Hello,
Im enjoying my nas thanks to you.

one qustion :
will this UPS (APC BX750MI) work with DS1621+ ?

https://www.stckwt.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=63&product_id=2297

i only need it so if the power is out the Nas will shut down without losing any data.


Best Regards,

Rob, thank you for your advice late last year. I followed your links on comparing the Synology and QNAP and decided to purchase the QNAP 453D. Since then I have enjoyed your YouTube videos and followed the steps on a variety of topics however I am stuck on Backup.

Despite reviewing several of your videos on HSB3 Hybrid Backup, several others' videos on this application, and other HSB3 articles in general, I am seeking your advice on how to backup to an external device. I currently am using the WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra and experimenting with the QNAP to ensure I have Snapshots, users, etc working but especially the backup process before I move everything across to the QNAP.

I couldn't get the HSB3 Hybrid Backup job > Remote NAS (RTRR Server) or Remote NAS account options to recognise the WD3 device. So I followed the Hybrid Mount process to successfully mount the WD3. However the WD3 device shows on FileStation at the same hierarchical level as DataVol1. When I now use HBS3 the WD3 shows as 'Remote CIFS/SMB Server' under Storage Spaces but the selection of Local NAS as a Destination Storage Space only reveals the DataVol1 set of files.

I tried mapping the WD3 as a network drive using MS File Manager but the HBS3 'Map External Volume' is greyed out.

So I am at a loss where to go from here. Your assistance would be gratefully appreciated if you could give me some options on where to look from here.

Regards, Xaviour

Hi there,

I really love your videos. They have helped me set up my 2 bay QNAP and Synology devices, so thank you.

However, I really need some advice about the setup of an 8 bay QNAP I have just bought, along with 8 x 4Tb WQ Reds.

My main concern that I don't want to stripe the disks. I don't need speed, and I want to be able to access the contents of the disks were I to have a hardware failure, so I can stick any drive in a caddy and read the disks, but at the same time, having a mirror of the disks for redundancy.

I'm thinking that my solution would be something like 4 x 4Tb disks mirrored with the other 4 x 4Tb drives.

Would I have just one storage pool and 2 volumes?, or do I create 2 pools and mirror those?

Also, do I set the drives up as a JBOD?

I hope you can point me in the right direction, or maybe let me know how I can go about getting this information? I am a home user with a bit of knowledge. (Dangerous). Mainly backing up vast amounts of photographs, and negative scans.


Thank you so much,

Stephen Donoghue.

Hi, I'm looking for a DAS that does raid 5 for data storage.

I've got a terra master d4-310 with 4x8TB as 2 sets of raid 1.

I am looking between a

QNAP TR-004 4 Bay Desktop NAS Expansion

or a

TerraMaster D4-300 USB

So I can have 24TB of useable space.

Obviously the terra master is cheaper but finding out if it can do software raid 5 is difficult.

It does look like the Qnap can do hard and software raid 5.

Is the Qnap the sensible option as it might be more money but ease of use is the main thing.

Hi,
I recently bought DS720+, I have decided to add additional RAM, But I am confused with to go Synology 4GB RAM or Crucial Brand(as it is very cheap) compared to Synology RAM also which is not available in online shopping in India, need to look for Synology partner here.

So my question, adding Crucial RAM, any difference in the performance and violate NAS hardware warranty? Please help to clarify.

Thanks

Hello! Thank you for your helpful videos. I am relatively new to the world of NAS. My wife and our daughters have been very busy creating video content during the pandemic and I want to ensure they are stored in a safe accessible space. Our current WD My Cloud Home 8TB is filling up rapidly so I am looking at two options. A Synology 420+ with 4x 8TB drives in a RAID 5 or digging out an old Lenovo M93P desktop (SFF) running Windows 10 and adding a QNAP TR-004 to it. All we need the solution to do is host some network shares for storage etc (for Windows and Mac) and our Plex media library. I have 2x 8TB and 1 10TB drive however I do not have the TR-004 or the 420+. Essentially the budget is just for the device itself. Thank you again for all of your help!

Dan

Hello,

I have a Question about the Synology DS220+ I will buy this one and putt my movies (MKV files 1080 p) on it and play it with the Emby or Plex application on my LG Oled TV or is the Nas not to use for this with media?
need i to buy an other model? what about the DS218 or DS218play
what is your advise for this?

Thank you for helping me out

best regards,
Raymond

So I have a Synology Disk station 410s with I believe 3 x 2TB HDD and 1 x 500GB set up with SHR I think I went with

That was quite a while ago now
I have a web business and a video business. I have 4 k cameras and am finding my storage fast running out even though I don't do very much commercial work currently with video.
I need a solution that gives me ability to edit using resolve directly from the NAS ideally ( I currently use a 2tb G-Drive) (I may in future require multiple editors working at same time but not at the minute)

My synology DS410 is only currently used for archiving projects and footage and also to back up lots of Music and Movies. I would like to make much more use of the NAS features going forward but have always ran into configuration issues with sky broadband router not allowing passthrough etc. Ideally I could be using for VM's, DNS Server, Home security, Music Server, Movie server (plex or similar) To store home movies and backup 2 or 3 devices to the NAS e.g imacs and laptop (incrementally) I use 'mac backup guru' and have a liscense for that and am happy with its functionality

What I am not too sure about is, should i just buy a 6 bay NAS and stick it in to SHR mode and get a pile of 6GB Seagate HDD or should i be thinking about SSD or other features to improve performance PCMI? onboard caching etc (sorry I know a bit about this but probably sound like a right newbie!! lol)

Also can I continue to use my DS410 IYHO of should it be put out to pasture?. My current imac has gigabit ethernet but I expect to update it when new imac comes out later in 2021 which may have faster ethernet built in

I'm not clear on the various dependencies and how they impact the workflow and speeds etc. i.e no point in getting sdd if restricted by ehternet speed for example

Currently all my drives, NAS etc are connected through a TP link hub and then to sky broadband router

Aside: just wondering if my DS410 could be daisy chained some way on to a new synology 6 bay ( I guess it could but could not be part of same RAID configuration ?? The drives are old and probably slower and only 2TB

I'm a bit nervous as i want to make good decisions and not have to think about all this for another 5+ years!! lol

Should I be thinking SSD rather than HDD?. I think I read somewhere that HDD were better for constant R/W to disk as you would have in a NAS doing daily backups etc and video editing. Also SSD may be prohibitively expensive.

I'm guessing that 36 TB would be a reasonable amount of storage though of course i guess depending on RAID configuration I could be using 12TB or more of that, so 6x6tb drives?. I guess I can start with only 3 or 4 and add 2 more down the line without having to redo RAID?

Sorry for so many questions rolled into one. Appreciate any advice you can through my way

Good Day and Great Vids
My question is i want to setup a NAS soon. They can be pricey so i wanted to get the QNAP TS-453D. And wanted to start of with one hdd (seagate). Does that have to be setup on raid1. Can i then add 1 (2 more hdd) in the future and update to raid5.

thanks for your helps
jay

Hey, I think everyone agreed the ds1019+ was (and is) a beast, but with time marching on, I'm wondering if theres a better option for a plex server with 5+ bays?