Hi,

I want to know which brand of HDD is the best for Synology 918+. Also, what RPM? Because I read that 7200RPM make sound, and it runs out quickly. Also, Seagate 10 TB have problem with the Caches?

Thank you

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Dear reader,
I am a novice when it comes to setups using NAS and media players such as Flex. I have tried to investigate myself what setup would work, but find myself lost in the digital wording and specs. Hopefully you can advice.

My setup is as follows, I just purchased a brand new 2020 model Samsung QE65Q95T which of course supports a host of apps via the Tizen (android) UI, but those apps generally are Netflix, Amazon etc. Great stuff, but not always the content I want. I also have a PS4 Pro 1TB purchased in 2019.

So, as is allowed in the Netherlands for personal use, I use news servers to download movies, this also allows for 4k HDR sized movies, the problem is often the format as this can come in a wide array of formats incl. MKV... Normally I would connect my small Dell laptop from work to the TV via HDMI and watch downloaded movies via MKV player. This laptop however, does not support 4K or Dolby DTS etc. Hence, that will no longer work with the new TV for true 4k HDR experience.

First I was looking at the Nvidia shield Pro as a potential media player, but this might be overkill given I have the PS4 which is able to handle 4k HDR.
Then I read your post that PS4 also allows Plex, so that could be a way to "play" the downloaded content. The PS4 here, only acts as the "dvd player" I believe, so I would still need some NAS setup where the movies are stored and streamed from (using Ethernet cables of course). This is where I need advise, because I am not sure what would be best for a NAS given the type of formats downloaded and also I read issues about subtitles causing issues (which are either backed-in or SRT. files) due to "trans-coding" ? I want to avoid this of course.

One last note/question, Currently I have a glassfibre network connection coming into the house and the router is located near the front door in a broom closet, from there there is a cat6 cable pulled through the walls and neatly shows up close to the TV, however this is just 1 cable. Our TV box requires the Ethernet cable, so would a "netgear or other" type of network switch work to allow me to have a wired connection to 1: the TV box, 2: the PS4 (guessing 4k does not work over Wifi) and 3: potentially the TV itself for other 4k apps.

Sorry for a long story, but hopefully I have made the setup issues clear. If you can advise on this, I would be grateful.
I am open to different types of suggestions, now you have the full story. Also budget wise I am flexible, if a more expensive setup is the only solution, then I can look into that, but just having spent 4,500 EUR on the TV and sound system + cables etc, I would prefer to keep it slightly affordable haha.

Thanks again,

Kind regards,
Cisco

Hi,

After watching your video about 16GB upgrade, wondering if the J4105 Celeron can handle frequencies above 2400Mhz.

Looking at Crucial Ballistix 3200Mhz or Kingston HyperX 2666Mhz

Both 2x8Gb kits

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Hi,

sorry to message you but Ive been a laughing stock on the asustor forum.

i recently bought an Asustor AS6302t after reading the very good reviews from your website. (cheers very good youtube vids)

however I think ive been duped... (probably my own stupidity)

i wanted a nas with hdmi , due to my logic i thought if i connect the nas via hdmi to my LG smart tv i can watch movies stored on the nas via hdmi... so in my logic it wouldnt be streaming over local network.

mny setup is as follows.

emby server installed on nas

my movies copied to nas

emby library is pointing at my movies.

the asusstor portal is installed on nas and when connected via hdmi i can see protal on my LG tv

i installed emby on the portal.

i can connect to the nas but its obviously streaming over my internal LAN

sorry for long message...

youre probably laughing at this stage..

If my nas is connected to my tv via hdmi, shold the movie be piped down the hdmi NOT sctreaming over the network... or have i totally got my logic back to front!?

cheers

iain

Hi Mr Andrews,

We are currently using a Synology DS215+ (bought in 2015) with 2 pcs of HGST DESKSTAR NAS HDD , 3.5" 4TB 7200RPM 64MB 3
CACHE SATA HDD. The disk usage is currently at 30% on RAID 1. We are using an external HDD casing with another 4TB HGST DESKSTAR NAS HDD as backup. The NAS is getting a little slow for our liking.

The HDD are working fine and the DSM shows them as "Normal".

We are using the NAS to store documents and PDF/CAD drawings. No multimedia (FHD/4K/8K), VM, surveillance required at the moment.

Do you have any recommendations to upgrade this NAS?


BTW, we are a SME (small-medium enterprise).

PS: Resource monitor showing swap in/out data as 0 kb/s (in and out) , Total: 2Gb, Used: 109.6 MB, Utilization: 5%.

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Let's all be clear about this - COVID-19 absolutely and categorically sucks. Been the ever-growing concern we have for our family and friends, as

I am looking for something with 4-9 bays total. I really want 4-6 of 3.5 drives with the ability to add ssd's(2.5 or M.2) for caching. I do not need to have 10GbE.

This will mainly be used as a multimedia NAS for video. I am looking for the ability to stream 4k(direct play with Kodi) and would like it to be able to transcode 4k(Plex) if it is needed. I currently have a Terramaster F4-220(Intel Celeron J1800 dual core with 2GB of DDR3) and it struggles to direct play 4k and it will not transcode it at all.

I would prefer DDR4 for memory(assuming it would add longevity to the device) but it is not a requirement if you do not think it is needed for a multimedia NAS.

From the little I have seen/demo’d I prefer QNAP OS over Synology but am open to either.

If you have any suggestions please let me know, I am new to NAS' and still learning. Thanks again.

Hi, I want to set up my own cloud storage for photos, music and video. I need the device to sync / backup various devices iPhone, Android phone, galaxy tablet, iPad, W10 laptops. I want to be able to map drives for simple drag and drop of files. I also want simple app and web access for when i am out over the internet. Video to TV either WiFi, HDMI. Finally the reason for 4+4 is that i want 4GB and I want to back it up in case of hardrive failure so im thinking two bay. I want my partner to have access over apps / internet, i also want to share folders with other for either collaboration or view only. I have looked at WD and Synology and struggling to asses if they will do what i want