Hi there! I recently saw the UGreen NAS kickstarter ad and it got me thinking of my Plex that has been neglected lately. I find myself lacking more and more time to invest in these types of projects, embarrassingly I purchased 4 8TB drives to use for a plex server and then got lost in the weeds trying to set up a raid card in my previous gaming rig. I am familiar enough to say I'm comfortable with building PCs so if there is a good cost benefit to building a mini PC for Plex I could most likely handle it but I have definitely been leaning more towards plug and play options. Currently I have those 4 "new" in box 8TB drives and I believe I have 4 4TB drives as well. I have a 15 year old HAF case that could be used for a custom build if that ends up being the suggested route. My main goal is to set up a Plex server to house all of my Movies/Music/Pictures so that I can access them via the many Plex apps in and outside of the home network on my TV/Tablets/Phones etc. Thanks!

I found this question on a forum which relates to want i am trying to do:

"I have been setting up an account for my kids and while i was able to restrict playback of videos that are not age appropriate the files and posters are still viewable.

Is there a way to automatically hide videos that are not available for playback or to set up a smart folder that only shows files that meet a specified criteria (much like smart search in iTunes).

I have made a playlist but this is only viewable on my account and does not auto update."

Is this possible?

Thank you
Andrew

Hello:

Been seeing a lot of your videos recently as I attempt to venture into NAS territory. I have been looking to detach myself from Google Photos/Drive and perhaps build an automated ARR framework for media downloading (movies, TV shows) for local and remote viweing.

Have thought about:
- Aoostar R1 or R7
- Terramaster F4-424 and Pro
- Custom DIY solution

Was thinking of running Proxmox, TrueNAS as VM.

What do you think?
...is it possible to run pfSense as a VM and then export that data to an Orbi mesh system? Hoping to use VPNs/adblocks that way.

Really appreciate your knowledge in this topic.

Regards,
Manuel

Hello I'm looking into moving my server into a itx case. I'm interested in the jonsbo N3. I noticed while it's an itx build. There's a bit more space under. I wanted to ask if you could measure from the top of an installed mother board, down to the wall of the case? I think I could squeeze an matx into the space while using a flex PSU.

Situ is i this 

I have a 923+ with 4x 8TB WD RED EFAX drives, had the drives for about 5 years, have recently upgraded to the 923+, but would like to do the \HDD migration to a new larger set of 10, 12, 14, 16tb drives.

i think for me for what im using the Synology which is mainly media files, moving to 10 is enough.

I have watched the videos on the best HDD i was looking at the Exos drives but wasn't sure if that is the best way.  

Thoughts and opinions please thank you.

If i can move to 4x12tb and it's a fair reasonable price.

Please also quote the HDD model you would recommend.

I have 2 x 16TB seagate green hard drives that I want to use in a NAS 2 bay system. I have Terramaster D5-300 but the Seagate green HHD will not fit into those containers. I want a 2 bay drive that will fit the Seagate green 16 TB HHD.

Hi I just but the Asustor Gen 2 AS6706T NAS, and been trying to follow your instructions here to install Truenas, but It will not install, I can not even get to the install screen. could you do a video on how to install truenas on the AS6706T. Thanks. Complete version is as follows: Asustor Lockerstor 6 Gen2 AS6706T | 6 Bay NAS, Quad Core 2.0GHz CPU, 4 M.2 PCIe 3.0 SSD Slots, 2 2.5GbE Ports, 8GB RAM DDR4, Rapid Storage for Creators, Network Attached Storage (Disk-less). When i go to the bios the USB drive shows but it shows the following ! USB HDD Scandisk Cruser. and wil not boot from the drive.

My hardware configuration is as follows:

4 x 1tb NVME M.2 3.0 x3
4 x 6 TB WD Red NAS HDD
2 x WD 500G HDD

any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated


Thanks

I am starting a photography business and I need NAS storage inside my network, and also cloud access for my clients.

For the NAS storage I need to store client files in archive, and I need redundancy. Read write speeds to the NAS is not terribly important as this is archive only and not working files.

For the cloud access I need something that is easy to share with the clients. Currently I use Google Drive and create a folder and then share that folder with their email. Once they have downloaded the files I delete the folder. I want this same ease of sharing.

I already have a Unifi Dream Machine SE and I think it has cloud sharing, but I'm not sure how it functions. It seems that I would have to create an account for a client in order to share a folder.

I watched several of your YouTube videos to see if you covered this application and I didn't see anything. What would be your recommendations? This might be a good video to make for your channel.

Thank you,
John

I have some older i5 Mac Minis and they feature 16GB RAM can handle two internal SSD’s feature TB2, and I’m wondering if I wouldn’t be better off converting them to a roll my own setup vs. either off the shelf or DIY as you’ve outlined on your YouTube. I want to get away from using OpenCore Legacy Patcher and I know *nix runs insanely well on these well appointed systems I’m just not sure how a franken-nas would compare in price and performance to something more traditional in either DIY or prefab.

The volume of information you present is awesome and much appreciated but I find that after watching several of your videos (and numerous videos about the same topic from other people) I’m left with more uncertainty than not.

I’d love to have the option of adding 10G if I can ever afford it but I’m also not sure if getting “future proof,” is the more prudent approach than just getting cheaper for now and addressing the issue later when I’ve run out of expansion options.

THANK YOU!

Hi, first of all, thanks a lot for your videos, I've learned a lot !

Since I'm starting to get low on available space on my NAS (DS218j) I'm thinking about adding a new one and I'm a bit lost with all the available options ...

Here's my setup :
- PMS on Shield TV Pro 2019
- All media on a DS218j (2x 4GB HDD)
- iPad/iPhone/Apple TV/Shield TV (non pro 2019)

Generally 2 users as the same time.

My media consist of a mix of 1080P and 4K.

I want to get a new NAS (maybe a DS423+ starting with 2x 4TB) and add it to my current setup.

What's the best way to set things up ?

- Should I keep my PMS on the Shield or use the DS423+ to host the PMS and keep my Shield as a simple player ?
- Can I setup a master/slave (the master being the 423+) and everything running through it ?
- What are the first upgrades you'd make to the 423+ ? (SSD NVME for caching ? RAM ?)


Thanks a lot for your inputs !