Hi,
I am planning to move from the cloud to my own server. I have purchased a M4 Mac Mini to act as my home server and will probably run some services as a container or normally on it. Besides that I am looking for hosting local 4k plex streaming and maybe 1 or 2 remotely (mostly 1080p) plus a photo storage.
Now I was looking at 2-bays DAS/NAS to start with about 6TB or 8TB (maybe 2 4TBs) so I can take the most out of performance.
Now my concerns:
- I am not sure that since I am using a m4 Mac, I would need to spend money on a NAS and I can make due with a good DAS.
- This has also made the selection of disk form factor (nvme, HDD, SDD) a bit hard for me.

What is your opinion about DAS vs NAS for me and are you able to suggest any models?

Thank you.

I'm preparing to build a NAS/VM-server with future capability to expand or change components. I like it quiet and not too power hungry, while making use of sufficient CPU and expandable memory. In later stage I'll invest in additional Nvme's for caching read and write.

I'm thinking of these components:
Case Fractal Design Define R6 Black
Motherboard ASUS PRIME X670-P-CSM
CPU amd-ryzen-7-9700x-boxed
DDR5-ECC Memory 2x Kingston KSM48E40BD8KI-32HA
PSU Cooler Master MWE Gold 750 - V2 ATX 3.0
CPU-Cooler Noctua NH-D12L chromax.black
HDD's MDD - HGST DC HC510 10TB 7200RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5in Enterprise Hard Drive - HUH721010ALE604 (Renewed)

Thanks for your advice

Frans

My Synology DS224+ is used as a Plex server - both drives are basic setup. I have noticed that the Toshiba N300 Pro products are not on Synology DS224+ Compatibility list but the Toshiba N300 products are. The pricing for Toshiba N300 Pro is very attractive in my area. Are there any concerns if I use the Toshiba N300 Pro series in the DS224+? Particularly I am thinking of using the 14TB size drive. Your video showed that drives not on the Compatibility List can work just as well. I appreciate your thoughts on this matter. Thank you.

Ive got a 4 bay Synology DS423+ and use hyperbackup to backup the nas to an external 10TB drive. Ive currently got 4 x 4TB drives in the NAS running in SHR, and only use less than 1tb in total of that capacity.
Could i do a Hyperbackup restore from the external 10TB drive using just 2 of the 4TB drives that are in their at the minute?, allowing me to use the other 2 x 4TB drives then in another NAS
Thanks in advance for your help

I have a Synology DS1621xs+ on 10gig with 80TB of RAID 5 Seagate Exos drives. My main use is 4K video editing and Plex streaming. Is it worth buying an M2 NVME drive for read write caching? If so, what is the optimum size?

I have enjoyed watching the NAS review videos on YOUTUBE and have seen probably about 100 or so by now. These are great! by the way. I have a question that is of concern before committing to a NAS device. I was burned by purchasing a NETGEAR STORA device to use as external storage. To get access to the device through the web requires logging onto the NETGEAR servers. Apparently, this function is no longer supported and my STORA is now a brick. I am looking at the TERRAMASTER 424 or maybe the SYNOLOGY 423. Am I going to be burned by the same issue if these companies go offline? I hesitate to buy because of this and cannot find anything addressing this issue in any of the videos.

Hello,
I'm reaching out because I saw in one of your videos about Topton mini PCs that you're using a specific type of SATA cable that fits a unique port. I'm interested in purchasing two of these cables for my own Topton mini PC.
Unfortunately, when I contacted Topton, they weren't able to provide specific information on where to buy these cables or the correct technical term for them.
I was wondering if you could possibly share any information you may have about these cables, such as where to purchase them or the correct terminology to use when searching online.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Best regards,
Blażej

Looking to implement a home NAS solution, only used locally.
I want to have (1) family mobile phones back up photos on it, (2) be able to store and share documents, and (3) store and stream movies/tv shows to local area network devices (wired and wireless).

I was wondering if its worth buying the Synology DS723+ VS buying a N200/i3 1220p mini-PC and attaching a DAS to it. I am worried about (1) ease of deployment/config, (2) supported apps to do the 3 things above, and (3) safety (hacks/attacks).

Anything helps! Thank you

Hi, I love your channel, I have been looking at buying a NAS for a long time and I really cannot seem to select a single unit as there is so many considerations.

My main uses are to setup a plex server, and store all of my holiday photos and videos which are currently stored in the cloud.

I have been looking at Synology DS1621+, but I am concerned of the hardware limits.

I would prefer a Synology unit, but I am open to

Hello,
I have an external drive that I use as the System-of-Record for all my digitized media (movies and music). I do have a folder structure defined to support movies, shows, and specials (as an example) and after digitizing a set of DVDs/Blu-Rays/CDs, I use the 1-Touch Copy (Smart Import) to get them backed up to the QNAP TS-464 with another sync job ready when I'm done for a 3rd location. After having done 35-40% of my movies, I started to configure the Multimedia Console suite (TMDB for movies and TV shows). And noticed an oversight on my part...I have tried looking for an answer online but it has been tricky. Is there a way to get the Smart Import folders "unraveled" to the original structure instead of by date so that I can get it to play nicely with the TMDB extensions. If I have to start over that is fine, but I couldn't even find a way to do this if I hadn't started digitizing.

Thanks in advance,
A knowledgeable yet still newbie to QNAP fellow