Hello, I'm setting up a NAS and I wanted to access it's files from File Explorer without setting up a VPN outside of local network. I do have admin access to my router and I can port forward as well. Although I'm not sure how I can set it up. Thanks a lot for the help!

Hello, I would like to build a NAS. But I am a complete rookie at everything. I just looked up the meaning of NAS today and it's uses. Till now I have been saving my downloads on external HHDs but I've got three permanently attached to my computer and I am realizing that I needed a different solution.

I would like to start with Plex and I am also an avid gamer. For several games I use mods/cc. Think of Skyrim, Fallout and Sims 4. I try to never delete the mods/cc as a safeguard for myself and to share with others in the future. Still I would like to create and run a program that will help me automatically unpack, sort and organize these mods/cc in the future.

So my question is as someone who has no clue what she is doing, but is willing to learn. How can I create a NAS, make it growable and futureproof?

Hello,
I was thinking about a secondary backup in the form of an N100 and a 3.5" HDD that I can place at a friends place. The requirements are low, power, low noise, reasonable looks and potentially WiFi (here I could compromise). For low power I want the system to be capable for waking up from the internal clock and then pull the backup from the main backup server. Network speed will be limited by the public internet in between the remote backup and the main backup. The bulk of the data will be put on the drive before it is placed at the other place. Disaster recovery would be the physical transfer of the device. I want to use rsync to backup a borg directory.
I am capable of setting up the dDNS and linux OSs for those servers so the main question is about the board and the case. Do those Topton boards wake up from RTC?
I am not locked in on the aforementioned N100 and 3.5" HDD but that seems to be an option to me.
Cheers,
Albert

What memory should I add in a 1825+ synology ?

I have locked myself out of my NAS unintentionally by setting a firewall rule. Is there a way to reset network settings without losing data.

I want to move my Plex streaming from my Synology DS3617xs. All things being equal, what would be the perfect system for me to handle the workload of 4k files on Plex?

My dad recently started using Lightroom with a brand-new Synology DS1522+ NAS. He transferred all his photos to the NAS, while keeping the Lightroom catalog on his Dell XPS 15 laptop.
Everything worked fine at first, but now he's running into a major issue: everything has become painfully slow, importing, exporting, editing, even loading previews takes a long time.
He’s been connecting to the NAS using Tailscale, since he's currently away from home. That’s when the slowdown started.
We’re wondering:

• Is this kind of performance drop normal when using Lightroom with a NAS over Tailscale?
  
• Is there anything we can do to make things faster and smoother from the NAS side?
  

Thanks for your setup video - very helpful

I tried to make the ip address fixed and it asked me for the primary and secondary DNS servers. Unsure what to put in here and the video didn't provide suggestions. I've set it up initially as a DHCP allocated address, but want to change it now in control centre. Can you suggest how to easily do this ?

Good afternoon,

I am an owner of a Ugreen DXP4800 plus and I have a question that I hope you might answer. I believe there is an option to self-host my own website from my NAS, but I haven't been able to set it up correctly. In case this is possible, it would be great for me as a photographer. I have tried with docker and Nginx but I haven't been able to make it work for the past couple of days. If you have any suggestions or any of your videos already explain this, I would really appreciate it.

Have a nice day,
Ales.

Hi,

I've been putting off getting a NAS for quite some time. Now that i'm finally willing to commit, I have trouble selecting the correct NAS. I intend to use it mainly for media storage and our photo backup. I'd like to run the plex server on it so I can watch whaterver is stored on there on the devices around the house. Not really planning on sharing it with people outside the household, but I expect that may be the case within some months.
Was really looking forward to the easy interface of the synology systems, but the lack of gpu embedded cpu's and now the whole issue with the limited selection of available drives is putting me towards QNAP.
That being said, I'm aiming for a 4-bay to start with, and populating it with 2 drives (between 8 and 12 tb, depending on availability). Exact size isnt an issue for now, and I can always expand.

I would like your opinion on 'the best' system between synology and qnap in this situation. Budget would include 2 drives.
Many thanks!