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Hi!

I am writing to you because I have some problems with my NAS hdd drives and NAS server.
I bought QNAP TS-453D with 8GB RAM memory and two WD RED hdd WD40EFRX for home environment. Unfortunately I have two problems with this setup.

First, NAS server fan is very loud. It's not about fan speed (it's about 800 RPM, so it's minimum speed), but about fan noise. It's generating chirping noises probably from bearing. I don't know if it is technical issue and fan is damaged or it is just its characteristic (like a very cheap fan).

Second problem is associated with hard drives. When in the idle, drives are very quiet but in write/read state they are horribly loud. They're making knocking, clicking sounds with fast, continous and regular frequency through all the time of the writing/reading action.
This sound appears even when I open QTS system.

NAS server is located in my living room (in ventilated cabinet) and its noise is audible in whole flat.
I tried to isolate server housing by adding rubber footers and even install hard disk without plastic drive mount, but with no effects.

All of this issues you can see on clips below:
Fan issue:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-xfVBM8RIBevs-7e9fXmelGnzx-xDtCS/view?usp=sharing

Hard drives issues:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-wHgPssLjHsM-cK61PCL1azCBi3K23y8/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-klGWQlAiXkEs3m-KSP77JqZ9t8cPOYv/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10JL8sYEHFACSGV0a-myj39mW_IF6GqJA/view?usp=sharing

Please remember sounds were recorded with smartphone so in real life they are much louder.

I will be very grateful for some help.
Best regards,
Michał

Hi there!

Love your content, been reading for years! I have a DS 413 that I'd love to replace with something more robust from Synology. I have a home-made Ikea LackRack setup in my home office and I'd love to slot in a 1221+ or RS version, but I have one question. How bad is the noise? I understand these are made for more business/datacenter environments but I'm not in that situation currently. I'm reading disconcerting things about how loud these RS1221's are and I'm concerned. Is it possible to quiet the fans down or swap the fans for Noctua's to quiet these down? Please let me know, I'd love to purchase one of these.

Thanks,

Charles

Im new to this.... thus far I am interested in these two units. In your estimation (if you were a dummy like me) which should I consider : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZTSH9CQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3KNQ2P1WTTKPU&psc=1
or
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08V5L1X1C/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
also which company from your knowledge is the most expredient in support and response.
Thank you very much. be and stay safe
Bob

Hi!

I´ve been watching so many of your informative videos on Youtube. Thank you so much for making them! They were the reason why I decided to go for a NAS instead og a normal ssd drive. But, now Im having trouble video editing 4K material in Davinci Resolve. I have two Seagate 7 TB disk configured in SHR. And they are not nearly full. I use a cat6 cable and a Sonnet Eternet - thunderbolt swith. The iMac is from 2020, with a 10GBE port. Still my reading/writing speed is only 112 MB/s. Is this the best I can hope for? In that case I really regret the whole purchase. Please tell me if there is any chance I can get better speeds than this.

My iMac network settings are: IPv4: with DHCP. Configure: manually. Speed: 10Gbase-T. Duplex: full duplex. MTU: Jumbo (9000).

If you have any idea how to improve this I would really appreciate it!

Best,

Olaug

Hello! Thank you for all your NAS analysis!

I am a Mac using freelance designer planing to get into video editing. I currently have 8 or so external drives from 1-5TB each, most of which are plugged into a hub plugged directly into a laptop. They are getting full and I am having to spread projects over more than one drive. I have also introduced a 2nd laptop into my workflow.

I have been watching several of your videos and I think I have narrowed down my choice to the Synology DS1621+ but upgraded to the nines with RAM, Lan ports, and drives. I am keen to take advantage of supporting my video editing with a 10gbe port, but I am also a fan of the SHR for growth.

RAM: I was planning to buy Synology RAM upgrades to not void the warranty. To confirm I will be getting: 2 D4ECSO-2666-16G

Lan Ports: I was looking at the lan port options on Synology and wondered if I should get the 2 port card since I have two laptops. Also, if I’m buying 10gbe now, should I just go on and get the 25gbe now or is that overbuying?

Drives: For drives, I don’t think they need to be Synology, except maybe the 2 NVMe SSDs. I am tempted to just go with sinology for all add ons because it’s simpler, but I am curious are there better drives to use?

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Dear ,
we have a small media bussines , our budget it $1800 and we have a 1gbe computer and we want a Nas which is good and give us more speed in video editing and fast transfer like 10gbe , so which Nas is good for this and what we need to do and we will connect to two PC or 3 with very high speed for editing,

$1800 for Nas , disk , pcie , all thing

I am looking forward for your answer

Planning to buy a NAS for home. Already added 12TB ironwolf NAS to cart. But yet to buy the NAS where my mind keeps shuffling between Synology D220+ and Asustor as6602t and as6202t. Looking for some deals too.

I generally use the NAS for storing media files, 4k files, photos and use it as media server too.

I need your advice on what type of NAS i should go with.

HI, I would like a recommendation based on my use case.
I have files, photos, videos.
I want to centralize my info and want to have a reliable nas.
I have read and watched the videos, but still, anytime I go to try the QNAP live platform - is slower than synology. probably less responsive and with a bunch of glitches.
So, just wondering what is your recommendation ? get synology ?
I want a flexible NAS, but also a stable one.
been looking at 253+ 453+ and 420+ / 720+ 920+ from synology.

I don't want to have stability issues, or glitches with programs. I use Alexa, Mac's and love the flexibility to have everything around me ( meaning files )
Also, use FIRETV, roku,
I hope to transfer my home videos to the NAS using PLEX as a server.
Also use Apple TV,

thanks for your recomendation

Current router has 2.5 port ( ax86u) Asus. which I am thinking for using for my NAS.

Dilemma = most synology have 1gig port, some If I use this router I will need to use port aggression for the Asus.

SO, I am not sure either what's best having a router with 2.5 port or having 8 ports of 1gig and using the port aggregation / or adding a 2.5 switch to my NAS.

Having the router with a 2.5 lan gives me the advantage of connecting the internet (xfinity and getting > 1200bps) but, I will be limited on the other lan ports for 1gig

Thanks for your recomnedaiton

Francisco
** intend to use 2 x 8 TB drives and later expand