SYNOLOGY DS720+

[Enquiries]

HELLO,

I WONDER IF YOU COULD ADVICE ME A CONFIGURATION FOR A NAS DRIVE THAT I ABOUT TO BUY.

I AM ONE OF YOUR FOLLOWERS IN YOUTUBE BY THE WAY, AMAZING STUFF !, AFTER WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS I DECIDED TO BUY A SYNOLOGY DS720+. I RUN A RESTAURANT IN WALES AND I NEED THIS NAS TO LOAD A SHARE VARIOUS RESTAURANT FORMS, MENUS AND CUSTOMERS PARTIES PREORDERS WITH OUR STAFF, TRAINING VIDEOS AND DOCUMENTS, RESTAURANT RELATED PICTURES AND VIDEOS FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POST, MICROSOFT OFFICE DOCUMENTS, AND SO ON.
I NEED TO SHARE THIS NASA WITH ABOUT 20 OTHER USERS.
NOW,
WHAT TYPE OR MODEL OF HARD DRIVE WILL SUIT ME BEST, I WANT IT TO BE FAST.
ALSO,
WHAT NVMe shall I go for?

I REALLY WANT THIS NAS to work on its full potential.

ohh by the way, here is a question. I really like this DS720+ but is now about 3-4 years old right? so do I wait for a new model? can you share any information about that?


Thank you very much

[ed]

Yes, Synology plus series models such as ds720+ would allow file sharing with 20 users. You can also create separate shared folders for each user if they need to keep any files private. https://kb.synology.com/en-global/DSM/he...?version=7
When choosing NVMe for caching you need to look at reliability ratings such as DWPD/MTBF. Here are a few on the list
https://nascompares.com/answer/nvme-m-2-...dwpd-mtbf/
Caching means a lot of read and write operations, unlike regular storage situations.
You would need to look at models with 0.5DWPD and above

970 pro – 0.66DWPD
Seagate FireCuda 510 – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate FireCuda 520 -0.9 DWPD
Seagate IronWolf 525 – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate Firecuda 530 – 0.7 DWPD
Synology SNV3400 – 0.68DWPD
WD Red SN700 – 1.0DWPD

I hope this helps.