I am looking at going paperless at home.
I prioritise file recovery (being able to find them).

I am tempted by the Paperless ngx software.
I use Linux Mint ( would consider other Linux distros).
Have ordered a Fujitsu ix1600 scanner.
At the moment I use Google drive for backup.

Would a 2 bay (say 2x 4TB) Synology NAS be 'overkill' ?
I would class myself as a competent basic computer user.
Richard

Hi Guys,

Have you had a chance to use the unifi NAS with Plex server?

I was wondering what the performance would be like or even if it’s possible. I have a Mac mini and my Plex server and was looking at the unifi NAS to hold my data but didn’t know what the performance would be like.

Wonder if you have had a play with this yet?

Many Thanks

I am wanting a NAS mostly for photo and other file storage. I would also like to potentially be able to stream Plex from it. Also want to host my own website and other stuff. I've figured Synology is the best, but I don't know which specific one to get. I am thinking most likely 4 bay. Which should I get?

Is the Synology 1221+ capable of transcoding? If not, what can I use to transcode with the 1221? I plan to use Plex and am running the UDM SE for my server.

i mirrored my first two iron wolf 8tb hard drives on my 4 bay terramaster f4-424.i installed an 12tb hard drive in my third bay and created a volume 2.my plex cant see it at all.only sees volume 1

Hello,

I actually own a Asustor AS5202T and 1 extenion unit that I use as mainly as movies storage with HDD in RAID1.
I want to upgrade for a new NAS
I'm actually looking for the new Lokerstor 10 gen 3 that is about to be released.

I need at least a 10 HDD bays NAS
I don't need HDMI output, I use a dedicated media player
Graphic card is not a high priority, I don't use plex right now
I need a 10G ethernet
I might use it for home assistant in the futur

pros : easy migration / I already own an extension for the future

cons : ?

Is there another option I should look at that will be better ?

Thank you,


Lugburzguul

Can you possibly explain the process by which I can remotely access Plex which is installed on my Synology NAS (which I usually accessed on my PC via my home network) so I can instead use my Android phone to access Plex when outside of my home network via Tailscale. The few YouTube videos about this are concerning Plex hosted on a PC rather than via a NAS.
I have Tailscale installed on my laptop and on my Android phone and would really appreciate a step by step guide.
I would really appreciate a step by step guide.

I am wanting a good NAS to be able to run game servers inside docker containers. I also want to use Unraid just for the ease of use. This device won't be backing up any data. So something that has more than 2 or 4 cores would be great! Thanks!

Hi,
A bit of background, we have had a few break-ins on the estate of late which made me want a IP camera NVR type solution but held off thinking a NAS might serve me a bit better with more rounded functionality. The misses is changing jobs at Christmas and has a tonne of data she needs to keep from her previous job all on OneDrive, this put me back to the NAS. I have watched loads of your YouTube vids and was tempted by the DVA 1622 for the CCTV chops but was put off by the lack of scalability, also love the idea of a TS 264-8G but again soldered RAM holding it back... Which lead me to the DS723+ seems the best compromise but does the lack of integrated graphics hinder the surveillance station app?
As an aside I would like to be able to stream media music and video both to LAN and WAN, host a website that runs MSsql in a docker container and if it could help with the dishes that would be a cherry on top!
Thanks for any help
Dave
P.S. love your channel

I do photography as hobby and have few external HDDs and SSDs filled up with totaling to about 8TB of data. Hence looking for a long term option with NAS with double the storage (16TB) to begin with. This would be only for home usage and I do not have plans for any photography business.

I'm a fairly technical person with software development background. Building a NAS solution would be a fun project for me. Hence looking for some advice to build a DIY NAS..
Mainly looking for suggestion for minimum 4Bay enclosure. With additional option SSD, 8GB RAM. Would like to have an HDMI output in motherboard so that can avoid extra GPU.

Budget is around $500 including RAM. Initially I'm thinking to start with two 16-20 TB HDD from Seagate or WD.. And would expand in future as per need.

Looking forward to some advice to start on the components listing. Thank you!