Hello - I have an older QNAP TS-569L NAs - I haven't used it in years - I have 5 2TB Seagate 7200 HDD in Raid = 7.5 TB
My question is I want to build my own cloud storage to share files (Movies - TV Shows etc). Do you think this older unit is still good enough or is it easier to get a new one - I've been looking at a Synology D220+ but it only has 2 bays - So I would have to buy 2 new drives to put in it - Probably 4 or 6 TB - Which would put me around $650 to $700 all in - Any thoughts on what is my best way to go - I appreciate your help - thanks. I did see that all the reviews were saying the Synology software is much easier to configure than QNAP is. Thanks in advance for your answers - Cheers.

wanted to add a network switch from my router to be able to add several network devices such as TV, Security cameras, etc.

Hey there, I've been watching a lot of your videos & there's so much great info!


I was curious if you could give me a part list suggestion for purchasing a NAS setup. If you gave affiliate links I'd make sure to purchase through those, & I could tip/pay you as well if you have a place to donate, I'd make sure to do that.


I'm a solo VFX artist working from home & I'd like to use centralized storage through NAS to do render farming with my multiple workstation PCs. I will soon have 4 computers that I'd like to hook up to a centralized NAS, as well as access the NAS when on trips when away from home. I'm US based, and price isn't really the biggest concern; I was just mainly wanting a smooth fast storage system. I do 3d rendering, 3d simulations, & work with heavy pro res & raw files often.

I'm looking at the Synology 1821+ & figured I'd need a 10g switch with enough ports for every computer, the 10g upgrade part for the Synology, the max 16GB ram, 10g PCie for the desktops, lots of SSD cache, & a split of SSDs & HDDs for the bays. I wondered if you would have any advice on a part list for the best parts & wires I'd need to purchase, or have a place to point me in for a good list.

Thanks so much!
- Logan McNay

Hi.

I was checking the review about the QNAP TS-873A and memory upgraded and inbox and noticed option in on the site.

So in the netherlands the energy prices are raising. last year it was around 17cents for 1kWH, it is now 53cent for 1kWh.

currently I having a HP microsver gen8, running openmediavault with ZFS.
it got a E3 1260L Xeon cpu with 16 GB Ram.
I got 2 times 8TB ZFS mirror for photo's and content so this pool can spin down.
and I got 2times 4TB ZFS mirror pool for docker and tempdata etc. I also hosting my site so this pool is always running.

when idle the server usage is around 80W and with some load example plex it is around 130W. that cost 440 euro each year to keep it running.


I was checking for a replacement for this. HP dont have home labs/stoarag prebuilds anymore and I also think a prebuild is more power efficient then building my own server.

I was thinking for an 8bay solution. adding 1 8Tb to the first pool with raidz1 and another 4TB disk for the 4TB pool.
with current those disk in mirror I loose 1/2 of it. when adding 1 more disk and migrate to raid1 from the 3 8TB disk, I have 16 available.

the QNAP TS-873A-8G
replace the memory with 2 times Kingston KSM26SED8/16GB ECC memories

is this a good prebuild for me ? it is also cheaper than example the TS-h973AX
the power usage is from idle 30W and under load 55W. so that is power saving of 50% of the current HP microserver gen8

the nas cost here around eur 1100 and the 32GB memories eur 160.

and the energy savings are with a 45W qnap this drops to euro 220. this is already euro 1000 in 4 years.

what you advise,

thanks,
Peter

hello
i want to enter the nas world
today i am stucked with google drive and external hard drives
i am a youtuber and make a lot of content now i have 4 tb full storage and i make every year 2-3 tb storage so in 3 years i will have about 9 tb
need your help for choosing the best nas
and thank you for the great youtube channel

I mostly want to centralize about 4tb of family videos and photos and make them available to other family members plus have a time machine backup location for my MacBook Air. In the future I want to install an outdoor surveillance camera.

Right now I’m thinking of buying a Synology 920+ 4 bay system. I would add three 4 TB drives using Synology raid. Then I would get one surveillance hard drive for the 4th bay in raid zero for the camera. If there is any important video captured I could copy it over to the Synology raid.

Does this sound like a workable solution? This would be my first NAS and I’m trying to not make any mistakes before I buy.

Hey,

I would like to buy a NAS for backing up my Mac and iPhone devices and doing 4k video editing and streaming to Apple TV. Maybe 8k in the future also

I would like to have a 10 GB ethernet connection also for better.

Thank you

Has anyone used the QNAP TS-128A as a Channels DVR server? I am a little concerned about the 1 GB memory.

Hi

I'm looking for a NAS that can do the following:

1. Run VMs that can do web scraping, Minecraft servers, run private websites etc.

2. Backups for 4+ computers

3. Replacement for google docs and dropbox

4. I have a 10gb managed router so it would be great to be able to take advantage of that

5. Run a tor node (I'm guessing I could run this in a VM)

6. Anything else that is fun.

Not really interested in PLEX as I don't want to buy physical media and Apple TV and others are fine for me.

Really appreciate the help. This is a great service you two are providing.

Thanks

Parvez

My gaming pc is a hp omen gt13-1044na I already have a ssd 256 gb wd black omen ssd drive 2280

I have a second ssd slot on my motherboard which m.2 nvme ssd should I get am confused could you help thanks I need a 1tb