Hello.

Although I've been passionately following your content for a while, and I've made a lot of progress along the way thanks to your valuable advice, but after my last message (2 days ago) I find myself somewhere at the beginning again, desperately looking for an answer that is "right for me".. And here I'm packing up my whole confusion asking for your help. Please forgive my long message and I really hope you can help me out - Thanks for Everything

From Day1, my first NAS )WD-EX4) hasn't met any of my expectations (I still wish it was just a simple RAID1 DAS).. The research i've made back then clearly was not enough.. So, lately I started diving again into NAS world (mainly yours) and I ended up waiting for the 923+.

* I have always been a PC user (a "power"-user building, installing, maintaining, managing..). I still a PC user.. but I cannot forget how great it felt to just "let-go" those "power" messing-arounds and tuning-ups when I had my Macbook..
* With mobiles, I still deal (actually well) with some Android devices in the family, but as for me, I'm totaly 100% an iOS'.. It's that "let-go" again, and the solid reasons for being confident going with it.. It's that feeling that everything is just fine in there with no need to dig in.. It "feels" robust, secure, reliable and well-supported.. Suddenly I don't care anymore about the hardware specs.. At the end, It's the software that serves those hardware capabilities to the user (a huge advantage when they match!).. So it's the bottomline sleek and smooth "user-experience".. and since it's exclussive, it's an "easy" choise for me, even when it comes with a price of continuiously missing some feature/s..

I believe the above explains well why i've been easily convinced that my answer is one of the Synology systems, without the need to dive deeper into other aspects.. I'de really love it if it stayed that way, but the new 923+ has made it really hard for me!
It'll accept my Red+ HDDs, but not my 970Evo+ NVMes (maybe soon - maybe never), and I cannot be sure about any reasonably priced 3rd party RAM (even if it worked for now).. And as I had to dive deeper (as explained before), I find my self deeply dissappointed with those 1Gbps ports, and even worse, I was exposed to new aspects, features and models (that I may be needing actually) that were added to my confusion, resulting in even bigger mess and questions on what I really need!!! Sorry again for this huge message. This is why I REALLY need your help

1* SHR is exclussive to Synology and can be useful for future mixing of drives..

2* ECC RAM can help preventing some work-time errors..
    Is it exclussive to some Synology models?


3* File Systems..

      - EXT4 is for most of QNAP models (QTS)
        business-level and fast.. shines when larg number of drives..
        it sholud be lacking of Snapshots, but HOW snapshots is listed under those QNAP models specs?

      - BTRFS is for Synology models, a bit slower but recommended for theses "non-high" models..
        it has snapshots, drives pool and is SSD optimizations.
        but your video states "BTRFS (EXT4)" ? two file systems?

      - ZFS is the best.. higher buisniss-level, secure and fast..
        adds software protections like COW..
        can really shine with higher RAM and drives..
        is limited for some "higher" QNAP models (QuTS hero)..
        optional future support for "mid" models, will require initializing the drives..
        but your video states "ZFS (EXT4)" ? two file systems?


4 * RAID.. although all supported (depending on number of drives).
      but now i'm confused about RAID 5 or 6.. some says they're not recommended..
      they say you'de better proceed from RAID1 to RAID10..
      and although it's not exclussive for ZFS, why are RAID5/6/10 called ZRAID? or not?

5 * containers (dockers) + VM.. i had it determind before.. now i'm confused again..
      which file system and which CPU will perform better?
      and as we're here, what about Virtual Machines?
      and as i dived into this (never thought of this before),
      can i deploy my full-stack web projects in here instead of GCP?
      it usually contains a front in REACT (nodejs) and a back in JAVA11 with some DB like MySQL..
      this may be a game changer in my decision..

6*  BRAND/MODEL..
      not only that i'm looking for deciding what brand should I go with, but now I also questioning the model range..
      maybe I can benifit from a higher model rather than the 4bay "mid plus" range i've been questioning (646 / 923+)..
      in this case  can spend more.. but without your help i'm not sure what is "right" for my NAS needs??
      suddenly I read about the 1522+ not seeing any benifit for me that'll come out of it ..
      4 ports of 1Gbps?? 5th drive for RAID5/6 (see questioning that above)..??
      as for QNAP.. will it be the h474? i cannot find it.. not even the price of it..     


7 * my other NAS needs?
      a reliable secure NAS for all my files..
      especially when I'm on LAN.. i'de rather working on the NAS..
      knowing it's centralized.. mirrored.. available.. fast.. private..
      accessing that centralized place from multi devices..
      programming projects aceesed from PC/MAC..
      deployments (including containers an VM explained before..)
      browsing videos and photos REALLY FAST (especially when on LAN) from PC/MAC/iOS devices/Android-TV..
      streaming music to car Android system..
      backing up (and syncing) PC/MAC/iOS..
      somehow replacing my google/apple storage plan.. possible?
      iOS devices neds that storage plan mainly because of whatsapp backups


8 * if you still have power.. soon (can be delayed) i'll be using  switch/router containing MULTI_WAN + MULTI_GIG ..


SORRY for extremely long message..
Thanks for Everything

I am looking at:
Qnap - TS-h1090FU-7232P-64G
TS-h1090FU-7302P-128g

Synology: FS3600
FS3410

Of these two NAS devices which will perform best in a high usage Data Center ?.... At your convenience please advise. Thank you.

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