hi,
im following your chanel since i started my home lab (one of the first channels tbh)
i have a x570 (hero maximus) with only the pcix1 slot left and i wanted to add 10gbe.
i saw the owc card but its not avaliablr for me, so i have to ask, is it possible to add adapter to m.2 (1pcie lane) and on it m.2 to 10gbe adapter, will i get the full 10gbe with that configuration?
thanks!

I need to replace my aging Drobo 5D3, as it's showing signs of dying. It is attached to a MacMini via Thunderbolt 3. It hosts file shares and TimeMachine backups for other Macs in the house. It would be nice to find a product that has something like the Beyond RAID feature. Being able to hot swap HDs is a must. Thunderbolt 4 or newer be nice to future proof the enclosure. Must have on device hardware RAID 5, so looking at a four or five bay enclosure with one of the HDs being a hot spare.
I see you have old videos discussing migrations options for people with Drobo hardware, but since then, possibly some better options have been released.
Thanks for your help.

Hello!

Is my device bricked, and how can I go about getting it functioning again?

I was going through a reply to my previous query about connecting a UPS to both my TOS 6.0.577 NAS and PC (thanks for the VERY quick answer previously!) and wanted to reset the system configuration to redo the initial admin account, so I backed up my settings before instructing the NAS to reset its system configuration.

After the 5-minute countdown, it restarts and the front lights are on/active, but there's no network activity coming from the back lights or my network switch after it's done starting up. TNAS Finder can no longer locate my NAS, and I can't access or do anything with it otherwise besides power it down again. I powered it down and up again several times, and there's initial network activity (green/orange lights) before it just dies and sits there.

I have recently purchased a QNAP TS-262 with two WD Red 4TB drives but I am now thinking that should have also utilised the two PCIe slots on the motherboard.

I want to set these up to hold and run the QNAP apps for the NAS

I don’t to get the wrong ones.

Please could you advise which makes and models of NVMe M.2 SSD’s would be right for my model of NAS.

thank you in advance

Hi there, Robbie/Eddie!

Is there a way I could connect a CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD to BOTH my PC and my F4-424 Pro at the same time?

I recently got my NAS up and running, and it has options to detect a connected UPS and power itself down, but my UPS only has the one USB cable that's connected to my PC already. Is there such a thing as a USB-B to 2x USB-A cable that I could buy to connect both devices to my UPS at once, or do I need to use the convoluted NUT solutions I'm seeing online if TOS 6.0 even supports such a thing?

The only other plausible solution I can think of would be to move the NAS to my sister's PC in another room and connect it to the separate UPS she has while networking everything together.

I need to move my media (movies, photos, random files, home movies) files off of a hard drive on my wife's computer. We will be using this as a plex server and a place to store photos. We really need redundancy. I was looking at the QNAP TS-453E-8G-US 4 Bay unit. I selected QNAP since Synology units look under powered and you need to use proprietary drives and ram. Is this the correct choice? I have never had a NAS before so im looking for something fairly easy to use.

Hello I’m running a ds923+ based of your recommendations and I’m quite pleased. It’s only got 4-8tb drives in there as shr 2…… with the owc 16gb memory module as well as the 10gb nic in it.

I use a few docker containers, plex, homebridge, Scrypted , lan Speedtest and stuff like that. Also I’m running surveillance station on it with 4 cams.

I’m thinking about adding a nvme for cache. What model would you recommend for my use case? And can you provide an affiliate link?

Thanks

My question Would it make sense to swap to Qnap instead of running Plex on the Windows 10 machine.
Essentially my Windows Machine is just running Plex and Sonarr. What do you think would be the best way to set this up?

I initially made a Plex server about 7-8 Years ago.
I used a Xeon E3-1230 v5 16gb Ram with a 1050TI.
Has been upgraded over the years to its current state of
x5 8TB WD Drives No Raid Config
x5 4TB WD Drives No Raid Config

Now I have recently acquired a
QNAP TS-1273u with a AMD RX-421ND with 32GB Ram (Can add a Quadro P1000)
x2 500gb NVME Mirrored
x6 10TB WD Drives currently Raid 6 One Pool
x6 1TB SSD
currently Raid 6 One Pool with SSD Auto Qtier Auto Tiering


Thanks!

Hi Robbie,
You mentioned back in Dec when Flashstor Gen2 was released that there will be a follow-up video on how to flash custom firmware on it (eg truenas). Any updates?
Love youe videos and happy new year to you guys!

Hi,

I have been recently speed running through your videos in YT and is a subscriber (Love your videos). I am still confused on which motherboard + processor, started with the thought of going for a cheap motherboard + processor combo of topton from Ali Express, specifcally this https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005006393122396.html. I found it from one of your video. Looking at getting the black. The case I currently liked was the one which wolfgang shared recently over here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr5MjhgPz_c

The main reason I am going for intel is because for now I'll be running emby in my NAS till I get a NUC or any other mini PC. I read intel's quick sync performs really well in transcoding. So my confusing was to either go for a mother board + processor combo or buy them seperate. Also since I will eventually move emby out of NAS to a mini PC, should I get an AMD processor for ECC support?

My budget is around 500-700 CAD for the whole setup, excluding the HDD for NAS.