Hi there, I am looking for a little bit of advice. I think I've pretty much decided on the Qnap 453be. My questions are around what to "add on".

We are a recently retired couple. I have a Chillblast tower, which I've upgraded with a Win 10 (x64) 1 TB SSD and 32Gb memory. We have a lot of photos, and a music collection of 450gb which is now housed on a spare 1TB HDD platter in the tower. We stream the music around the house. We have a Lenovo T420 laptop (also upgraded to win 10 x64) a couple of tablets and a prehistoric laptop (also upgraded) which is an emergency spare not in day to day use. We DON'T watch films, or stream TV content, and are never likely to (life is too short to waste on a 90+ minute movie) I do a little gaming on Steam. That's it. What we do need is a reliable backup, and somewhere to act as a central hub so we don't have to keep manually copying files and photos from one machine to another.

My stepson has persuaded me that a two bay NAS would be a false economy as sooner or later I'd have to upgrade, and I think he's probably right. However, I am not sure whether to go for two HDD initially, or three / four. Neither do I know what size they should be to achieve "future proofing " but not be so big as to be silly for a pair of late-middle aged private individuals. I'm not sure our needs run to RAID 5 as things stand, but I am happy to be corrected. I believe I could add more HDD at a later date. I am inclined to go for more than the basic memory, but again, I don't think we need to get too whizzy given our needs. We do use the Chillblast Tower pretty well 24/7.

I've watched your videos till I feel as if Rob is a member of the family......so I'd really appreciate your thoughts.

Hello, ran across your page from a YT video. I cannot decide on a Synology NAs & had some questions.

Looking at the DS1019+, DS1618+ and DS1819+.

I plan to use the NAS for a variety of things. Plex, backups, media (music) server, and also dabble with VMWare & run a few VDIs.

The DS1019 only has 5 bays, but has the built in M.2 slots & comes with 8GB of DDR3.

DS1618, 6 bays, can be expanded with the M.2 card but only comes with 4GB DDR4

DS1819, 8 bays, also expandable with a M.2 card & also only 4GB DDR4.

I'm leaning towards the DS1618 or DS1819+ & swapping the DDR4 to 2 16GB sticks or maybe just 2 8GB sticks. I plan to start with 4 4TB Ironwolf drives. (unless there's another option priced right)

Questions:

1. Which DDR4 would be best fit for the DS1618 or DS1819+? I tried narrowing it down looking at Synology's selector but it & matching Amazon parts is a little confusing.

2. If I ran the SHR-2 array, can I start with only 4 drives & add more as I go without having to lose data or starting the array over?

3. Are all 3 options hot swappable? I wasn't able to find that info on Synology's website.

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Hi, Do you have any idea what memory is compatable with the as5202t?

I do want to update it to 2x 4gb

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Hello I have a Qnap TVS-872XT. I am looking for a UPS that will work for this and allow me to automatically shut off the nas if there was a power outage. This would be the only thing connected to my UPS.

I am on a budget so I was wondering what would be the most cost effective UPS i can buy here in Canada?

Thank you for your help!

Hi, I am new to the NAS world and not a tech-savy guy...
I am looking for a safe solution to store a time machine back-up (2 TB) a growing Lightroom catalog and original pictures (~1 TB), one small laptop (500gb).
I was thinking about something like a drobo because of its ease of use (expansion, various drives sizes etc) but saw reviews about limited performance and reliability. Sinology DS218+ seemed another option but the poor customer service and limited assistance are not reassuring as I am not an expert (by far).

What could be the best cheap option for me without sacrificing size expansion and simplicity? I know there is no perfect solution

Thanks!

Olivier

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