Hey there!

First off, I have absolutely cherished watching your content as I dive into the (very deep) black hole that is NAS. Your unbiased and forthright approach is greatly appreciated! However I have hit a bit of a dead end.

I am in my 20s and wanting to 'future proof' myself with a NAS for my media usage, ripping blu-rays and dvds to then store long term and stream in my own home via Plex (or equivalent) as well as share with friends and family now and into the future.

I am looking for something that can store uncompressed 4k blu rays for in home use as well as a plethora of 1080p and 720p streams of older movies / tv shows so I am thinking I will need at least 5-6bays and up to 60+ TB of usable storage with redundancy. I am looking to DIY as it seems you can get a lot more bang for back particularly taking into account transcode power for multiple streams. Do you have a recommended spec for a Jonsbo N3 for this use? Thanks!

Hi,

Wanting to set up a solution for my own family and extended family (parents, sister and sister's family). Looking to replace our cloud subscriptions.

Here are our main priorities:
- File/Photo/Video Backup
- Good software for the above, particularly photo/video management/search
- Offsite backup (2 locations, at least)
- Good online access
- Expandability (there are 8 children in total, some of whom will become adults soon)
- Small business use (though less important as I use Onedrive)
- Possible media (video editing) backup in future

The last two points are less important.

From the research I've done, it seems like Synology is the best option (best software). And probably having two NASes in two locations. Is having the same NAS in both places necessary or beneficial? I'm wondering if I can have one as the main NAS (e.g., the DS423 (not +) looks like a suitable option for us in terms of price/spec) and something simpler as backup. Keen to hear your recommendations. Thanks.

I ask NAScompare to evaluate the publication of a video on hardware that mounts "coreboot" as BIOS, I have how to install it on motherboards that have tried previously.
technically they should be identical to many products that use Protectli.
I noticed that many motherboards have closed and non-upgradeable BIOS especially on copy and re-branded products and this is not a good thing for motherboards intended to be used as NAS or server with personal or business data.
same observation / video request on TMP modules after the market and evaluation considerations to make at the time of purchase. tnk

Just an approximate cost (building or buying, we are able to do either).

923+ with 4x 4GB drives in RAID5
2 x 400 GB NVME (1x storage pool + 1x read cache)

Moving to:

4x 12 TB drives in RAID6

Need a backup and restore strategy.

I am using Hyper Backup and using 1 12 TB drive to back up to it.
My plan is to use 3 drives in RAID5, restore the data and then build a RAID6 once my functionality testing is complete.
But I am very worried whether full restore will work.

Hello, I'm choosing a NAS for home use, primarily for photo backup and movie streaming (Full HD, occasionally 4K). The main criterion is that the NAS should be quiet (especially at night, when it's not in use) and have low power consumption. I would also appreciate advice regarding recommended hard drives. I was planning to use 4 x WD Red Plus 12TB in RAID5. I prefer the Synology brand. I’m hesitating between the DS423+, DS923+, and DS1522+ (I'm concerned the DS1522+ might be too noisy). I’m not in a hurry to buy, does it make sense to wait for new models? Thank you a lot!

Just looking for some advice, currently have a plex server setup with old PC components out of my gaming PC, 8700k with Asus ROG Strix Z390-F mobo, looking to reduce power consumption and make something a little more PLEX focused, we recently got a 4k projector so starting to look at supporting more 4k content on the server. I have underclocked the 8700k to drop the power consumption but the processor still seems like overkill for the setup. Also unsure what PSU I should be looking at, unsure what is in the system now but I assume some 800w Corsair or something along those lines. I am using no real features of the ATX motherboard as well, so must be wasting additional power there. I would like to stick with TrueNAS as I know it well, in terms of storage, I have 3x Ironwolf 3TB drives, looking to get some larger drives as well. Budget isn't a huge issue but would like to keep it as low as I can. Appreciate your help

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.