Hi, I'm very tech-impaired but I've managed to get by with a synology DS216+II for the last several years but am looking for an upgrade. My current NAS is way too slow at loading and retrieving pictures. Your website is impressive and full of great info (though it's hard for me to understand everything...what I really need is a website for total beginners if you know of one). Anyhow, I'm thinking of going big and and getting the Synology DS1621+. It's probably overkill for my needs but I think I will grow into it. My question is, if cost were no limit to you, how would you "accessorize" it? Specifically what hard drives would you recommend for it? Also is it worth the money to upgrade to the 10GBe cable? I don't really know if that's something I would benefit from but it's just my wife and I using the system at this point for storage of photos and home videos so I was thinking I don't need that but am open to suggestions. So if you were going to build an awesome NAS system using a synology device and my money what you do? (and do you have any resources of where I can go to learn how to build it and use it's full potential). Thanks for you time and for the great website and service you provide.
Doug

Hi, I am not expert in nas, pc etc..
I need to move from synology ds 2413 to a new nas with much more capacity.
I cannot expand mine because of lack of space in the room where the nas stands.
I use nas to storage movies (blurays and ultra hd blurays) to watch them in a home cinema.
Now I’ ve configured raid 5.
Well, I was buying a ds2419 with 16tb iron wolf pto hdd ( n3 hdds at the beginning to get raid 5 to go further with
16 tb hdds)
But
I am not sure if this is possible..?!
I read 108tb is max size for each volume.. then I read from you 168tb (12 x 14tb)...
I am confused..
Help me please

Best regards,
Luca

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Hello,

Love your content!!!!!!

I am planning on buying the DS1520+ and I want to use 18TB drives (Seagate Inronwolf). Will this work???

Can't find any information anywhere and on the synology's site Hdd compatbility list, there are no 18TB drives listed.

Thank you

Need to store photos/videos and data securely and be able to upload photos (if possible) and edit remotely. Ideally would be helpful to backup from a NAS device to a second location/expansion unit.

Hi Guys,
Already have a QNAP TS-451 in raid 10 with 4x 3Gib

would like to migrate to QNAP 653D with 32Gig of ram.
QUESTION:
will it be possable to run 2 VM, linux and windows 7 or 10 ?

Best regards,
Alain

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Hello Robbie,

A have a question about the Volumes on Nas.
I have a DS1520+ including 2 Seageate Iron Wolf Pro 16 TB HDD,
2 Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB M.2 SSD.
My problem: 2 x 16 TB and i have only 14.6 TB.
What to do?
Should i buy an extra HDD with lower storage to maximise my Volume with SHR Raid.
Is it possible to get my total volume when i buy an 4TB - 10TB HDD?
What tip can you give?

Thanks,
Geert

Hi! I think I already have a decent idea what I'm about to get, but as it is my first nas it would be nice if someone can confirm what I'm thinking ;-)
Currently I have a wd blue 2tb hdd full of photos and 1 backup which i keep (offline) at my father-in-law. However as space is now running out I'm looking for a new solution where I would like to keep a more up to date backup close by as well as that the current system is run via a hdd docking station which I believe hasn't got the best speeds.

My idea is to get the qnap 453d together with 3 HDDs of 4tb. Together in a raid5 this would be about 8tb of usable space (and keep 1 slot available for future expansion). I would like to allocate most space for the photos, but also (if possible) have a folder where I could put movies & series to stream to my TV.
I could then use my 2 current HDDs for a dedicated off-site backup.

What my questions still are:
Which HDDs to use in the nas - from what I've read it's either WD red plus or a Seagate ironwolf, do you have any preference?
If I want to stream movies from the nas to the TV, what would be the best solution? Place the nas close to the TV so it can connect via HDMI or would it be better to use something like a Chromecast?

Thanks in advance!
Rogier

Hello, I just wanted to ask what the point is in a single 2.5gbe port on home routers. My networking knowledge is pretty limited, but i see a lot of home routers only have 1 port for 2.5gbe. if i use my NAS on the 2.5gbe port and the other gigabit port to my laptop, wouldn't my conenction to my pc be a bottleneck and i would only get the same transfer speeds as if i was using 2.5gbe?

I'm asking is because I have a Nas with 2.5gbe(Nimbustor 4) and while i'm using it as is as a media server for plex and storage for my media, i'm also using it to install all my steam games. It's fine as it is. and maybe its a placebo effect but it feels faster than the onboard HDD even if its only on gigabit and I'm planning on building a pcwith a motherboard that has 2.5gbe port trying to take advatage of the additional bandwitdth. But i'm only finding home routers with only 1 2.5gbe port.