Hi Rob,
QNAP sound like the system for me.
Looking for 2 x 2TB (mirror) just network drive
SSD? For €500? Hmm. Just checked and 1x2TB is €250...

Query /envisaged NAS use:

MAC Time Machine backup (over SMB?)
Windows pc backup - straight forward
NAS for all photos and accessed by mac/pc/android/iphone
2 home users
10 family members around the world with some folder access
Android and iphone to backup / transfer photos to NAS
Android/iphone to access NAS over Internet

As I have today, selected folders are synced to cloud so same data can be accessed from multi devices.

VERY IMPORTANT
For photos I want to physically backup onto M-Disk. NAS software that "knows" what are new photos and gets them ready for the next M-Disk backup (M-Disk is 100Gb)

Appreciate your support. If there are affiliated links for QNAP and Seagate ironwolf RED would be grand.

P.s. if near the same budget (I could add a few hundred) for 2× 2TB SSD. Worth it in terms of performance?
My Apple Time Capsule 500Gb HDD is a little sluggish when accessing doc folders. 30 sec for drive to wake up, spool up, secure connection, read data, send folder structure etc. Maybe it is just old.

Thanks again,
Donovan

I'm planning to purchase a Synology DS1621+ to use as my primary storage drive for a large photo catalog. I plan to use 4 x WD Ultrastar drives in RAID 10. I'd like to edit directly off the NAS, so I will upgrade to 10GBe via PCIe. Hoe much (if at all) would my use case benefit from upgrading M.2 NVMe and/or RAM? Thank you.

Hi, I am looking for Home NAS. Looking to configure it in Master/Slave mode - where NAS is Master for all data (personal/photos/movies) and Google Drive is a slave - and publically facing as an additional backup for 3 main tasks: Photos - Google Photos, Drive for Big home movies (avg. 6-10GB each file) and personal files. Not planning to backup all of the files - only specific. I should be good to go with 2TB Google Drive and 6-8TB of NAS. What would you recommend?

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Any update to this?

https://nascompares.com/answer/best-4-bay-10gbe-nas/

I have been using aSynology DS412+ for several years but am considering an upgrade to take advantage of higher ethernet speeds and SSD caching. Thanks.

Hello!

I am looking for a NAS that I can set up with my pc to allow greater storage and transfer speeds for editing.

I use a mix of 5k RED files and 8k x 8k h264/prores files for various projects.
I am not interested in multi user access, as this will only be me using the files.

Currently, I keep live projects on a 1TB nvme and transfer to USB external drives for long term storage, as the size of the footage and projects increase, this is fast becoming a hassle, especially when the footage/project exceeds 1tb.

I am looking for a budget conscious solution but am willing to spend the money where it is needed for transfer speeds.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and I look forward to hearing your suggestions!

Kind regards,
Tom

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Hello,
when I read your article Should You Buy The Synology DS920+ NAS In 2021? than I reallize that I want to ask you other Hamlet question:
Should You Buy The Synology DS118 NAS In 2021?
I'm waiting almost half year for the DS118 successor, but it does not look that it comes soon...
Do you have any backgroud information related 1 slot NAS from Synology?
thank you in advance

Hi
I have,
qnap 469l 4x4tb hd with max ram (located in large cupboard, new one to go same location)
Cable cat5e to devices
8 way 1g switcher
AmpliFi mesh system
Nus i7 intel pc attached to 65lg TV plex and kodi
2 x32 lg TV plex
Wired Bose sound touches.

Plex buffers a lot, kodi slow loading

What to update NAS with existing drives, add 2 external cameras and 2 indoor.
Main use media and general photography

Buget for NAS £700