please recommend the best hard drives for this NAS.
Please note that I intend to start with purchasing 3 hard drives and then building up to the 8 drives in the future.

I'm moving to a plex server on a Mac mini M4 (not yet purchased) and looking at storage options for it. I have an old DS1813+ that just doesn't have the horse power any more. I considered an 8 bay replacement but that seems too pricey at ~$1200 were the Mac mini can be used for many old tasks. Thoughts?