Bought a QNAP TS-863U in 2017 for personal use that mainly stores video files and surveillance camera recordings. It has 8x8TB storage in RAID6. 3 drives have been replaced since purchase. I have multiple pcs in my house running Kodi with a shared database for tracking watched videos via SMB. I want to be proactive and replace the system and upsize the drives while I'm doing it. Min 8x14TB, ideally higher (looking for some future proofing). Looking at HDD holiday deals for best $/TB. Beginner level here, so not sure which QNAP bests fits my needs and if I should move to QuTS Hero or stay QTS. Suggestions on new QNAP NAS?

Looking for 1st NAS, biased to Synology due to belief their software is better/simpler? than others. Use will be docs and movies initially trying more advanced capabilities as knowledge develops. The DS1511+ seems to be the option based upon your reviews and thoughts. My question is does the 1511 need hardware transcoding assistance or is it fine for a household with 1 large 4k tv?

Thank you in advance for your assistance!

Damian

Hello,

I've bought a UNAS PRO for my marketing team and i'm seeking your help to know what drives to buy and how to setup it up correctly. This product is new so there isnt a lot of help available online, i'm ready to book a zoom session with you to discuss that.

Let me know if you can help me with that.

Thank you.

Hi,

Hope all is well.

I'm struggling to find a service in the UK to provide support creating a storage solution for our business. We have a need of betwen 3 and 5 video editors to work off a server.

We currently have a 45 drives set up with 30 14tb drives.

It's not the fastest the way it's set up and looking to migrate to a new set up and use this as a back up for the new set up.

Any recommendations for a service provider to help build or set up a system for our small office?

Thanks,
Robbie

Hi,

I have a Synology DS1522+ with a 4TB USB drive plugged into it. The NAS backups up daily to that drive. That 4TB drive has now died and I want to add more drives to the my NAS. This means the 4TB is large enough either. I have 5x 3TB drives left over from Drobo. Is there a Synology NAS that I can plug into the 1522+ and use as a backup. I would also be happy to do it over the network.

Thanks for the help.

Best wishes

Michael

I have a 3.5" HHD DAS which needs populating. Based on my interaction with these products over a period of 10 yrs I have decided to go with SeaGate. I am interested in 2TB capacity drives and for my personal reliability preference ....I've chosen the EXOS series of drives. I know its way overkill, but for me it's a culture that I've used for many years in most of my lifestyle.
The interface is SATA. Now Seagate from viewing has multiple Exos drives with varying letter designates. I chatted with one online assistant and she was able to explain at least the 512 N & 512 e abbreviations. I eventually got that. However, I am seeing on various sites selling these drives various descriptions for the apparently same appearance drive.
Assist me in acquiring the correct 2-4TB Exos drive for a SATA interface 4 Bay DAS. Amazon has it as 512e & Seagate has it listed as 512N. Dont want to buy the wrong one.

Hello, I installed JellyFin per our YouTube "Easy way" video and worked great. I managed to lose/forget my password for it and now can regain access or find a way to reset my password. Can you tell me how to either reset the password or fully uninstall so I can start over?

Thanks in advance!

The only way I have found to backup an external SSD is using Synology Drive, but this expects the drive to be connected at all times otherwise it shows abnormal status in red and doesn't show the up to date statue.

If I try Hyperbackup it doesn't show the USB device as a potential source, only a destination.

Any suggestions?

Kind regards
Peter

I currently have a DS220j and am getting a DS415+ used. My 220j has 2-12TB drives and has a Raid-1 configuration. 1 Pool and 1 Volume. I'm currently running a hyperback on it to a USB external drive as I type. My main question is, can I set up the new NAS with Raid-10 and keep my data using Synology's migration tool, or will I need to set up the 4 discs of the 412+ first and do a Raid-10 and then do a restore from backup to get my data onto the new NAS?

Hi,

Since DropBox stopped with unlimited cloudstorage I need to create something new that works for me. I'm a Filmmaker that works mostly alone but sometimes with others. I'm totally new to the NAS and DAS workflow and if you could help me with some suggestions I would really appreciate!

What I want:

- It must met the 3-2-1 way of storage. (because dropbox is now gone, this is not the case anymore for me.)
- I work with 4k/8k RAW files so I like my hot storage to be ssd 4 to 8 tb's
- My cold storage can be hdd, something like 18tb, perhaps two drives.
- Some future proof setup would be nice.

I you know a perfect system for a filmmaker let me know!

Thank you for your time, really appreciated!

Kinds regards,

Jeroen Uriot