I've been doing a *lot* of reading and watching, but not certain I've figured it out, thus the request.

I need to migrate away from a WD My Cloud 3Tb, 1 disk device. Not sure if it's gonna die, but *know* it's not an if it dies, but when. Currently ~50% full at the moment. Have offline storage of 4Tb as well.

Considering something like a QNAP TS-264 with 16GB memory, 2TB of M.2 storage and 12 - 16TB HDD storage. Primary use case is cloud storage (move away from Google Cloud, if practical) but have my own cloud capability for personal video, audio & photo storage.

It'd be nice to have it accessible remotely, and realize I may need to improve networking on my side (VPN, etc.) for that to happen as I go deeper into this.

Any alternates that I should strongly consider? Thanks!

LAN only NAS. Own ReadyNAS Business Pro RAID5, 6x2TB, (full) & Synology DS1019+ 5x10TB RAID6 (Full). Considering QNAP TS-1655 & QNAP TVS-h1688X. I looked @ DS-3622 but Synology wants branded HDs. Plan: Populating w EXOS 24TB, RAID6. Network is currently mostly 1Gb w some 2.5GB & WiFi 7. Like that 1688 is 10G out of box (longevity w/o cost of upgrading) & comes w 32GB ECC vs 8GB non ecc. Gen 4 M.2 vs Gen 3. Gen 2 usb 3.2 vs Gen 1 on 1655. 2030 availability of 1655. Unfamiliar w QNAP OS. As I understand it, QTS is the best option to suit 1 large storage pool where that storage is increased simply adding more 24GB drives?What does expanding look like w expansion units? Any way to have a second large Raid 6 storage pool (or expand the original) using the expansion units? Suggestions for 2xNVMe & 4x2.5 SATA SSD that do well in a NAS environment? Looking & units w high TBW/DWPD. So far looked @ Intel SSD DC P4511, Samsung PM893 & Intel D3-S4610. Suggestions for RAM for 128GB ECC?

G'day Rob. I watched your video on upgrading the DS220+ with the 18GB RAM today, and as I desperately wanted to activate the object recognition in Synology Photo's, I ripped the 8GB DDR4 SODIMM out of my laptop and stuck it into the NAS.

I've done a memory test and it passed, though oddly, the Info Centre now shows a total of 6GB of RAM instead of 10GB (2+8). On your page, "Synology DS220+ 18GB Unofficial Memory Upgrade Installation Guide" there's no mention of what to do if it's recognised, passes, but is restricted to a lower capacity, so I'm hoping you may have an idea, please?

Thank you,
Jason

I am looking for my first NAS with a budget of around 400 €.
I have 2 4TB HDD's that I got as gifts and I am not afraid to build one, although I would like to enjoy the convenience of a closed product.

It would be for documents/photos and personal and programming projects. I would like to be able to expand with M2 if necessary.
Many Thanks

I am looking for a Qnap nas as Storage for photo end personal documents.
The TS-664 have my interest, but I'm not sure if it is possible to get more ram than 8GB, and if it's fixed ram on board?
Have your other suggestions for a good Qnap nas, with good possibilities for expansion and upgrading? And what do you think about TS-632x as alternative?
I need 2-4 M2 ssd for chasing
Cpu min. 2,2GHz
6-8 bays
2,5 (5-10) gigabit ethernet
8-16(32) ram - is ECC a must to day?
Hot swap and one hhd as spare in raid 6 (or 5)

THANKS a lot for your informative, professional and always inspirational video on YouTube!!

Best wishes
Erik from Denmark

Not liking the TOS5 and TOS6 isnt released for F4-424Pro yet in USA for download. So i'm considering a move to UnRaid. I am unable to procures a USB2.0 32GB Ultra Fit, best I can find at BestBuy is USB3.1 64GB. What process would I use to make this work?

Hi,

I've just got round to building a nas server I've been sitting on for a month. Brought me a snazzy gen 5 M2 drive (t705) but after putting it together realised that the heatsink that comes with this fast M2 doesn't have the clearance with the graphics card. (For av1 encoding) Is there a decent small (less than 1 cm heatsink) or such thinks as a 5.0 riser cable for M2 drives please help.

Kurt

Hi - I am looking for some advice. I would like to build a new system to build out a home lab that will serve as long term NAS storage as well as streaming HD content within my network (likely over wifi). I am struggling to find a reasonably priced PSU, and unsure whether I am missing anything key? (will get SSDs later). I would like to use SSDs for the OS (thinking proxmox + truenas) as well as SSD for cache with the SSDs being the main storage area in a raid config.

here is my build so far..
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 9 Bay NAS Board with 32GB RAM
Crucial P3 Plus 1TB
JONSBO N3 Mini NAS Case
JONSBO HP-400S Pressure Profile CPU Radiator

Kun je de TS 133 foto's afspelen op TV zonder tussenkomst van Internet. Is de media server software inclusief?
IK gebruik nu een WD MyBookLive 2TB deze moet vervangen worden. gebruikt Twonky softare.

Hi, again.

Is there any merit in buying a second hand unit such as a synology DS1515+ (~8 years old) DS916, or Qnap equivalents that are ~5 + years old?

Or are you, as I suspect, better buying new/nearly new to get more longevity and better tech?

Adrian