PLEASE HELP,

I'm 65 so no spring chicken... few years ago purchased a NETGEAR unit and it just lay in a corner....

Very recently purchased a new boxed WD EX-2 Ultra containing a pair of WD Red 4TB drives

I use both Windows PC and Apple MacBook Pro 16"

Have been advised by a friend that the WD is not the way forward and that I should have purchased a QNAP or a Synology...

Also now looking at various links it seems MAC users are not happy with WD.

So...I could keep my drives and put the bare bones EX-2 Ultra oneBay

Kind regards,

Ranjit

Hi

I have been looking at loads of your excellent videos and I am still unsure what to get. I currently run a 4TB WD external USB drive and 3 portable drives to back up my Movies and the 3 portable for Photos, Time Machine, and complete iMac Backup. I use Carbon Copy Cloner to do all the scheduled backups. I was going to get a 2 bay DAS but getting mixed reviews on reliability on all of them.

My iMac is a late 2013 21.5inch model with a 1 TB hybrid drive, Thunderbolt 1 ports and USB 3.

I would use the DAS/NAS just for backups and Plex to my TV across the LAN I have in my house. So my thinking was I dont need or would probably use a lot of the features of a NAS but like the network attached element. To be fair I leave my iMac on most of the time so a DAS does not present an availability issue in that respect. Transcoding would be preferred to future proof it but as I dont have a 4k TV I am more than happy with 1080p HD at the moment.

To me a DAS, which one ?, would make sense for ease of use but I am torn so your advice would be much appreciated and recommended models or either

Hey

We are creative studio production high end trailers for the the games industry. We currently have a 10gbe Mac mini connected to a Promise R8 32 GB to provide shared storage. Performance has been variable. Workstations are all new Mac Pros. We are in the market for a very robust and scalable storage solution that is preferably not too loud. We don't have a dedicated server room at the moment. Needs to be fast, and responsive for up to 10 concurrent users.

Any tips?

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Hi,

I'm looking to get a NAS for 2 reasons.

1. The first is for safe storage of files, including videos and photos, and work.
2. The second is for a colaborative project where I'll need a GIT server installed on the NAS, so that between 10 to 30 people can work on the projects and save their cahnges to the GIT server.

Originally I was very fond of the Asustor AS5403T, based on your review, but that was before I considered the use for a GIT server. There seems to be no information on what NAS server I should use based on the project repository size, or the number of users that will access it, specifically in terms of the memory required on teh NAS box.

I'd love to get any recommendation.

Regards,
Sijmen.

Hi,

My Synology DS214+ blew up seems like.

Iam now searching for a new device and seeking some advice.

I like also to stream movies ive got my movie library inside of it.

Can you provide me an advice?

Not too much sure to go again on Synology because in few years the device brick and basically values Zero.

Many thanks!!!

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Hi,

i would like an advise, i am looking to buy Synology NAS ... i wanted to go for the 218+ because of its intel processor. but now i am considering a 4-bay option, the 418 is not a lot more expensive but its realtek, the 418Play or 918+ becomes too expensive

my questions is what features of the software and what capabilities will i be missing if i am using the Realtek processor vs the intel?

is there any difference in terms of features or capabilities, i read old blogs that plex was not supported on realtek but now it is ... anything else?

i will use the NAS mainly for backups of different phones/ipads/laptops ... photo storage ... plex media server to 2 TV mainly 1080 rarely 4K

Hi,
After reading your article from October 2019 about the lack of Synology 2020 models, I was wondering if you have gained any more insight in if there will be a ds220+ soon. I was looking to buy the DS218+ but if they would release a 2020 version soon I'd rather wait a while for that.

Hope you can help, thanks!

Cheers!

Hi Rob,
great resource you have here! Looks like I might be wanting to buy a first NAS at a tricky time with new models due from Synology for the DSM but here goes.
Thoughts on entry level stuff if you have time.
Considering DS220j v DS218play v TS230
Latter is tempting me because of the RAM and being the newest but had kind of gone for Synology in my head. Started at 220j but watching your reviews realise it to be a bit crippled which is a shame.
So any advice greatly appreciated as I've been going round in circles for some time.
Will be used for some video sharing to a smart tv, photo storage and pc/mac backups with two 4TB mirrored drives.
Best regards
Chris