I currently have a Plex server used for family, with lots of media files, currently sitting around 15TB but expanding very fast. I have brothers and kids connecting to it on a regular basis, most of the time 4 people connect to it at the same time (occasionally, up to 6). The server is currently setup directly on my desktop computer, with several basic external hard drives connected via USB.

My desktop computer is Windows 10, 4 years old gaming PC, so CPU/GPU wise, it is reasonably powerful even for today. Unfortunately, the computer does not have a Thunderbolt 3 port, only USB & USB-C 3.1, which is giving me lots of problems finding a good DAS solution. I would prefer a DAS solution over a NAS, but I am open to NAS as well if it meets all my requirements. I have a few things installed on my computer that support the server, which I am not sure if it would be possible on a NAS.

I need a good 8-bay solution, DAS/NAS, for all of this. I already bought a few Seagate Ironwolf Pros.

Hopefully you can set me in the right direction.
I have a DS920+ and I'm adding a DX517 to it is there anything I need to know when installing the 517? do I set this up as it's own volume or increase my present volume

My question is what is the best strategy for buying hard drives for a NAS? I need to back up about 14 GB today but once Time Machine backups begin expanding, I believe I'll need more space. Would it make sense to purchase a 4-bay NAS and 2x16TB drives, adding a 3rd HD when I need additional storage? Or, fill up all bays with 4x8TB drives?

Hi,
I need a NAS to watch movies from different places, store pictures from my trips and have access to my files all around the world.
Please advise on a NAS that would be the best for me.
KR
Bartosz

Looking for DAS, what brands are there. And your opinion on which DAS.

Regards, Rich

Hi,

After watching your videos i took the plunge and purchased a DS220+ and followed along with the setup and all have been working fine for months, along came an update from Synology Version: 7.1.1-42962 Update 1, and now my auto backup fails.

would you have any ideas? ive reached out to synology and rased a ticket but a couple of days and no reply, along with allot of forum searching.

i will pop a copy of the ticket i have raised with synology.

[Symptoms]
Hello, I received an error email today to say that the backup had not completed


the backup error reads, Back Up Status Failed (The operation failed please signin to DSM again and retry)


i have signed in and rebooted etc all to no avail, I hope you can help

[Steps to Reproduce]

Home >> Update and Restore >> Configuration Back up >> Backup now

in advance thank you for your time

Stephen

Hello! Big fan here; been following your YouTube channel for a couple of years since I bought my Synology 920+ when it came out, and watch a lot of the videos you post there.

I am currently using the 920+ for both home and business, and I would like to migrate the Virtual Machine, where I run my company's ERP server, onto the NAS. I tried importing the ova and running it in the Synology Virtual Machine Manager, but it consumed all memory available (4GB) and essentially froze the box.

Understanding that my available options to upgrade the hardware are essentially RAM and NVME Cache, I have a couple of questions:

1. Regarding the RAM, I have decided to go with a 16GB SODIMM. Should I go with Dual Rank or Single Rank memory? What is better for my use case? From what I read online, single rank produces less heat and may improve performance marginally. But I don't know if for my use case it just doesn't matter?

2. Will I see a marked performance improvement if I add NVME cache? Only when reading/writing a lot of small files?

What is your opinion?

Thank you!

Good day
Am looking for your help to choose NAS.
my current use is for backup pic and videos from my mobile and saving & watching media and downloading movies from the Internet.

Dear Nascompares Team,

I really like your work and i'm happy you are kepping us up to date!
Watching your videos about the DS 1522+, 923+ and 920+ made a lot clearer for me, but im still confused about some things for my scenario....

I'm planing on upgrading my Syno NAS from a 416 to a 1522+ or 923+.
Each would run on a RAID 5 with 4x10GB WD.
In case of the 1522+ i would use the 5th bay for a SSD to host the VM /Dokker images (shpuld increase the VM speed i guess).
I would like to use SMB Fileserver and one VM plus some (2-3) Docker container.
As a Media Server is will be used also, but i'm only hosting via NFS and watch over Kodi an Fire TV Sticks. So i think there is no need for an imbedded Graficprocessor, right?
But how does a VM behave with an Rysen 1600 without grafics? Any experience with that? I'm planning to use a Win10 or 11 VM and there will be some cases i have to play webvideos via browser or vlc.
is this possible or do i have to get a 920+ with an Intel CPU instead?
I read the AMD consumes much more power (1522+) than the Intel CPU (920+). Can you confirm this or is it not that much in iddle mode. Where as i'm not shure, if the Dokker and VM runs continiusly, if there can be an iddle mode for the NAS?

So much questions... I hope i don't overflote your freetime ;-)

Thanks in advance! I'm looking forward to your answers.

Cheers Marcel

I'm a Mac user with two Drobos - a 5N2 and a 5N. I don't really need the 5N but held onto it for fun when I got the 5N2. I'd get only one NAS as a replacement for the two Drobos, and find a way to reuse the disks (WD Red).

The Drobos have performed well enough but now Drobo seems to be in trouble I'm thinking off a move to another platform. I don't think I have the technical ability to maintain a TrueNAS or Unraid server - more to the point I don't think I'd be able to put it right if it failed, so I'll go for a proprietary version.

My main uses are file storage and backup, storing family photographs in something called Koken (discontinued but a pretty good PHP-based solution), media storage, Time Machine backups, Plex (where the Drobos struggle and won't transcode) and playing with/learning mySQL/Apache/PHP as a hobby.

I'm tempted by the Synology DS1522+, which offers 5 bays as for the Drobos, but there are several competing vendors out there including QNAP, Terra Master, Asustor etc.

Thanks