got it because of you! but I got the XS... thank you for all your guidance. I know have a NAS and it all started with your help. you channel is so simple but one of my favorite
Once you start testing the device could you just try to transfer an shr1 or shr2 Raid from an intel basted box like that 918+ to the 1621+ by just putting the drives from one box to the other? I assume it will work but it might be an interesting test to do. Thanks in advance.
Can the M.2 VNMe slots only be used with Synology drives? Or can you use other brands? Synology supported drives max out at 800Gb but others go up to 2TB.
Should note expansion bays cannot be the part of the main pool each eSATA port has to have its own storage pool and cannot be merged with the main storage pool same apples to the other eSATA Port if two expansion bays are attached each eSATA has to have its own pool
My router is in a separate room from my office. But I have a 1Gbe LAN line in my office. Can the unit connect from the LAN in my office or does it have to be directly plugged into the router?
Very well done review. I think you spoke precisely, and offered excellent points to consider. I'm interested to known if this unit does hardware transcoding for PLEX? Awesome job on the review.
been watching the videos, althought, i dont need the 6 bays. I have been considering qnap as well 453D. My question for those out there. Is it better to get this bad boy or the 453. I do like the 2.5 port on the qnap. But, i am concerned with the usability of the software for these Nas's. Is the 1621+ better also than the 920+ ? thanks for your help.
A question on using NAS in an earthquake prone area. Apart from using Hard drives with built-in shock / vibration protection (say WD Red Pro), does the synology shell itself deal with anything protection with regards to shocks?
Netgear Readynas also has hybrid raid for last 11 years (they brand if as X-raid, by default at first power on with empty disks installed it automatically creates single raid1-5-6 depending on how many disks are installed and raid5-6 is hybrid so you can mix different size disks) Main confusion over X-raid is in its naming as makes people this think it's a raid type when it just a branding name like Beyond Raid and Synology hybrid raid (SHR) is,, X-raid fully fully automates everything so the user doesn't need to know how it works, it's automatic hybrid raid level and and use mixed disks, auto self repair on disk replacement and auto expand on larger disk installed/replaced no user action is required (unless the disk has a filesystem on it then you need to format it, if you do it via the readynas panel soon as it's formatted it will use it within 10 seconds) apps is quite lacking on readynas thought (but supports basic stuff like Plex, btrfs + integrity and File backup and snapshot Replication backup {ReadyDr} and cloud backup)
Getting a 1621+ but having problems finding large HDD's in stock, based on its system specs what kind of performance difference would I find if I go with 256 rather than 512 cache?
I’m a newb to synology but had qnap 2 bat for 5/6 yrs now Why can’t we use the esata ports for transfer to a Mac/pc? As thunderbolt to Esata adopters are fairly reasonable atm
Yeah, SynologyAssistant crashes a lot with OS X BigSur (Intel) - can't run Memory test because of that. Is that only me? Or have some of you the same problem? Bought just two 1621+, because the Qnap H973AX was not available ;-)
I had to look up what roon was. It appears to be a multi-room zone manager software package. I have a hifi stereo component that has this functionality, but I'm not using it. Reason: The Sonos speakers whoever built the house installed don't actually sound that great, and the only other hifi components connected to this thing are a 400 disc cd changer and an AM/FM tuner (yes, as an actual separate component, like right from 1988). Instead, I'm using two separate HomePod pairs, a HomePod Mini pair in the master bedroom, my office, and the media room. The main living room has a Bose Soundwave 30 I bought years ago that has great sound and I can connect to it via bluetooth. So all that Cat5e and coax gets to be abandoned in favor of newer tech. To avoid wifi congestion, I plan to run Cat6a to the two rooms that have 4K tvs (I have gig internet) and to my g/f's office so she can connect if the wifi is out. Necessary for the ol' work from home vpn. My own lab stuff will be all wired in a separate vlan (2 gaming PCs, one 3950x and one 5900x, one Threadripper 32 core PC for server and virtualization tasks (maybe in the future go Epyc on this).
HELLO NasCompares you mentioned that only Synology and Drobo that you know of has fluid RAID where you can mix different size HDDs. You have reviewed Netgear ReadyNas how could you missed that? Not sure but probably they invented fluid or dynamic RAID. Theirs is called XRAID and XRAID 2. My ReadyNAS is over 10 years old running 24/7 4bay with built in power supply. I love you brow I watch you for a long time please improve you audio make it a little louder and stop preaching about external PSUs. I hate them! The only advantage is as you have said easier replacement and you will need that cause the primitive plugs will have connection problem before the external PSU will burn out that is why I twist tie the cords so they wont move. I Never gonna buy a nas with external PSU and it should be industry standard to be forbidden. Heat and vibration is not a problem either with internal PSU they've figured that out already. Otherwise you're one of the best and I'm shopping for a new NAS. I still can't decide between QNAP or Synology. If QNAP would have dynamic RAID like Netgear's ReadyNAS XRAID and XRAID 2 or like Synology's SHR I would buy it in a heart beat! Keep on doing brother what you're doing. I need to know the latest 2020 QNAP/Synology desktop or rackmount. No external PSU on desktop and I need to run everything! I want to replace my pc with nas virtualization etc...ANY IDEAS PLEASE? I want to Run everything, plex, cameras, website, mail server virtualization running windows/Ubuntu.
If I wanted my NAS to manage virtualization, surveillance station, and other things all at the same time, I'd definitely prefer a 6 or 8 core cpu of some sort. Probably a lower-end Xeon. They probably chose based on cost along with cooling requirements and some minimum performance spec they wanted.
Finally an "affordable" Synology with NMVE drives that can be upgraded to 10GB.
got it because of you! but I got the XS... thank you for all your guidance. I know have a NAS and it all started with your help. you channel is so simple but one of my favorite
Once you start testing the device could you just try to transfer an shr1 or shr2 Raid from an intel basted box like that 918+ to the 1621+ by just putting the drives from one box to the other? I assume it will work but it might be an interesting test to do. Thanks in advance.
Loving your new introduction and new mic!
Looking forward to the comparison to the xs.
Yea same. Gotta know if the premium i paid was worth it. Or maybe I be better off not knowing 🙈
@@berntespelien734 I interested to hear too, but I think you’re likely to be happy
@@berntespelien734 the xs+ is quite a bit quicker a German reviewer released his review to this and compared them in some simple tests.
@@iridiumflare good to know. Makes me feel better about going for the more expensive option 😁
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Can the M.2 VNMe slots only be used with Synology drives? Or can you use other brands? Synology supported drives max out at 800Gb but others go up to 2TB.
Should note expansion bays cannot be the part of the main pool each eSATA port has to have its own storage pool and cannot be merged with the main storage pool same apples to the other eSATA Port if two expansion bays are attached each eSATA has to have its own pool
I've found my next NAS
My router is in a separate room from my office. But I have a 1Gbe LAN line in my office. Can the unit connect from the LAN in my office or does it have to be directly plugged into the router?
Is it ok to lay this device vertically?
Very well done review. I think you spoke precisely, and offered excellent points to consider. I'm interested to known if this unit does hardware transcoding for PLEX? Awesome job on the review.
Sadly, no HW transcoding on this
I wonder if a graphics processing card would be available for the PCIe? Possibly in the future.
been watching the videos, althought, i dont need the 6 bays. I have been considering qnap as well 453D. My question for those out there. Is it better to get this bad boy or the 453. I do like the 2.5 port on the qnap. But, i am concerned with the usability of the software for these Nas's. Is the 1621+ better also than the 920+ ? thanks for your help.
A question on using NAS in an earthquake prone area. Apart from using Hard drives with built-in shock / vibration protection (say WD Red Pro), does the synology shell itself deal with anything protection with regards to shocks?
Hi NASCompares , would it be possible to add a low power GPU so PLEX could hardware transcode and VM's could take advantage?
Netgear Readynas also has hybrid raid for last 11 years (they brand if as X-raid, by default at first power on with empty disks installed it automatically creates single raid1-5-6 depending on how many disks are installed and raid5-6 is hybrid so you can mix different size disks)
Main confusion over X-raid is in its naming as makes people this think it's a raid type when it just a branding name like Beyond Raid and Synology hybrid raid (SHR) is,, X-raid fully fully automates everything so the user doesn't need to know how it works, it's automatic hybrid raid level and and use mixed disks, auto self repair on disk replacement and auto expand on larger disk installed/replaced no user action is required (unless the disk has a filesystem on it then you need to format it, if you do it via the readynas panel soon as it's formatted it will use it within 10 seconds)
apps is quite lacking on readynas thought (but supports basic stuff like Plex, btrfs + integrity and File backup and snapshot Replication backup {ReadyDr} and cloud backup)
Any info on vibration padding with this unit? Did they give it at least rubber feet? Do I need to use Velcro strips to minimize that?
Now, they just need to release the 8 bay model.
They did! 1821+!
Getting a 1621+ but having problems finding large HDD's in stock, based on its system specs what kind of performance difference would I find if I go with 256 rather than 512 cache?
I’m a newb to synology but had qnap 2 bat for 5/6 yrs now
Why can’t we use the esata ports for transfer to a Mac/pc? As thunderbolt to
Esata adopters are fairly reasonable atm
when will this be released in Canada. I'm saving up my money.
which/ what NMVE work best with this please
I think you've got a very different explanation of review than what others have.
This was more an unbox and talk about capabilities.
being new in this game what do you recommend ?
Yeah, SynologyAssistant crashes a lot with OS X BigSur (Intel) - can't run Memory test because of that. Is that only me? Or have some of you the same problem? Bought just two 1621+, because the Qnap H973AX was not available ;-)
Synology just released a new beta version of Synology Assistant - works way better in macOS Big Sur, but still not perfect.
this NAS needs a standard 10Gbit port that price.
4 1GB ports with a 10GB would be nice. Instead, we have to burn the expansion slot for that.
Will the DS1821+ have the same cpu? Hardware is great but i would really want it in an 8 bay version :)
Yes.
Any tips for discounts for this device?
im considering to buy 1921+ as a roon core. does anyone tested 1921+ running with roon?
I had to look up what roon was. It appears to be a multi-room zone manager software package. I have a hifi stereo component that has this functionality, but I'm not using it. Reason: The Sonos speakers whoever built the house installed don't actually sound that great, and the only other hifi components connected to this thing are a 400 disc cd changer and an AM/FM tuner (yes, as an actual separate component, like right from 1988). Instead, I'm using two separate HomePod pairs, a HomePod Mini pair in the master bedroom, my office, and the media room. The main living room has a Bose Soundwave 30 I bought years ago that has great sound and I can connect to it via bluetooth. So all that Cat5e and coax gets to be abandoned in favor of newer tech. To avoid wifi congestion, I plan to run Cat6a to the two rooms that have 4K tvs (I have gig internet) and to my g/f's office so she can connect if the wifi is out. Necessary for the ol' work from home vpn. My own lab stuff will be all wired in a separate vlan (2 gaming PCs, one 3950x and one 5900x, one Threadripper 32 core PC for server and virtualization tasks (maybe in the future go Epyc on this).
HELLO NasCompares you mentioned that only Synology and Drobo that you know of has
fluid RAID where you can mix different size HDDs. You have reviewed Netgear ReadyNas
how could you missed that? Not sure but probably they invented fluid or dynamic RAID.
Theirs is called XRAID and XRAID 2. My ReadyNAS is over 10 years old running 24/7 4bay
with built in power supply. I love you brow I watch you for a long time please improve
you audio make it a little louder and stop preaching about external PSUs. I hate them!
The only advantage is as you have said easier replacement and you will need that cause
the primitive plugs will have connection problem before the external PSU will burn out
that is why I twist tie the cords so they wont move. I Never gonna buy a nas with external
PSU and it should be industry standard to be forbidden. Heat and vibration is not a
problem either with internal PSU they've figured that out already. Otherwise you're one
of the best and I'm shopping for a new NAS. I still can't decide between QNAP or Synology.
If QNAP would have dynamic RAID like Netgear's ReadyNAS XRAID and XRAID 2 or like Synology's
SHR I would buy it in a heart beat! Keep on doing brother what you're doing. I need to know
the latest 2020 QNAP/Synology desktop or rackmount. No external PSU on desktop and I need to
run everything! I want to replace my pc with nas virtualization etc...ANY IDEAS PLEASE?
I want to Run everything, plex, cameras, website, mail server virtualization running windows/Ubuntu.
I imagine those are 1Gb ports, not 100Mb ports :D
I think you'll find he was referring to the transfer rate - 100MB/s, not 100mbps
Simon Gardner exactly
And she said they were 1gbs (bits) which would have transfer of circa 130ish MB/s (~bytes)
@@simongardner4112 Thanks :D. Apologies for the disconnect on my end.
24:43 ATOM Deverton? and saying Celeron oddly like without the e's
Where and why synology select those lame ass CPUs
If I wanted my NAS to manage virtualization, surveillance station, and other things all at the same time, I'd definitely prefer a 6 or 8 core cpu of some sort. Probably a lower-end Xeon. They probably chose based on cost along with cooling requirements and some minimum performance spec they wanted.