My iPhone automatically backs up its photos and videos to the Amazon photo storage that is part of Prime. That works well but I'm about out of storage space (5GB) for videos (photo storage is unlimited). I don't backup my phone's photos and videos to iCloud, since that would quickly exceed the 5GB that Apple gives me. I have both a new Synology DS920+ and an old DS213j with lots of available storage.

I would like to mimic how Amazon's photo and video storage operates on my iPhone, except use one of my Synology NAS units as the "cloud." Is there a practical and effective way to do that with just my iPhone and the NAS device? Or would I be better off figuring out how to copy all the videos I have stored in Amazon Prime's 5GB to my NAS and then delete them all from the Amazon cloud to free up another 5GB for new video storage? And, when I get back to another 5GB stored on Amazon, rinse and repeat?

Based on my reading, I haven't seen anything that works directly between the iPhone and Synology NAS that appears as seamless as how the iPhone and Amazon storage function together (backing up all new files essentially automatically with little or no manual effort). Thanks for your assistance and any suggestions.

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Hi, I make deepfake videos. My 3 computers have different abilities and I loved the idea of accessing the deepfakes from a central NAS drive and being able to start training on computer A, stop it from training, and finish it up on computer C because it had a better GPU and on the last step of making a deepfake video it does require more VRAM to process everything the way I like. After watching some comparisons online I went with the DS920+. I put 3 10TB WD Red drives in it. Works great. I mapped the drive as drive Z and I am currently able to train 3 deepfakes from the 3 different computers simultaneously. I tried to find out if speed would be sufficient ahead of time, but with all the variables involved coupled with the fact that there aren't that many people that do simultaneous deepfakes off a NAS, I didn't have the best results getting info. So, I went with the one I have and it does work decently. However, it's way slower than a local hard drive and I'd like to get a 2nd NAS if it's possible it will work much more efficiently. The 920 honestly isn't horrible. It's just noticeably slower. Once the software loads the model it trains at the same speed as a local hard drive. But starting the software, loading the models, when it does backups or when it needs to access things, it's probably 4-5 times slower, and there is a lot more waiting. So would a 10 gbit network solution improve this? Or is the WD Red platter drives that are the bottleneck here?

One other thing that isn't as big of a factor, but wanted to verify this... when transferring the deepfake ingredients to the NAS. The source folder and destination folder both contain thousands of 512x512 images. Probably between 10-20k images. They're small.... Someone told me that windows file handling is really crappy for copying thousands of small files like that and it will bottleneck and not be any faster even if I do upgrade to 10gbit or get SSD drives for the new NAS. Because we transferred them to the NAS on a test and it didn't even get close to 1 gbit speeds during those transfers. Bigger files transferred much quicker. But I'm guessing he's right in saying that when moving those thousands of images, it doesn't matter what config I have, it's going to remain at the speed it's at now because of windows file handling?
That being said/asked... The transferring isn't as big of a deal as all the hang ups when starting training, installing the software, loading of the model and source/destination files before it trains and just waiting for it to start processes. Sorry this was so long, but I wanted to attempt to not leave any pertinent info out.

Given all that (assuming you made it through the entire message here haha) do you think upgrading to SSD or 10Gbit would improve things very noticeably? So it would be more like using a local hard drive? Thanks!!!

Hi, I follow your YouTube channel regularly for NAS related reviews. I am looking for a 4 bay NAS for my home entertainment ( streaming 4k movies), back up my personal photographs and stream HIFI music. I am looking for good processor with PCIE expansion slots options for upgrading to 10 GB ethernet and SSD.
I narrowed my choices to 2 models ( QNAP TS-653D) and ( Synology 1520+) , since QNAP TS-653D comes with HDMI port it will be easier for me to hook it up to home theater/receiver for viewing 4k movies.

I need your suggestions on which NAS drive will suit my requirements. I appreciate your guidance in selecting a right choice for my needs.

I want to speed up my computer.
I have very big files
Some Tiff files are are 50mb

What is the best way to speed up this computer.
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
3.46 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon
32 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Radeon RX 580 8192 MB

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Hi, I would like to ask your advice on NAS device. I plan to buy a NAS for my home lab, but I want to know what you would suggest to me buy?

I will have two purposes for NAS
1) use it for VMware vSphere Storages device for VMs. I am home labber, and I like to build all kinds of VMs for learning IT.
2) personal files (it would be nice if it has a thunderbolt connection for mac.)

Because the primary purpose is a home lab, it has to be very flexible and scalable. I want to buy step by step more HDDs in different sizes and create RAID/Storages pools among different HDDs/SSDs/nvme. NIC speed Min. 10Gbe.
Min bay number is 4. 6 or more are better.
Price as cheap as possible. Around 1000EUR. I have to buy drives as well.

Thank you

Hello there,

Ive been strongly considering the QNAP TS-H686 with XeonD1602 but i did notice the tvs-672n(currently out of stock). which one should I consider?

my requirements are as follows:
1. Powerful unit with future upgrade options (adding a GPU, RAM, HDD/SSD/NvME later would be a plus)
2. I plan to start off with 3-4 4 tb drives as I feel the need to start small (wallet friendly), obviously with options to upgrade to higher TB drives like a 16 or 18tb
3. should have less power usage
4. Ability to setup a private cloud out of the box. I feel the need to completely do-away with Google Drive for long term costs and privacy concerns
5. Primary files types will be photos, videos and documents. Eventually should be in a position to integrate CCTV and some home automation.
6. Most important aspect, I would prefer something that has the least to no maintenance for the next 8-10 years.

Synology does not have the upgradable options and the flexibility offered by QNAP.

Please share your feedback or suggest any other model that will fit the bill.

Best,
Pradip