Hi, I recently replaced my 3 WD60EFRX with 3 WD80EFAX-68KNBN0 - firm. 81.00A81. As is well known these discs are actually 7200 rpm, and I find them noisy even if they don't read or write.
Are there any drives in the 8-12TB range that are quieter than these WD80EFAX-68KNBN0?
Thank you so much for your reply and for your wonderful site !!

Bought myself a Qnap 872xt, and am searching for a dock, owc new tb4 looks very promising.

But reading your article again, i just thought, hey it has a HDMI port 10gbe and numerous USB ports and has the USB sharing app.

Would it also be possible to 'power' my UHD screen with 60hz so i can get rid of unplugging all the USB and HDMI cables, and just use the TB3 (alas 20...) port of my Asus UX651ud.

I know it's a strange question, but the only stupid question is the one you don't ask, no?

Hope i got you interested in this out of the nasbox thinking ?

Sincere greatings
Ernst Anepool
from the Netherlands

P. S. Keep up the good work, it was your review who made me decide for the Qnap.

Hi Robbie,
I have been watching your YT videos and I would like to ask you for your advice on data management.
I am a photographer and have 15TB of photos on multiple external drives. With the files getting bigger I add almost 5TB of photos to the collection each year. You can probably imagine that my Lightroom catalogue is a huge mess with all these drives.
So I was thinking of buying a NAS so that I can reorganise my LR catalogue and have all my photos organised on one device and keeping the external drives as a backup. I would like to process my photos in LR on the NAS (keeping the LR catalogue on my laptop)
I have always been working on a Windows desktop, but I have recently bought the Macbook Pro 13inch M1 laptop. My old computer is of no use to me anymore as it is not powerful enough to run the latest version of LR on it. So after having bought a new camera I can't proces my photos because I need the latest LR version for that. So I am a bit stuck at the moment.
My photos are on external drives NTFS format so my laptop wouldn't be able to work with them in LR.
Besides which NAS would be the right one for me I have questions like:
Is a NAS the best option for me?
Can I setup a NAS myself (I very much doubt it)
How to get my photos on the NAS and make them work for Windows and Apple? (in case I might switch back to Windows)
Will it be possible to process the photos in LR from a NAS?
Is a NAS easy to move...because I will probably move house a few times the next couple of years?
I have absolutely no computer programming skills and even the Macbook Pro is new to me and the first time that I work with Apple.
I hope you can help me.
Thanks in advance
Linda

My 6 bay Netgear Readynas Ultra 6 has failed. I believe the drives are okay. The NAS box is unreachable.

I'd like to move those 6 drives of mixed capacities (2TB, 3TB, 4TB, etc.) to a new enclosure.

I do not have a backup.

Although I like the QNAP capabilities I don't believe QNAP supports a mixed capacity scenario.

My thinking is moving to a Synology DS1621+.

Can you please confirm that I should be able to migrate this enclosure without data loss.

Also are there other alternatives that would support my scenario.

Thank you for your kind advice.
-Steve

Hi there,

Thanks for sharing your experience on Youtube and here. I have used the information extensively.
I've had to reset my DS220+ as my passwords expired... Will have to look at the setting for that.
I reset it with a long push of the reset button and had the beep and let go. I was able to log in and change passwords for all user accounts including the admin and administrator.
Now however my NAS is not connecting. I suspect that the IP address has changed. My Unifi DM is seeing 2 NAS devices and both have different IP addresses that are not what they used to be. I've tried to connect via Web Assistant and Synology Assistant and off and on they are visible but cannot connect.
I've since moved the NAS to the PC and tried to plug it in via ethernet but don't see it on the system anywhere.
I'm at a bit of a loss and was hoping that you might be able to steer me in the right direction.
I've read your article on connecting to PC, but am not quite sure how to make the IP addressed able to work. I've had to unplug my ethernet LAN cable and switch to wifi since I only have the one LAN port and the NAS is plugged in there now.
I certainly would appreciate any help you may be able to provide.
Thank you.
Todd

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Hi, I was hoping you can help me with the maximum amount of ram I can use with my Synology RS812+

The NAS is obviously older, but still runs great, however RAM availability is getting low due to running a number of Docker containers and is causing DSM to crash occasionaly.

I currently have 2GB ram. (2x1GB)

I have read that the processor can handle 4GB but Synology says max of 3GB

Thanks.
Dave.

Hi

I finally got my NAS DS920+ up and running. It was really slow with iMac with Catalina OS installed, late 2012 model. No-one could help, but it turned out the iMac was not configured to accepts SMB. Checing that and finally it transfer files in an acceptable speed.

No the next part is to put in some more memory and SSD.

I saw your article https://nascompares.com/synology-ds920-nas-20gb-memory-unoffical-upgrade-guide/

Is this something you have more experience with now. is it safe - enough - to put in a 16 gb card, or should I go for the 8 gb from Synology. Also do you recommend one brand over the other - Crucial Kingston??

Which SSD disk do you recommend putting in the DS920+?

Regards
Morten

Hi
Re Qnap TVS-873e
Can you please tell me if you have heard of NAS shutdown due in my opinion to overheating.
At times the case is so hot I cannot touch it. At rear both sides main power supply/transformer very hot as well.
When working hard transfering (sync) files after about 5 mins it will just kill the power. Transfering files to another Qnap TS-653d that units copes with the transfer perfectly. The 873e will only work if I manually set fans to near max speed auto is no good.
Qnap trying to blame crucial ram as you advise fitting.
(fitted Adata ram as supplied by Qnap but no difference)

All my NAS's (3) purchased from Span after watching your shows but the 873e is out of official G/Tee although it is only 5 months old being supplied direct from Qnap as replacement for a failed TVS-873.

Any advice gratefully received.

Thanks

Brian

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