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

Good morning, 

Firstly i would like to congratulate you on an interesting, informative website, and some excellent YouTube Videos.  As a result of which, I think I’ve finally got close to a list of requirements for my NAS.

Essential Requirements:

• USB 3.2 for additional drives etc (seems pretty standard?)
  
• Ability to use as a PlEX server 9again pretty standard?)
  
• 6 bays (Initially to use existing drives and update over the next few months 
  
• The ability to accept mixed side drives (as far as Ican work out, only Synology and Terramaster offer this out of the box, maybe possible to use UNaid? any other third party apps. allow this?)
  
• Sensible RAM - I suspect 16GB plus?)
  

• Multigig connectivity preferably 10gbe (probably overkill but hey, as another YouTuber says, “why Not”!
  

• Ability to connect directly using USB4/TB4 for a possible journey into video editing
  

• PLEX server (not necessary all backed up as I’ve got a large collection)
  
• File storage and duplication 
  
• Time machine Storage?
  

Hello there,

Would an F4-424 Pro or F4-424 MAX be the better purchase for a first-time NAS buyer?

I've been watching your content on YouTube for a while, and was initially piqued by the Asustor Nimbustor (the one with 4 SSD slots) as a robust hardware option with lots of expandability before the Terramaster F4-424 series was unveiled/released. I'm looking at a NAS as a primarily OFFLINE backup/storage solution for my sister and I. Multimedia streaming would be nice to implement, but that's not necessary.

I already have an Ironwolf 4 TB HDD previously purchased that can go towards the future NAS. I'd ideally like 2 more HDDs/8 more TB for the mass storage and a pair of bang-for-buck SSDs to house the OS and any cache for the NAS. I sourced my own parts for my tower from 2 years ago, so ~$2,000 would be what I'm comfortable spending (assuming the upcoming Black Friday sale sees the F4-424 Pro discount to $719 CAD again to compare with the $1,199 CAD of the MAX after its coupon).

Hello,
I'm new in the forum watched your great videos and would like to hear your advice.

Currently, I have a TS-453Be NAS (use 2 bays only), which is starting to experience some performance bottlenecks. The CPU utilization reaches around 70-90% during the following tasks:

• Backups with Acronis - Acronis is installed on a PC client that backs up data to and from the NAS
  
• NAS backup to the cloud with HBS 3.
  
• Torrent downloads with Rtorrent—this is the most demanding task.
  

Within the last week, Assistant Map Drive and Connect stopped working. When I click the icon, it blinks but does nothing. Assistant sees the servers.
Windows Map Drive works as expected.
IF I type the correct IP in a browser, I can login to the NAS.
Current vs of Assistant is 7.0.5-50070. I updated from 7.0.1-50044 in hopes of resolving problem.
I have rebooted both the NAS (ds1821+) and the workstation. Problem persists.
Any thoughts?

Hi guys! 
I'm a filmmaker and animator. My 4-year-old QNAP TR004 is about to run out of space and it's a bit slow. I looked around and bought the QNAP TVS-x72xt because of the Thunderbolt connection and loaded it with 18 TB drives. The speed is fantastic, but I was kind of under the impression, based on a misleading YouTube video, that I could use it as a DAS, and the drive would show up as local. This was wrong and it seems to mean that my Backblaze cloud backup would cost way more since the cheap subscription does not cover networked drives.

First question, is there a way to have Windows 11 see a network drive as a local one? If not, I think I have to get rid of the NAS and get a DAS with similar specs ie. 6 Bay, Thunderbolt (or equivalent), good software, RAID 5, not crazy loud or crazy expensive. Does anything fit that criteria?

Hi again I have to make a decision and buy a new nas. Awhile back recommended a Synology which I am keen to go for as I like the idea of extensive range of software and support. My Q is should I go for the DS923+ which I know is more than enough for my needs right now, but as you say think ahead re future proofing. So would this be a good choice given my main use is, streaming music to my hifi at a high bit rate, Photos and general phone and doc backups. I am currently using a WD 6TB My Cloud EX2 Ultra 2-bay NAS which is now full up and showing signs of falling over. So what would you recommend as I am on a tight budget, O and can I use my existing discs WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 and will I have to go through a complicated process to transfer them and data to the Synology. if not what drives can I get that won't break the bank. TIA

Hello Robbie and Eddie!

Just purchased Qnap TS-464eU-8G for my rack cabinet as a replacement to TS-673 (I am aware of the noise generated) and future possibility to migrate to ZFS.
I have two questions and would appreciate your support. 

I am hesitating to buy 2 x WD Red SN700 NVMe 500 or 1000 capacity due lack of the information if I can configure them as QTS drive in Raid 1.
I read somewhere that there is no advantage of QTS being installed on NVMe as the system is spread across all drives. 
Is that really the case for QTS (and in future for ZFS), hence using both NVMe as cache would be better option?
From the old system I have 4 x HDD Red (SMR unfortunately) that I will configure in Raid 10 to reduce a risk of drive failure if I would have them in Raid 5 configuration and during potential rebuilding of the raid matrix.

Second question I have regarding 2 x 16GB DDR4, to be more specific the Crucial ‎CT16G4SFRA32A.
Many sources reports that the onboard intel can support more than 16GB of RAM and up to 64 in total.
Have you heard or know if that is the case and before I make my mind to buy the extra memory?

I would highly appreciate your reply.
Andy

Dear Nascompares,
We store our important family data in an Asustor AS1002T with 2x8TB HDD configured as double RAID. All of a sudden we lost contact to the NAS from our PC. After pressing the reset button we still were not able to access it in a browser. Then with the ACC program we found it asks for initialization. But that would include erasing all data. The NAS does not have problem operating other HDDs. But when we insert our own HDDs, it again asks for initialization. We cannot read the data of the HDDs with other devices as well, even though Hard Disk Sentinel says they are in fine condition. How could we access the data on the HDDs? How could we make the NAS continue to run our HDDs without erasing data?
Thank you in advance for your help.

Hello,
I am looking for a BIOS for the MW-N100-4L motherboard.