I have watched lots of your videos on the DS920+ (as you don't have some of the Plex and video station review reviews for the DS1520+) and the DS1621+trying to figure out which one is the best for watching movies and dealing with bigger, denser files, including 4K HEVC. I can't seem to figure out which NAS will be best. While the Celeron chip on the DS1520+ seems like it would be better as it has a little GPU capabilities on the CPU, the AMD Ryzen is a beefier chip and seems to come off better on your videos even though it is doing software transcoding on HEVC.

The price difference between the 2 NAS's isn't an issue (happy to pay more for the DS1621+). But which one is the better NAS for video playback (Plex and Video Station), especially at 4K HEVC?

Also, if I go for the DS1621+, would a RAM upgrade or NVMEe SSD for cacheing help with video playback?

Hi need help backing up plex media data on my qnap nas. can't find it in file explorer. Windows user unfamiliar with qnap os.

Hi!

About a year ago I bought a QNAP 431P to be used for home network storage. Little did I know how versatile this device was going to be. I actually have ended up using it to replace an old file server and home theatre PC. The bad part of this is that while the 431P does a pretty good job of file serving it's kind of under-powered to used as a full fledged Plex server plus run cameras and other tasks simultaneously.
I've been looking at the TS-873 as a migration path but know very little about the AMD processors. Is this a decent future proof-ish version to look at for a power home user? I like the expansion capabilities of this model. M.2, add-on network or graphics card, 4 x memory slots, etc. It seems very modular.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Now that Synology has released AMD Ryzen CPUs in new Desktop and Rack systems, will we see a 8-Bay Desktop NAS this year or do we have to wait until Fall 2021?

HI NAS Compares,

I was wondering whether anyone knows for sure whether the 18 TB seagate pro drive (ST18000NE000) will work in the DS1019+?

I looked at Synology's compatibility website - but they didn't explicitly show the ST18000NE000 drive in their list for the DS1019+.

Would like to upgrade my Memory and SSD catch could you tell me what Models I need and where to buy in the UK

Without any significant changes to the network or any computer, my NAS drive, admittedly an older Lacie NetworkspaceMax, suddenly stopped showing up on 3 of my 4 networked computers. Have searched for a solution and tried several fixes without getting them back. This problem remains unresolved. Would appreciate any help.

I have tried to create hard links to the /photo default shared folder in DSM. The links appear in /photo but I cant see the photos from the linked folders in Photostation. I did just the other day discover the enable Allow symbolic links within shared folders seitch in file services and have turned that on. I have been using the command similar to mount --bind /volume1/SharedFolder/Set1/ /volume1/photo/Test123. I have then reindexed the photostation app but cant see photos. Any ideas please. Been trying for months as I also use lightroom and need to sync external drives containing specialist drone footage rather than having to duplicate copies to /photo

Bought a second hand TS-109 Pro, downloaded QFinder Pro and the latest firmware 3.3.3. All installed correctly but cannot see it on the network or map a drive in windows 10

When I click Details in QFinder Pro, it comes up with a log in screen where I put default username and password, the it does a little search for a few seconds and closes down???

When I click on Network Drives, there is nothing to select in the Select IP Address dropdown box???

I know it's an old system but I wanted to try it out to share music and videos on my network.

Thanks in advance

I'm interested in the QNAP TS-453D. NASCompares has shown it can work with 2x 16GB (32GB) capacity, HOWEVER, no conclusive memory tests were performed! Everyone, including NASCompares, just assumes if QTS can launch everything is working. Ridiculous.

Has anyone installed more than 8GB then run MEMTEST to confirm the CPU can actually read/write beyond the Intel-stated 8GB limit?

Having QTS simply boot or just running a VM within QTS while not using it are terrible tests considering how efficiently OS's and CPU's can handle resources these days.

A valid test would be to fill the memory beyond the advertised 8GB capacity and see what happens.

## QNAP x53 series CPU - Intel J4125 Spec Sheet: https://tinyurl.com/y3m3ojfz

## QNAP MemTest: https://wiki.qnap.com/wiki/Memory_Test

## NASCompares x53D 32GB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv_8b916FU4