Hi. Thanks for the amazing content you provide! I would appreciate advice on a NAS I’m building for home/research use, with the following specs

-I’m particularly interested in Synology
- Main use is to store and analyse large data (Genomics data), currently 12 Tb, and scaling to 40Tb in 3-5 years
- Redundancy of 1 to 2 drives
- Real time coding by R studio or python. Where I access, analyse, and write data (~1gb files) directly from NAS data through resources of my PC (optional)
- low noise (quiet fans + low-noise reliable UPS?)

The build i'm thinking of:
-DN1522+ with two 16Tb synology plus HDD drives
-Synology 400GB NVMe cache (for speedy real-time analysis)
-E10G22-T1-Mini 10gb module (for speedy real-time analysis)
-APC BACK-UPS ES-BE850G2
-For noise: Noctua NF-A12x25 fans for NAS, acoustic foam under the NAS, and velco strips on HDD mount

What do you think ?

Please provide me world fastest mini nas pc all in one forum at affordable price and best monitor for my startup .
How to build??

Thanks for your QNAP TS464 YT videos - very helpful so far. I finished the first one and set up my QNAP with NAS name+details, then storage pool, then volume. The from the second video set up a shared folder and dragged a test file into that folder. I did not download the first software as instructed as I want to have the NAS accessible via the internet.
I can access the file via QFinder and doulbe click to view it (it is a simple text file), but I am unable to map the NAS to a network drive in Windows 11.
When I click the NAS which is visible in Windows Explorer-> Network instead of getting a login dialogue I get the error "\\NASnnnnn is not accessibile. You might not have permission etc. etc.".
Details-
System Windows 11.
NAS (QNAP TS464) is plugged directly into the router.
Private Network
Discovery: On, File and Printer Sharing: On
IP and DNS both set to obtain automatically.

Any help you can provide will be gratefully received.

Thank you, NAS Compares for such an informative video. I'm a newbie in this matter and I'm wondering if the Amazon basics UPS that you provided us is compatible with the DS220+ in order to set it up correctly and have de NAS shutdown automatically in case of a power outage, because I couldn't find the model on the Synology's compatibility list website. Thank you in advance guys, any comments are greatly appreciated.

Hi,

I have a synology DS715+ and looking to upgrade my whole system.

I want to get a 10GBe network at home and as such have an 8 bay.

Also, I want to use it for Plex which rules out the modern synology line, apart from DS224+ and DS423+.

I travel a lot and want access from external.

Question is QNAP has the better hardware but am worried about internet security. Can I just use Tailsacale to access the QNAP securely and let Plex itself deal with the security of the plex part?

Hi Guys, looking to upgrade my TVS-473e (keeps going off-line & requires restart) to something with some "future proof" built in and real performance, especially for Plex. I watched your video on the Qnap TVS-h874 (i9) & was very impressed. Is this still the best machine out there? I have no intension initially to populate all bays, but really want the performance of the i9. I also run a TS-453A as a back up. Any help would be graetly appreciated. Happy to purchase through you if that helps the channel.

Hi everyone!!

I am looking for a NAS device to store home data and support remote work. My main needs are automatic backup, access from multiple devices, and high security. I am confused between brands like Synology and QNAP. Can the forum advise me which one is suitable for beginners? Also, do factors like number of hard drives, RAM, and CPU have a big impact on performance?

Thanks in advance!

I'm thinking of building/buying my first NAS. In addition I've been toying with the idea of setting up powerful (at that budget limit) local LLM for personal use-cases like file/photo management, automation and to start building small projects with AI. So my options are as below:

1. build a cheap low spec NAS + connect an RTX 3090 with my laptop via thunderbolt eGPU
2. Build a home server in a Jonsbo N5 or equivalent with powerful mobo, cpu, lots of ram and a powerful GPU and also include a bunch of SATA and NVME for the NAS combined
3. buy a NAS and buy a mini PC and hook to an eGPU dock if needed
4. buy the Zettlab D6 Ultra, and use their AI features and give up on a more powerful local AI for now.

Your help and recommendation would be really appreciated.

Many thanks
Elvis

I've been a Synology user (first NAS) for a few years. Purchased their low-end DS220J with two 2TB Iron Wolf HDDs. Have them raided (RAID 1) and an external 300MB external USB SSD attached (which I just use as a backup of my media folders). So I have 1.8TB of usable storage in the NAS, which is fine for the below that I've listed.

Need to move on since that NAS comes with only 512MB of RAM and not upgradeable. Tried installing Home Assistant, but no go. Simple movement within the DSM software drags, etc.

So I purchased a UGREEN 2-bay DXP2800 and a 16GB RAM card (which will replace the 8MB card that comes installed (only one RAM slot unfortunately)).

What I have and want going forward, in order of importance:

1. Raid 1 for the two drives
   
2. Backup of critical local device folders - I have 3 PCs running Linux (Synology uses the desktop app, Drive Sync). So maybe Syncthing? Or does the UGOS Sync & Backup up perform this?
   
3. Plex - current music, movies, etc. on DSM. Running Plexamp on my phone to listen to my library while away, so need remote access
   
4. Shared Contacts - Currently using Synology Contacts to centralize our contacts and their info to print out lists, etc. Seems a Docker app called Radicale that hosts a caldav server may be the way?
   

1. My first choice...use one for read caching and the other for installing maybe Plex or Docker in order to run faster, leaving data on the NAS?
   
2. Raid both and use for read-write caching?
   
3. Use both for extra storage? Which I doubt I'll need
   

I have a QNAP TS-251+. 6 yrs old. Original 1T WD Gold drives. 40k plus hours on drives and old QNAP technology.
-backup files, financial data, store movies, pictures, some music (not much), PLEX for home use and to share via internet with my kids. Also have one camera in place, planning for second - store recordings. My use isn't huge, but I want another six to seven years from a new NAS. I have 1 unused WD Gold 1T drive, two with data (mirrored set in the NAS). -two NVME's as new "drives"? or Sata SSDs? or WD Gold server level drives again? Would like to use my current drives until they die - or is that a bad idea? I have looked at Synology - old technology. QNAP - a little better hardware, used to the OS. UGREEN - too new, no PLEX support. Terramaster - still has software growing pains, but seems much better hardware for future proofing, but struggling software. I have built many PC's but no longer desire to spend hours messing with software configs. No self build