Hello dear people of NAS-Compares,

I am looking for a NAS-system and I hope you can advise me. What am I looking for? At this moment I have about 20TB of files (music and movies). A lot of the movie files are 4K Ultra High Defenition files. I am not planning to enlarge the libraries a lot but maybe in future it can be 40 or 50 TB. But not at this moment, 20TB or 25TB is enough for me for the next few years.

I have a backup of all my files on a couple of external hard disks, so for me it's not necessary that the NAS has a build-in backup-system. I want to use my NAS primarily for home use but I also want to be able to use it if I am on a holiday in another country. And it would be nice if I can share my music and movie files with family and friends.

What am I looking for: Not the top-level NAS. Just a NAS which can store (max) 30TB of data, which I can connect to when I am in another country and which I can share with friends. I hope you can help me with the right NAS.

Hello,

I need advice on choosing a NAS for home use. I want to use Plex for movie streaming, to store my file documents from my computer, and to photos and videos from my iPhone.

Thanks in advance.

Hi there!

Thanks for your videos and expertise.

I bought a Synology NAS DS1522+ and currently have three Hard Drives working on RAID Basic: a 6TB (bay 1), 8TB (bay 2) and 12TB (bay 3), so they are three independent volumes. I'm ripping my CD and blu-ray, 4K collection and I'm running out of space. The thing is I'd like to replace the 8TB disc with a 12TB disc and I'm afraid I'm not sure how to do it.

The way I see it: Put the new 12 TB on an empty bay (say bay 4) and transfer all the data from the 8 TB (which is on bay 2) onto the 12 TB, remove the 8TB disc and then place the new 12 TB disc on bay 2 again instead of the 8 TB. Is it the way to do it? I hope it makes sense. English is not my mother tongue.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Best

Manuel

Hi all - a few questions i'm hoping to get some help on (apologies in advance if these sound like really simple Q's!)

I have just seen the Youtube video on 5 GREAT DIY NAS BUILDS - UNDER $500

I'm looking to get the CWWK i5-12450H mobo and have few questions:

- I need to get the mobo with the SFF8643 + 4 NVME option to allow me to connect 4-5 HDDs. I expect SFF 8643 is just the cable and the 4 NVME is the actual backplane that I will connect my sata drives to. Is this correct?

- How would the 4 NVME backplane be fitted into a Jonsbo case? Looking at the case and the pics of the backplane this wasn't obvious to me.

- Would the mobo + SFF8643 + 4 NVME fit into a Jonsbo N2, Jonsbo N3 or both? My pref is the N2 given the small form factor but happy to go with the N3 if this is the only option.

Many thanks

Good morning. Between asustor lockerstor 6 gen 2 as6806t vs qnap 973a. Both have the same price. 900€ Which one should I buy? I think the only difference is the CPU. And which asustor has graphics. Although I have a low profile 1050. Which one will give better results for the future. Will utorrent be used for movies and photos. Thanks

Hii Team,

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Usage:

Adding photos & videos from my iPhone & Some good 4k Movies from laptop.

And share it with my family. Furthermore, Otherwise no heavy task.

- Types of devices to be connected: Android & iOS phone , Windows laptop & Android TV will be connected

- At same time only 1-2 devices will perform. It will be used 3-4 days in a week for about 1-2 hours max only at once

Currently confused between 224+, 723+, 923+
On other note.
If there's any brand's any NAS, Which matches my requirement at lower cost. Which supports live photo feature as well for iphone upload.

If you have a suggestion. Which performs well for live photo along with media.

I don't want to spend extra $ for home usage. So, Suggest me likewise.
For Home usage. I want to buy on Black Friday/Cyber monday deals.

When you suggest any NAS, For that please let me know, If I will be need any 2.5" SATA SSD & M.2 2280 NVMe SSD for matching my requirement.

Hii Team...

My basic usage of NAS would be,
Adding photos & videos from my iPhone. & Some good 4k Movies from laptop.
And share it with my family.
Furthermore, There will be no heavy task.

-> Types of devices to be connected: Android & iOS phone , Windows laptop & Android TV will be connected.
-> At same time only 1-2 devices will perform. It will be used 3-4 days in a week for about 1-2 hours max only at once.

Currently confused between 224+, 723+, 923+. As
Basically, If there's any brand's any NAS, Which matches my requirement at lower cost. Which supports live photo feature as well for iphone upload.
If you have a suggestion. Which performs well for live photo along with media.

I don't want to spend extra too much for home usage. So, Suggest me likewise. For Home usage. I want to buy on Black Friday/ Cyber monday deals.
When you suggest any NAS, For that please let me know, If I will be need any "2.5" SATA SSD" & "M.2 2280 NVMe SSD" for matching my requirement.

Hi. Thank you in advance. I've gone down the NAS rabbit hole and feel a bit lost. I'm looking to ditch my cloud service but can't figure out which NAS is best for me. I design custom homes and need somewhere to store/backup files as well as access them remotely. I'd also like to store my photos and videos and be able to access those on my mobile if possible. The max. amount of space I need is 4TB as I'm barely using 1 TB at the moment. Love your videos btw and appreciate your advice. I was going to go with Synology but so many say the speeds are slow accessing files remotely.

Hi i found a used HPE ProLiant MicroServer gen8 sold on facebook marketplace i was wondering if i could use it a a plex server. If i plan on testing it at the seller what should i look out for and checkt to see if it is in a good condition and if everything is in order.
The CPU is a Xeon E3-1265L V2 which is not the stock option and it has 16gb ram in it non-eec. Is it usually safe to buy these devices in the used market or should i buy brand new

With StorCentric filing for Chapter 7, I’m looking to migrate data from my Drobo 5N2 to a UniFi NAS Pro and integrate a cloud storage solution for cold storage.

Do you have any recommendations for a smooth transition?

I’m considering a network-based transfer and would need bidirectional syncing between the NAS devices, as well as a plan for organizing and migrating data to cloud storage.

Here are the details:

Storage Capacity: I need to migrate around 10-14TB of data into a new setup with 77TB total capacity.

Network & Bandwidth: The network is multi-gig capable, with broadband capped at 1.2 Gbps download and 500 Mbps upload. Internal structured cabling is CAT6, which should support a fast transfer speed within my network.

Power Redundancy: Each device has a 950W redundant power supply. However, UPS backup for the entire site is limited to 15 minutes, so worried if there are any longer transfer windows.

Broadband Redundancy: The site is primarily serviced by Comcast Business, wi