Hey,
So this is just a general question about NAS devices...

For years I have just used USB-connected hard drives to play music, watch films on my Macbook with iTunes/Swinsian/VLC, and now I would like to do the same, but wirelessly so I don't have to keep plugging and unplugging anytime I want to watch/listen to things.

I have little knowledge or experience on NAS, but in my head I'm thinking I can get one, stick some drives in, connect to my router so it will show up on my network, then access it from my laptop with a password or something and then just use it as I would a USB-connected hard drive.

But from some googling and reading, it doesn't sound like it would be that simple at all. Lots of talk about setting up different servers and such which sounds beyond my expertise.

Can you give any help or advice on this? I'm looking at a Synology DS420J if that helps.

Thanks.

I have finally got things running and now I am looking through the DL section in the QNAP software site and there is a huge amount of software, it is for home use, what do I actually need. BIOS updates and drivers OK, but what else, just the basics, or what do you recommend?

I have read your article about the 8 things wrong.
I have selected a Qnap tvs 472XT.
I am living in a rural area where the internet is no that good
I am planning to upload in the nas all my personal data, as well as movies and music
I want to stream movies and music to my TVs

questions
1. what do you think about the 472xt processor ? will it do the job ? Intel® Pentium G5400T 2-core 3.1 GHz Processor
2. Memory no problem i will expand it as much as i can , may be 8 - 32 gb
3. what about the graphic processor Intel® UHD Graphics 610
4. Noise ? I will locate it far away and do HDMI connection
5. Plex media looks like no issue ?

do really appreciate your feedback and advise

Thanks
ED
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Inventory includes: Windows 10 Desktop, Windows 10 laptop, MacBook Air (Catalina), MacBook Air M1 Big Sur). NAS use for centralized storage for disaster recovery.

I have 1TB OneDrive storage and 2TB iDrive storage. I would like to retain both versions of APFS, Catalina and Big Sur along with NTFS on Windows 10 machines. I would also like a local port on the NAS to attach Thunderbolt / USB to provide 20 Gbps for backup of NAS.

Morning rob, keep up the great videos!

Very quick question, looking at buying a DS920+ for home media use with dsvideo apps on my nvidia shield and the kids google tv dongles.... but do you think a qnap running jellyfin would work better? Qnaps native video app isnt easy enough to use for my younger kids.

Cheers Tom

Dear Rob,

I would like to ask your help with the following question.

Currently, I have a Synology DS420j with four WD82PURZ disks in SHR2/RAID6 mode.
The problem is that this setup is very noisy, and it produces a lot of heat.
I should add that the NAS is in a tiny place with little ventilation.

Earlier I had a DS220j with two WD40PURZ disks, and it worked like a charm.
I replaced the disks with WD82PURZ models due to increased storage requirements.
It was noisier, but the temperature remained below 43 degrees.
In comparison, the current configuration is much louder, and at full speed, the two fans could only cool the disk to 47-48 degrees.

I would like to ask what I need to change to have a quiet and cool system. I read about BeQuiet! and Noctua quiet fans.
So far, I have chosen purple WD drives to eliminate frequent head parking.

A two-bay NAS system with 10-12TB of RAID1, one gigabit Ethernet, and 5400 rpm drives are enough for me.
I’ve only had Synology devices, but I don’t stick to the brand.

I really appreciate any help you can provide.

Best Regards,
Chris

I am a first time NAS buyer for my home use. I am the only person who will be using the nas. I am looking mainly for storage for my music collection & photos. Also to access my storage remotely. I also want to remove some of my files away from the laptop & onto the NAS. I will backup the NAS to an external drive also. I am not planning on loading movies on the NAS. If I do it will only be for my inside home playback. Anything else that I should know about purchasing my 1st NAS?

I am a first time NAS buyer for my home use. I am the only person who will be using the nas. I am looking mainly for storage for my music collection & photos. I am not planning on loading movies on NAS. If I do load movies it will only be for inside my home playback. Also to access my storage remotely. I also want to remove some of my files away from the laptop & onto the NAS. I will backup the NAS to an external drive also. Is there Anything else that I should know about NAS usage?
I am replying back . You recommended the Synology 218 or 218 +. Here in Canada the 218 + seems to be out of stock everywhere. I was looking at the ds218 compared to QNAP ts-230. They seem to have similar specs but the QNAP is 1/3 the price here in Canada. In your opinion why is the synology the better choice?
I was originally looking at both of those synologys but the saw the QNAP
Thank you very much for your time

Hi, love your youtube vids and appreciate all that you do..

Can you ‘please’ do a ‘really clear’ video on synology certificates! I’m referring to the ‘your site is not secure’ business . There are loads on YouTube but I mean a video that is not aimed at those who already know what they are doing with ddns/domain names/ etc.
Whilst I do ‘understand what a domain name is it is the ‘Let’s Encrypt’ certificate I’m referring to with a proper before/after demonstration, other vids finish with eg “so click apply and there you go, bye”

I’m a home user with a 416 Play NAS for storing family stuff on to share eg pics with family living elsewhere, I have a registered domain name but don’t use it for a website, just the email function.

Many thanks

Hello, I finally pulled the trigger and purchased QNAP-TVS-872N to run home plex/personal storage NAS. I have a ton of media I'll be loading on it right away so I have 6x 16TB HDDs loaded and ready to roll.

I just don't know if I should be using a static volume with no pools or thick/thin provision model with pools.


From what I have been able to gather snapshotting and volume expansion are the primary reasons to use thick/thin volume types

I don't really foresee myself adding to this main volume and would likely only use the remaining bays on a separate set of drives for my surveillance system.

So for a typical home user is snapshotting worth the storage allocation required (suggested) by QNAP when creating the volume? As far as I can tell it doesn't provide any disaster recovery, but only "oopsie" recovery from accidental delete.

Is there any other main benefits I'm missing from snapshot or other processes run with thick/thin volumes?

Am I losing out on a bunch of valuable tech by choosing to simple volume raid 5 my drives?