hi I'm buying a new terramaster f4 424 and 2x8tb drives I have an old terramaster f2 421 with 2x4tb drives non raided, can I just swap the drives to new nas or is there a migration tool? I would like the original data transferred to the new drives if possible as the old drives are working but 4 or 5 years old
thank you kind regards Don

Hey there,

I am looking for a NAS for my small office. Requiremet are as under,

- to be used only as file server (storing files such as word, excel, pdf, autocad files etc), there will be no streaming (media) what so ever.
- Capacity : We dont actually require a lot of capacity. Even 2 TB will be more then enough
- Total users will be around 3 to 5 initially. and in Next 2 years can increase up to 12 users.
- Remote access is very important - We need to be able to access files from Out Of Office locations.

- How much RAM do you recommend? I am seeing devices with 512mb to 4 GB. I understand not much ram is required as it is only a file server, but how much ram would be enough considering future proofing.
- 2 Bay or 4bay?
- HDD or SDD ? If HDD how much RPM ?
- Any particular recommended brand ? or Any brand to stay away from?

Thankyou all for your input.

Hello, I want to create my own NAS device, but I do not want to buy unnecessarily expensive parts, can you help me?

I was doing research on Qnap ts 464 but then I thought I could do it myself.

thanks

Hello,
I have a question, if I put in the Synology DS923+ with a 10GBe LAN connection: Variant A: 4x HDD + m.2 NVME SSD as cache or Variant B: 4x SATA SSD

Would be a big difference, or practically none between them in term of speed down/up, bottleneck? There is no need for specific numbers, only roughly.

I know and It is clear to me that the price-to-storage ratio is absolutely clear for hdd, as well as noise, but I am more interested in comparing download/upload or bottleneck performance of both variants.

I bought a new QNAP TS-464 with four Seagate IronWolf Pro 16TB disks. I immediately got a ""Host: 3.5" SATA HDD 2": Read  I/O error, "ABORTED COMMAND "" warning. I installed the DA Drive Analyzer and applied the license on that one disk. It came back with a "moderate risk" warning for the disk. I returned the drive to Amazon (USA), and replaced it with another Seagate IronWolf Pro 16 TB. Now I am getting the same warning message, with an even worse message for the new disk (Critical - Drive at Risk).

Is it worth trying to replace the disk again (maybe another brand?) or should I start thinking there is something wrong with the QNAP itself? There are no warnings on the other 3 disks, just the one on bay 2.

I've been following your YouTube channel ever since I got hit with ransomware a couple years ago. Thanks!

I would appreciate some advice on hardware for the following build requirements:
TrueNAS Scale (to support NAS plus NextCloud, Jellyfin, Homeassistant plus various Docker containers.
Self hosted ghost in Docker
Mirrored disks 2X8TB
SSD for the OS
Room for expansion

Integrated NAS solutions from Synology and Qnap are too expensive. I am thinking if a two server set up would be better: One cheap NAS to serve the files and a more powerful PC to serve the apps (using CasaOS), using NFS or iSCSI between them. If OK, what would the cheapest fileserver capable of 10Gb/s Ethernet be? And is this a feasible setup?

hello, I would like to build a 20 TB nas for a plex server and share it with 2 or 3 friends, I am thinking of synology diskstation ds220+ is it a good choice, thank you

I really like your $750 to $1000 build, but I would prefer to use a bigger case (such as the Silver Stone CS382). Although I plan to only use 6 bays at first, I would like to have the additional bays for future expansion. If you were to use the CS382, what changes and/or upgrades would you make to the N3 build you made? In particular, would you consider a stronger CPU (i7 or i9) rather than the i5 you included in your build? The prices for the higher level CPUs, especially for the i7, don't appear to be much different. Because I'm an American stationed overseas, Ali Express is not an option for me. I do have access to Amazon and local computer stores for purchases.

What advice can you provide on the hardware to go with a CS382 case?

If I wanted to stream multiple high quality 8K videos with transcoding would it be wise to install a GPU to prevent over taxing the CPU and generating too much heat?

Hello gents,

I need your input to come to a desicion for my next NAS.
Current situation:
1 drive in myold Netgear 2 Bay NAS starts to fail the SMART check and storage is @75-80%

Needs:
- Disk station with Raid1 (2x 4TB)
- Survaillance for 2-3 cameras in about a year on seperate volume
-> min. 3 drives in total (2x disk station, 1x survaillance (no need for raid1))

Options:
- DS423 / DS423+:
pro: 4 bay NAS with DSM7.2 and great survaillance SW
con: limited power due to Celeron J4125, even less on DS423. ok for my usecase?
- DS723+
pro: enough power and 2 bays for the disk station + 1 NVMe for survaillance
con: no graphic unit in the CPU (can the R1600 handle sporadic movie encoding + IP camera handling sufficiently?)

- QNAP TS-264-8G
pro: powerful CPU incl. graphics unit, 2 bays + NVMe
con: QTS + not so intuitive survaillance SW

-DS223j & DS224+
pro: 4 bays in total, each device can "focus on one task",
4 camera licences in total
con: 2 devices + price

Please advice