Ok! Maybe I should have expanded more on my problems with Google’s drive client as well 😂 just didn’t want the vidoe to be 30 minutes but the drive client does a really great job when you’re syncing one folder from your own drive to your computer. When it came to 2 way syncing between two different computers and then being able to do that with MULTIPLE folders I ran into issues. But there are obviously options out there!!! Live yals lives people!!🧡🧡😂😂 (and also I was already using my NAS so there are added benefits there too having all in one solution to like everything okay bye)
I will admit, I don't see NAS as a competitor to cloud storage. NAS is local storage even when connected to the net and cloud storage is the ultimate backup. If you have have a breakin or a fire or some extreme mechanical failure with the NAS (say two breaking down at the same time) you will lose all your data forever. You need some sort of cloud storage always. But like I said in a comment below, I have huge problems with Google Drive as Europe didn't get the half prices that the US got last fall.... sadly. I can't pay 125-130 USD pr. month for 10 TB and I am getting near the threshold....
@@LarsLeonhard just as a side note, as far as I’m aware no cloud service will guarantee data recovery, so you’ll still need some way of replicating across two cloud services, but yes off-site storage is required as part of any backup plan.
This was super juicy food for thought. I realize it’s niche info but you hit a bullseye! Thank you for this info. I would watch a long vid on this if you ever do one.
Quick pro tip Sara - Please get a second Synology and make sure you have _everything_ synced over to the second unit say every 12 hours. I've upgraded and ditched my Synology units for two hand-built FreeNAS (now called TrueNAS) rack-mount servers. Each box can hold 24 HDDs (or SSDs). Inside each "server" is essentially a PC (but workstation grade), which I source from Supermicro. The advantage of going this route is you are not dependant on the Synology hardware - which does fail and eventually wipe all your data!
I’m gonna get ahead of the DIY NAS commenters and say awesome for you!!! Seriously if you have the time to build one on your own I hope this gives you helpful ideas on what kind of software to seek out. And then for people who want a plug and play solution like Synology (like me lol) this will be game changing for your work flow!
The only caveat to using that is you have to have the disk space on your computer along with any computer you share your library with... unless you check that box. ;) Great info.
I've been using Synology for years. Just syncing data between my desktop and laptop for live documents that I work in a lot and I can just stream other content like photos and videos directly from the NAS. So that helps to save storage on your local machine.
Synology is overpriced and no way a competitor to cloud storage. Do the math and you will see after 3 years + to break even. This is just a huge infomercial
Hey Sara, came across your video it was nice and informative. I use Synology and google drive in my workflow. Synology acts as my main storage where google drive is my backup solution. I use cloud sync in Synology to backup all my data. You can look that up, it can do one-way sync or two-way sync. Since I have google workspace with unlimited storage it allows me to backup all my data, currently, my google drive is sitting with 45tb of data. Even though Synology is a great raid system I couldn't trust all my data on one system, best practice is to have a backup. As for my editors, I have shared a folder in google drive that they sync their hard drive to and it works similar to the Synology drive client. Since I do a one-way sync from my Synology to google drive, when I am done with a project I just delete it on my Synology and reclaim that space back and still have a copy in my google drive. This workflow may not work for others but it works for me, all you need to have is google drive with unlimited storage.
Hey Sara. You mentioned having two NASs to replicate/backup data between your and your parents' homes; I would also recommend that you periodically backup to offline storage such as an external hard drive that is only plugged in to run an ad-hoc backup (when you feel like it) via something like Hyper-Backup, then unplugged and stored safely. I say this because ideally one medium of backup storage should be offline to protect from ransomware/attacks against the NAS which could then replicate the problems to the other NAS. You could for instance use the 3-2-1 method: 3 copies of the data on 2 different media TYPES 1 of those media types should ideally be OFFLINE :)
I love my Synology! I use the SQL Resolve option so I can go between my upstairs (main) and downstairs (secondary) editing stations with a seamless experience. It's not horrible to setup and once you get it done it makes using Resolve between two computers almost seamless!
Great points brought up Sarah! I personally stopped using google drive a long time ago due to privacy concerns and storage limitations. Now I’m using WD my cloud with 4TB permanent storage and it’s good
@@aleencaeli So the My cloud is a hard drive of 1TB/2/4/8 that you would usually connect to your pc but instead of doing that, you connect it to your router and it becomes a network drive like Onedrive, Google drive and Dropbox that can be used from mobile devices like your iPhone or iPad or whatever you access it from like TV’s or consoles. They cost around $120 for the entry model and go up if you get the higher capacity models (I got mine for 140 back in 2018 and got the 4TB) and unlike cloud services where you pay a monthly fee if you want more storage, with this you only pay the cost of the drive/ the running cost and that’s it you own the storage outright without having to pay a subscription charge. Instead of Microsoft, Google or Dropbox running the service and the servers , you run the my cloud servers from your home and operate the cloud storage capability from your router.
@@moonlightcayenne8722 Wow, that sounds awesome! Thanks so much for a great explanation. : ) Is it possible to do that with a regular external drive? For example, with my WD 2TB drive? It only has an AC power and small USB slot.
@@aleencaeli Of course! 🙂. Unless it has Wifi or internet capability (so it can connect to your devices and transfer data over the internet) then unfortunately you can’t use a normal hard drive as a network drive ☹️. You would have to buy a specific drive for that purpose.
That dual NAS and backing up to your parents is really the most important thing. As a person who runs large NAS devices and have seen them die, having a backup is key unless you want to destroy your history. And of course in most people’s cases, they do not have a highly secure server room, so theft and fire are very serious considerations. I kinda hope you consider addressing this in the future. Love you are running your own mini-cloud server! Can I buy space from you instead of Google? When you get the NAS at your parents, of course. 😅😅😅. Snapshots against accidental deletion, etc? Great video!
I purchased my first ever NAS (DS220+) for media storage and streaming across family members and I lovvvvve the practicality. I was using Google Photos before, ditched it. Having your own server is soooo darn useful and safer in so many ways. Can't praise Synology NAS enough!
Great video...I use Synology NAS and all you say is 100% true...more you can automaticly backup daily to a USB drive or another NAS remotely using free Synology software. It backs up only the changes to the prior backup so it's fast even with a LOT of data.
As the navy seals say: two is one and one is none. In other words backup solutions are only relevant if they have two stages. Over the recent years, NAS solutions have been the remote target of hackers using ransomware. A cloud backup or remote NAS mirroring is essential if you want to prevent permanent data losses in case of hacking or even natural disaster. Thanks for your great videos!
To those getting their feathers ruffled about this being a sponsored video: Sara clearly stated at the beginning that this is a sponsored video, so if you have a problem watching sponsored videos, you could have moved on to watch something else (instead of forcing yourself to watch it and then complaining about it. 🙂) Thank for this Sara! Loved the video. 💯
@@saradietschy I do appreciate when I'm told it's sponsored. But these days it's fairly easy to tell if it's sponsored cuz they hype about the greatest wheel ever made...is a little obvious
I went to The University of Phoenix back in 2010. I remember everyone teasing our online school. Now, this is exactly how ALL schools do group projects. Its great that now building your own server and network that can be accessed remotely anywhere in the world is relatively cheap for individual consumers instead of just huge companies.
Hopefully there’s a good basics one out there already if you just search? My other video I linked in the description expands on how I organize my footage !
@@saradietschy I decided to purchase the DS920+ & 16 TBs of hardrives. I believe this will be all I need for the next 3-4 years. If needed, I can always upgrade. Thank you for the inspiration!
Woooooooo! I’m so hear for this. I’ve seriously contemplated this for a while. S/O to you for always thinking of helping people Sara! Very much so appreciated!!
Awesome video. Nice tips and workarounds for Google Drive and Synology NAS. Have DS918+. Love the energy and camera presence!! Keep turning out that great content!!
I used to roll Synology out as a solution for small editor companies (magazine/print, not video) and then had them all backup to my house for my clients (you can setup Synology to backup remotely to another NAS). Super handy system if you don't want to play full time sys-admin at home. You can do so much with these things it's crazy, little powerhouse Linux machines some of the use cases I've used mine for over the years: - Network (file) share - Print server (so share a printer on the local network) - Remote backup - Google Drive/Dropbox backup (you can set it to download only so it doesn't delete if you delete a file from your Cloud) - Remote photo backup - General office server - Fully automated download server (when it was still.. legal in the Netherlands)
I’ve been using Google Workspace for a while with my team using their file stream client and it’s been awesome. The file stream client works like the Synology client where it copies the files to your machine. You can also do the space saving mode where it only streams the files you are accessing. It’s only $20 per month for unlimited space. I definitely feel safer having an offsite managed backup. If you are traveling and there is a problem with your NAS back home you are out of luck.
I love my Synology. I got one a few years ago and got rid of all my cloud stuff. I sync most used files between 3 of my computers, Time Machine backup for 3 of my Macs, backup for my 1 PC, and archive all of my stuff from past years. DS File app on your phone can backup your phone pictures to the Synology. The only bottleneck is the local network speed. If the NAS has two or more ethernet ports, you can use link aggregation to make transfer speed faster; then of course you would have to get a multigigabit smart switch and network interface card to take advantage of that. I hope you and your editor's internet does not have a data cap!
The main reason why I watch Sara's vids is her video qualities, her vids are so satisfying to watch even on mute lol. I love the edits. keep up the good work,
There's a new Google Drive application that's currently in beta that creates a virtual drive for your google drive so you don't have to download your footage as a zip and instead access it as if it was an online drive. It'll be available soon if I remember correctly
@@mg00 You might be confusing it with Google File Stream which is only available for enterprise users. Google Drive for Desktop is still in beta, and I know because I'm a tester.
@@mg00 For the record, I'm not talking about Backup & Sync. Backup & Sync only download files to a specific directory. The Google Drive beta that I am currently a part of creates a virtual disk where you can access your files, similar to Google File Stream.
@@mg00 So what exactly are you trying to say? This video is about creating a NAS as an alternative to Google Drive, and I'm talking about a new Google Drive application that can create a virtual drive. Backup & Sync does not create a virtual drive, nor is it an alternative to NAS. Why are you here again?
@@mg00 Again, that's not what I'm talking about. I said that there's a Google Drive beta that creates a virtual drive. You said that it already existed for years which does not. You then go on and on to say that they're the same thing yet they are not. I'm not wasting my time replying to this.
Great video, few things ... 1. Backup your synology to a cloud service, I believe they offer a solution, yes you have physical HDD redundancy but you unit can still die. 2. Make sure you have MFA enabled for users connecting remotely to your unit to make sure you don’t get unwanted guests or someone who just figured out your credentials.
OMG I've had a Diskstation for three freaking years and didn't know about this. I've just been mounting it as a network drive. Now I can sync between my desktop and laptop effortlessly. THANK YOU!
@Sara you may have missed my earlier comment, but if you want to stick to the Synology units, make sure you run two of them (see my previous comment). If the Synology internals fail, and they do fail, at times it can wipe or corrupt your data or you will be stuck for a recovery path. One option though, is when a Synology chassis dies, you can buy another one and attempt to recover the entire RAID array, however, running in a primary/backup configuration, you have a bit more peace of mind. Also do note, the Synology approach does not protect you against malware that can encrypt your data and demand a ransom. Free/TrueNAS which uses ZFS has a replication feature that allows instant recovery snap-shots; this mechanism DOES protect you against this. Also ZFS protects you from bitrot and unintentional data corruption; Synology's btrfs is not as battle tested as ZFS so YMMV, including Synology Hybrid Raid (SHR).
Got to love having a NAS on your personal network. I don't use Synology, I use a different build-your-own flavor, but, having a raid array set up for redundancy on your NAS, then having a primary NAS automatically replicating data to a back-up secondary NAS at the dataset level, set to read-only with snapshots, (for peace of mind of course, still need off-site storage...) for important files is great. One thing to keep in mind, and this does not apply if you're using SSDs for your NAS drives, but make sure to get CMR and [[NOT]] SMR hard drives if you're using mechanical drives. Both types will work, but if you accidentally get SMR you'll take a performance hit on general use and if you ever have to rebuild your array.. that'll take a long while.
Ok, i'm not even into the video yet... the ad is still playing, but thank you for posting this NOW... I have a meeting at my new gig in the morning with our IT team to decide NAS solutions and integration... so so timely!
@3:55 power tools auto renames them back for you. You can also apply smart NTFS compression gives you 20-50% extra storage headroom into your Google Drive but it only works optionally with Xeon processors, i7 and AMD is fine but XEON does best jorb handling that. Dedicated NAS is awesome
I had a Qnap NAS, the biggest issue was slow transfer rate and a different file system which made it hard to get your data. Definitely never rely on DROBO for its proprietary format. For professionals it does pay to have a local storage NAS on a local fast 10Gbit connection but for most people a local external HDD as buffer/cache + Google Drive unlimited is a great solution. You can share and access your content easy offsite. Try to access your data on your NAS overseas. It's painful and not always reliable.
There's a mixed solution that involves both a Synology NAS (works with any NAS really) and Google Drive using Cloud Sync. You can keep your project, or part of your project synched to any cloud service, even using multiple accounts of the same cloud solution, while you still have local access to the NAS at LAN speeds instead of depending on uploading and downloading stuff to sync across your devices. This way you can share whatever with freelancers, or any other person, and when they add stuff on their side and it gets uploaded, you see that reflected in your local NAS. You don't need to be manually downloading stuff really. the upside of this is that you control when you are uploading instead of having someone outside pulling stuff from your NAS at any random time, and killing your uploads. I work in Visual Effects and we manage projects that range from 4 Tb to over 500 Tb and for many smaller projects in that range (4 Tb is still massive for most people) this works perfectly fine. This means it doesn't have to be one or the other. You can use a Synology NAS and still get all the benefits of any cloud solution, be it Drive, Dropbox, or whatever. Also, if Google decides to pull plug (your NAS will die first, trust me) all your stuff is still alive in the NAS. It's transparent and you get the best of both worlds.
Then you need a NAS, the Synology are cool, but they're a bit pricey for a good unit. Many of the lower end use older lower spec hardware and is a bit slow. They frequently only have 1Gb Nic ports so transfers are slower. One can do a lot of the same by using an unused tower computer with drives in it, or a laptop with usb3 drives connected. Share the drive, sync to another drive using something like Synkron for windows or others for Linux etc. Make multiple copies all synced either immediately or periodically. For my general case a 2nd copy synced once a day is fine, gives a few hrs of failsafe if I accidentally delete something. Then ideally another copy synced at a different location at least once a week. Then one needs to consider encryption for security and you can setup a DDNS name and private VPN on most home routers using OpenVPN all free. Then remotely access your files from anywhere. Basically once setup you're on your laptop at a friend's house and need a file. Activate your VPN connection to home...bam bam your shared connection becomes available like you're sitting at home. But you will be limited by upload at either end in most cases. Linux is a better overall operating system for this kind of storage, than windows is. But it can be done with either.
@@mrmotofy what kind of files are we accessing here from any laptop/machine outside of the home network remotely? Document files, photos and vids all having sensitive info of some sort? So your saying google drive isn’t sufficient enough to store these and access these files from a simple google login from an unused new machine outside of the home network? I wouldn’t use an unknown machine to sign into my google account unless if I really had to but if I did have to…then I would just access whatever I need to access on google drive via kali Linux or TOR on a simple USB flash drive from a security standpoint…any flaws or cracks here in this logic?
@@BlakeTedKord I don't know about others but I want access to any of my pics, videos, links, music, notes, DOC's, records etc. Google Drive has limits. Google Drive is owned by well Google...not known for securing your data...they actually admit to scanning everything. I use My devices to access my data...not other devices. I for example go on vacation and upload pics and videos daily to my server back home daily so even if my devices get stolen or fall into the ocean I lose very minimally maybe that day. I can create 40GB on average from a vacation. If you're a Content creator that's nothing. I have VPN access to my network for multiple reasons might as well add more options.
@@mrmotofy ruclips.net/video/DnxW2qxCiO0/видео.html (Gotcha, so with a NAS solution you have your own local cloud without a corp owning it and having to put you through auth and you getting locked out if your account gets locked? Can you have issues like that accessing your own files with a NAS solution on a local cloud NAS solution when tryna access your own files remotely...do you have to login with credentials to use a NAS? Is using a NAS the same thing as using a full blown at-home data center...those kind of data center servers don't replace NAS solutions right? Or are the bigger servers the ones i'm referring to basically the same thing as NAS solutions...except they are much more powerful than NAS solutions...? Also you said Synology are expensive $700 for the outer case as well as an upcharge per drive...but your alternative solution you said was to use an unused tower computer with drives in it vs. a laptop with USB3 drives connected to an external USB extender and having to deal with 3rd party software like (Synkron...is it free?) to drive sync everything and manually sync the drives/data weekly? As well as setting up a 3rd party VPN and integrate it to your own DIY NAS solution setup...You alternative method would save you the $700+ is it? What makes Synology an advantage/cool? Why they charge $700 just for the outer case alone? Do they have onboard VPN for free and not for an additional price like they upcharge for each drive for you to slide into a Synology NAS solution? And one doesn't have to worry about manually syncing the drives with your own DIY NAS solution vs. a synology NAS auto-backs up our data with the Synology NAS...it auto syncs and auto-backs up once it's setup upon purchase correct?
@@BlakeTedKord Correct, having a NAS is literally your own cloud storage if setup as such. A NAS is simply an always on network accessible storage...there's a hundred and 1 ways to do it. Well being computers of course things can happen. The difference is YOU control the NAS and have complete access to it. You can run into connection issues depending on where you are or what remote network you're on. One important aspect is you want to change the IP range of your home network to something other than the typical 192.168.1.X, or 192.168.0.X. Your local and remote network need to be different. Otherwise IP conflicts will cause problems cuz the IP's are essentially doubled and the computers get confused. So set your local to something out of the ordinary like 10.10.56.X or 192.168.47.X range. Every once in a while you may be on a remote network say at a Mcdonalds and their network settings block ports or something. So a VPN to your home network is blocked. It's not very often though. In that case I just tether to my phone to get my data. So when you're away on a remote location, you can connect to your home VPN and your shares show up just like you're sitting at home, just slower cuz most of your home internet uploads are still a little on the slow side unless you're in a Fiber area etc. There's apps like Next Cloud that give good remote access. I haven't finished that part yet. Since my VPN gives me connection to everything, primarily I use it to view my security cams remotely. But the additional advantage is you get a free VPN to your home, so surf at Mcdonalds in security. Most home routers have built in free VPN and DDNS. You need to setup the DDNS which is essentially your own website name that is automatically forwards requests to your actual IP address which normally changes. Unless you get a static IP, then it's not needed. Otherwise you would have to manually input the IP and keep track of it. But it could technically change in the time you leave home and arrive to the remote network. But having say TeamViewer setup on a system at home can give you some remote access to either check things or even view things on your network. The drives may be one of the most expensive aspects of a NAS, but it depends on what you use and how much space you need. There's NAS specific drives that are expensive but give you the longest life and most reliability. Some even give data protection insurance included. Or if you want cheaper, use regular drives for less usage and keep more copies. There's multiple free Sync software like Synkron, there's SyncThing, and many others. Most can be set to automatically Sync 1 machine to another. So for example an old laptop has a version of Linux on it, a USB3 external drive with data on it shared for network access with username and password. A shared folder for you, and 1 for your wife separate. Then you have a Sync setup with that folder to a folder on your mobile laptop. So as you edit on your laptop it's auto syncing to your NAS external drive folder. So your local laptop changes get sent to the network laptop so you have identical copies. Then once a week maybe you have another laptop you sync files to giving you technically 3 copies, your personal mobile laptop, the NAS laptop with USB drive and the backup. That backup ideally could be at a remote location through a VPN connection. So your house goes up in flames and you still have your data copy at your Moms house or wherever. That's a really simplified process. The equipment you use will vary. You can buy a prebuilt system like synology...with various performance levels and drive capacities as they are simply a purpose built custom computer, the advantage is the fancy software that's pretty user friendly as well as popularity makes support easier. Any computer is a NAS or capable. So how you set it all up is up to you. One can use a 10yr old laptop or a $30k Server, there will be performance differences. There's no reasonable way for me to go through all the pros and cons of each option here in the comments. There's tons of good videos and sites that discuss all that. You can research the pros and cons of building your own vs a Synology, using TrueNAS, OpenMediaVault etc. Essentially anything other than windows :) Essentially watch some vids about selecting a NAS and begin to figure out what your needs, wants, speed, capacity then budget options needs to be. Then work from there.
The only thing I'd say to this is a NAS is not a replacement for a backup. You need both. I have had a NAS disaster in the past and lost everything. No such issue with gdrive which is a good backup option *as well*. Glad that you mentioned an off-site backup but it should be always be factored into the initial cost, as it is essential imo. And not everyone has the option of a second physical location for it.
I have been wanting a NAS for probably 3 years. I finally got one a month ago and holy crap totally worth it. I am looking forward to the DSM overhaul. Bonus! Learned more about networking by setting it up and diving into some of the nitty gritty aspects of it.
Sara! THIS IS SO HELPFUL! I have been in need of a better file management system for all of my clients, and better backups. I don't trust the cloud as much as physical drives, but this is perfect. I can have ease of mind. What I also love is that I am needing editors as I expand my business. That is great, except problems come with adding new people, as you know. So this is the perfect solution because GDrive just isn't cutting it for me!
Your videos always get my creative/tech juices flowing. I already have a Synology nas, and use it similarly. Thanks for the new DSM info as I will be updating my nas when it becomes available.
i use a synology since 10 years. so i‘m fully on your page. My problem with the arguments are: - The sync functionality is available for google drive, too. - Saying between the lines, that you can save some dollars with that setup. That’s not the case. The operation of own storage costs money, too (storage, energy etc).
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There's external drives up to 16TB now. But if you're remotely accessing one needs to start educating and practicing security excryption etc of that data
I would strongly recommend pCloud: it creates a new (P:) virtual drive that is consistent on every machine you use, it instantly shows every file you have in the cloud but it fully downloads them only when you actually need them, I never had an issue with it and I really like the pricing model. It's been an incredible improvement for my workflow.
This looks great and I'm considering it myself now since I actually have a Synology NAS. The concern I have is that my upload is only 20Mbs. I have a feeling that might make this whole thing fail, yeah?
Use Cloud Station on the NAS. this way you can have your stuff on the NAS and have that synched to the cloud at the same time for people to download without killing your uploads randomly.
Nope!! The opposite. Relies on your local area network so much quicker than uploading to gdrive. So would transfer at the rate of like 110mb/s depending on what NAS you get !
It depends on if you mean uploading from your NAS to the internet (To share files with people in other locations like Sara does) or uploading from your PC to the NAS which only uses your local network. When you say your upload is 20Mbs I'm guessing you mean Internet upload from the NAS to share files with others. No, it won't fail at that speed, it'll just be a bit slower. If you are talking about the upload from your PC to your NAS on your Local Network only being 20Mbs then you should look at upgrading your local network :)
@@Cyba_IT I think the word upload suggests he's talking about an upload to the cloud. People usually don't use the word upload as copying something to an external drive or nas
I'm not a content creator, but I use a Synology DS413 (yes its about 7 yrs old and I've been using for about 7 yrs). Its been sweet so far. My family from all over the US uses it as a shared family net Hard Drive. Unfortunately one of my HD failed earlier this year. It was awesome I can just buy another HD and hot swap the HD. It automatically rebuilt the data from the remaining HDs onto the new HD. Other things I use it for, all the phones automatically upload my daily new photos and videos on my phone into the NAS. So we never worry if we ever lose our phones.
I apologize if you answered this video in the comments, but I didn't see it mentioned in the video. You are reasonably lucky that you have your collaborator far enough away your work schedules probably only overlap a little. But if your collaborator is say in your city or timezone the overlap can be the exact same timing. You want to work on something but so does your collaborator that requires you both access the same file at the same time. I work remotely and our system will not allow me editing access to a file that has been 'reserved' by someone else (as they are using it) I can view a read-only version and sometimes that is all I need, but if I need to work on it and someone is also working on it, I am stuck. This can be also complicated by the fact that sometimes the reserve function doesn't always automatically let go of a file when a person stops using it and my co-worker could potentially be 'holding' a file reserved well beyond them closing it. Sometimes for days. How does the drive sync system handle this, does it just let you both work on the same file at the same time, potentially creating a conflict where Person A makes changes to a file that is also being used by Person B, changes that do not include the edits Person B is making as the file in RAM isn't always the file sitting on the drive as determined to when the program saves things... there is probably proper technical terms for all of this that I just do not know but I could see this being a problem... how does this system solve that issue? Thanks
Awesome video Sara. I really need to get myself one of the to back up all my photos and other things on my laptop. Also watching the time on the clock behind you was kinda funny too
Great move Sara getting a Synology NAS! I feel your excitement over your increase in productivity.The NAS is super cost effective too! Synology(great products) should hire you!
This is pure gold for Content Creators because in the long run it is just a fraction of a cost as compared to Google Drive coz that monthly subscription fees adds up quickly!
@@joshburchettfilms8922 I checked it on Amazon, the same model. It was around $799 and then you have to pay for these disk i.e., for those 6 slots. Still it is way cheaper because GDrive plans and even Dropbox plans are good but they can add up really fast.
Great! I’m one of those everyday (non-pro) iPhone/Mac users trying to figure out a better way to take and store photos/videos and I’m tired of iCloud sub + google photos to sync with my wife. I love these videos on the “how” work gets done and different options outside of subscriptions. Would love to see more around these options!
Awesome video Sara, I always want to set this up for me. I see there improved it a lot. I will switch from using 15 hard drives to using the NAS now. Btw with the google Backup app, you can also sync for an editor I also start using Mega.nz, which is super fast and cheaper. Thanks again for this video and keep it up🚀
Google are evil, they wonna charge for everything now. I'll be building my own cloud soon too and duplicate it in two different locations plus offline backups for the most important stuff.
NAS Drives tend to be a pain if your upload speed isn't Gigabit or your file sizes are small. Most people have an upload limit of 20GB a month, so folks should be aware if streaming video files from the nas to a remote computer, such as when traveling, your upload speed can be a bottleneck. Even if you use a NAS or online storage, I recommend folks back up to two backup drives, one local for a quick restore from the backup drive should your NAS orr your online storage become infected. I would store the second drive in a safety deposit box or PO Box. Another option for the second backup drive is to let a family member or friend who is a few hours away hold onto it for you, as insurance in case of natural disaster. Another good option is a fire safe, but it has to be rated for protecting digital media, and to be waterproof. These safes are rated not to exceed 170 degrees Fahrenheit when exposed to flames for 3 hours, while none data rated fireproof safes only withstand 2 hours when exposed to flames, and due to not being data rated, the temps can exceed the 170 degree limit, which can damage digital storage. Also, keep in mind, if the safe exceeds 170 degrees, any important papers may self ignite.
I'm using a Synology NAS. I have 2 one synced for off-site for security. This works very much like DropBox with no monthly. It's great. Btw, Do Resolve Sara. It will change your world. there is no monthly with Resolve. Premier? well, they got a monthly subscription. me no like that.
I need to set this up because I have a remote office and a home office. I currently carry a Macbook around everywhere. I would love to have a desktop at both locations to edit on.
I use frame.io and it works great for both me and my editor. I can review each video and add comments for edits or approve as is and download from there
I'm "stuck" with Drive because big hard drives and NAS systems are extremely expensive where I live. But I use the old GSuite with unlimited storage for the equivalent of $10/month. Right now I'm a little over 21TB and the only limitation is I can transfer 750GB/day max. To circumvent the zip problem (this is actually a browser problem, they can't download folders, only files) I download the files themselves in parallel. They also make a windows app that mounts Drive as a regular drive in Windows Explorer. But yeah.. a NAS is a much better solution. I bet your next upgrade is going to be 10Gb/s local network. 😎
VFX Artist here: Try Rosilio Sync as an option. It works like a NAS but connected to a hard drive partition on your computer. It also automatically updates any files that you might be editing on across all of the synced computers similar to a NAS. I've been using it for 12 years now and it's epic. Especially when you have two people working on the same project, plus that cost $0 extra hardware.
I’ll look into that!! I need a crazy amount of space to off load my footage and it instantly be backed so that’s why the NAS is perf for me as kinda an all in one thing 👍🏻
@@saradietschy what I love is you'll never need to upload or download files. Just work right out of your project folder and a copy of it starts syncing to whomever you give permissions to. You can revoke permission also and the files are removed from the guest. If you need hard drive space then it's as easy as adding a new hard drive. 🤙🏻
I live by this synology DRIVE client. I do PCB design for a living. Different tools for this exists on different PCs. Some even on VMs. Synology DRIVE enables me to keep all of them in perfect sync.
Can you both work on the same Premiere Pro project at the same time? If you both adjust a clip cut on the timeline, how will both your edits be merged, if they are? Is there a file check-in/check-out system you need to use?
Both! A Cloud Space and a home storage solution. When your house burns down, gets flooded, robbed etc. U will need an external solution. Don't use the google drive client then. Many backup tools are compatible with gdrive.
I don't know if it's an overkill, but setting up another NAS in a different location to mirror your data or at least do a backup of your entire NAS in that different location from time to time would be great. What if some burglar steals your NAS? What if there's a fire in you house? What if a rat eats its internals? You never know, 10 GB worth of client's and your own data must be taken care of well!
Hey Sara, what about file conflicts when you and Kyle might be up and working on the same project file at the same time. How do you avoid that or handle that? It helps he is in UK, but many other might not have the “follow the sun” strategy available to them. Nice video, thanks!
Love this workflow. Question on setup... Did you create a special user accounts that has permissions for specific projects or folders? Does the editor account need to have access to Synology Filestation / Rsync or do they just use your quickconnect and it just works?
This was a good one. I also have a Synology NAS. I have been using as a Time Machine backup for the family's Macs. I like the idea of broaden the ways I use the device. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your struggle w hiring an editor bec I feel validated taking my time hiring my own people bec not everyone gets your workflow and the thinking behind your secret sauce that makes your stuff successful
To free up your NAS one day LTO 6 or LTO 8 tape drives could be a god send. Veaam is the leading backup software. They have a community edition. You can backup the whole drive or PC even to a few single SSD's or for a big operation like this. Once the project is done make a monthly or quarterly folder and move that to tape for 30 Year Cold storage. coming from a nerd make sure the router, modem and network is CAT. 5E preferred CAT. 6 or higher for best possible performance. Great job explaining this topic. Synology is a good company if the work flow works that's all that maters. No need for all the extras.
So so glad I got in for the unlimited storage @ $9.99/month when it was Google File Stream fo business before they changed things. No worrying about backups, failing drives, managing storage, etc.
Sara, we gotta talk. First Mechanical keyboards, and now NAS?? Do you have access to my search history or something? You seem to be making videos on exactly my current hyperfixation......
The old 3-2-1 backup strategy: 3 copies of data while using 2 different devices, and keeping the 3rd copy offsite (ideally a cloud solution like Crashplan, Carbonite, Backblaze etc)
Ok! Maybe I should have expanded more on my problems with Google’s drive client as well 😂 just didn’t want the vidoe to be 30 minutes but the drive client does a really great job when you’re syncing one folder from your own drive to your computer. When it came to 2 way syncing between two different computers and then being able to do that with MULTIPLE folders I ran into issues. But there are obviously options out there!!! Live yals lives people!!🧡🧡😂😂 (and also I was already using my NAS so there are added benefits there too having all in one solution to like everything okay bye)
I will admit, I don't see NAS as a competitor to cloud storage. NAS is local storage even when connected to the net and cloud storage is the ultimate backup. If you have have a breakin or a fire or some extreme mechanical failure with the NAS (say two breaking down at the same time) you will lose all your data forever.
You need some sort of cloud storage always.
But like I said in a comment below, I have huge problems with Google Drive as Europe didn't get the half prices that the US got last fall.... sadly. I can't pay 125-130 USD pr. month for 10 TB and I am getting near the threshold....
@@LarsLeonhard just as a side note, as far as I’m aware no cloud service will guarantee data recovery, so you’ll still need some way of replicating across two cloud services, but yes off-site storage is required as part of any backup plan.
Noted.
This was super juicy food for thought. I realize it’s niche info but you hit a bullseye! Thank you for this info. I would watch a long vid on this if you ever do one.
Quick pro tip Sara - Please get a second Synology and make sure you have _everything_ synced over to the second unit say every 12 hours.
I've upgraded and ditched my Synology units for two hand-built FreeNAS (now called TrueNAS) rack-mount servers. Each box can hold 24 HDDs (or SSDs). Inside each "server" is essentially a PC (but workstation grade), which I source from Supermicro. The advantage of going this route is you are not dependant on the Synology hardware - which does fail and eventually wipe all your data!
I’m gonna get ahead of the DIY NAS commenters and say awesome for you!!! Seriously if you have the time to build one on your own I hope this gives you helpful ideas on what kind of software to seek out. And then for people who want a plug and play solution like Synology (like me lol) this will be game changing for your work flow!
The only caveat to using that is you have to have the disk space on your computer along with any computer you share your library with... unless you check that box. ;) Great info.
I've been using Synology for years. Just syncing data between my desktop and laptop for live documents that I work in a lot and I can just stream other content like photos and videos directly from the NAS.
So that helps to save storage on your local machine.
DSM software is magical.
Synology is overpriced and no way a competitor to cloud storage. Do the math and you will see after 3 years + to break even. This is just a huge infomercial
@@frankyb702 storage is useful for much more than just 3 years. And a Synology NAS is useful for more than just storage.
The Scarlet Witch of Tech🧛🏻♀️
Hey Sara, came across your video it was nice and informative. I use Synology and google drive in my workflow. Synology acts as my main storage where google drive is my backup solution. I use cloud sync in Synology to backup all my data. You can look that up, it can do one-way sync or two-way sync. Since I have google workspace with unlimited storage it allows me to backup all my data, currently, my google drive is sitting with 45tb of data. Even though Synology is a great raid system I couldn't trust all my data on one system, best practice is to have a backup. As for my editors, I have shared a folder in google drive that they sync their hard drive to and it works similar to the Synology drive client. Since I do a one-way sync from my Synology to google drive, when I am done with a project I just delete it on my Synology and reclaim that space back and still have a copy in my google drive. This workflow may not work for others but it works for me, all you need to have is google drive with unlimited storage.
o lord, u saying 35mb upload is slow meanwhile i have 0.9mb LMAO
0.84 here. i feel your pain bro
Omg 😅 ok thanks for making me feel a bit better😬😬
@@saradietschy my upload bandwith is just 300KB/sec
Do you not have access to fiber there?
@@ihidbehindmusic Fiber itself doesnt mean fast. Im on fiber, but its just a 15/15 connection
Hey Sara. You mentioned having two NASs to replicate/backup data between your and your parents' homes; I would also recommend that you periodically backup to offline storage such as an external hard drive that is only plugged in to run an ad-hoc backup (when you feel like it) via something like Hyper-Backup, then unplugged and stored safely. I say this because ideally one medium of backup storage should be offline to protect from ransomware/attacks against the NAS which could then replicate the problems to the other NAS.
You could for instance use the 3-2-1 method:
3 copies of the data
on 2 different media TYPES
1 of those media types should ideally be OFFLINE :)
Great video! This is the exact setup I'll be using. AND now I can use your affiliate link to buy it. Nice work.
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Plot twist : Google sponsors video and sara says "why you should start using Google drive" 😂😂😂
My dad has been using a Nas for literally a decade and i never understood why so thank you from the bottom of my heart :3
I love my Synology! I use the SQL Resolve option so I can go between my upstairs (main) and downstairs (secondary) editing stations with a seamless experience. It's not horrible to setup and once you get it done it makes using Resolve between two computers almost seamless!
Great points brought up Sarah! I personally stopped using google drive a long time ago due to privacy concerns and storage limitations. Now I’m using WD my cloud with 4TB permanent storage and it’s good
Get a minimum of a second copy and a copy offsite in some way
Can you explain what this is and how you do it? 🤔
@@aleencaeli So the My cloud is a hard drive of 1TB/2/4/8 that you would usually connect to your pc but instead of doing that, you connect it to your router and it becomes a network drive like Onedrive, Google drive and Dropbox that can be used from mobile devices like your iPhone or iPad or whatever you access it from like TV’s or consoles. They cost around $120 for the entry model and go up if you get the higher capacity models (I got mine for 140 back in 2018 and got the 4TB) and unlike cloud services where you pay a monthly fee if you want more storage, with this you only pay the cost of the drive/ the running cost and that’s it you own the storage outright without having to pay a subscription charge. Instead of Microsoft, Google or Dropbox running the service and the servers , you run the my cloud servers from your home and operate the cloud storage capability from your router.
@@moonlightcayenne8722 Wow, that sounds awesome! Thanks so much for a great explanation. : )
Is it possible to do that with a regular external drive? For example, with my WD 2TB drive? It only has an AC power and small USB slot.
@@aleencaeli Of course! 🙂. Unless it has Wifi or internet capability (so it can connect to your devices and transfer data over the internet) then unfortunately you can’t use a normal hard drive as a network drive ☹️. You would have to buy a specific drive for that purpose.
Omg this is life changing. I have literally spent a whole day downloading and linking footage and it's soo painful. You are the best ❤️
That dual NAS and backing up to your parents is really the most important thing. As a person who runs large NAS devices and have seen them die, having a backup is key unless you want to destroy your history. And of course in most people’s cases, they do not have a highly secure server room, so theft and fire are very serious considerations. I kinda hope you consider addressing this in the future. Love you are running your own mini-cloud server! Can I buy space from you instead of Google? When you get the NAS at your parents, of course. 😅😅😅. Snapshots against accidental deletion, etc? Great video!
This title shocked me so much... Lemme watch it first
Same
I purchased my first ever NAS (DS220+) for media storage and streaming across family members and I lovvvvve the practicality. I was using Google Photos before, ditched it. Having your own server is soooo darn useful and safer in so many ways. Can't praise Synology NAS enough!
Great video...I use Synology NAS and all you say is 100% true...more you can automaticly backup daily to a USB drive or another NAS remotely using free Synology software. It backs up only the changes to the prior backup so it's fast even with a LOT of data.
Great video was already gonna like but the chef kiss deserved a comment. (That is my go to) haha. Hyped to look more into this.
As the navy seals say: two is one and one is none. In other words backup solutions are only relevant if they have two stages. Over the recent years, NAS solutions have been the remote target of hackers using ransomware. A cloud backup or remote NAS mirroring is essential if you want to prevent permanent data losses in case of hacking or even natural disaster. Thanks for your great videos!
To those getting their feathers ruffled about this being a sponsored video: Sara clearly stated at the beginning that this is a sponsored video, so if you have a problem watching sponsored videos, you could have moved on to watch something else (instead of forcing yourself to watch it and then complaining about it. 🙂)
Thank for this Sara! Loved the video. 💯
lol thanks girl
@@saradietschy I do appreciate when I'm told it's sponsored. But these days it's fairly easy to tell if it's sponsored cuz they hype about the greatest wheel ever made...is a little obvious
I went to The University of Phoenix back in 2010. I remember everyone teasing our online school. Now, this is exactly how ALL schools do group projects. Its great that now building your own server and network that can be accessed remotely anywhere in the world is relatively cheap for individual consumers instead of just huge companies.
I am having this exact issue. Where can I watch a "How To Set Up A NAS" video you recommend? Or just do a search for a specific RUclipsr?
Hopefully there’s a good basics one out there already if you just search? My other video I linked in the description expands on how I organize my footage !
Wendel at Level1Techs is awesome at setting up Synology NASs. Search for one of his videos.
@@saradietschy I decided to purchase the DS920+ & 16 TBs of hardrives. I believe this will be all I need for the next 3-4 years. If needed, I can always upgrade. Thank you for the inspiration!
@@spidersj12 Thank you!
@@DanDanTheFireman Don't forget backups!
I filled up 4tbs worth of hard drives in the space of a month so this will definitely be interesting to watch
Woooooooo! I’m so hear for this. I’ve seriously contemplated this for a while. S/O to you for always thinking of helping people Sara! Very much so appreciated!!
P.S. that b-roll bit was hilarious!😂
Just realized I misspelled here 🤦🏿♂️. But a heart from Sara means it doesn’t even matter 😭 thanks for brightening my day
Awesome video. Nice tips and workarounds for Google Drive and Synology NAS. Have DS918+. Love the energy and camera presence!! Keep turning out that great content!!
I used to roll Synology out as a solution for small editor companies (magazine/print, not video) and then had them all backup to my house for my clients (you can setup Synology to backup remotely to another NAS). Super handy system if you don't want to play full time sys-admin at home.
You can do so much with these things it's crazy, little powerhouse Linux machines some of the use cases I've used mine for over the years:
- Network (file) share
- Print server (so share a printer on the local network)
- Remote backup
- Google Drive/Dropbox backup (you can set it to download only so it doesn't delete if you delete a file from your Cloud)
- Remote photo backup
- General office server
- Fully automated download server (when it was still.. legal in the Netherlands)
I’ve been using Google Workspace for a while with my team using their file stream client and it’s been awesome. The file stream client works like the Synology client where it copies the files to your machine. You can also do the space saving mode where it only streams the files you are accessing. It’s only $20 per month for unlimited space. I definitely feel safer having an offsite managed backup. If you are traveling and there is a problem with your NAS back home you are out of luck.
Isn't it 2TB per team member now?
Did your editor just send you the Premiere Pro save file or go through the Project manager?
Contact Linus and build yourself a custom local server/storage with him in a collab video. It would be fun.
LOL
Linus is in Canada and border is still closed
I was just thinking a Petabyte would probably last Sara for a while! :D
I love my Synology. I got one a few years ago and got rid of all my cloud stuff. I sync most used files between 3 of my computers, Time Machine backup for 3 of my Macs, backup for my 1 PC, and archive all of my stuff from past years. DS File app on your phone can backup your phone pictures to the Synology. The only bottleneck is the local network speed. If the NAS has two or more ethernet ports, you can use link aggregation to make transfer speed faster; then of course you would have to get a multigigabit smart switch and network interface card to take advantage of that.
I hope you and your editor's internet does not have a data cap!
The main reason why I watch Sara's vids is her video qualities, her vids are so satisfying to watch even on mute lol. I love the edits. keep up the good work,
Literally been waiting so long for this! Thank you Sara!
There's a new Google Drive application that's currently in beta that creates a virtual drive for your google drive so you don't have to download your footage as a zip and instead access it as if it was an online drive. It'll be available soon if I remember correctly
@@mg00 You might be confusing it with Google File Stream which is only available for enterprise users. Google Drive for Desktop is still in beta, and I know because I'm a tester.
@@mg00 For the record, I'm not talking about Backup & Sync. Backup & Sync only download files to a specific directory. The Google Drive beta that I am currently a part of creates a virtual disk where you can access your files, similar to Google File Stream.
@@mg00 So what exactly are you trying to say? This video is about creating a NAS as an alternative to Google Drive, and I'm talking about a new Google Drive application that can create a virtual drive. Backup & Sync does not create a virtual drive, nor is it an alternative to NAS. Why are you here again?
@@mg00 That's the thing I'm talking about virtual drives and not just some folder you sync to!
@@mg00 Again, that's not what I'm talking about. I said that there's a Google Drive beta that creates a virtual drive. You said that it already existed for years which does not. You then go on and on to say that they're the same thing yet they are not. I'm not wasting my time replying to this.
Great video, few things ... 1. Backup your synology to a cloud service, I believe they offer a solution, yes you have physical HDD redundancy but you unit can still die. 2. Make sure you have MFA enabled for users connecting remotely to your unit to make sure you don’t get unwanted guests or someone who just figured out your credentials.
Backblaze FTW
OMG I've had a Diskstation for three freaking years and didn't know about this. I've just been mounting it as a network drive. Now I can sync between my desktop and laptop effortlessly. THANK YOU!
Just watch some vids on it, tons of features they can do
@Sara you may have missed my earlier comment, but if you want to stick to the Synology units, make sure you run two of them (see my previous comment). If the Synology internals fail, and they do fail, at times it can wipe or corrupt your data or you will be stuck for a recovery path.
One option though, is when a Synology chassis dies, you can buy another one and attempt to recover the entire RAID array, however, running in a primary/backup configuration, you have a bit more peace of mind.
Also do note, the Synology approach does not protect you against malware that can encrypt your data and demand a ransom. Free/TrueNAS which uses ZFS has a replication feature that allows instant recovery snap-shots; this mechanism DOES protect you against this.
Also ZFS protects you from bitrot and unintentional data corruption; Synology's btrfs is not as battle tested as ZFS so YMMV, including Synology Hybrid Raid (SHR).
Got to love having a NAS on your personal network. I don't use Synology, I use a different build-your-own flavor, but, having a raid array set up for redundancy on your NAS, then having a primary NAS automatically replicating data to a back-up secondary NAS at the dataset level, set to read-only with snapshots, (for peace of mind of course, still need off-site storage...) for important files is great. One thing to keep in mind, and this does not apply if you're using SSDs for your NAS drives, but make sure to get CMR and [[NOT]] SMR hard drives if you're using mechanical drives. Both types will work, but if you accidentally get SMR you'll take a performance hit on general use and if you ever have to rebuild your array.. that'll take a long while.
5:02 that look when Sara realizes that "Network Attached Storage" is actually self-explanatory.
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Ok, i'm not even into the video yet... the ad is still playing, but thank you for posting this NOW... I have a meeting at my new gig in the morning with our IT team to decide NAS solutions and integration... so so timely!
@3:55 power tools auto renames them back for you.
You can also apply smart NTFS compression gives you 20-50% extra storage headroom into your Google Drive but it only works optionally with Xeon processors, i7 and AMD is fine but XEON does best jorb handling that.
Dedicated NAS is awesome
I had a Qnap NAS, the biggest issue was slow transfer rate and a different file system which made it hard to get your data. Definitely never rely on DROBO for its proprietary format. For professionals it does pay to have a local storage NAS on a local fast 10Gbit connection but for most people a local external HDD as buffer/cache + Google Drive unlimited is a great solution. You can share and access your content easy offsite. Try to access your data on your NAS overseas. It's painful and not always reliable.
First-time watcher, I dunno what it is but I love the style of video you use on your channel. You got yourself a new sub!
It is very entertaining to watch your videos. Seriously, thanks for your expertise!
There's a mixed solution that involves both a Synology NAS (works with any NAS really) and Google Drive using Cloud Sync. You can keep your project, or part of your project synched to any cloud service, even using multiple accounts of the same cloud solution, while you still have local access to the NAS at LAN speeds instead of depending on uploading and downloading stuff to sync across your devices.
This way you can share whatever with freelancers, or any other person, and when they add stuff on their side and it gets uploaded, you see that reflected in your local NAS. You don't need to be manually downloading stuff really. the upside of this is that you control when you are uploading instead of having someone outside pulling stuff from your NAS at any random time, and killing your uploads.
I work in Visual Effects and we manage projects that range from 4 Tb to over 500 Tb and for many smaller projects in that range (4 Tb is still massive for most people) this works perfectly fine.
This means it doesn't have to be one or the other. You can use a Synology NAS and still get all the benefits of any cloud solution, be it Drive, Dropbox, or whatever. Also, if Google decides to pull plug (your NAS will die first, trust me) all your stuff is still alive in the NAS. It's transparent and you get the best of both worlds.
I NEED THIS. Having all of my files available remotely instead of my external HDD would be amazing.
Then you need a NAS, the Synology are cool, but they're a bit pricey for a good unit. Many of the lower end use older lower spec hardware and is a bit slow. They frequently only have 1Gb Nic ports so transfers are slower. One can do a lot of the same by using an unused tower computer with drives in it, or a laptop with usb3 drives connected. Share the drive, sync to another drive using something like Synkron for windows or others for Linux etc. Make multiple copies all synced either immediately or periodically. For my general case a 2nd copy synced once a day is fine, gives a few hrs of failsafe if I accidentally delete something. Then ideally another copy synced at a different location at least once a week. Then one needs to consider encryption for security and you can setup a DDNS name and private VPN on most home routers using OpenVPN all free. Then remotely access your files from anywhere. Basically once setup you're on your laptop at a friend's house and need a file. Activate your VPN connection to home...bam bam your shared connection becomes available like you're sitting at home. But you will be limited by upload at either end in most cases. Linux is a better overall operating system for this kind of storage, than windows is. But it can be done with either.
@@mrmotofy what kind of files are we accessing here from any laptop/machine outside of the home network remotely? Document files, photos and vids all having sensitive info of some sort? So your saying google drive isn’t sufficient enough to store these and access these files from a simple google login from an unused new machine outside of the home network?
I wouldn’t use an unknown machine to sign into my google account unless if I really had to but if I did have to…then I would just access whatever I need to access on google drive via kali Linux or TOR on a simple USB flash drive from a security standpoint…any flaws or cracks here in this logic?
@@BlakeTedKord I don't know about others but I want access to any of my pics, videos, links, music, notes, DOC's, records etc. Google Drive has limits. Google Drive is owned by well Google...not known for securing your data...they actually admit to scanning everything.
I use My devices to access my data...not other devices. I for example go on vacation and upload pics and videos daily to my server back home daily so even if my devices get stolen or fall into the ocean I lose very minimally maybe that day. I can create 40GB on average from a vacation. If you're a Content creator that's nothing. I have VPN access to my network for multiple reasons might as well add more options.
@@mrmotofy ruclips.net/video/DnxW2qxCiO0/видео.html
(Gotcha, so with a NAS solution you have your own local cloud without a corp owning it and having to put you through auth and you getting locked out if your account gets locked? Can you have issues like that accessing your own files with a NAS solution on a local cloud NAS solution when tryna access your own files remotely...do you have to login with credentials to use a NAS? Is using a NAS the same thing as using a full blown at-home data center...those kind of data center servers don't replace NAS solutions right? Or are the bigger servers the ones i'm referring to basically the same thing as NAS solutions...except they are much more powerful than NAS solutions...?
Also you said Synology are expensive $700 for the outer case as well as an upcharge per drive...but your alternative solution you said was to use an unused tower computer with drives in it vs. a laptop with USB3 drives connected to an external USB extender and having to deal with 3rd party software like (Synkron...is it free?) to drive sync everything and manually sync the drives/data weekly? As well as setting up a 3rd party VPN and integrate it to your own DIY NAS solution setup...You alternative method would save you the $700+ is it?
What makes Synology an advantage/cool? Why they charge $700 just for the outer case alone? Do they have onboard VPN for free and not for an additional price like they upcharge for each drive for you to slide into a Synology NAS solution? And one doesn't have to worry about manually syncing the drives with your own DIY NAS solution vs. a synology NAS auto-backs up our data with the Synology NAS...it auto syncs and auto-backs up once it's setup upon purchase correct?
@@BlakeTedKord Correct, having a NAS is literally your own cloud storage if setup as such. A NAS is simply an always on network accessible storage...there's a hundred and 1 ways to do it. Well being computers of course things can happen. The difference is YOU control the NAS and have complete access to it. You can run into connection issues depending on where you are or what remote network you're on. One important aspect is you want to change the IP range of your home network to something other than the typical 192.168.1.X, or 192.168.0.X. Your local and remote network need to be different. Otherwise IP conflicts will cause problems cuz the IP's are essentially doubled and the computers get confused. So set your local to something out of the ordinary like 10.10.56.X or 192.168.47.X range. Every once in a while you may be on a remote network say at a Mcdonalds and their network settings block ports or something. So a VPN to your home network is blocked. It's not very often though. In that case I just tether to my phone to get my data. So when you're away on a remote location, you can connect to your home VPN and your shares show up just like you're sitting at home, just slower cuz most of your home internet uploads are still a little on the slow side unless you're in a Fiber area etc. There's apps like Next Cloud that give good remote access. I haven't finished that part yet. Since my VPN gives me connection to everything, primarily I use it to view my security cams remotely.
But the additional advantage is you get a free VPN to your home, so surf at Mcdonalds in security. Most home routers have built in free VPN and DDNS. You need to setup the DDNS which is essentially your own website name that is automatically forwards requests to your actual IP address which normally changes. Unless you get a static IP, then it's not needed. Otherwise you would have to manually input the IP and keep track of it. But it could technically change in the time you leave home and arrive to the remote network. But having say TeamViewer setup on a system at home can give you some remote access to either check things or even view things on your network.
The drives may be one of the most expensive aspects of a NAS, but it depends on what you use and how much space you need. There's NAS specific drives that are expensive but give you the longest life and most reliability. Some even give data protection insurance included. Or if you want cheaper, use regular drives for less usage and keep more copies.
There's multiple free Sync software like Synkron, there's SyncThing, and many others. Most can be set to automatically Sync 1 machine to another. So for example an old laptop has a version of Linux on it, a USB3 external drive with data on it shared for network access with username and password. A shared folder for you, and 1 for your wife separate. Then you have a Sync setup with that folder to a folder on your mobile laptop. So as you edit on your laptop it's auto syncing to your NAS external drive folder. So your local laptop changes get sent to the network laptop so you have identical copies. Then once a week maybe you have another laptop you sync files to giving you technically 3 copies, your personal mobile laptop, the NAS laptop with USB drive and the backup. That backup ideally could be at a remote location through a VPN connection. So your house goes up in flames and you still have your data copy at your Moms house or wherever. That's a really simplified process. The equipment you use will vary.
You can buy a prebuilt system like synology...with various performance levels and drive capacities as they are simply a purpose built custom computer, the advantage is the fancy software that's pretty user friendly as well as popularity makes support easier. Any computer is a NAS or capable. So how you set it all up is up to you. One can use a 10yr old laptop or a $30k Server, there will be performance differences. There's no reasonable way for me to go through all the pros and cons of each option here in the comments. There's tons of good videos and sites that discuss all that.
You can research the pros and cons of building your own vs a Synology, using TrueNAS, OpenMediaVault etc. Essentially anything other than windows :)
Essentially watch some vids about selecting a NAS and begin to figure out what your needs, wants, speed, capacity then budget options needs to be. Then work from there.
The only thing I'd say to this is a NAS is not a replacement for a backup. You need both. I have had a NAS disaster in the past and lost everything. No such issue with gdrive which is a good backup option *as well*. Glad that you mentioned an off-site backup but it should be always be factored into the initial cost, as it is essential imo. And not everyone has the option of a second physical location for it.
I have been wanting a NAS for probably 3 years. I finally got one a month ago and holy crap totally worth it. I am looking forward to the DSM overhaul. Bonus! Learned more about networking by setting it up and diving into some of the nitty gritty aspects of it.
Sara! THIS IS SO HELPFUL! I have been in need of a better file management system for all of my clients, and better backups. I don't trust the cloud as much as physical drives, but this is perfect. I can have ease of mind.
What I also love is that I am needing editors as I expand my business. That is great, except problems come with adding new people, as you know. So this is the perfect solution because GDrive just isn't cutting it for me!
Oh hey I just bought one of these. What great timing!
Your videos always get my creative/tech juices flowing. I already have a Synology nas, and use it similarly. Thanks for the new DSM info as I will be updating my nas when it becomes available.
I’ve been saying we need to get one of these for months but can’t throw the cash at one 😂
Let your clients pay for it upscale price for storage space 😉
Thank you so much Sara, I have so many files and docs on my iPad. And its so hard to delete all of them though.
i use a synology since 10 years. so i‘m fully on your page.
My problem with the arguments are:
- The sync functionality is available for google drive, too.
- Saying between the lines, that you can save some dollars with that setup. That’s not the case. The operation of own storage costs money, too (storage, energy etc).
I have absolutely no reason to have one of these but now I want one. You’re good at this!
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Sara be like : You know the relationship became serious when we are sharing the NAS drive for work and editing. 😂😂😂
This just made me so happy Sara of you liking my comment. Thank you.
Couldn't ask him?
Your videos are so good! I love these solutions!
@Sara Dietschy - Hi! I’m a, (New) Watcher and I’m Subscribed! I absolutely Loved this Video! I’m always running out of space, on any device I use. I did purchase an external hard drive 2tb. Except it’s 5000 miles away. I didn’t realize that I was already Subscribed to you. I’m guessing that RUclips hasn’t put you in my Notifications, or ever put you, in my recommended?! I’m upset with RUclips for that! I plan on checking your Channel almost daily, since I’ve obviously been missing so much! Your Video was 💯 percent EXCELLENT!!
There's external drives up to 16TB now. But if you're remotely accessing one needs to start educating and practicing security excryption etc of that data
I would strongly recommend pCloud: it creates a new (P:) virtual drive that is consistent on every machine you use, it instantly shows every file you have in the cloud but it fully downloads them only when you actually need them, I never had an issue with it and I really like the pricing model.
It's been an incredible improvement for my workflow.
This looks great and I'm considering it myself now since I actually have a Synology NAS. The concern I have is that my upload is only 20Mbs. I have a feeling that might make this whole thing fail, yeah?
Use Cloud Station on the NAS. this way you can have your stuff on the NAS and have that synched to the cloud at the same time for people to download without killing your uploads randomly.
Nope!! The opposite. Relies on your local area network so much quicker than uploading to gdrive. So would transfer at the rate of like 110mb/s depending on what NAS you get !
@@saradietschy with the added benefit of still being able to sync some or all of that to any cloud service using Synology Cloud Station if needed.
It depends on if you mean uploading from your NAS to the internet (To share files with people in other locations like Sara does) or uploading from your PC to the NAS which only uses your local network. When you say your upload is 20Mbs I'm guessing you mean Internet upload from the NAS to share files with others. No, it won't fail at that speed, it'll just be a bit slower. If you are talking about the upload from your PC to your NAS on your Local Network only being 20Mbs then you should look at upgrading your local network :)
@@Cyba_IT I think the word upload suggests he's talking about an upload to the cloud. People usually don't use the word upload as copying something to an external drive or nas
Repeat after me: "A NAS is not a backup solution!"
Fire / Flooding / Critical crash and so on…
It is. What you mean is RAID, Raid is not a backup. Either way repeat after me “3-2-1 Backup”
@@huexley 3-2-1 all the way
Totally agree. Take a look at most tech companies. Nobody keep there own server/storage any more. Everyone are moving to the cloud. For good reason
I thought it was, if its conected to google drive. Can you explain please?
I'm not a content creator, but I use a Synology DS413 (yes its about 7 yrs old and I've been using for about 7 yrs). Its been sweet so far. My family from all over the US uses it as a shared family net Hard Drive. Unfortunately one of my HD failed earlier this year. It was awesome I can just buy another HD and hot swap the HD. It automatically rebuilt the data from the remaining HDs onto the new HD. Other things I use it for, all the phones automatically upload my daily new photos and videos on my phone into the NAS. So we never worry if we ever lose our phones.
I apologize if you answered this video in the comments, but I didn't see it mentioned in the video. You are reasonably lucky that you have your collaborator far enough away your work schedules probably only overlap a little. But if your collaborator is say in your city or timezone the overlap can be the exact same timing. You want to work on something but so does your collaborator that requires you both access the same file at the same time. I work remotely and our system will not allow me editing access to a file that has been 'reserved' by someone else (as they are using it) I can view a read-only version and sometimes that is all I need, but if I need to work on it and someone is also working on it, I am stuck. This can be also complicated by the fact that sometimes the reserve function doesn't always automatically let go of a file when a person stops using it and my co-worker could potentially be 'holding' a file reserved well beyond them closing it. Sometimes for days. How does the drive sync system handle this, does it just let you both work on the same file at the same time, potentially creating a conflict where Person A makes changes to a file that is also being used by Person B, changes that do not include the edits Person B is making as the file in RAM isn't always the file sitting on the drive as determined to when the program saves things... there is probably proper technical terms for all of this that I just do not know but I could see this being a problem... how does this system solve that issue? Thanks
I’m working at Synology, very happy to see this review 🥳🤩
Awesome video Sara. I really need to get myself one of the to back up all my photos and other things on my laptop. Also watching the time on the clock behind you was kinda funny too
It did got my juices flowing! thanks for such useful information about the Synology NAS
Great move Sara getting a Synology NAS! I feel your excitement over your increase in productivity.The NAS is super cost effective too! Synology(great products) should hire you!
Which is that exact one you have? I don't see it on their website? Great videos by the way! Thank you for all your help.
is that a joke? are we at 2010 ?managing your storage era was done everyone moving to the cloud , for good reasons
This is pure gold for Content Creators because in the long run it is just a fraction of a cost as compared to Google Drive coz that monthly subscription fees adds up quickly!
how much does it cost? I couldn't find any price points.
@@joshburchettfilms8922 I checked it on Amazon, the same model. It was around $799 and then you have to pay for these disk i.e., for those 6 slots. Still it is way cheaper because GDrive plans and even Dropbox plans are good but they can add up really fast.
@@DeerghKataria thank you! Idk why I didn't just check Amazon. I totally agree about the overall price being worth it.
I just love your videos. Great content and value!
Great! I’m one of those everyday (non-pro) iPhone/Mac users trying to figure out a better way to take and store photos/videos and I’m tired of iCloud sub + google photos to sync with my wife. I love these videos on the “how” work gets done and different options outside of subscriptions. Would love to see more around these options!
Awesome video Sara, I always want to set this up for me. I see there improved it a lot. I will switch from using 15 hard drives to using the NAS now. Btw with the google Backup app, you can also sync for an editor I also start using Mega.nz, which is super fast and cheaper. Thanks again for this video and keep it up🚀
Google are evil, they wonna charge for everything now. I'll be building my own cloud soon too and duplicate it in two different locations plus offline backups for the most important stuff.
This is super cool!!! Thanks! I realized that I underutilized my NAS, so far. 😊
NAS Drives tend to be a pain if your upload speed isn't Gigabit or your file sizes are small. Most people have an upload limit of 20GB a month, so folks should be aware if streaming video files from the nas to a remote computer, such as when traveling, your upload speed can be a bottleneck. Even if you use a NAS or online storage, I recommend folks back up to two backup drives, one local for a quick restore from the backup drive should your NAS orr your online storage become infected. I would store the second drive in a safety deposit box or PO Box. Another option for the second backup drive is to let a family member or friend who is a few hours away hold onto it for you, as insurance in case of natural disaster. Another good option is a fire safe, but it has to be rated for protecting digital media, and to be waterproof. These safes are rated not to exceed 170 degrees Fahrenheit when exposed to flames for 3 hours, while none data rated fireproof safes only withstand 2 hours when exposed to flames, and due to not being data rated, the temps can exceed the 170 degree limit, which can damage digital storage. Also, keep in mind, if the safe exceeds 170 degrees, any important papers may self ignite.
I'm using a Synology NAS. I have 2 one synced for off-site for security. This works very much like DropBox with no monthly. It's great. Btw, Do Resolve Sara. It will change your world. there is no monthly with Resolve. Premier? well, they got a monthly subscription. me no like that.
I need to set this up because I have a remote office and a home office. I currently carry a Macbook around everywhere. I would love to have a desktop at both locations to edit on.
Excellent video, we were actually looking into NAS solutions for my office so this was super helpful!
I use frame.io and it works great for both me and my editor. I can review each video and add comments for edits or approve as is and download from there
I'm "stuck" with Drive because big hard drives and NAS systems are extremely expensive where I live. But I use the old GSuite with unlimited storage for the equivalent of $10/month. Right now I'm a little over 21TB and the only limitation is I can transfer 750GB/day max. To circumvent the zip problem (this is actually a browser problem, they can't download folders, only files) I download the files themselves in parallel. They also make a windows app that mounts Drive as a regular drive in Windows Explorer. But yeah.. a NAS is a much better solution. I bet your next upgrade is going to be 10Gb/s local network. 😎
VFX Artist here: Try Rosilio Sync as an option. It works like a NAS but connected to a hard drive partition on your computer. It also automatically updates any files that you might be editing on across all of the synced computers similar to a NAS. I've been using it for 12 years now and it's epic. Especially when you have two people working on the same project, plus that cost $0 extra hardware.
I’ll look into that!! I need a crazy amount of space to off load my footage and it instantly be backed so that’s why the NAS is perf for me as kinda an all in one thing 👍🏻
@@saradietschy what I love is you'll never need to upload or download files. Just work right out of your project folder and a copy of it starts syncing to whomever you give permissions to. You can revoke permission also and the files are removed from the guest. If you need hard drive space then it's as easy as adding a new hard drive. 🤙🏻
I like how the clock in the background shows how much time the shooting takes lol
I live by this synology DRIVE client.
I do PCB design for a living. Different tools for this exists on different PCs. Some even on VMs. Synology DRIVE enables me to keep all of them in perfect sync.
Can you both work on the same Premiere Pro project at the same time? If you both adjust a clip cut on the timeline, how will both your edits be merged, if they are? Is there a file check-in/check-out system you need to use?
Sara: 35 MB/s which is terrible
me: laughs in 2 MB/s
😅 ok ok I feel less bad
IKR... I started watching this thinking "how can this be better? The remote editor will be waiting forever for the files to sync across a slow uplink"
NAS systems have been confusing for me. You explained it in a way that made so much sense. Thanks for making this video.
Both! A Cloud Space and a home storage solution. When your house burns down, gets flooded, robbed etc. U will need an external solution. Don't use the google drive client then. Many backup tools are compatible with gdrive.
I don't know if it's an overkill, but setting up another NAS in a different location to mirror your data or at least do a backup of your entire NAS in that different location from time to time would be great. What if some burglar steals your NAS? What if there's a fire in you house? What if a rat eats its internals? You never know, 10 GB worth of client's and your own data must be taken care of well!
Data privacy and control are super important. Great video Sara!
I may have missed this in the video, but it might be worth upgrading to a 10 gig network between editing workstations and the NAS! Great video!
Hey Sara, what about file conflicts when you and Kyle might be up and working on the same project file at the same time. How do you avoid that or handle that? It helps he is in UK, but many other might not have the “follow the sun” strategy available to them. Nice video, thanks!
Love this workflow. Question on setup... Did you create a special user accounts that has permissions for specific projects or folders? Does the editor account need to have access to Synology Filestation / Rsync or do they just use your quickconnect and it just works?
This was a good one. I also have a Synology NAS. I have been using as a Time Machine backup for the family's Macs. I like the idea of broaden the ways I use the device. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your struggle w hiring an editor bec I feel validated taking my time hiring my own people bec not everyone gets your workflow and the thinking behind your secret sauce that makes your stuff successful
We use google drive in my business but it's nice to know this great alternative. Thanks for sharing, Sara!
To free up your NAS one day LTO 6 or LTO 8 tape drives could be a god send. Veaam is the leading backup software. They have a community edition. You can backup the whole drive or PC even to a few single SSD's or for a big operation like this. Once the project is done make a monthly or quarterly folder and move that to tape for 30 Year Cold storage.
coming from a nerd make sure the router, modem and network is CAT. 5E preferred CAT. 6 or higher for best possible performance. Great job explaining this topic. Synology is a good company if the work flow works that's all that maters. No need for all the extras.
So so glad I got in for the unlimited storage @ $9.99/month when it was Google File Stream fo business before they changed things. No worrying about backups, failing drives, managing storage, etc.
If I lost my internet connection, has anyway to access my files ? My computer and the NAS will be at the same room.
Sara, we gotta talk. First Mechanical keyboards, and now NAS?? Do you have access to my search history or something? You seem to be making videos on exactly my current hyperfixation......
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The old 3-2-1 backup strategy: 3 copies of data while using 2 different devices, and keeping the 3rd copy offsite (ideally a cloud solution like Crashplan, Carbonite, Backblaze etc)
Was waiting to hear about Google Drive being a privacy hazard.