Hi, i was watching your youtube channel on PLEX. i was wanting to know, for converting file formats to be able to play on plex, what is the best codec to use? also what are the optimum settings to use on the VLC conversion plugin, or Handbrake? and if exporting to a file type other than mp4, how do i use VLC to convert from say *.m4v or *.mkv over to *mp4?

I need some advice on setting up a new video editing network. I have 2-4 editors working in FCPX on Macs in a 500sqft facility in Singapore with very fast internet. We edit 4k videos all day, every day. We are also setting up an additional office in Australia to do the same thing. I am currently using old Promise drives that now don't work well with the new Macs (they work sometimes and sometimes don't even boot which means they are unreliable). This has caused so much stress that I literally had a stroke a month ago and wound up in the hospital with bleeding in my brain (I wish I was kidding). I need to move on to something that is reliable and fast. I want 500-1000mb/s for each of the editors. 2-4 editors. I want them all to be able to edit at the same time. I want auto backup daily to the cloud. What do I buy and how do I set it up? I'm happy to pay for advice is that advice is valuable and actionable. Thanks, Alex

My father runs a Printing and Packaging business, we manufacture cartons, labels, stickers etc. for product packaging purposes.
All the artworks are prepared in CorelDRAW, so that's the most used software by our team. Other than this there's Adobe Photoshop, Accounting software etc.
The team consists of 5 graphic designers, and all them need to access these CorelDRAW files which, as of now, they access through local networking.
But we need NAS to have backup of a lot of files and artworks and then we also need the data to be present in a safe place because now if a system fails then networking stops... And also, my father should be able to access files from home, ofc NAS provides that but I am unable to select NAS based on speed and performance. We do need smooth work after installing NAS too, the file should open in the same time as if it is in the local computer itself.

I did contact QNAP India and Synology India, they told me two uncomparable models. QNAP suggested a 4 bay TS-473/453D NAS, while Synology suggested something cheaper would do fine like the Synology DS720+.

So please suggest me what should I buy?

Hi team, love your videos.  Have watched huge numbers of them.  Where I work, we have a DS920+ in place plus the DX517 expansion.  The DS920+ does a lot, file storage, surveillance, amongst a bunch of other things.  I think we will need to upgrade to something more powerful, and as the company has just moved to a rack0based system, something like the RS1221RP+ seemed logical.  I had a couple of questions I was hoping you may be able to help me with:

1.  It looks like the RS12XX series gets an update every two years.  So it probably would make sense to wait for the "RS1223RP+" at this stage in RS12XX lifecycle.  Have you heard anything about an RS1223 and am I right in believing that something like that may be released early next year?

2.  If we do move to an RS12XX, can I just pull the drives out of the DS920+ and plug them straight into the RS system?  Otherwise the cost of the replacement drives will be quite significant, not to mention just how long it would take to copy across the 10's of TB's of data.

3.  I am just trying out the Synology C2 cloud as off-site backup.  However, transfer speeds seem extremely slow, around 10 MB/s and we have a 900 MB/s connection.  So it can take a couple of days for Hyperbackup to transfer the data.  I really need the backup to be hugely faster to enable a nightly backup.  At the moment, other backup's get paused while the system waits for the C2 backup to complete.  I was wondering if you'd heard of this being an issue with C2 (in which case I'll need to look for another option)?  I suppose I could change the C2 backup so that it was only a weekly backup, and then just let it run the entire weekend.  But if other people are seeing much faster speeds then I will happily spend the time trying to work out why this particular transfer is so slow.

Thanks again for any quick help you may be able to provide!

Hi Team, love your work! Quick question. I moving from a Drobo DAS to a NAS for my photo and video work. I've got about 18TB stored at the moment. I hate dicking around with storage so I've sunk some money to make sure I have enough to cover me for at least four years and to get the functionality of NAS. I've gone fo a TVS-872XT with 5 x 16TB drives. I it backed up locally to another DAS raid and I have backblaze cloud backup as well. I was intending to use RAID 5.

Questions:

- Other than the limitations on adding another disk without rebuilding the whole array is there any good reason why I wouldn't set it up with QUTS Hero in RaidZ1?
- For photo and video work is it worth using SSD caching in ZFS?

Thanks!

Nick

Rob
First off I enjoy the videos that you create

I am planning to start a Plex server but not sure what NAS to get, I have a feeling I will be playing on tablets (3) and also TVs in the House. I am thinking of going with Synology but you are the expert! I currently have about 2 TB of videos on external WD drives that I used when deployed to Afghanistan, and planning to add all the DVDs and Blue rays I have. I will also have Family Photos I be uploading to it off my Google account.
4- 6 Bay is what I am thinking It can be rack mounted or desk top
Also what do you recommend for ripping software to get the DVD/Blue rays on to the NAS?

Thanks Barrett Eggebraaten

Hi,

I'm just about to upgrade to a Synology DS920+ (unless there is any insider info on a 922+ upcoming? :-)

The plan is to purchase 2 x 4tb Ironwolf drives, to go with my 2 x 3tb WD Reds (these will slowly be replaced in the future.)

My question is, what is the difference between the normal ironwolf drives. Memory size of 64 or 256 - How does this affect, well, anything? On the links below the larger buffer size seems to be cheaper, which is strange.

https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/seagate-ironwolf-4-tb-35-cmr-hard-drives-5961176

https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/seagate-ironwolf-4-tb-35-cmr-hard-drives-18761453

My use case: 50/50 split between a media server (no real transcoding planned) and work files/file server. My priority is data safety, i.e: knowing when a drive will fail, being able to swap out in time, and having the option of Seagate's data recovery.... Not sure how these two links differ.

Any help would be great!
Keep up the good work on the channel!

Greetings,
Nico

I want to buy a new NAS with 16 TB HDDs. The cheapest HDD I can get here in Germany is the MG08ACA16TE. But looking on the compatibility list this drive is compatible to DS1520+ but not to DS920+.
I mean, if that drive meets the technical requirements for the superior Diskstation, it should also work with the DS920+, right?
What would be the drawback if i use that drive in my DS920+ ?

Thanks and best regards
Roland

Hi Robbie,

First of all, thank you for all the information and ideas you share on your Youtube channels. It helped me a lot to think in the right direction, I think....

At the moment I'm looking for a new nas, (I have an old TS-419P) because it no longer meets the speeds I need.

Lately I've been hearing a lot about malware and security vulnerabilities and was wondering if it's better to use a separate small nas for the cloud/sync (possibly on a separate Vlan??) or is this not necessary at all?

I was thinking of a TS-873-a for the RAW/video files and documents (I think the TVS-872X(T) or TVS-1288X is too powerful for me?)
or is there a nas I'm overlooking?

And a TS-233 for the cloud stuff (backed up to the TS-873-a (or better not for security reasons?).

I look forward to your response, thank you in advance.

p.s. I have a Macbook Pro M1 ultra and TB4 docking station with 2.5GBe

looking to buy a NAS I have spent days watching YouTube not all my questions was answered. I have 5 family members on my iCloud plan with 200 GB and is full already just from photos.
I'm wanting my NAS to be able to upload photos as they are taken on family members phones and load to there own album on the NAS where they can mange and view photos. I'm looking at the two bay NAS. What would be the NAS to buy?
Thanks