QNAP TS-464 Questions

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After Synology's hardware lock-in, I decided to pull the trigger and get a QNAP TS-464.

Main use - family photo and video backup primarily and then maybe look into Jellyfin and Docker.

I'm going for 3x 8TB Ironwolfs and then add 1x 8tb Ironwolf (currently used as cold storage).

Is it worth getting 2x 1TB SSDs for RAID 1 and install QTS on it?

I'll have the NAS in my living room so I want to keep noise at a minimum.

Also is it worth getting more ram - 2x 8GB sticks? Or would the 8GB be enough for basic media and backup?

Also should I stay with QTS or is it worth going for QuTS?

Keep up the good work guys, this forum is a great resource for novices like myself!

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You can definitely just fill the NAS with HDDs and stick with QTS, which will work perfectly fine for your media and backup needs. ZFS, as seen in QuTS, does require more RAM and resources, so if you don’t need that level of security or advanced features, sticking with QTS is a solid choice.

However, if you're interested in improving performance, you could place a SATA SSD in Bay 1 for the OS and apps. But a better option would be to invest in NVMe caching, which will really speed things up, especially if you’re accessing large files or running multiple applications. The HDDs will serve you well for storage across the other bays, providing a good balance of capacity and performance.

If you don’t need the full resource-heavy setup that ZFS offers, keeping things simple with HDDs and QTS should work great for you!