Hi Robbie,

Which SSD would you buy right now?

firecuda 530

WD850x

Samsung 980 Pro

Thanks

Doug

I’m am/was Drobo user 5N2 and had to purchase new technology as Drobo is not supporting 5N2 in new Apple OS environment.

I watched your videos and decided on the Synology DS1522+. I’m a retired IT professional Retired for 6 years and I’m looking for simple solution/maintenance.

I was planning on buying Seagate Ironwolf Pro 6TB but am leaning for Synology 4TB after hearing about compatibility of non-synology drives……. In my previous life as a Chief Information Officer (n0n-technical) integrated vs. not integrated makes for a happy life. I did call Synology and Seagate about the comparability of the 6TB pro drive but I didn’t get a worm and fuzzy response as the drive is not on their list.

So the question is in todays world is the firmware on the drive something to be concerned about around Synology NAS? I would guess if you buy 5 6TB Pro’s the luck of acquiring drives with the same firmware would be lucky and I wouldn’t have any idea how to update it vs the Synology drives are fully integrated and Synology handles the firmware upgrades internal to the DS1522+.

It sounds like I answered my own question e.g. go Synology drives but I thought I would ask Synology experts the question.

Last but not least I am planning to use SHR vs RAID 5.

Thank you in advance

Wayne

Hi Nascompares,

Thanks to your youtube videos I've finally decided to buy my very first NAS Server. I went with the QNAP TS-464 4G.

I was only looking for a 2-bay NAS but having watched the video on the 464 made me buy this instead.

But now I spent way over my budget on just the NAS (but no regrets)

Due to this, I have decided to delay buying HDDs and was thinking of buying:

2 x WD Red SN700 NAS NVMe SSD - 250GB each
2 x RAM sticks 8GB each
.. first

I am coming from a NAS setup (if you could call it that) of:

1 x NVIDIA Shield TV pro with two External Portable HD (5GB each) attached

My setup before is just to access my files via LAN and access my multimedia and personal files via smb (samba) to interact and backup files on it.

This will also be my initial use case for my 464 except I can have a Plex Server now, Access my files via Internet and sync my photos (once I have the money to buy HDDs) and use QuMagie

Given my choice of buying ssds first, I am planning to do the following (if possible)

1. Install QTS on SSDs
2. and also use it as cache acceleration moving forward
3. use SSD as the metadata storage for Plex
4. Attach the 2 x External HD (5TB each) on USB ports and serve as my main file containers. I can have PLEX use these drives as my main multimedia folder

I wont be performing any heavy I/O operations on my NAS in the near future (by the way)

Could you let me know your thoughts on this?

I understand that I'm way under-utilising my NAS at the moment, but that's the situation I am in.

Thanks

Ben

HI, I would like to upgrade the 8gb of ram in my DS1522+ I have followed some link on you website. They seem to be out of date. Do you have a link to compatible. Cheers Jamie

Hello, I'd like to know if you've seen the latest ps5 heatsinks on the market, such as the Graugear PS5 M.2 Heatsink w/ mesh metal heat dissipation dust filter cover and copper heat pipe or the comparatively designed Ineo Heatsink with copper heat pipe and mesh dust cover both sold on Amazon for under $25 US? I'd like to know if either would be an upgrade to the Elecgear you've reviewed on your YouTube channel? I've based my ssd and Elecgear purchase off of your YouTube channel before and would appreciate your opinion on these devices, if you'd be so kind to grace me with your knowledge. Thank you very much for all that you do.

See attached graphic of my idea for utilising old HDD NAS with new super fast SSD NAS!
Will this work?

Also can disk size vary within multi-raid volumes on a NAS pool. So in my example all raids are 4TB SSD. What if I wanted 2 x 8TB SSD in the Raid 1 volume?

Thanks
  Skiboz Network idea.pdf (Size: 59.58 KB / Downloads: 12)

Can anyone suggest me the most budget synology model with 1080p 10bit x265 encode decode supported model?

I have a grand workflow / backup plan to use my old very slow DS1511+ 5 bay, purely for daily overnight Hyper Backup of two other NAS' and Time Machine, avoiding high online Cloud backup charges and other benefits.

I will buy a new 8 bay NAS, RS1221RP+ (or hopefully an upgraded RS1223RP+) if I wait for Synology to follow their normal timeline.  I also have a DS716+II 2 bay which will be used primarily for some light Surveillance Station and media storage (I will run a PLEX Server on my intel MacMini)

I will need 30TB maximum for the two full backups some way down the line. The Data Sheet for the DS1511+ from 2011 mentions maximum 5 x 3TB HDD. The Synology Compatibility Chart lists, amongst others; Seagate 6TB Iron Wolf Pro ST6000NE0023 - 2EX110 3.5 Inch HDD SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 RPM 256MB. Also Seagate 10TB Barracuda Pro – 3.5 Inch HDD SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 RPM 256MB.

If anyone has experience, I would be grateful for feedback. can I use 5 x 10TB (Raid 6) Iron Wolf Pro ST10000NE0004 HDD in this old 5 bay? Would I have issues from new HDD firmware or having to use DSM 6.2.4 on the DS1511+ with DSM 7.1.1 on the other two NAS'?

Thanks

Greetings,
First time NAS buyer, I am debating between a qnap TS-653D-4G 6 Bay +16g memory upgrade +4x 16tb HDD ($1600)
Or a QNAP TVS-872X-i3-8G-US Desktop 8-Bay NAS/iSCSI IP-SAN, Intel® Core™ i3 4-Core Processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 10GbE*1 (Base-T), 1GbE*2
+3x 6tb HD ($1800)

I am almost exclusively using it to digitize my movie collection (currently mostly SD and 3d blue ray) and use as a media server. There is little chance of multiple users at the same time or simultaneous read and write processes. Also, either one will have greater hardware then I currently have on my computers
4k ability/useably is very desirable as well as 60hz hdmi output (both have) and durability are strong considerations.

The 653 seems to have everything I need but will be maxed out immediately . If I got the other it would be with the idea that it would be in service 10+ years and a slow build up of hardwear.

Also, the reason for the 18tb HD is I currently have access to a deal where they are $14.50ish per TB, the 6tb ones are only slightly more expensive but my budget would have already been blown. (All are segate ironwolf)

Thoughts?

Hello.
I have to make a purchase decision.
I didn't fill the fields on purposetorage empty.
I need my NAS to be upgradable / expandable.
My picks are:
a) Qnap TVS-872X-i3-8G
b) DELL POWEREDGE R720 8X3,5" LFF RACK 2U with: Xeon 10C E5-2670, 32GB RAM DIMM PC3 DDR3 Registered ECC, PERC H710P,Dell 2X 10Geth RJ45 - with TRUENAS.

I need an opinion / help on which one to choose.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each solution.