Hello,

I would like to begin by introducing myself as a newbie to the NAS world.
I have been paying close attention to your YouTube channel for a while because of this.

I have been looking at ready-made NAS systems, however, have as you also have indicated found them a bit expensive and some time a bit limiting.

This leads me to the point where I would like your advice, regarding the motherboard for a NAS build.
I have seen the board with 6 Sata ports you sort of are recommending, however, the PC tower intended for the NAS build has 10 bays for hard drives.

After a bit of looking around I have found this motherboard 10 Sata;
https://th.aliexpress.com/item/1005007430821772.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2tha or

The primary query is if the board is too old, the CPU is too old, or a graphic card is required.

TrueNAS core will be used.

More info can be given about use.

Best regards,
Thomas

Firstly, Hi!

After opinions from knowledgeable people if you would be so kind.

Current server/NAS is AMD Ryzen 5 5560U based mini PC with 16GB RAM, internal NVME cache and one SSD, USB-C connected to DAS with HDDs. Not a fan as it feels flaky, one USB cable between working and nothing, and two bits kicking around. Also single 1G ethernet cable.

Was looking at an i3-N305 build, but this is a step down in terms of CPU grunt, not that I max the current one much but good to have options.

So comparable would be an i5-12450H build, but that's a minimal CPU gain, but three times the TDP. Which mounts up for 24/7.

So I'm now thinking that I go for two systems. I have the AMD and that's sunk costs. So I keep that with the NVME and put a mechanical 2.5 in there and call it my server for running Frigate (hence mechanical), home assistant, etc. Anything that needs some oomph.

Then the N305 build becomes the NAS. Hell, I could go N100 as workloads are low. This would be where the bulk storage sits, along with Jellyfin, etc. Can also be a backup Home Assistant server, where the main one writes backup to the NAS regularly so system restore is relatively fast.

These two CPUS still have less TDP than the i5.

Tell my why two systems will be a bad idea. The DAS will become a real backup to periodically sync to and give to a neighbour for offsite storage.

My PC and 2 x 1821+ are equipt with 10Gbit adapters via a unmagable 10Gbit switch.
Data transfer from pc to Nas 1 or NAS 2 is about 900MB/s that is what is shoul be.
But transferring between the 2 nasses or from the nasses to pc is about 250MB/s.
I checked many videos about optimal settings in DSM but still nothing helps.
What could possible be the case?
Nas 1 is with 6 x 16 TB in SHR2
Nas 2 is with 2 x 16TB, 2 x 8 TB and 4 x 4TB in SHR1

I have a 1512+ I'm looking to upgrade (I don't get security updates)

I want more safety. (more redundancy hot swap? I now have 1)
I want plex to run 4k easy.
I need room to backup foto's and video's. With easy management for sorting.
I also do a little editing. Would be nice if this can be done on the nas. Not a must. 4k

I want to use home assistant.
Maby a bit of virtual machine.

I have cat 6a at home.

Thank you for the help.

With regards Maikel

Hello Team,

Great platform you guys have here. Very appreciative for the support you provide to all of us.

Could you point me in the right direction. I'm looking to build a NAS and after lots of research, I need some assistance.

Use case:
- Store 10TB of existing photos and videos. We're onstantly adding more.

- Have remote access to be able to transfer photo and video whilecon vacation. Our devices (cell phones and sd cards) fill up quick.

- Be able to edit photos and videos from nas.

- Store Blue Iris recordings. Which is currently running on standalong HP workstation. With 2 nic cards. 14 cameras.

- Explore and experiment other features on the nas.

Currently, we have a Jonsbo N3.
Budget $400, not included drives. Based on research will (cpu) i3-12100 and (mobo) H610i be a good combo.

What hardware do you recommend?

Thanks.

I want to upgrade the Synology DS416Play to a future-ready NAS.
Photos, music and phonevideos.... everything plays in Plex, for all my devices, where I and my family can reach them. I immediately came up with the heaviest one currently available, the QNAP TVS-h874T-i9-64G.... but do I need this? I would love to, but do I need it? From this Synology, the processor is too minus and when analyzing or running multiple tasks at the same time, the server falters and fails as well. Up to a reboot. So analyzing, scanning and playback of 1080p and 4K must run extremely smoothly. The DS416Play is a 4-Bay. Internal storage of 4x 10TB WD102KRYZ. These drives I want to keep, fairly new. Also the 3x 14TB external drives dangling from it need to be on internal storage. So an 8-Bay and a heavy model should do the trick. Any recommendations of brands and models within the aforementioned price range?

I have a TS-233 and using MARS to download 90k+ photos from google photos and upload to onedrive with hbs3. I am finding it clunky as it is uploading the hidden MARS folders to onedrive and blowing the storage, and viewing the photos with qmagie is really slow.
I am hoping to also backup about 5K iCloud Photos and make the local viewing a lot quicker and wonder if I need a more powerful nas that can run docker images or vm's to enable straight forward photo syncing from both cloud services?

Hi
Your channel is amazing, very descriptive, informative and just helpful in every way.

I cant tell you how nice it is to hear these tutorials on YouTube from a fellow Englishman as opposed to all the yanks out there


I was wondering if you could help me put together a hardware list (pcpartpicker) for my new plex media server to service my family (10 people in total, usually on average 6 people utilising in one go) as well as a network storage for sharing files and backup in my small home office with 2 additional people having to access at any one point locally

I would like the system to run docker for other work needs (testing and sandpit environments)

I was looking at something similar to the QNAP TVS-H874-I9-64g
I know its a 3.5k machine

However i was wondering if you believe possible to get similar performance from a custom build keeping pricing below 1500£

If yes what would be your selected parts (would you reckomend IPMI, hot swap, intel, integrated graphics etc )

I would like to make my own NAS/cloud utilizing my Minisforum MS-01 with TrueNAS OS. Im not sure the best route on how to add storage to the device. Should I just use what is available internally (2 8TB NVME with 2.5" 8TB) or can I add some type of DAS (Terramaster U5 Hybrid)/external enclosure to expand my options.

Thank you in advance for your help. Please help me save sleepless nights and wasted money.

Cheers,
Elliot

My Synology 1513+ is displaying the flashing blue light of death. I have tried everything I see online to reboot it with no luck. My friend had the same thing happen to his 1513+ about the same time, coincidently Synology did a DSM update so I wonder. Anyway, it is an old device and I gotten many years of good service from it. Also, my main backup is the DS1821+ and I was using the DS1513+ for deep backup. The DS1513+ has five 10TB WD100EFAX drives in it which I would like to redeploy and wonder if they would work in the DS1522+? I know that the recommended drive is the newer WD101EFBX but would rather not waste my existing drives. The drives are only 4 years old and were working fine.

Thank you for your answer and the channel, it is appreciated more than you might know. Say hello to the seagulls from your fans in Georgia!