Hi,

I'm looking for a NAS drive, it's mainly for audio, I'll be using FLAC (24 bit hi res) files, I want to control it from my iPad and play via my Denon DRA-800H stereo receiver.

I know that Synology audio station, but I wondered if QNAP or Terramaster have equivalents, especially with Terramaster have a 4 bay for the same price as the Synology 218+.

I'll also be backing up my macbook via timemachine.

Thanks in advance.

Paul

Hi,

we're having a small office with 10 users and currently we're using a DS218+ with 2x2TB HDD (mirrored) since 2015. The main usage is VPN server, file storage (mostly smaller office documents), file versioning & backup/sync to another DS using CloudStation.

We're now planning to add up to 10 more users and would like to know which way to go with the DS. Atm there are two main issues:
- speed in the network file shares: when all users access file shares at the same time, the performance drops
- the VPN server can only support up to 5 simultaneous connections: in the future we might need about 15 ...

For the VPN issue I see only using a more powerful DS, or do you think a hack like this (https://serverfault.com/a/803532) would work in the mid/long term? How can I find out which DS supports 15+ parallel VPN connections?

For the file share performance: would it be a good advise to replace the existing HDDs with SSDs (e.g. WD Red, Seagate IronWolf)?

If we opt for buying a new NAS, my initial idea would be a DS718+ or DS918+. The later would allow to use SSD Cache + the existing HDD - how would that compare to using SSDs in the DS218+ / DS718+ from a performance point of view?


Thanks a lot for your great site in general and the particular advice on this topic!

Regards
M

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Hello.
Just a quick question.
I have got QNAP TS-251D and looking to upgrade RAM on it.
Is any of this two compatible with it?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT4G4SFS8266-2666MHz-260-pin-SO-DIMM/dp/B07HP78DZ5/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=crucial+sodimm+ddr4+ram+4gb&qid=1585221084&sr=8-3

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT4G4SFS824A-PC4-19200-Single-260-Pin/dp/B019FRDKWI/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=crucial+sodimm+ddr4+ram+4gb&qid=1585221084&sr=8-1

Best regards
Sergii

Basic Information:
1. Small Medium Business hosting cross-border into Mainland China from Hong Kong
2. Never used a NAS before so no need for virtual machines and other bells and whistles
3. Need reliability in terms of reliability & safety of data
4. Around 10 people would be using. High quantity of clients requesting file sizes around 5-6mb each

Questions:
1. What hard disks should I get?
2. Is RAID 6 the best?
3. Drobo has its itnernal battery feature, should we get the UPS?

I need NAS only for multimedia which stream on my smart tv and for some minimum data backup which is some HD videos and Photos. I’m thinking for Synology DiskStation DS218 can you please help me out which is better for me
Thanks you.

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Hi, I would like to increase the RAM in my 251D from 2GB to 4GB by inserting another 2GB stick, but must I buy the expensive QNAP RAM for this, or can I buy, the MUCH cheaper, RAM from somewhere else, as long it has the same specs of course? Thanks

I’m Looking for some advice before I go purchase my Nas system to run my Plex Pass and Home Surveillance System witch I will buy after. Looking to record all 4 cameras on the nas. I’m looking to buy Synology DS418play at $599.99. I’m going to use 4 Seagate IronWolf Pro nas ST6000NE000 6TB 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drives at $289.99. x 4 = $1,159.96 It comes with 2GB DDR3-1866 memory, which I plan on adding a Synology RAM DDR3L-1866 SO-DIMM 4GB (D3NS1866L-4G) sat $119.96 to make 6GB. Will this all run fast and work or do I need more. After watching lots of your videos am going to use SHR. I am looking to add a Synology M.2 Adapter Card (M2D18). I see online that using ssd to run my caching and transcoding will keep my system from bottle necking and buffering a lot. Or can I use an external 2tg hard drive to run the metadata / thumbnails. I’m not a tech guy at all, anything I learned here was from watching your videos. (Witch are great, and much appreciated.) I’m looking to spend $2,000.00 and need it to last for a long time. Thanks for any advice. Tim.

Have a DS212+ that I'm growing very impatient with and very much appreciate your informative reasoned thoughts even when understanably speculative.

btw: I'm probably going to wait for DSM 7 (DS22x+), not for what it can do when released, which probably would work with a DS218+, but for what it may be able to do in 6 years that a 218+ may not be able to do. Plex and other apps won't run anymore on my 212+.

Also, I have been unable to find meaningful information on performance, even from Synology on the difference in a 218+ vs a 212+. I see hardward specs, but what I want to know is when I open something like file manager, will I still have time to go get a cup of coffee or will there be a maeingful, not incremental, improvement.

Again, thank you.