I purchased a Synology DS920+ after watching dozens of NASCompares YouTube videos. Filled it with (4) 18TB WD Red Pro and was able to successfully setup the NAS and load it with some of my media (15TB so far.)

Decided to take on the Plex Media Server (PMS) setup and did all the steps in the video titled "Synology NAS Setup Guide 2022 #6 - Setting Up Plex Media Server Right First Time" including upgrading to Version 1.28.2.6151 I’ve a couple issues afterwards.

1) PMS isn’t pulling icons for the media nor the meta data. If select Refresh Metadata the graphic spins (I’m testing with just 2 movies.) Left it run overnight and it was still spinning in the morning.

2) Pressing play produces "Playback Error - Conversion failed. A required codec could not be found or failed to install."
I tried renaming the codec directory so it would download a new version. That didn't work. I verified my Netgear R6400 v2 router was using uPnP, I verified the Synology NAS was allowed access, and I am able to view the advertisements when selecting movies from Plex.

At this point I’ve no idea what to try. There’re way too many options in a lot of different places for my photographer mind to figure out. I can figure out a Canon R3 and it’s 1100-page user manual that changes with every firmware release but computer networking is a foreign language for me.

Thanks in advance and enjoy the coffee without a rush. I'm leaving in the morning for a triple booking road trip and won't be back home until October 3.

I'm debating the TS-453D-8G-US and the TS-464-4G-US. I'll add the 16 GB to the 464. I don't intend to use it for an NVR as I use a ubiquity setup for that. I mostly want to be able to host files access remotely and expand on PLEX.

Hey good day guys,

You posted about this card back in October 2021.
Any idea of release timeline or update (I cant find anything online) on the QNAP QM2-4P-484???

I am looking to replace Google Photos and Google Drive for my family of 4. This is going to be my first time setting up a NAS.

Can you help me with deciding the NAS I should buy and any advice you have for me?

Really appreciate you taking your time to answer my questions!

Thanks!

I followed the process of upgrading the HDD to a bigger one as explained in

"https://nascompares.com/answer/upgrade-replace-existing-hdd-with-bigger-hard-drives-on-wd-nas-mycloud-and-other/"

I upgraded from 1 TB to 4 TB. Everything works except capacity shows 14.4 GB rather than 3.14 TB. What should I do?
Casey

Hi, apologies before I start, I am 80 years old and info takes a little longer to sink in.
Having read all your great info on this subject, I just want to confirm with you that I will initially need a temporary disc in the destination nas (ds220j) to achieve the migration.
Apart from being a SATA disc is there any other spec for this temporary disc.
Cheers and thanks

Is there a Nas that I could start small and build upon

It's for video editing, so I'm thinking of approx 30GB
(to start with)

with x3 thunderbolt 4 or 10gbit (Mac studios)
and be able to add extra as needed

Thinking of a reasonable starting NAS

I am looking to replace/backup my DS1515+ that have the intel Atom C2000 bug fix and is looking at new rack mounted devices.

I am looking at the RS422 and RS819 since budget is tight but a RS1219+ have come up for sale within my budget and I am a bit torn.

The RS1219+ have dual 10gb Nic.

I use it for data storage for my business and will eventually get a few employees but atm it is only me. I plan on keeping the DS1515+ as backup to the new RS.

the RS422 and RS1219 is price roughly the same so

I have a synology 1821+, i just purchased a computer with a 10gb motherboard. I want to upgrade the NAS and switch to 10gb. What card for the Synology and what switch do you recommend? The switch needs a min of 3 10gb ports that use cat6 and can be unmanaged. I would also like it to be quiet.

Thanks for your time

Hello,

thanks for all the information you share on your Channel!
im a Dolby Vision Certified Colourist working remotely from my home color suite. currently using OWC solutions...Thunderbay 8 x 8TB Ultrastar DC HC320, Thunderbay 6 x 6TB Ultrastar DC HC310 and ThunderBlade 4TB NVME.

im looking for a rack mount solution 8+ bays. possibly using Ultrastar DC HC560 20Tb drives. ideally something that is fast enough for uncompressed 4K camera RAW files, perhaps 25Gbe+ with PCIe expansion ( currently waiting to see if the new Apple silicon Mac Pro will have PCIe expansion ). If available I will use OWC Accelsior 8M2 internally for current projects and the raid for redundancy and backup.

as you can probably tell I need something as close to plug&play as possible. I do certify all my drives before installing them into a raid but that's the extent of my IT savynes!

Thanks again for your time.... you can see some of my work on the company site.

http://remotehauspost.com

looking forward to hearing from you!

Cheers,

Charles Kline