Hello,

I've a DS418play with 4x 3TB drives and need to think about backing this up. Im looking to buy a mother Synology NAS to use as a backup, is there anything I need to consider before buying this 2nd NAS? Will probably be a 2nd hand 2 bay device.

thanks

Barry

I'm new to NAS and will be using it for home office use (2 Macs + 1 iPhone + 1 iPad).

I would like to get confirmation regarding RAM capacity for DS720+. The information on Synology's data sheet is different from your website.

On Synology's data sheet for DS720+ (https://bit.ly/3mKPgDT), it says ....

MEMORY:
2 GB DDR4 onboard (expandable up to 6 GB)
DS720+ comes with 2 GB DDR4 onboard and can support up to 6 GB by adding one optional DDR4 non-ECC 4 GB SO-DIMM.

However, on your website (https://nascompares.com/ram/ds720-compatible-ram-upgrade/, it says....

System Memory 4 GB DDR4
Memory Module Pre-installed – Soldered 4 GB (4 GB x 1)
Total Memory Slots 1
Memory Expandable up to 8 GB (4 GB + 4 GB) official

The max Synology recommends is 8GB DDR4. But you CPU spec says you could in theory upgrade up to 20GB.


Please clarify. Thanks so much.

We are a small dental office that has about 1TB of patient data. Our dental management software is accessed by 10 workstations directly from the network shared drive on the server. We would like to accomplish the following:

1. Increase storage capacity
2. Improve performance of the data access and write
3. Be able to backup the data locally and securely

My initial thoughts are a NAS with SSD drives configured in RAID1 (2) or RAID10. It has been a long time since I have worked in IT and am rusty on benefits of the different RAID configurations. Initially I have looked into the Synology D920+ solution with 4 SSD drives. Any advice is appreciated!

I'm an advanced user, have had many servers and various boxes over the years. In this case, I just want a simple RAID1 or RAID3/5 NAS for local backup (time machine) of family computers. That's it.
Seems easy, right? But I want to avoid, if possible, the dreaded scenario where the box or raid fails and you are left with a proprietary junk and can't rebuild your drives or recover your data.
I don't want plex, or any other server apps for this usage.
Based on your writing on this site, it seems like the Asustor LockerStor 2 AS6602T might be the best bet-- but I never heard of them, don't know how realiable their hardware is, and if it will last 4 years minimum (that's my usual tech replacement timeframe).

Thanks!

Thank you for all the work you do in sharing what you know about NAS. Your videos are very informative. I have been watching your youtube channel and my desire for an synology xs+ and my budget do not co-inside. Also hardware could be a savings if you already have it. So I really like the Synology features, Photo management, backup, media server and VM. However the reason I have been watching your show is because I am looking for a NAS system I can continuously upgrade and provide great hardware features cheaper over time.

So my question for you: Is there a way of installing Synology software on a multiple hard drive PC? Do you recommend this approach if I am comfortable with building PC's?

I have been looking at FreeNAS/TrueNAS, but their software is not as user friendly as QNAP or synology. I would love your opinion or honest advise of controlling my own hardware and leveraging Synology software. I am interested in the DSM 7 and the AI integration. If this is not a good approach. I was going to try out the 920+ but waiting for the price to drop back down into the $400 range as seen on black friday.

Thanks again.

Hi,
Just came across your site and videos. It's a mine of information, and I'm fairly new to NAS in general.

I'm currently running a self built Windows Server for file backups and plex. It's from 2012 and has started showing its age... computationally it might be ok, or even upgradable, but the 4TB in raid-0 really needs more, and I thought a NAS might be an interesting option.

I work in software, so am quite capable technically. I'm looking for:
1. Backups of several laptops, LOTS of photography (including raw file) backups.
2. Would be really good if I could run Windows VMs with GPU offloading. My main work machine is Linux, and some photography software runs on Windows only, and the issue with VMs tend to be around very limited capabilities to offload discrete GPUs. I could do photo processing work in a VM.
3. Plex or other media server with 4K streaming. Ideally gpu accelerated.

I'm looking at 6 bay machines, and was thinking of Raid 10 to keep things simple. Is there anything in particular that you can recommend? I'd really appreciate any guidane.

Cheers,
Ashic.

Synology's SHR/SHR2 is a compelling feature in that it offers a lower cost of entry with regard to the size of disk drives initial configuration. As storage requirements increase, larger drives can be added without breaking the basic raid configuration.

With QNAP's hero OS does their products now support a mixed drive size configuration like SHR for raid-z and raid-z2

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Good Morning,

I find your work very helpful and professional.
I would like to ask your opinion for my scenario: I never had a Nas before, and I am looking to buy one, upgrading the ram and use it for:
- backup for PC
- backup for Mac, compatible with Time Machine
- Hosting virtual machines for Pihole, Unbound and VPN
- Hosting VM for OpenStack as it is a subject for my degree

Looking at your reviews, I was tempted to buy an Asustor Nimbustor 2 that recently is discounted, adding 2 Seagate IronWolf of 2TB each and changing the ram with 8GB Crucial module.

Do you think that with the same budget I could get a better setup? I don't mind waiting 1-2 months, after the Christmas period.

Many thanks in advance for your contribution.

Best regards and Happy Holidays.

Mauro

Hi!

First of all I LOVE your videos! Recently I found them and francly I spent half of my vacation watching them!

Why I'm doing that? I want to bay a NAS for my home (flat) where I'll do some home automation, setup a Home Assistant and stuff like that (I know VM can run Home Assistant but I'm planing to buy a separate hardware for that - an ODROID).

About the NAS - I don't need big storage but need something that will co-work with maximum of 2 security cameras (2K or 4K) and will play 4K movies.

As I mentioned in the subject - I'm leaning towards the DS720+/DS920+. I'll be able later ont to add 8-16Gigs of additinal RAM and SSD for cashing to improve performance.

I completely trust your advice and would invest in the hardware you would recommend.

Thanks you!