Hi I'd like to replace my old Netgear ReadyNAS NV + with a new NAS that supports wireless connections. I think I would prefer SSD drives over HDD because I'd like to bring it along when we travel in our motorhome and with HDD drives I have to shut it down when we travel due to vibration, bumps and shakeing. It will serve as storage for about 2TB of photo files and 1TB for audio files for a SONOS sound system using HDMI ARC. The audio files will tend to grow slowly as will the photo files, although not quicly. we use Win laptops, ipads and smart tv and dvd devices. Possibly I would also use it to store and serve video files like movies. I would like a fairly small footprint, so a 4 bay would be sufficient. I have a background in IT and support my own small home network. GB ethernet support would be good as there are times when a hard connection is useful. Please let me know if you need any more information.

can you recommend a NAS and appropritae drives for this?

Sincerely,
James Wilkerson

I am purchasing a TerraMaster F5-422 10GbE NAS 5-Bay system to use as a DAS (for both storage and editing). I can't find anything on the manufacture's site that says whether I can plug directly into my PC, or if I need a 10GbE switch, so I thought I would ask and see if you knew? I've watched several of your extremely helpful videos, and decided to go with the 5 bay model, with 4 6TB Iron Wolf HDDs (to run in RAID 5) and then purchased a 2TB Iron Wolf SSD to use for the cache. I have a motherboard with a 10GbE port that I wanted to take advantage of, so I am hopeful all of these pieces with play together nicely. (I have been using a DroboPro-FS on a 1GbE connection for the last 9 years and it's getting pretty shaky, hence the upgrade.)

Thank you in advance for any help/advice you may give, and for your incredibly detailed and informative videos and reviews!

Have a Happ(ier) New Year!

- Christopher

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I am currently using onedrive (paid subscription) and apple cloud storage services, plus my family do as well
I have also just started using plex as a way to store/view media (films/TV shows etc) and a NAS seems like the logical way to go for the whole family to use and also synch their photos too and not pay a subscription as well
Have mainly looked at synology NAS's due to the software looking easier to manage for my family and am considering a DS220J device, but not sure if I should go for a 4 bay or a 220+ device - There are too many to chose from!!!
Thanks in advance

Greetings,

I plan to buy QNAP TS-253D with two hard drives, Ironwolf 6TB and WD red 14TB. So I want to have the entire 6TB of ironwolf to be redundant with 6TB (out of 14TB) of WD red, while the rest of WD red to be in used as single storage for non critical data. Is that possible?

Thanks in advance,
Nagy.

Hello all,

Apologies in advance for my poor language skill I am new to the NAS system I bought Synology 2 bay NAS DiskStation DS220j. I am about to return it after messing with it for almost one week and not able to get anywhere with this unit. It is slow even when I am trying to connect only one device to it. I am thinking to buy QNAP but again i am not sure if QNAP has all that I am looking for or at least close enough.

What I am looking for is:

1- Backup Photos automatically from my phone to NAS ( Internal and SD Card )

2- Backup all videos ( Internal and SD Card )

3- Backup all phone contacts

4- Backup SMS

5- If possible to backup the entire file system of the phone with OS ( not critical) but it will be nice even if I can't restore it

6- if restore of the phone option is not available that ok I understand but it will be very nice to have a backup and restore option ( not critical)

7- automatic sync of all data so if anything added it get uploaded to the NAS system.

8- Backup all of the docs, PFD, Excell, Books, Music, and audiobooks ( No file left behind)

9- Good support by customer service and good form support as i am a technically challenged person sometimes

10- Good speed and not slow as ** device as that is to much when i try to work with a device and it talking the entire day to do one single task

11- Simple to use and plug and play zero efforts from my side.

12- Third-party app support or options to use FTP SYNC or something else to send the data to the NAS if QNAP does not have all that I need form a NAS

13- WhatAPP Full Backup if possible Text and media

I am extremely tired of google, Samsung, dropbox changing rules, and iCloud removing my backups from the cloud so I don't want to lose my data. i have lost data because of Cloud system online and home computers so this the reason I am going NAS system

After playing with DiskStation DS220j for days and spending the entire day wasted in slow speed and stuck in loading page i am seriously considering returning this unit and move away from the Synology products line for good.

I contacted Qnap support and they suggested to me to get QNAP TS-253D or TS-251D and they suggested using Acronis true image mobile backup software
I did a test with a PC and my Tablet and it seems Acronis true image mobile does not do a full disk image it only copied my contacts, calendars, messages, photos, videos only but not the entire phone bit by bit or clone

So now you know my life story what would you guys advise as far QNAP and QNAP APPS and Software I am new so if you guy want me to read some article or manual please provide the link and i will go over them before i buy a QNAP unit

Thanks in advance

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I'm open to most any options that will get me to my storage requirements of 16TB.

I'm not opposed to shucking WD EasyStore drives to get white label WD Red drives.

For example I built the following impossible NAS for my sister:
$200 used Synology 4 bay
$100 for 2 used 8 TB WD white label drives
$120 for a brand new WD 8TB EasyStore that I shucked the drive from

First, your videos are great. i have watched a loads of them, but still have some questions on my particular case and would like someone else's opinion.

Equipment i already have.

1 x DJ212J (2012) - 2x 2tb WD Red Plus in Raid 1 - this was my 2nd NAS and thought i upgraded at the time... this has been solid for 8 years and nearly 24/7 uptime and still running - figured it was time to upgrade and stop gambling. i have no backup of this NAS. it is also at 98% capacity which doesn't help.

2x TS-453D 8GB - i just picked up 2 of these based on your videos. 4x 4tb WD Red Plus.

my original intent was to have both of the 453D with 2x 4tb in RAID 1 and use one as a backup of the other, i realize this may be overkill after i purchased. and ditch the synology all together even though it has been rock solid. just freaking slow and dated.

Q 1: would it be better to put both 453Ds as RAID 0 and have one back up the other thereby getting the speed benefits of RAID 0? this would give me 8tb i am after with just 4 disks.

Q2: or should i purchase additional drives and hook up a RAID 5 with 3x 4tb in each giving me my 8tb storage in each? if so would i be able add a 4th 4tb to the RAID configuration in the future?

Q3: if i do use both 453D's what do you think of a RAID 5 in one using 3x 4TB and the backup with just 2x 4TB in RAID 0 in the other?

Thank you so much and keep those informative videos coming. ( i do listen to your videos at 1.75x and it makes them even more entertaining)

joshua.

Hi, I would like to replace my old Netgear Readynas NV +. I need a NAS for photo files and audio files. I will use a SONOS system for listening. I want to be able to use the NAS while I am traveling in my Motorhome so I think SSD is the way to go as HDD will not handle the bumps and vibrations. I dont really need it for video, but if PLEX would be useful for my 1TB music collection I would consider that. I think a 4 bay would be best, but maybe a 2 bay would be sufficient? What NAS would you recommend? Also, if you could recommend a SSD as well. I have looked at the compatibility lists for QNAP and Synology and there are so many drives I dont know how to choose.

Thank you,
Jim