Hi-
Just watched your very informative "Synology NAS - How to Connect Directly without a Switch or Router using iSCSI & Mapped Drives" Video
Did you do a You Tube Video for directly connection the Mac Mini to a NAS? _ I cannot find it

Looking for advice on how to set up my Synology NAS to Mac Studio directly via Cat 7 Cable
My Synology has 4 x LAN ports (one is connected to my modem), I would plug each end of the cable into Mac/NAS and ... use Synology assistant thereafter.
However, I would want a secure connection so (This is where I do not have a scoobie) how do I go about the static IP address side of things?

Can you point me in the right direction?

Thanking you in anticipation

Dear Mr.Andrews. Thank you very much for your response. i will proceed with the purchase of the following items:
1-TVS-h874T-i7
2-8X16TB IronWolf
3-Crucial 2TB P5 Plus * 2
4-QM2-2P410G2T
5-QSW-M3216R-8S8T
is it possible to have a formal advise from you for the installation once its done, and how much it will cost?
please we are in a tight schedule , you advise changing or adding some staff?
by the way, would i be able to still use the thunderbolt at full speed (1400) or there is no need to use it?

Thank you in advance for your kind cooperation.

How would you compare the “TS-664 with embedded graphics” and the “TS-673A with a good graphics card” for Plex and general PC backup. What advantages does either have over the other.

Thank you

Gary Bluhm

I have almost filled up my Seagate IronWolf 18TB drive in my Asustor AS5304T. Today I got a notification the drive is 95% full. I only store video files on it for Plex and it is not used as the OS drive. My question is, does filling up a NAS or Enterprise grade HDD beyond 90 or 95% over stress them and cause premature failure? I dont run a RAID since I feel that level of complexity is not needed for a simple Plex Media server. Googling this type of question gets a lot of unrelated results for replacing or detecting a failing drive. Do you have any videos related to usage of the total available capacity and failure or performance loss.

Hello,
I have a VHDX file from Hyper-V windows. How do I get this file imported in a Synology NAS.
Beste regards
Claesen Winny

Good day!

I'm setting up a server that will primarily run plex. I've got a beelink eq12 pro, and will use a TerraMaster D4-300. The setup will be in my living room so I am trying to minimize the sound, and therefore am trying to figure out what the best hard drive would be to suit this purpose. Some research says that the WD Ultrastar fits this purpose. The storage capacity can be compromised on to ensure silence if needed. I am in the Netherlands. Thanks in advance!

Hello,

unfortunately I'm not getting any meaningful feedback from Synology support; I think most of the agents don't know what I'm talking about at all. That's why I'm now trying my luck with you.

Synology SRM is based on DSM 5 (from the beginning). The current SRM 1.3.x is also still based on DSM 5 - you can see this in the slightly different certificate management and visually in the taskbar at the top. DSM 5 is now about 10 years old.

My question is: will Synology release an SRM in the near future that is developed on a more modern basis? Or in other words: are they planning to bring (merge) SRM and DSM back to the same level?

Perhaps you could include this in one of the next interviews with Synology :-)

Thank you
Dominik

Hello,

I've got TrueNAS Core running on a repurposed Dell Optiplex 5040 SFF with an LSI 9207-4i4e in it. The 4 internal channels are connected to 4 enterprise SATA SSDs with a breakout cable and work great (so far).

The external connector is an SFF-8088. I'm looking for a 4 or 8 bay hotswap JBOD that I can connect to it. (I know I can't use more than 4 bays without an expander, but in my research so far, there's not a huge price difference between the 4 and 8 bay models I've found, so it's conceivable it might be cheaper to get the 4 bay).

I know the best solution would be to rebuild the whole thing in a case that actually fits it, but my budget is about $300 or less, so I can't really do that right now.
Eventually, I want to move the whole thing into an HL15, but that's going to be at least a year from now.

The JBOD will sit on my desk, about 3 feet away (it's a big desk). I know the drives will make noise, but I'm hoping for something with reasonable fans.

I tried a QNAP DL-400S. TrueNAS sees the drives connected to it, but throws all sorts of SCSI errors when doing anything as demanding as creating a pool.

I've done some research and this is apparently a known issue as the QNAP enclosure can't keep up with the commands issued by the LSI card, and the solution is to either disable NCQ or get a different enclosure, and the card doesn't let you disable NCQ on a per-disk level.

I'm looking at this, which looks like a whitebox DIY solution: pc-pitstop (dot) com (slash) scsat44xt

I've also got 2U free in my rack, and am open to building/buying a reasonably quiet 2U JBOD.

Are there any other alternatives I should be looking at? My current two-bay NAS has a drive that threw a bad blocks error at me on one of the drives and failed a SMART test and then decided it was fine on reboot, so I'd like to expedite this purchase if I can.

Really appreciated your reviews on YouTube, and Naz compares.
I’d be glad to make a donation to help support the time it takes you to offer me some suggestions on the right M.2 E1.S. Let me know what a reasonable amount would be to get your help. If it looks right, I can use PayPal, I couldn’t get my credit card to authorize any charges to KO – FI
——MJ
Also, I used your click through link for an Amazon purchase for this unit.

Hi,

I read through your very detailed documentation regarding the Jonsbo N2 and its setup. However, I still have a question that I can't find an answer to.
I purchased 4x 10 TB WD HGST Ultrastar He10, HUH721010ALE60 drives which I first had problems powering on, as they have the Power Disable feature which puts the drives in a loop (3.3V on pin #3 of the SATA). Now my question is if I can you use the PCB backlane to insert the drives, or wont they work then?