Hi,
I have recently purchased the F5-221 to replace my no longer functional (resulted from a thunderstorm outages) HP n40L microserver.
I am have yet setting the terramaster up as i still waiting for the 8gb ram stick to arrive so i can upgrade the system from 2 to 10gb ram.
I am in the process to deciding which system to have the terramaster running on. I have read a few reviews about the new TOS 5 and terramaster user have successful running and happy with the running xpenology/dsm on their unit so am need some advice from you which is better to have my unit run on. I am after OS that once setup minimal maintenance is required and also easy to update.
Purpose of unit:
1. central backup point to backup photos from all e-devices from all family members, need ease of use as my 70 yo parents can backup from their phones as well.
2. central storage for video/movies so they can be played local as well as remotely
3. backup image of 2 laptops
Additional question: I have the Seagate barracuda 3TB x 3 in the N40L and it was formatted in use as mirror storage can i re-use them in the terramaster?

Sorry for asking so many questions in one go, I would appreciate your time and guidance with setting my Nas.

Cheers
Dat

At what percentage hdd usage would you consider upgrading to larger hdd capacity. Current setup DS218+ 10gb wd red x2 in SHR. Currently at 35% usage. Using for 3 surveillance cameras and Plex server. Everything working well. Thanks! Love your YouTube channel.

Hello Nas-Compare Team,

at the moment I am running a Synology DS116 with 1 HDD size 6TB.
I have got already 2 Toshiba N300 NAS HDDs each with 10TB.

With my one Bay NAS i am afraid of a HDD failure, so i want a 2 or 4 bay NAS.
I want to use the NAS although to connect it via iSCSI to my Intel NUC with VMware ESX Hypervisor running.

I have a look at the following two Synology NAS (DS220+ and DS420+)

Which NAS System would you adcise?

Best regards
Lang

Hi guys, been watching your channel for a few days and decided to ask here as can't decide what to do.
I'm working from home as a 3D designer for a small home building company.

In my work I have a library of 10 TB of 3D models and textures that I use daily, loading and archiving, sharing with my colleague (he's from home too).

Where NAS might help at least that's what I think is having a dedicated shared storage space where we both can access the files, work on them and save them in the same place seamlessly.

I like the Synology 920+ but at the same time I see you've talked about Qnap options at better price points.

What would be easier to set up, maintain and utilize?

Thanks for your help, keep up with the work
George

While I wait for a new DSx22 I have been pondering upgrading my home/office network. 

Current setup:
ISP 1 Gbps Down  / 750 Mbps Up (Fiber into the modem)
ISP provided Modem/Router (Bell Home Hub 3000)
 - DS213j
 - PS4
 - TV
 - TP-Link M9 Mesh (WiFi connection to 2nd unit)

2 computers are used wirelessly M-F
 - One uses the HH3000 and gets a good High-speed connection
 - The other connects to the 2nd M9 and has a slower connection (but generally good enough for Teams calls)

My question(s) is:
Do I buy a Switch If so, do I put it before the HH3000, or after?
Or
Do I buy a Router, and replace the HH3000? (I'd like to have more than 4 ports though)

I understand that the Synology will likely still only have 1Gbe. If I'm lucky, it'll have a 2.5 or 2x 1Gbe ports. if so that'll make for local network improvements, but Highly doubt I'll have anything more than 1Gpbe Internet for a long time. 

My goal would be: a faster internet connection for the second computer, a faster connection to the New DS#22, and a more stable connection.

Hi Mate, Thank you for being kind enough to offer free advice on this subject. I’m looking for the NAS drive but I’m not sure if it any will work with the set-up I want so I’m hoping you might be able to tell me if it is possible or not.

Overview:
I am a videographer dealing a lot with brand and wedding footage. I typically edit from home but I do regularly find myself editing whilst away on the road, so I would like to upload XML files to the nas while on the go incase something happens to my machine whilst away.

The set-up:
As I will be transferring large amounts of data I am looking for a 4-bay NAS that will function primarily as an external drive (via TB4 or USBC) which will most probably be setup in RAID 5. However, because our router is in a different end of the house I would need a NAS which has the ability to connect to the internet wirelessly.

Is this possible or should I just stop looking for one now?

Also a smaller 2.5” set-up would be preferable but if it has to be 3.5” that’s not the end of the world. I currently already use external storage and dropbox but I would like to go the route of the NAS drive.

Any advice you can give would be massively appreciated!

Thanks again.

Hi folks,

I’m looking to buy my first NAS, originally I was going to get a Synology 920+ but having watched a bounty of NASCompares videos I now realise it won’t meet my needs. I am hoping you can help guide me to the most suitable model for my needs.

I am looking for a NAS that allows me to back up a large home media collection (over 2000 blu rays and just under 200 4K discs) for ease of use. I will be using it 99% of the time through a local network and I have. HD Firestick, Chromecast, PS5, my TV even has the Plex app, so transcoding isn’t as much an issue as it straight playing large UHD files.

I’m using an old computer to stream Blu Rays to test out Plex and I have been ripping the discs through makemkv and leaving them at full size, (around 30GB for 90mins - bitrate around 30) not using handbrake as I want the same level of quality as the disc itself, so when I get to 4K I’m going to need some beefy specs from the NAS and hopefully one that can be upgraded later if needed.

I know I listed 36TB in the heading but preferably I’d go for at least a 6 bay (I’m looking at 8 bays at the moment) to allow me to expand the storage later, I will be utilising Raid, at least Raid 5 maybe Raid 6.

Basically I don’t mind spending the money now (and later to upgrade) but I don’t want to have to buy a whole new system within the next ten years.

Hopefully this makes sense, thanks for all the videos if I don’t hear from you I’m sure I’ll still make a good decision (I won’t be buying until late September I’d say) from what I garner from the videos.

All the best,
Stuart.

Hi, I am in need of a backup solution for my household (2 adults, 3 elementary kids). I am looking for something that can do storage, cloud replacement, and heavy Google Photos replacement with AI. Possibly 1-3 lightweight Dockers (Tailscale a free self hosted VPN, PiHole, maybe Unbound). I am looking for two Synology systems, one for the home and one as an off-site backup. I already have three 10TB drives, and have up to 10Gbe available. I am in a pickle here with the new releases coming soon, but need a backup solution now as I have nothing.

I was thinking of only getting the off-site backup device now to tie me over until the new units release q4/q1. I was thinking a ds118 or ds120j now, and then later get a ds723+. However, I have zero experience with this and am looking for advice.

Thank you so much!

Hello, I saw your videos and it helped a lot to understand more about the subject so thank you very much, I will try to keep it short and concise, So we are moving into a new house which is about 1400 m2 of total land and 400 m2 of actual house on it, I want a very good internet connection throughout the house with no problems, The house has CAT6 wires throughout and 2 ethernet ports per room, however the main internet modem provided by the isp is next to the garage door which is about 7-8 meters away from the house, but there is cat6 cables coming from there into the maintenance room of the house and it can be disturbuted to the rest of the house through there, My idea was to put a strong switch in that room to provide ethernet connection to the whole house then through those put 2 Unifi wifi devices in 2 rooms which are considerably in the middle of the house, one on the first floor and one on the second, I contacted 2 IT companies and they offered me very various switches, The first one was a 700$ Ubiquiti 24 PoE Gigabit Pro Switch along with a Ubiquiti PoE Injector (i dont understand what it does) along with 2 Ubuiqiti U6 Long range routers, the second one offered a 65$ CISCO SWITCH SF110D-16 along with the same 2 Unifi routers with one small mesh to support one far room one the second floor, I wasnt very familiar with any of these devices however i tried learning about them and now I am more informed thanks to your videos, However I still wanted to ask you for advice and support one what I should go for and what the best solution would be, Two companies offering two very different switches got me very confused and I’d like to have your opinion, I want 100 mb+ internet all over the house with the least amount of weakspots possible, Also I want to know the the PoE Injectors are for and wheter I can setup such a system by myself to reduce my costs( I dont have software experience) , Thank you so much for offering such a service and Thank you and I am awaiting your response, Greetings

Good day, searching on your youtube videos regarding streaming 4k videos on my samsung tu7000 tv. i was thinking about synology ds220j, terramaster f2-210 or just a diy raspbery pi 4 which cost almost the same ball park. I also wnated to know if i can stream it via lan. what would you recommend? Thank you and have a great day ahead