Hi, it took me a while to choose which NAS to go for, but I finally went with the Nimbustor 4 and I populated it with 4 x 4gb WD Gold drives and I upgraded the Nas RAM to 16gb of DDR 4.
I have the Nas connected to my TV via hdmi and have a library of content using Plex server...
After a few days I noticed that some files wouldnt play, with a message being displayed saying something along the lines of, server not powerful enough.. it took me a while to realise that although the NAS is connected via hmdi, Plex was not being utilised via hdmi (asustor portal) and that I needed the Plex media player installed in Portal to stream directly....
However, I cannot find this and although I've found a version 1 Plex media player APK, it doesn't show support for the Nimbustor 4 and won't install...
This is pretty annoying, as this setup cost over £1k and it cant transcode high quality to my TV or provide the software to direct stream via HDMI. Can you advise or do you have any ideas for a remedy, Emby maybe¿

Greetings, and thank you for producing such informative content.

I'd appreciate your advice on whether I should purchase a Netgear RR4312X2 or a Synology RS1619xs+ for a high-end residential application.

The residence will have a rack.

The main use will be as Time Machine backup for up to 5 computers running Mac OS X. I would like a set-it-and-forget it backup solution. A secondary use, much less important, will be as a music/video server.

There are two scenarios of interest, based upon the brand of ethernet switch:

• Scenario A: Netgear M4300-52G-PoE+.
• Scenario B: Ubiquiti USW-Pro-48-POE Gen 2.

In each of these scenarios, which NAS is preferred—Netgear or Synology?

Thanks so much.

Hello. I watch a lot of your videos and I think you do a very good job at explaining things. I have a TVS 672N and I would like to upgrade the CPU. I would like to put the best CPU in thats supported. I am looking at the i7-8700T, i7-9700T and i9-9900T. Can you let me know what's the best cpu i can get that's supported by just dropping the cpu in and applying paste. Thank you very much for your help.

Discuss: Intel Xeon or Core i3,i5,i7 in your Next NAS

Hi.
I'm after a little advice re: my next NAS please.

I currently have a QNAP TS212P with 2x 3TB WD Red drives. It's been running about 4years and work fine for what I've wanted it to.
We use the photo auto-back up from 2x Samsungs phones, general home storage(docs/scans/finances etc) and multimedia storage for Sonos, iTunes and, most importantly, Plex. I cuurently run a server on a PC but would be interested in moving this off to the NAS, progressing to 4k/UHD films across the network.
I'm deeply out of space so looking at 24tb in raid5 config(18tb workable). I already have 2x 6TB WD Black drives from a previous project I could use but am open to new WD Red if necessary.
The NAS is situated in a home office and in a wired network. Network Map: Virgin Fibre modem->ASUS Wifi router(AC88U)->Netgear Switch(GS308)->NAS).
All the content has been backed up to an external drive ready to move to a new system so I'm not tied to QNAP although I do know and like the brand.
I would like to start experimenting with VMs and doing more with a NAS, and am interested in having a NAS for the future, not just "for now". All the NAS units I've looked at so far are 1 0r 2+ years old. Can't see me investing in 10GbE just yet, not sure if i need USB-C connectivity, there'll always be a PC wired to the network.

This might be more info than you need but I'd appreciate your opinion.


Thanks,
Richard.

Looking for the best value for NAZ for my Davinci Resolve system. It will only ever be a single system with no requirement for multiple system connections. I'd like to be able to hot-swap drives. I'd like to be able to get 4 to 8 drives in the unit. I'd prefer a rack mount unit, but it's not a requirement. I want to connect via 10gbe from a PC or a MAC. It would be nice if I could raid some drives and others could be hot-swappable.

Discuss: What are LTO Tape Drives and are they better than NAS?

I just want the latest NAS for Plex that can handle 4k. My mind was Seton the Qnap HS 453 DX but the long time reviews say it run very hot. TS 251D is in my opinion too expensive for a 2 bay NAS. Is the TS 453Be my best choice?Is there something new coming out soon to supercede it?Thanks for your help.

Hello

First, thank you for this free help

i am a freelance video editor. i work on a Hackintosh with TB3 port available.

First i wanted to buy a Lacie 6Big 24 TB for 2200 euros. They also provide 5 years warraty on data (you send the unit and try to recover them) which is very good

But my budget is lower and i saw recently terramaster D5 thundebolt 3, 5 disks bay. On RAID 5, the system reach up to 450 500 MB/S with 7200 disks. It's kind of slow. compared to a Lacie 6big (on theory 1GB/s...don't konw if it's RAID 0 or RAID 5 at this speed) , do you think it's because Lacie use One more disk ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH8uJzs52YE (here a good test)

5 x 6TB ironwolf pro would cost 1150 euros
terra master D5 700 euros

1850 for this solution or 2200 euros Lacie 6big 24TB

What would you choosse ?

I heard that Lacie use ironwolfpro disks (i imagine that is 6x 4TB in their solution so they can reach this bandwith)

There's also Pegasus R6 which is more expensive but bettter sequential files

Thank you very much

Recently got the Synology DS220J. Prior to this I had researched wireless dongles and ended up buying the TL-WN722N which I now find does not work, probably because Amazon sent me the V3 version and not the V2 as advertised, may return it. Synology were unhelpful saying only that the compatibility list is no longer updated etc. I see no clear answer to which wireless dongles actually work with the latest DSM software 6.2. Can you recommend a dongle that actually works as I do not want to buy another based on old articles and hearsay? Thanks in advance for any help.