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

I'm have a Synology DS413j used as a simple NFS/SMB share for an OSMC media centre (Kodi) and for accessing media files from a Linux desktop and Windows laptops.

The NAS is running SHR with 4xWD HDDs giving 3.6TB at 64% utilisation.

I have a separate cheap (crappy) NVR with 2 IP cameras which will increase to 4. The NVR is next to useless for reviewing footage, especially searching for events, and I want rid.

The DS413j is 12 years old and I'm of a mind to replace it with once which combines the roles of a simple media server and surveillance station. I am considering QNAP given the 8 included camera licenses.

Does this make sense? I am leaning towards the TS-264 but could you please give me your thoughts. Also any guidance on drive configuration (HDD/SDD) would be appreciated.

Thank you.

good afternoon ive been trying to log into qnap and i reset everything back to what it was and tqnap is saying wrong pw for the defult admin pw and i have ts 653d
please help

Device to be used as Apple Time Machine & backup for Windows PC. Ablility to back up our Android phones a plus. Want 2 LAN ports (one for each computer) & wireless connectivity for backing up NAS to One Drive. Also want to be able to use as a plex server (both on local wifi & remotely). Want to run RAID 1, 5, 6 or 10 and want it to be upgradable.

Hi there,

I've seen your youtube channel and your website and I'm very impressed by your thoroughness. I don't work directly with servers in any capacity and am learning as I go here.

I currently have a Plex Home Server with 5Terabyte Hard Drive I maxed out today. I've been adding to this server nonstop through manual DVD rips over the past 2 years. I need to level up and I'm hoping to take advantage of some black friday deals. I would love a simple recommendation of a NAS that would be appropriate for the next 10 years. Thoughts on what that might look like?

Thank you!

Luke

I want to setup a NAS which needs to run minimum 4 VM's on it. Graphics is not so important. Maybe a bit of 4k playing of videos might be setup on it as well for some video playback

Disks will be 3,5 Inch SATA III - minimal 4
I want to verify and have some advice on Case, the Motherboard (micro-ATX), CPU and Memory.
I look for DDR5-ECC 128GB (4x 32GB)
1 or 2 M.2 drives is nice for caching read and write or maybe putting them in mirror mode and run 2 VM's from them
Nas fileshares will be SMB and NFS, no iSCSI as it sucks when a connection fails. NFS will just continue when connections restore

Case: silverstone-cs382
Motherboard: asrock-b650m-pro-rs
CPU: amd-ryzen-7-9700x-boxed
Memory: Kingston KSM52E42BD8KM-32HA

Ant tips?

Thanks,
Frans

Hello,
thank you for all the videos and comparisons, they helped me a lot to drill down my options.

However, I'm still a bit uncertain with the final decision.

I'm looking for a Synology NAS, as Active Backup and BTRFS are key factors here.


The NAS is intended for backing up Windows, macOS and a couple of linux servers, as well as pulling in data from Google Drive/Photos.
There is a small amount of videos but nothing that requires transcoding and I'm not intending to use Plex.
I already have about 4TB of existing data and 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB drives from a pevious NAS project.
For connectivity the connecting devices support 2.5G and I'm considering adding a non-managed 2.5G switch to my network.

I want to keep the option to host a few services locally, but not extensively.
I'm currently looking at the 923+ or the 1522+. Especially the latter for the additional RAM and network ports as well as more headroom for future disk (maybe even ssd) additions.

Best regards and thanks

Hey Robbie and Eddie

Your YouTube channel is amazing (as I have commented several times)!

Recently, you did a video on QNAP/Synology use of WORM.
I have a Synology DS918+ NAS as primary, and RSYNC back up to an offsite QNAP TVS-1582 NAS.

Currently, I make 2 sets of backups, one is a SYNC of my Synology data (so single copy), and the other is Multiple versions, to be able to roll back the data.

I would like to setup the backup in such a way that my QNAP backup becomes WORM, but not sure how to set this up.
This may be a good Video idea to show others also (whether it's the same setup - S to Q, or S to S, or Q to Q).

Cheers
D

I purchased a Synology DS923 and 2 Ironwolf Pro 20TB Hard drives. The hard drives are very noisy. (it kinda sounds like small animals are moving furniture). I was thinking that I should swap these hard drives for 2 - 12 TB. Do I have any other options? Can use the 20TB hard drives in the NAS and have them not run all the time?

Also... I really like your YouTube channel and living in Seattle, I can relate to your dislike seagulls