In your video about this NAS, there was nothing about camera licenses. In looking at QNAP web site there doesn't seem to be any camera licenses with this NAS. Is there something about ZFS that doesn't allow it or am I just not finding it?
Thanks

I got 2 WD NAS RED PRO 6Tb each with a QNAP TS-253D. Are the drives compatible with SED encryption? I'm asking the question because they don't have PSID number. And I'm affraid to not be abble to restore them in case I forget the password ( I don't care if I lose the content).
Thank you

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Hi there! It's amazing of you to offer the advice that you do, thank you so much! I'd love to buy you a cup of coffee (really a donation in exchange for your help if you accept USD or BTC.

My situation:
I'm an illustrator/artist, new graduate startin g my freelance buisness and setting up a home studio to work in. As it stands, I have 3 or 4 external hard drives with various important files on them, Plus 1TB of data on my iMac, and 500GB on my laptop that both desperately need backing up. I really need to combine all the files in one place but don't have anything that has enough space for all my data right now. I have probably about 4TB of data right now, and would like it to be a good storage solution for a few years at least...so maybe expandable? or at least 8TB to give me growing space. And I would ideally like the data to be network-shared for access from different devices, as well as have some sort of redundancy to protect my artwork in case of HD failure. In fact, my iMac has just died, and now I'm really realizing how much precious data is on the line when things go wrong....

I 've looked at the WD Cloud series and Synology...Synology is just painfully expensive. But maybe it would be worth it to start with a 2 bay synology and then when I'm a rich and famous illustrator, upgrade to a 4 bay? haha. Dreams.

I'd love your advice. Thank you so much for taking the time to consider my inquiry!

Michelle London

Hi there
Love your work, you are doing a great job with helping the world better understand NASs.

I am looking at buying a Synology 1621+, and was interested in your thoughts on a POE enabled 16 port switch that supports Link Aggregation.
Might be a good article to share with your audience, given that LAG is the path forward to higher data rates. Thanks in advance. Cheers.

Hi mate, thanks so much for your videos. Your page is my main resource for helping me make a decision coming up.
I don't think my situation will be unique, but I can't find anything that is similar to my situation with a diffinitive NAS answer on the internet.

The reason I love my media set up is because I have all my favourite films on hand in the highest possible format at the time. eg. just got LOTR trilogy in 4K and replaced the blueray version- same with Back to the future, Godfather etc. This way I can watch the BEST when I want, not when NETFLIX has them on (plus they are worse quality anyway).

I run my plex server on my gaming PC on an 8TB drive in the study. It's been great for 5 years but I'm worried about:
-disk failure (I think I want to run RAID5 but I keep reading about UNRAID)
-having the pc on all the time to watch media on devices
-Direct play of 4K films (20-80 GB in size) to the main lounge room LG 65 inch C8 TV playing via an Nvidia shield Pro.
-Future proofing including expanding storage and using the NAS for more functionality in the future (security cams etc)
-At the moment I would have a 4K movie running with maybe one other 1080p going elsewhere, but I can see my other family members using this if I set it up properly and it doesn't kill my 100Mb/s internet experience.

I THINK i want to have the NAS in the lounge room cabinet (under my cinema TV) so it can direct play 4k. That however makes my Nvidia Shield Pro redundant but that's ok as it's served me well for 2 years until I got to this point. My router and EERO hub sits in the lounge room too so it can all connect nicely. It would need to be quiet though.

Now, If I could easily afford your #1 choice QNAP I would go there, but I think it's massive overkill for what I need. However I think the Synology 920+ is not high enough in spec for my needs.

What do you think? I was looking at the Syn 1019+ but I'm concerned about it not having 10Gb/s ethernet and no direct play HDMI.

Therefore I have 2 choices:
1. Cheaper NAS that using Nvidia Shield PRo to transcode in lounge
2. Go hard for direct play HDMI in the lounge room

I would REALLY appreciate your help. I have no problems dropping serious coin for functionality, future proofing and ease, but I also don't want to waste money on something I'm not fully using.

Thanks so much.

Hello !thank you very much to propose to write to you it's very kind ! sorry for my english I don't speak very often ! I have 7 hdd basic WD ! I calculated 11tb of data since 2000 ! I use them with a disk station and change them on my xbox as a multimedia platform with kodi ! that's work very well ! obviously each HDD are unic... no clone of back up !... I know ! well last year one of them fall on the floor and... died ! 20 years of music !!! maybe I could repair it ! well since this summer I'm thinking about a nas ! I thought buy a single slot at the beginning ! and put my disk station in his back ! and finally a big promo and I bought the DS420+ ! and put all inside in raid 5 to be quiet ! so for 11tb of data I thought buy 4 x 12tb or 4 x 10tb wd red (wd120efax, wd101efax) ! I thought like that because I know one of them represente the capacity of the back up ! and after format it's not the same thing anymore ! I thought buy normal hdd externe because cheaper and take off the HDD from the case because I use them only when I need ! I think I can if the nas is power on only when I want to use it ! the side nas always power on is fantastic in the idea but I'm so afraid of the noise ! I did'nt find a video with the test of a nas in a living room ! alone the hdd are very quiet and there is no fan ! I read WD red are less decibels than normal one ! I'm lost I don't know how to think, I'm afraid to do a mistake and to see too big ! my living room is with my kitchen in an open space 4 meters by 5 meters ! I try to find these HDD with a good price ! It's complicate !I find 12TB for 300 dollars on www.bhphotovideo.com ! but it's over ! there aren't really a question ! What do you think of this ?! do you have an idea I haven't ?! what do you do to buy hdd ?! in the nas can I only decide 1 hdd is running to read or all are in activity when the nas is power on ?! can we desactivate the fan when I use it occasionnaly ! thank you very much to you to read my message ! have a nice day ! Nico from paris !

Hi there,

I'm currently looking for a new (upgrade) NAS. Currently I use an old 2TB MyWorldBook. But a new child and enforced time at home means that I need more storage (too many baby photos/videos) and film/music storage. Much like most people i suppose. I also require external access to files when away from home and potentially to allow grandparents read only access (if possible) to selected folders.

I was looking at the synology 220j and watched your youtube video and was slightly put off by your comments regarding the on board memory. So i was wondering for the same/similar price point whether the older 218/play might be better value for money?

What are your thoughts.
Kind Regards and thanks for reading.

Adam

Hi, Thanks for some great videos! I currently have a Synology DS213 air and have recently added a single IP camera for security (may add more). Annke 4k with POE injector connected to Fritzbox router. I use an imac computer and my wife uses a windows laptop also various tablets and phones etc

Using Synology Surveillance Station and having trouble getting good quality recordings and streaming to my devices from the camera despite days of experimenting with settings. Backup storage on the current Synology at 75% on the two disk SHR 1 vol.

Looking at upgrading to DS920+ to see me out over the next few years. Any thoughts?

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