Hi
i am planning to buy synology ds220+ and wd red 6tb drive , i will mostly use it for plex and access data from my phone and laptop, photos ects,

i wonder do i really need to care about CMR and SMR wd red drive ? i plan to use only 1 drive at the moment and i do not care if i lose some movies if drive fail, for backup of important data i will have usb drive connected to nas and i plan sync some important folders every night,

if SMR is not good for raid, do i really care if dont plan to use raid ? and disk is much cheaper

thank you

Hello, I have huge issue with my Qnap settup. I have TS-251D with single NIC. All manuals over the web are saying to use the container in bridge mode with virtual switch. Since I have only one NIC and if I create a virtual switch, I lost connection to the NAS. Do you know why ? Maybe I need second NIC ? If yes, can I use a cheap usb to Ethernet dongle ? QNAP expansion cards are pretty expensive so can I use 3rth party pcie Lan card ?

Thank you !

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Good morning. Do you know if the QNAP TVS-872-XU-i3-4G is a good enough rackmounted NAS for 4K plex server or is there a better one. I know people stating the desktop TVS-1282T3 is the best
9not sure if thats outdated or not anymore)
but I wanted a rackmount given space. I want the best one thats out now so no issues in transcoding or streaming 4K video to my home with serval 4K TVs and mobile devices. Thank you in advance. Your videos and website are extremely helpful .

I am looking for a good price on a NAS to use as my Plex Server. Remote and local streaming in 480p, 720p, 1080p, and 2160p. Also the memory should be upgradable to 32GB (at least).

Hi!

I use Apple TV 4 for multimedia at home, I´m planning to jump from a WD My Cloud (single drive) where I store my movies and series, to a Synology solution, preferably with two bays, to handle backups, photo storage and multimedia server.

As an iOS user, I had it with Apple One, and I want to handle mobile backup by my own, thus, the need to have RAID system. But I´m also interested in stream mkv files to my Apple TV, currently I have to keep a PC on running iTunes to stream MP4 files (I have to convert the files too ).

I want to fork on two 8TB HDD to setup a RAID environment, with the least expensive Synology solution capable to convert on the fly the multimedia. I´m aware of the Synology solutions for DLNA stream at home too, and surely want to use them too.

I had a hard time deciding for a brand, and spent hours watching reviews, where I found yours to be VERY detailed. I decided to adopt Synology, as I felt the Western Digital environment very short for user support. Thank you for your time!

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Hello,

Since you send to your email I didn’t make a decision but I saw a promotion. The
QNAP TS-253D-4G is only at 389€ and the DS220+ is 339€.
Can you please advise me ? What is the best Nas to backup my PCs and Mac and iOS devices, organize all the photos that I have on 8 hard drives (there are certainly a lot of photos that are repeated), the videos, and music.
When I go on the net the common knowledge is that Synology is best for Macs and Qnap has a better hardware. Both have good apps but synology customize better it’s sodtware with its hardware.
I know that the TS 253D should be compare with the DS720+ but this NAS is priced at 459€
So what should I do? By the da220+ or invest more 60€ and buy the Qnap?
What is the best photo app? Qnap or Synology?
Who deals better with both PCs and Mac?


Best regards

Pedro Cortez Pinto

I am a photographer/videographer who have some thoughts on my Synology 918+. Would it be possible to connect my Mac mini directly for the use of faster access of video and photo files. I use DaVinci Resolve and Affinity Photo - I wish to hold video files whilst editing on Resolve.

Currently I have 8mg memory, would it half to have ssd’ s fitted and what size. I am on a limited pensioner budget.

Is there an usb importing photo package for the synology?

Does the new Synology Photos cope with Nikon raw files?

Thanks for your help. Great informative videos that keep us upto date,

Kind regards,

Martyn Gunton

I have a few hundred movies, but I haven't backed any up and have no idea how much space that takes up. I ran out of space with iCloud storage which is 2TB, and my pictures are no longer backing up. I shoot RAW photography photos on a professional camera, which I know eats up storage, and I also shoot lots of high-quality videos. I need a storage solution for my wife's digital life as well, and I'm thinking NAS is the right way to go. Additionally, I'm leaning towards beginning a small business in the new year.

It's time to take the leap and I know that you usually do plenty of comparison videos, but since these are so new I'm just not sure when you'll get to a video this specific since it is a 6-bay vs. 8-bay comparison. I have landed on either the DS1621+ or the DS1821+.

I am completely new to this and have already purchased 4 WD RED PRO 6TB drives. Are those even compatible with the Synology NAS?

What would you recommend to someone who is just getting started—especially to one who hasn't even heard the word NAS until earlier this year?

Thanks!