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Never even thought of NAS before google decided to take away free Photos storage. Just need a NAS at home for laptop/ mobile data and Photos back up. 95% of the time it will be one user only. No streaming video or plex requirements. Is 220J good enough for me for the next 5 to 6 years of use at home? Or do I need 220+?
Thanks

Hi NasCompares,

I've spent the last few days looking at your Youtube videos and reading on your homepage to learn more about NAS.

I've decided to get serious about my storage. In out household we have 3 PC a bunch of iPhones and iPads. I use OneDrive to sync between the devices which work great for each family members personal files.

However, when it comes to saving photos that we wanna share all together it's not the best solution. My kids are also getting into video editing which generates a bunch of data that I need to store somewhere.

Sooo, from watching your videos etc I figured a Synology DS720+ seems like a good choice. I've also learned at two WD Red Plus seems like a good choice (I want them to be silent). I use my onedrive account for the NAS backupfiles instead.

Whats your opinion on this. Does it seem like a reasonable setup or am I missing out on something?

Also, Do you think I should add some m.2 nvme memory to the setup (one or two, size?)

I must say your videos are really informative and I've learned a lot. Thank you fat the effort!

Best regards
Daniel

Hi there,
been watching your reviews and im completely stuck on what to buy... its really just want a nad for dl from my file share site for muisc and movies.. and possibly playing plex and maybe using office but thats about it.. was going to buy 2 bay.. but not sure and something handy for a novice like me..lol
any help would be most appreciated

Is it true that if I buy the above nas I need to use synology branded drives?

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Hello,
I decided to get my first NAS for improving my back-up strategy, save old DVD Data before it is to late and use it as media server.
I want to use it to stream videos in my network on my Smart TV and it should also be possible occasionally to stream with a mobile device via the Internet, so transcoding is not completely unimportant. The videos currently does not exceed the 1080p quality, but it would be great for the future if streaming of 4k files in the network is possible. I don't expect live transcoding of 4k video data.
The housing should have 4 to 6 bays for 3,5&quot; HDDs. It's not fixed that it has to be a Sonoly NAS, but I really like the possiblities of the DSM.

Best Regards and thanks

I am looking for two identical NAS boxes which I will run in my two houses as copies of each other.

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Hi,

So I've hit a saturation point with my current set up.

Currently a PC running 24/7 with an i7-6700K with 32gb RAM. It has on M.2 hard drive running OS and 3 x WD Red 10TB running software Raid 5.

I have been looking at different options to upgrade but within depth constraints in my cupboard (50cm+/-)

I'm about to install a adjustable rack in there which will allow me to rackmount my gear and have it neatly accessible. This is important to me as I work internationally and whilst I'm away my wife needs clear and easy access to the equipment if I need her to troubleshoot something.

Firstly I thought, no worries, I can get a RAID controller and rackmount case and move everything in, but I haven't been able to find a rackmount case with a depth of around <45cm and fit all the equipment inside. So I've turned to looking for a rackmount NAS just to store my movies, tv shows, etc. and then move my current PC setup into a small rackmount and use that as the PLEX server connected both with 10GBE to my UDM-Pro.

Now after watching your NAS compares youtube channel I'm thinking, well wait, maybe I can find a rackmount NAS that will do the whole thing. I've used one before my current set up for quite sometime until I started running into problems with transcoding, it worked perfect but was just too old to keep up with newer codecs that were coming out.

I'm currently stuck on two options and need some help if possible!

Option 1 - NAS for PLEX
I've been looking at the Synology RS1221+ or the QNAP TS-873AU but am not too sure what they'd be like running PLEX. I'm twisting more towards the QNAP (because I've owned QNAP before and enjoyed the experience and know expandability is better than the Synology). Then I'd still run my PC but more for downloading duties and would be able to turn off if not required.

Option 2 - NAS purely for storage
Do I look at something like a lower end rackmount with 10GBE, like a QNAP TS-832PXU purely for storage and upgrade the video card in my current PC setup and continue running PLEX from that.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm currently in hotel quarantine in Australia and have way too much time on my hands and it's taking up most of my thought process at the moment haha.

Thanks again