I have a QNAP NAS, and my friend asked if he can buy his own HD to add to my NAS to host his own PLEX server, rather than adding all his films to my PLEX, we think this is a better solution.

Is this possible?

So I have a 2 way sync set up with HBS between my NAS ⇔ Dropbox.

Whenever I move/rename a file on Dropbox, on my NAS:

1. the old file ends up in the Recycle bin
2. the file is re-added in the correct folder/with the correct name

The problem is that if I don't go manually clear out the recycle bin from File Station, my NAS' storage just ends up becoming FULL really quick...

**My question:**

A. Is there either a way to have HBS Sync not move files to the Recycle bin at all, but just delete files that don't exist anymore, like how Dropbox works on a regular Macbook?
OR
B. Is there a way to have File Station automatically clear out the Recycle bin ever hour or something?

I'm thinking of backing up some folders of my QNAP File Station to Dropbox with "HBS Backup & Sync".

I want to do this with encryption, so the files on my NAS are not encrypted, but the backups on Dropbox are, so no regular files are ever sent to Dropbox's servers.

In this case I wonder:

1. Where is the private key stored?

2. Do the HBS developers have access to this private key?

3. If my NAS gets destroyed in a fire, and I buy a new NAS, will I be able to un-encrypt my backup after retrieving it from Dropbox? (I'm sure I'd need to have a copy of the private key in this case)

Any advice much appreciated!

I have a NAS I'm planning to expand to 4~6 TB of Data

For external backups: I'm thinking of having a single external HDD (maybe around 8TB to begin) I would periodically insert to make backups.

I saw that I can get an 8TB regular external HDD from both Seagate and WD Elements for about 200 USD, I'm not sure what to look out for though...

Are there any recommendations for me?

In 2020, what is a recommended backup service?
Right now I have about 1.5 TB of data, I expect that to grow until about 5TB over the next 5~10 years.
I rather pay a little extra to know the service is reliable, like Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.
But I wanted to see if there are recommendations for me from this community?

These are the choices (see attached image):

I set up a backup with QNAP "HBS3 backup & sync". I'm trying to back up 1TB for the first time.
-- First 12 hour it did 46% -- It's been 6 hours since then, but now is only at 53%...
Backup options: (1) backup to Google Drive (2) client side encryption (3) these (default) compression settings (see attachement)

Question: Is it normal it takes so long?

I have 1TB which was "compressed" and "encrypted" into about 800GB as a backup on Google Drive.
The backup was made with the official QNAP HBS app.
HOWEVER, I bet there were several connection interruption while it was making the initial backup so...
Now I just don't know if I should feel safe or not, how can I test if the backup is / stays healthy and has integrity and not corrupt? Is there any way we can check this periodically?

I just bought an Asustor Nimbustor AS5304T. This has dual 2.5Gbe ethernet ports. My PC has a 10Gbe ethernet port but my switch is only 1Gbe capable.

So I tried to place my NAS 'between' the PC and the switch, hoping that the PC would see the NAS at 2.5Gbe whilst the PC and NAS would then see the rest of the world at only 1Gbe.

To be clear, NAS ethernet port 1 to PC, NAS ethernet port 2 to switch.

However, when I do this the PC cannot see the internet, but can see the NAS.

How can I achieve what I want, without having to buy an expensive new switch?

Thanks!

PS I'm not a Trump nut, I just mispelled Mega :-)

I followed your guide and saw that my used swap memory has a value of 360Mb and should be 0 like stated (in your guide, you are at 4Kb).

So I guess I should upgrade my memory in my NAS, I received errors that I had not enough ressources to play some files on my plex server, so I guess this is related.

I have the DS1817 unchanged, what maximum memory is supported officially and unoficially (can I have 16 Gb on that model) and which memory modules I should get.

Thanks a lot!

Hi, wanted to upgrade my DS-414, 4 Bay NAS with more memory and/or a more powerfull CPU.
If this is not possible are there possibilities to change the whole Main board witch would have more RAM and a more powerfull CPU, or would it be better to buy a completely NEW NAS?