Looking for a 6 Bay NAS (10TB HDD) with 10G UTP network and NVME for cache. I was erring towards QNAP, but a compatriot has complained about their support.

Currently running HP Microserver Gen8 (FreeNAS) and Synology DS411j

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Hi, I'm very much an amateur at this NAS thing but love the potential and I want to learn more. Your website and videos have been instrumental! I've been using a synology DS216+II with 2 6TB HDD in RAID1 configuration and have run out of room and my system is slower than I want so I decided to make a big upgrade to the synology DS1621+. My question is about setting up the new system once it arrives. Do all of my new drives also need to be 6TB or can I populate it with 4TB HDD? I was thinking of getting four of the 4TB HDD that have a drive speed of 7200rpm and I was hoping that I could somehow transfer the data to those in either a RAID 5 or SHR configuration (more likely would do SHR if that is possible) and possibly get rid of the older/slower 6TB drives. Is this even possible? Or do I need to keep the older 6TB drives in the mix (I will have 6 bays so I guess I could...is there a downside to that?). l was hoping not to have to spend the extra money in buying all 6TB drives but will if I have no option.
Thanks! And pardon my ignorance.

Nice article. I do have a question regarding the processor. I'm looking at the AS5202T for my home network. I see the Celeron processor advertised as 2 core, but your article describes it as quad core. Can you explain the discrepancy?

Thanks for your passion in this area. Very helpful for those of us who are wading into this new area.

Allen

I'm planning on setting up a Roon Core server and want to store the Music Library on a NAS. I currently have a Thecus N4200PRO with 4 3TB WD drives in a RAID 5 configuration. I'm not sure Thecus is the best NAS provider for this purpose. There's a site (https://roononnas.org/en/roon-on-nas/ focused on setting up a Roon NAS and they suggest Asustor, QNAP & Synology products. Also, I've had my current NAS for over 5 years, it was set up for local backup of PC's & Mac's. So now I'm expanding it purpose and plan to rip and store my CD collection on it. If necessary or advisable, I'd buy a new NAS box and &quot;move&quot; my 4 WD drives to it and set it up for Roon service. You're advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your consideration, David

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Hi,

I am in need of a NAS'device with the possibility to handle both windows, but mainly mac, for video post production purposes.

I will be handling large files over fileshare protocol AFP and SMB, and I have the possibility to change jumboframes in the environment.
I've been very interested in the ZFS devices, however, I've also been told that you can't expand a RAID group with new disks, hence my questions below.

Will I be able to use QuTS Hero (ZFS) to add a new Raid 1 group to an already created striped pool of RAID10, hence creating more space on the Striped Pool?
RAID 10 is basically 2x RAID 1 striped.

Technically, I can expand the Storage Pool with 2 disks at the time with RAID 1.


Im looking for a disk-solution which can give me 1500 MB/s read on HDD 7200 RPM spindles. (Sequential read on big files, but more interested on spindle throughput)
I am also looking for a capacity of 60 TB and drive resiliance that can withstand at least 1 disk failure and also not be in the danger of Unrecoverable read errors during rebuild.

Im not afraid of using EXT4 solutions, but Im also keen on data intregrity.
My biggest pain point seems to be the QNAP offering on number of bays before I have to extend to a disk enclosure, which I dont want to start with.

Thank you!

// Emil

I need a NAS for the following purposes:
1. To store FLAC audio files from ripped CD collection to play to Ruark R4 via DLNA.
2. To Store photo collection and site new photos from phones and Cameras
3. To provide a home cloud local shared file store so can access shared files on various home devices
4. If possible to connect to Smart TV USB and appear to be a simple USB storage device for Recording off air by the TV (LG LK6100). The manual recommends a USB Flash Drive of 32GB, or USB HDD of 2TB or less. It can read/write NTFS).

I also would like the device to be as silent as possible because the NAS would need to be near my Router and TV, both of which are near my Ruark Audio player.

I don't need to be able to transcode video for playing on mobile devices.

I realize that SSDs will be much more expensive, so wondering how quiet a 2 drive 2TB HDD Raid 1 set-up would be, or whether possibly a single bay NAS that is externally backed up to a noble device of the cloud might be a quieter and more economic option.

Was an IT professional years ago, but have never owned a NAS box.

Hi

A while back i discussed what Qnap Nas i should by as a plex server. I have been considering building my own server but im struggling with a few things so am thinking of buying a qnap nas as i already have the ts453a but it is not powerful enough. I would like to use this instead as a backup server.

I would like to be able to transcode around 5 4k streams to family and friends and have heard about the p2000. Is there a qnap nas that the p2000 will work with or any other gpu?

Hi there,
I'm looking for the best value 10Gbe NAS for two video editors. One editor is on a Mac and one is on a PC. I'm having a tough time sifting through all the information. I believe since there are two video editors we'll need to 10Gbe ports. Is this correct?

Are you able to recommend a few options for our application?

Thanks,
Kristin