Hi,

I found your video on 1522 v 1520. I am looking for a Drobo 5D replacement as I am worried with Drobo being in chapter 11 and Apple dropping KEXT support it won’t work in MacOS Ventura.

I have the 5D in 2 disk failure option with 5x 3GB drives. Synology tells me my drives are not on the supported list. Oh well. At the moment I run Plex from my M1 iMac. If I could move it to the NAS I would consider it. You video seemed to suggest the 1522 would not be a good Plex server.

I would also be happy to go direct storage, but don’t want to fall into the same trap again with software. I looked at OWC, but they want to use SoftRaid and that seems like the 2000s. I would be interested in your advice.

All in all the 1522 would just be extra storage with resilience holding my video files. I will be editing those files via iMovie.

Hi, I am looking to buy a NAS, and here are few of my purposes. First, to storage some vlog from my trip. Second VPN server. Third, cloud computing. My requirement is this NAS has built in 10gbe connection or support 10gbe expansion, and with/support M.2 NVME SSD cache. My main target for right now is TS-473A and TVS-472XT. But my question is both of these two NAS's CPU is a little bit too old for me. Just wanna ask is it possible for either QNAP or Synology will introduce some new NAS with more powerful CPU(To be precise I mean AMD V2000 or V3000 series CPU) in rest of this year?

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!