Looking at buying my first NAS which will mainly be used for photo/file backup but may want to run a Plex server on it later on. Have budget of £500 but this might be able to budge. Like the idea of auto organised photos etc and some expandability. Have looked at Synology DS224+ with WD Red Plus 4TB which is within budget but dont like that I will only have 2 drives to play with. Like the idea of a DS423+ but its a bit too much money. Am I asking too much?

I have to replace my Netgear ReadyNas Duo due to problems with the SMB1 protocol. I am primarily using my NAS as a music library and as source for backing up. Since I do not have the need for bells and whistles I am looking for a cheap solution but I find it a bit hard to navigate through the recommendations on this and other sites. The ReadyNas is a 2 bay NAS and I guess that RAID is a must. Hto swappable drives is nice to have.

My ReadyNas has been running for years and it has been very reliant. Lately, it does seem to have a speed issue when backing up from my PC. Backups are primarily data (limited storage needs) and photos (large storage needs)

Is the QNAP TS-233, Terramaster F2-223 or the Synology DS223j the best choice? Or is it worth the extra dollars to go to DS224/DS224+? I have read reviews for some time now but I just don't think I have the necessary knowledge to make a good decision. Any help is appreciated.

hello,

i've watche a few of your videos about the qnap ts 230 and have the following scenario;

1) i've been ripping dvds for years and have them stored on an external ssd. collectively they make up about 2 tb of data;

2) at home i have fios internet service that operates at roughly 100 gb up and down;

3) i would like to be able to remotely access my movies;

4) i do not want to dedicate a computer to the task of serving my movies;

5) my fios intenet at home utilizes a dynaic ip address system;

6) my questions are:
i . can the qnap function with a dynamic ip to provide me continuous remote access to my movies?
ii. if the dynamic ip is a problem, will using a ddns such as no-ip solve the problem/
iii. is my internet up and down speeed suffiicent to smoothly watch my movies remotely?
iv. when i remotely access my movies, does the nas system require me to access the movie and download it to my remote device or is the movie be streamed from the nas?

thanks

I am building an RFID reader based timing system for running races. This will be a portable system for outside.I have 2 Motorola fx7400 readers connected to a TP Link wireless router via LAN. I have set the preferred client IP addresses for each reader at 192.168.0.102 and 192.168.0.103. I did this as the readers seem to need to maintain their auto DHCP selection or they become impossible to connect to when DHCP is turned off. The problem lies in when I connect the router to the internet (both wirelessly as a range extender, (preferable as this will be how I will connect to my phone hotspot in the field)) or hardwired as a secondary router, I lose communication with my readers. I suspect the internet connection is reassigning my IP addresses but I am unsure. My question is this: How can I maintain my dedicated network of readers while gaining internet access for just my laptop? I am guessing a managed ethernet switch, or is it as simple as reassigning IP addresses? Thanks for any help!

I was watching your videos on how to setup the Qnap ts-464 NAS system. In video 6 you were very emphatic about changing port 8080.... so I did. Now I can't connect to the server using my web browser. What do i do?

Hey, Im new to NAS and im looking for a 4bay solution, preferably Synology because of the software but im open to other brands to use with PLEX for up to 6 people at the same time with transcoding server side.

Hi,

I'm looking for a 12/16 bay rackmount NAS that supports ECC memory. TerraMaster has some models that are very fairly priced, but I could find none that officially support ECC memory. Even the U8-450 model with its Atom C3558R, does not support ECC memory according to the specifications on TerraMaster website. It seems strange to me that a major NAS brand like TerraMaster does not have any models with ECC support.

1. Do any of the TerraMaster 12/16 bay rackmount NAS support ECC memory unofficially?
2. Can you recommend me a non-TerraMaster NAS that is fairly priced for its hardware? I'm going to replace the OS with TrueNAS running under Proxmox, so software doesn't really matter to me.

Thanks,
Arjestin

I've watched your videos. I know you like complicated. We need to walk down two paths at once. I'm 67. I'm an amateur photographer with several hundred thousand raw files. They're scattered not only across different portable hard drives but also across both PC and Mac. My photography has suffered these past years because I've lost the ability to manage my files. Second path. I've owned a dry cleaning company for 50 years. While I was researching NAS I realized that surveillance was possible. I'm looking to accomplish two tasks. Backup my photos and other work plus build a surveillance Network for my 9,000 square ft production facility with 15 cameras. What would you recommend to me? I was all settled on a Synology solution but a direct inquiry with them left me cold. They were talking about an NVR piece of the puzzle that confused me. Dva 1622 really? I don't seem to understand the pathway from the camera to the Nas? KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANKS. Mark

Hi, I purchased the TS653D a number of years ago. I have a SSD memory upgrade for onboard cache but I still get stuttering during my movie playback (Plex). NAS is connected to home network via ethernet. I occasionally get a notice advising my network connection is not fast enough for the movie I am trying to watch (2160P 4K). I aware that the NAS has the ability to connect via the 2 ethernet ports. I am correct in that this increases the streaming speed? If so do I just need to run the 2 cables out of the back to increase the speed and do I need to change any onboard settings, or do I need to upgrade with a card to increase the speed.

Any advice and guidance would be greatly appreciated.

PS I love you youtube videos because your knowledge is 2nd to none. They are very professional and I have yet to see you utter the word 'Um' in any of your videos.

Regards - Mark
(Australia)

purchased a Qnap T-453D several years ago and have not been able to syncronize my desk top
I am an amateur photographer with lots of images on several ext drives and on the desktop Imac hybrid 2019 apprx Need HELP to be able to view , edit in LR/PS and move them onto my NAS setup in some kinda file order

thanks David