I have two Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB from around 2011 in Raid 1 inside a Patriot Javelin S4, was used continually for 3-4 years as media stream cloud then occasionally these last years for media backup and storage, not yet to capacity. One drive is now giving me some trouble with some errors and the array has rebuilt now a third time in just a few months with little run time.

I'm weighing my options:, to expand the NAS to 3 or 4 drives and re-map a RAID 5. Or upgrade to a new NAS away from Linux file system as I run windows format in everything else.

Question: What drive should I be searching for to rebuild and expand the array?
Is the newer Red NAS drives sufficient to pair with the old working one or should I be looking to match the old Caviar Green?

Thank you, for your expertise and time.

ps if I were looking for a new NAS system for Raid 5 or 6 what would you recommend ?

I am going to purchase a DS920+ to use to store all of my movies and pictures ... I will start out with 2 10TB WD Red Pro hard drives and I want to get a couple of NVMe cards as well ... could I get away with using the 500GB card instead of the 1TB?

Hello, I have an old Drobo FS 5 bay that i can now only view on my sons old laptop. Thankfully he is notoriously bad a doing updates so it still allows me to access it. Well as you know a windows security update has basically rendered the DROBO useless. I was therefore wondering what you would recommend to replace it. I would like to be able to access it wirelessly via my smart TV if possible, but it isn't a show stopper if that isn't possible. I have the 5 hard drives currently in my DROBO and a spare 8TB i have temporarily put into my desktop, is there a way to put them into a replacement drive without losing the data? I would be thinking Synology or QNAP i dont know if there is anything else out there on the market which would do the job.
Many Thanks in advance for any advice or guidance that you can provide.

Cheers

Pete Sayers

Hello there,
i would need your advice for a new and first NAS.
I want it to be:
- relatively small (small house, need to find a place for it, maybe i'll have it stay on a shelf or smth)
- backuping all (2 people) our pc data for safety
- capable of setting up a small film library
- capable of keeping all photo/vids and have them accessible from outside home
- id'd rather have 2 bays than 4, optimal 4TB, excellent would be 6TB
- i would love if it stays cool, now we have 38°C in italy so...
aaaaaaaaaaaaand what else, thank you in advance for your time!

D220+?

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Hi,
I am planning to built a “home media server” and backup unit.
I want to stream my video library (mostly 4K HDR / ATMOS /DTS contents) to my LG CX tv via Apple TV 4K (1st Gen) and iPad at home. Sometimes (rarely) outside of home it will be streamed.
I will also be backing up my eBooks and work data on that.
I have 100 mbps fiber connection with ISP provided dual band router sitting just below my LG TV.
I am planning to install my NAS unit by the side of the router, beneath the tv.
I have zeroed down to Synology DS920+ for my needs.
I need advice from you whether it will be sufficient for my needs or do I need to go to something else.
If 920 is good enough then do I need to unofficially upgrade to 20 GB ram, as I have read some mixed reactions in Reddit threads. If I have to upgrade then please suggest RAM which are compatible for the same.
And also suggest how should I connect my devices so that best output can be achieved.
And do I need to wait for 922+ release?

Thanking you.

Hi, thank you in advance. So I would like to get a good idea on what would be a good plex build for my home private use, as of now, I am able to do 4K HDR direct play and that's basically what I am targeting but without having my desktop pc up all the time

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I have access to 10 or 12 10TB Hitachi SAS drives.
Is there NAS box that takes this type of drive?

Many thanks

Hi!

I love your informative videos but didn’t seem to find one geared toward video editors with specific backup solutions for a NAS at the office and a second NAS at home at home. Im not sure what the safest option for HBS is and I would like to use both to edit. They are Raid 6 and have 80 TB of disks in one and 48 TB of disks in the other. Are you maybe available for a zoom to chat today or another day? More than happy to pay money to do it right the first time. Do you have an hourly consulting rate?

Thanks!