01-03-2023, 11:22 AM
Yes, this NAS is all-in-one solution. And it is great for multimedia.
Qtier is a combination of HDD and SSD volumes. But it is more useful in business environment. Based on your schedule Qnap will move data to SSD volume. So you will only see speed improvement after qtiering daily rutine runs.
NVMe cache will give you instant benefit simply because all data first land on SSD. Read cache use a copy of data to speed things up.
If you want to maximise the space and keep your performance always fast, I would set up a NAS to run its OS on NVMe pool. This way all data is first placed on fast SSD volume. And it doesn't duplicate data as NVMe cache would.
You can then enable Qtier which will move less often accessed data to HDD volume.
I hope these links help
https://www.qnap.com/hu-hu/how-to/tutori...erformance
https://www.qnap.com/en/how-to/faq/artic...-ssd-cache
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 situation.
You would need to look at models with 0.5DWPD and above
970 pro – 0.66DWPD
Synology SNV3400 – 0.68DWPD
Seagate FireCuda 510 – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate IronWolf 525 – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate Firecuda 530 – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate PS5 Game drive – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate FireCuda 520 -0.9 DWPD
WD Red SN700 – 1.0DWPD
I hope this helps.
Qtier is a combination of HDD and SSD volumes. But it is more useful in business environment. Based on your schedule Qnap will move data to SSD volume. So you will only see speed improvement after qtiering daily rutine runs.
NVMe cache will give you instant benefit simply because all data first land on SSD. Read cache use a copy of data to speed things up.
If you want to maximise the space and keep your performance always fast, I would set up a NAS to run its OS on NVMe pool. This way all data is first placed on fast SSD volume. And it doesn't duplicate data as NVMe cache would.
You can then enable Qtier which will move less often accessed data to HDD volume.
I hope these links help
https://www.qnap.com/hu-hu/how-to/tutori...erformance
https://www.qnap.com/en/how-to/faq/artic...-ssd-cache
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 situation.
You would need to look at models with 0.5DWPD and above
970 pro – 0.66DWPD
Synology SNV3400 – 0.68DWPD
Seagate FireCuda 510 – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate IronWolf 525 – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate Firecuda 530 – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate PS5 Game drive – 0.7 DWPD
Seagate FireCuda 520 -0.9 DWPD
WD Red SN700 – 1.0DWPD
I hope this helps.