Great videos. Especially this one. Looking for a 4 bay now with drives. Do you have any insight on Cyber Monday Synology deals. The Black Friday link was awesome. Appreciate all the effort you put into this.
Has anyone been aware of the Asus warranty FTC stuffs? ... Trying not to say too much but Gamer's Nexus is probably the best at issuing the warning the correct way.
I’ve been at 1TB for 10 years. I’m considering 4TB with redundancy. I can’t ever see myself exceeding that 4TB amount. Also, what if I’m on a budget? Thanks
Thank you for this video, it helped me in understanding more about NAS. I appreciate the fact that you explain things in a clear way and with a calm voice.
Starting a family soon, looking to invest in one of these for the home to keep all our videos and photos and then later on in life hopefully through upgrades our daughter can carry it forward.
I don't even have a family and am still upset I lost all my old photos and some important files when a drive decided to fail out of nowhere, not even a year after i bought it. I am normally very good with backing up, and almost everything was backed up, except one folder that had a lot of stuff in it... manual backup is good, RAID is even better. You will never lose it, that is, unless there were to be an EMP or something. Lol
I have upgraded from 220j to 224+. This is like hell and heaven. Speed difference is so huuuuge between them. And I am talking only about light usage such us i.e. Photos. I was thinking about going for 4 bay but 1) I am not (yet) a heavy user 2) I keep some data but mostly these are photos from my Canon camera 3) Till now 4tb was fine for me (2x4tb in Raid 1). I got also all together 6 gigs of ram. 220j is like 0,5 GB so it is so tiny for doing even light stuff. I am happy with the choice. Thank you for the video. Cheers.
Hey, thanks man. This was super helpful. I'm waiting for the black friday sales here in Australia and had put the DS923+ in my cart! Now focused on the 1522+. 🙌🙌
Dude! I wish this video was available last week. I just purchased my Synology NAS. My heart sank when you said that you would skip over the DS923+. That said, I'm not disappointed in the DS923+. I almost purchased the DS1522+ but didn't want to fork the extra $$ out. Thanks for the hard work you put in on your channel.
The DS916+ is still perfect for me (media server over smb, backup and 1 lightweight docker). Don't beat yourself much! It all depends of what you want it for.. And if you need more drives just get the expansion unit (which was my main point for getting a 9+ but I am just over half full).
It loosk like the 923+ can fit up to 32gb ram compared to 6gb of the 423+, an it can be extended without having to upgrade the entire NAS. I guess if the price point is similar to the 1522+ you get more value out of that, as it already has an extra bay, twice the ram, more rj45 ports and the same cpu. For me currently the 1522+ costs 150€ more than the 923+ though so it‘s not a bad option imo!
I came really close to buying a 2 bay NAS as my first one because I couldn't see the value in a 4 bay. I bought the 4 bay anyway and it was the best decision that I made with my NAS ownership history. The future value is what really counted in the end.
@@gelr2228 The DS-920+ . I also have a QNAP. If it was my first NAS, I'd go Synology. If you have any interest in installing virtual machines ( which can be extremely useful), then go maximum on the RAM which I think is 32Gb on the DS-923+.
I bought a DS220+, 2 bay with 2x 4tb disks because I thought "I don't need more than 8tb". After installing I had 4tb of storage because of SHR. I feel like I made the worst choice possible.
I wish we could get some videos for people just looking at NAS for a local storage option to replace cloud storage subscriptions. Most of this video went over my head.
@@prajitpanchal2190DS220j. Done. Be careful with Apple if you have Macs… test your restore. I’ve found it doesn’t release the storage when it’s getting full.
I like you, man. You helped me. I've wanted to get into a home cloud and out of "the" cloud for years, but just have never dedicated to it. You've inspired me and informed me. You threw a lot of terms at me that I frankly am not familiar with, but that's not my bailiwick, and I sincerely appreciate you doing the heavy lifting there. All of that got you my sub, and glad to do it, but there's ONE thing I want to suggest for the video (and others like this)...I'd like to have seen a timestamp breakdown on each unit because now I'm going back through the video to home in on the ideal NAS for me, but it's a bit of a back-and-forth CF (military term there for "cluster-F" lol). Hey, I can look at the transcript, but you get me, it would just be way more convenient to zoom right to the product. Thanks again, have a great day!
I retired my old 2 bay WD MyCloud PR2100 for the DS923+. Currently just 3 12TB drives and a 500GB NVME I already had sitting around as read only cache. I moved several of the docker containers I was running on a raspberry pi onto the NAS and it runs nice.
I bought a DS120j to act purely as a remote phone photo/document upload. From there I use drive sync to sync to my old pixel 5 for unlimited Google photos upload, and from the pixel it automatically transfers to my QNAP which is local only. Best of both worlds for me.
I started out with a DS416 model - Filled it with 4 4TB drives, and then ended up getting a DS918+. I have 4 10TB drives in that now, but not close to running out of space yet. I also use Surveillance Station now, and with the 2 NAS devices, I have 4 camera licenses. Using CMS in Surveillance Station I could combine the licenses to use 4 cameras recording to 918+. I would definitely recommend looking to the future with these things though. IF you need 12TB now, get the NAS and hard drives based around double or triple that space. Also, make use of the multiple NIC's on the disk stations. Even if the you only get the one with 2NICs it makes a big difference over a single gigabit nic.
Appreciate the video, as this is the 2nd or 3rd video I've seen after searching "filmmaking storage" I would have appreciated an initial defining of the acronyms btrfs, nas etc.
This is great information. I'm not new to NASes, but I've mostly bought QNAP until recently. Thank you for demystifying Synology's model numbering convention. That will save me a lot of time when shopping online. (Mostly from QNAP's security breach incidents, I've learned to avoid buying "new old stock" NASes unless the NAS will have absolutely no Internet connectivity, because manufacturers stop pushing out firmware updates for a NAS long before the hardware starts to fail, and not long after the firmware updates stop, the NAS's online security becomes a problem.) I'll no doubt re-watch this video the next few times I help a client find a NAS, because you do such a great job of explaining the more advanced features and when they're important.
Security isn't really an issue, unless you absolutely need to make your stuff available outside your home. Personly I can't see why I wanted to set up a personal server for my friends to access my Plex files or other personal files, and If I did I could set up a vlan specific for remote access that is only used when I want someone to access my files and just let the personal files be internal use only. Even the most shitty ISP routers you get have settings to block specific internal adresses from being exposed beyond the firewall, so even someone should manage to hack the vlan they'd only get to stuff that I already have backups of or is deemed to not matter if someone should get thru the firewall. Beside that you could also just use invites to a cloud provider of your choice and use that for sharing files and just make sure your home network has a good security. This is the primary culpit when "normal" non IT pro's get hacked that their Firewall securities isn't set up for maximal Stealth beside downloading stuff from dodgy sites, that's why I always says don't only run windows build in firewall cause that can be turned off at any time you run something you arent 110% sure is free of ransomware, and lots of people still do this to run cheat files for games or download "cracked" software
I started out with a DS920+ with 2x4TB drives, bought a third drive 2 years after and now I'm planning to get a fourth and change to SHR2 to get two drive redundancy, after that I'm either going to get an expansion unit or start to replace each drive with an larger one. If your looking for redundancy I wouldn't recommend going lower than 4 bay. But I would recommend to only buy two drives for it to start with and add extra drives later, mostly to avoid all drives failing at the same time due to similar age.
Have you gotten the expansion yet? I'm debating on if I should get the expansion or just get another DS923+, 1522+ or the 1821+ just to keep them separate with less risk of some disconnection failure..
I learned the hard way, but yeah, 4 bay minimum and big hard drives. My own progression... (1) Synology 2 bay and 2 6TB drives. (2) Replaced the 2 6TB drives with 2 12TB drives. (3) Sold 2 bay, bought 4 bay (DS918+) used on-hand 2 12TB and 2 6TB drives. Caution: put 6TB in first! (4) 2 more 12TB drives. Haunted by backup anxiety. (5) 4 bay USB raid enclosure. On-hand 2 6 TB drives from step 1 configured in Raid 0 spanning (or JBOD). (6) Replace 2 12TB drives in NAS with 2 16TB drives. Add on-hand 2 12TB drives to the USB raid enclosure. Today, NAS contains 2 x 16TB + 2 x 12TB, net storage 34.9TB. USB raid enclosure contains 2 x 12TB + 2 x 6TB, net storage 32.7TB. While below 50% utilization, I fear saying, I'm done. It would be the 6th time.
Agree with your comments, one idea I would float, using a 1 bay as a low cost off site backup for a larger array. I do exactly this. 4 bay NAS at home, backed up to a 1 Bay at my parents. I know not perfect, but the chances of both NAS failing at the same time is low, and as a backup is affordable and relatively low risk, lower risk than a 4 bay NAS with no backup.
I do not understand why you skip the 224+ and recommend the 423+, they have both the same CPU and one RAM Slot, only difference is 4 Disks and m2 slot. Here in Germany it is 300€ vs 500€ (nearly doubled!). I am planning only with two HDDs and Containers are a big thing for me. I ordered the 224+ because it has all needed and I still believe it is the right choice for a lot of users planning to connect their smart home etc.
@@shailferns8853 I still have the 224+ and more than happy. My HDDs are still far from full and I enjoy the NAS (again: I am using it mostly for photos and cotainers incl. several Smart Home services)
good review my guy! I am finding it so hard to pull the trigger on my first Synology. I want rack mount because I love racks of gear and I hate devices sitting around. At some point I'll take the plunge and I think this info helped inch me closer! :)
I need a NAS as well, but I'm going the unraid route, as I have a few workstations around. Liking the info in your videos though, keep up the good work.
An NAS without RAID is like cutting off the tree branch you're standing on. One of the best features of all NAS units is the ability to have data parity (or redundancy). Without RAID when, NOT IF, one drive fails you lose EVERYTHING on the storage array. No data can be recovered. In a RAID with parity (anything other than RAID 0), you can replace that failed drive before a second fails and rebuild the RAID array and recover the data from the parity bits on the other drives. Please rethink your decision.
I'm disappointed to hear you say you wouldn't recommend the 923+, but I think for my home needs it's fine. I'm recently new to NAS world. I was close to purchasing the DS1522+ but was concerned about it being 2022 model and want a more current model. I needed a place to store lots of photos and other data, as our Mac HD's were filling up. I purchase the 923+ and added (2) Synology 800GB SNV3410 NVMe M.2 2280 and (2) Synology RAM DDR4 ECC Unbuffered SODIMM 16GB, along with (4) Synology 12TB HAT3300 Plus Series SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD setup as a RAID5. I followed a number of your videos for first-time setup and created a number of shared folders. All seems to be working well. My 923+ is currently at 2.4GB used with 29TB free. I've also setup the Time Machine Backups of three Mac's to the NAS, and thats working just fine. Now I need to determine what size UPS I need and a cloud based backup for the NAS, which I find difficult to do.
I sold my family to the idea of a NAS as well, set one up for them and then used it for myself as an offsite backup :D They are happy to get financial aid with it and you get your OWN backup.
Well he did mention he recommends the 5 bay for small businesses instead in that part. I’m also surprised he said no the the 923+ . That part sounded like he was considering the small business and forgot the homelab user. I’m still gonna grab a 923+ this holiday season
I bought the DS920+ back in March and it was the best decision at the time, I have 3 Toshiba 14tb disks in there said up as SHR, I also own a 5 bay DAS as a back up only device just in case I lose my Synology. I have a docker container set up with Jellyfin on it, primarily use it as a media player and photo backup, it's thanks to videos from Spacerex and mydoodads and a couple of other channels whose videos really help you set it up. Many thanks
hey can we use NAS to Edit videos in Premier Pro. I mean Can we use NAS for a server, I mean yeah it is a server but I am talking about could it will be possible to share NAS to my work partners in a high speed?? Is it possible I mean there is only two ports of Ethernet Connections so is that mean I only could able to share files with 1 other guy in high speed???
I went from a synology, to a netgear readynas, back to synology, now I’m on QNAP. With their adoption of ZFS, and their impeccable hardware, QNAP wins for me. Though I do like synology’s interface better… Now I’ve learned not even synology is good enough… time to DIY it! Funny, I’m seeing an influx of DIY NAS’s, even though you could’ve BYO for years… and they had NAS chassis for years… maybe trueNAS is finally easy to use?
@@GDX2470 actually, now that you have mentioned it, i have deployed 2 unraid servers with a few VM’s built. Unraid has an awesome VM hyper visor built in that’ll allow direct passage of peripherals and devices!
I had the DS218play as my first nas, with this nas i changed my HDDs three times to up to 2x 18TB discs. Now as the discs got full again i got the DS1821+ with 10gbit and ssd cache with 64gig Ram... Sure the DS1821+ is another level, but i have to say, the DS218play made its job more than good for what i needed it , it depends what you want to do with the NAS...i use my NAS as Mediaserver and Data Storage, and i am the only person to access it. The DS1821+ is the endgame for me... I didnt even know that synology has NAS with a single bay...
the main part he forgot is the UPS to put the NAS unit(s) on so when there is a spike or fall in power it doesn't effect it. Now yes it isn't about the UPS but knowing how to calculate for what UPS to get would be nice as it isn't a standard PC but a specialized computer for network storage.
As always - good one Rex. Could you discuss using Syno's 5 bay expansion unit. I'm trying to decide whether to buy this vs another Nas entirely. Take care👍👍👍
I'm literally at the same place. Have you gotten the expansion yet? I'm debating on if I should get the expansion or just get another DS923+, 1522+ or the 1821+ just to keep them separate with less risk of some disconnection failure..
It always comes down to money. In Australia a 16Tb drive is $600 each plus a ds423+ is $800. So you’re looking at $2000 which is a large investment for the majority of home based people
I have a DS418j. It not bad, I first had 4 4TB drives in SHR in it which was fine for 3 years, but I started to get get close to filling it. So I got 4 10TB drives and I am now at 50% used. But those 4TB drives were not wasted, I have a Proraid box and I have put those in that and set that raid box to RAID 0. When it comes time to upgrade, I I may go with a 5 bay or even a 6 bay.
I this video confirmed all of my purchases. I was going to get the DS423+ but decided to get a used DS920+ WITH 4 6TB (WD Red NAS) drives, 20GB RAM, 2 500GB NVMe drives, included for $850! Then I found a used DS218J for $100 and a used enterprise 12TB drive for $80, and I’m using that as my backup. Everything is working great!
if I want to work on my .DWG file from Autocad, do I have to copy paste to my computer then work on it and upload it again to my NAS after i finished working? or I can work directly from NAS without having to download and upload it every time I work on it?
You can work on it directly on the NAS. On your own computer, you'd connect to the NAS as a server and (for Windows) give it a network disk drive letter. So: your NAS would basically be "drive Z:" or something.
I am just getting into this stuff and I am wondering, which one of these models is enough for streaming of 4k blu ray rips? HRD, DV, DTS, DA etc. without issues?
Thank you for the video. Super helpful. In your info above, you have mentioned that don't buy DS923+. Is that right? Can you provide additional clarity? Debating between. 423+ vs. 923+ vs 1522+. .. it is for my wife, who runs photography services, and trying to set this in the network for her to access photos seamlessly. She primarily uses a MAC / ADOBE suite with portable drives now. It's painful to see her switch multiple portable drives; hence, I want to do this for her. Appreciate your perspectives.
Hey did you ever get a NAS? I bought a 923+ over a year ago for photography and video editing after watching older SpaceRex vids. Best decision I ever made. The 923+ is a great place to start. I have 3x16TB drives and it made my work flow so much easier. I have like 20+ portable hard drives. lol. And I use 2 PC's and laptops so now I don't have to email myself files, images, and vids or keep moving the hard drives around all day.
You can actually "daisy chain" Synology NAS units. I currently have the DS220+ with two 16TB Seagate Exos drives. I am considering getting a 4 bay NAS and hooking it up to my current unit
New to NAS. I’m assuming you have to use the same size storage and the same rpm for the drives? Also, I have an external 18tb storage. Will that work if I plug that into the USB A slot? I read that Synology is trying to move away from Intel and towards amd. Which means no more transcoding
10:10 If you look at the basic specs for the DS423+ it indicates that it supports BTRFS. But, if you look at the DS923+ it does not indicate BTRFS support. Undoubtedly some people might ignore the 923+ for what appears to be that lack of BTRFS support. However, if you look at the DS923+ PDF spec sheet it does indeed support BTRFS. This would appear to be a simple but fundamental screw up by Synology.
Both DS423+ and DS224+ have the same CPU, Intel Celeron J4125 and this CPU supports Intel Quick Sync. So why is DS423+ more suitable for Plex than DS224+? Thx
You have great videos and content. Your voice sounds dry though. can you please check your microphone, something isn't right .thanks for all you effort!
My 416j failed while the 920+ was still available so I could get that. I'd started with 4TB disks so that's what got transferred over from the old unit. Added 16GB of ram got a couple of containers and a VM running.
Hey! Thanks for that great overview! I just got the 224+. Could you just briefly add your perspective on that one? That would be wonderful! :) Thank you!
9:14. Personally, I think it looks good. Anything lower can’t do drive encryption, or run Plex without workarounds. With the size of modern HDDs, 2 bays are plenty. Either way, it will need backing up (e.g. to USB).
got a couple 923J models for attempts to resell here locally in Japan, and, surprisingly, Amazon has a few 'bundle with 2 Synology drives' options where the SYnology drives are priced reasonably, vice the standard '1.8X price of equivalent Iron Wolf Pro drive' formula often seen! :)
I started out with a 220j....I slapped 2x18TB drives in it as a JBOD.... mainly because those 18TB I was planning on putting into my Drobo and it didn't work out... the unit was starting to fail and after the 18TB the drobo started rebooting randomly... SO I removed them (one at a time) and put the 10TB drives back SOooooo I started out with the 220j as a place to host my DVD collection.... and it worked out so well that I decided to put everything that I had on my Drobo onto a NAS. And no I did not stick with the 220j I now have a 1522+ with 32 Gigs of Ram... 2x 1TB NvMe drives and 4x18TB drives in it. I am not just using it as a dumb storage anymore... It is also My Video Library with VideoStation (I detest PLEX) and AudioStation for my music It is also an SFTP server and a VPN server... I have it connected to an APC 1500G And now I am preparing on upgrading my Network to 10GB which will make it faster than my attached Drobo.
Thank you so much.. as usual very informative and right to the point.. What do you think about a 6 bay Synology Nas that also supports 10GB network? Which model would you recommend if you every do? Thank you again.
I don’t really know what Btrfs is or why it’s your recommendation, but so see elsewhere on the web that it’s (there) depreciated or not fully supported. Do I care? Is it still an idea option?
Great video but what would your recommend for speed and space ? I am using right now a 4TB SSD with 2 5TB HDD backup but i want centralize and make it easy on my workflow . Thanks
I have a question.... I bought a Synology DS 418 a couple of years ago I use it mostly for File Storage and backup(Audio, Pictures, Videos, File Documents), just want to know if I should stay with this device or trade up?
It’s not justifiable to spend time learning, keep learning, maintain and keep it safe for one more OS (DSM 7.0) and thats wheat I feel after using a DS420+ for years. 1 GbE too slow and incompatible with Apple Photos.
I just commented on another of your videos, and i found the answer on this one. But now i have another one: my idea is to start with a 4-bay NAS with two 16tb HDD in raid 1. When in the future i will add another one, do can I (and should I) pass to RAID 5? In that case I am still getting the extra storage from 16TB (two HDD in RAID 1) to 32 TB (three HDD in RAID 5) ? Thank you again for your great content.
Only the Synology plus (+) models have active backup for business. I purchased a DS223J and in hindsight wish that I had spent a little more and purchased a plus (+) model. Active backup for business gives you the ability to backup a PC to your synology. For my personal home use case it seems a lot simpler to back up my PC to the synology than storing the files on the synology and accessing them on my PC.
Would you recommend the DS124 as a 2nd off-site backup using Hyper Backup, or is a dual-bay NAS like the DS223j a better choice? I already have two Diskstations, one main (DS1522+) and one on Hyper Backup (DS916+). I mainly worry about the compatibility of all these NAS systems when using Hyper Backup into the future.
I find it difficult to stick with Synology for the price of the hardware. Their software and continued support is great, so I guess in a way you're paying for that. I have an older Synology 4 bay NAS that I'm looking to upgrade, but for the price I feel like I get so much more from QNAP.
I don’t have a NAS yet but I want to do stuff like my own Netflix with Jellyfin and also run some docker containers and maybe some vms with Proxomox. I’m currently looking forward and the new systems with and cpu are very disappointing in my opinion so I‘m really looking forward to DS 423+ which is a 4 Bay which is very good for upgrade later on. Slower cores than and ones but 4 instead of 2 which is better for loadbalancing the docker containes. 2 GB of RAM is nothing but don‘t fall for 6 GB max this just another trick from Synolgy. You can upgrade up to 18 GB of RAM from other manufacturers with works with this NAS.
My 1st DS was the 413j with 4x4TB that became too small too soon.. The 2nd is (yes, still is) the 916+. I got it because I could add the expansion unit if needed, but I populated it with 4x8TB and still is just over half full.. And for what I do (media server over smb, backup and 1 lightweight docker) is enough.. Quite a bummer that you've discouraged the 9xx+ series..
Sir thank you for your hard work i love how you make the information very simple can i ask you something please does the synology 1522+ will work good withe the plex like 423+ ?
Is there any reason you recommend 16TB instead of 20 or 22TB? They all come in around the same price? Also I've watched the video a few times and am not exactly sure why you dislike 923+. I was actually looking more for a 5 or 6 bay, but the Black Friday price of the 923+ makes it kind of hard to turn down!
I just bought the DS923+ - I think I would agree with Rex at the time and the regular MSRP, but the Black Friday price made this thing come in lower in price and higher in specs than the DS423+ which he recommends, so it was an absolute steal for someone who would otherwise go for the 423.
Thanks for this Will. For idiots like me who knew nothing before watching your channel and bought the wrong NAS. Do you have a video on how to upgrade as painlessly as possible. Or can we just pop our existing hard drives into a new NAS bay. This is wishful thinking on my part but you get my drift. As Shakespeare said, 2 bay or not 2 bay!.Kind regards.
I migrated my QNAP drives from an old box to a new one. I believe you can do the same with Synology. Possibly even easier with Synology because the QNAP has 2 different / optional operating systems for the new one that I bought.
Do certain NAS devices only support up to so many terabyte hard drive. For example, I think I saw one device saying the description that it only supports up to an 8 TB hard drive per bay. It didn’t make sense to me, but does this exist? And if so, why? I don’t see really any descriptions out there on websites where the hard drive is limited to the amount of storage.
Should I use my old desktop as NAS server or buy Synology instead? I understand Synology is probably more convenient. But on the other hand the old computer has 64GB of DDR3, 2x14TB HDDs, and 3GHz 8-core Xeon processor -- probably better spec-ed than an expensive Synology box. Can you tell the pros and cons of both solutions?
I run a 2-node ESX cluster in my home lab, and currently use an older NetGear ReadyNAS as iSCSI shared storage, with a second ReadyNAS for Veeam backups. The performance of the older ReadyNAS via iSCSI is pathetic. Quite frankly, it sucks! I have been mulling over buying a 2-disk Synology NAS to use for the real-time iSCSI shared storage, and using the ReadyNAS as a Veeam backup repository (via SMB or NFS). If I were to go that route, would it be better to stick with iSCSI on a Synology, or should I go with NFS instead? (I'm only referring to the real-time ESX shared storage, not the backups.)I suspect I will get a hundred different answers to this question, but I am honestly interested in your opinions and thoughts on the subject. What would you all do in this scenario?
I am looking into purchading my first NAS system. I run a small psychological practice and really just want to back up files, access them from anywhere and replace one drive. Nothing too complicated. Of course, the more storage and the more bays, the better the solution, but how can I decide what I really need? I mean in the video it is suggested that the only ones worth buying are the super high end ones because you are most flexible, which makes sense. But does that mean the lower-end ones are redundant?
for someone wanting to edit video directly off the nas, is 4gb ram enough? also, do you not recommend using expansion units? are they going to slow down overall performance?
I don't know if there's a hit to performance, but he's mentioned before that the expansion units simply aren't worth the price, so you shouldn't really consider them when buying the NAS.
Good video very helpful. Ill look at a 1522+and 1821+. Can i use non synology esata enclosures for expansion? I have 3x 4 bay units from owc laying around
Forum post with Synology Black friday deals! : forums.spacerex.co/t/synology-black-friday-deals-and-review/1443
Great videos. Especially this one. Looking for a 4 bay now with drives. Do you have any insight on Cyber Monday Synology deals. The Black Friday link was awesome. Appreciate all the effort you put into this.
Has anyone been aware of the Asus warranty FTC stuffs? ... Trying not to say too much but Gamer's Nexus is probably the best at issuing the warning the correct way.
I’ve been at 1TB for 10 years. I’m considering 4TB with redundancy. I can’t ever see myself exceeding that 4TB amount.
Also, what if I’m on a budget?
Thanks
Thank you for this video, it helped me in understanding more about NAS. I appreciate the fact that you explain things in a clear way and with a calm voice.
Starting a family soon, looking to invest in one of these for the home to keep all our videos and photos and then later on in life hopefully through upgrades our daughter can carry it forward.
That sounds beautiful, I hope everything went well
I don't even have a family and am still upset I lost all my old photos and some important files when a drive decided to fail out of nowhere, not even a year after i bought it. I am normally very good with backing up, and almost everything was backed up, except one folder that had a lot of stuff in it... manual backup is good, RAID is even better. You will never lose it, that is, unless there were to be an EMP or something. Lol
Don't waste ur money.
@@linelacould you elaborate? Why would it be a waste of money?
@@zt1788honestly, for just photos, a nas is kinda just overkill. My aunt had like 30000 (non 4k) photos and it was only a few hundred gigabytes
I have upgraded from 220j to 224+. This is like hell and heaven. Speed difference is so huuuuge between them. And I am talking only about light usage such us i.e. Photos. I was thinking about going for 4 bay but 1) I am not (yet) a heavy user 2) I keep some data but mostly these are photos from my Canon camera 3) Till now 4tb was fine for me (2x4tb in Raid 1). I got also all together 6 gigs of ram. 220j is like 0,5 GB so it is so tiny for doing even light stuff. I am happy with the choice. Thank you for the video. Cheers.
Friend of mine had a 'j' and returned it within a week. Absolute garbage, so slow and CPU is massively underpowered.
Hey, thanks man. This was super helpful. I'm waiting for the black friday sales here in Australia and had put the DS923+ in my cart! Now focused on the 1522+. 🙌🙌
Dude! I wish this video was available last week. I just purchased my Synology NAS. My heart sank when you said that you would skip over the DS923+. That said, I'm not disappointed in the DS923+. I almost purchased the DS1522+ but didn't want to fork the extra $$ out. Thanks for the hard work you put in on your channel.
likewise - it was a lil disheartening when he said 'i just always skip it...'! *HOWEVER* the DS923+ is PERFECT for me!
The DS916+ is still perfect for me (media server over smb, backup and 1 lightweight docker). Don't beat yourself much! It all depends of what you want it for.. And if you need more drives just get the expansion unit (which was my main point for getting a 9+ but I am just over half full).
I own 923+ and this video didn't change my mind. A do not want to spend extra 150 usd for 4 gb of ram and one extra disk slot.
It loosk like the 923+ can fit up to 32gb ram compared to 6gb of the 423+, an it can be extended without having to upgrade the entire NAS. I guess if the price point is similar to the 1522+ you get more value out of that, as it already has an extra bay, twice the ram, more rj45 ports and the same cpu.
For me currently the 1522+ costs 150€ more than the 923+ though so it‘s not a bad option imo!
I wait for a deal on the DS1522+
I came really close to buying a 2 bay NAS as my first one because I couldn't see the value in a 4 bay. I bought the 4 bay anyway and it was the best decision that I made with my NAS ownership history. The future value is what really counted in the end.
What model did you buy ?
@@gelr2228 The DS-920+ . I also have a QNAP. If it was my first NAS, I'd go Synology. If you have any interest in installing virtual machines ( which can be extremely useful), then go maximum on the RAM which I think is 32Gb on the DS-923+.
@@gelr2228 He most likely bought the DS923+ or the DS423+
Also don't buy 4TB or 8TB drives. Go straight to drives that are 14TB or larger.
I bought a DS220+, 2 bay with 2x 4tb disks because I thought "I don't need more than 8tb". After installing I had 4tb of storage because of SHR. I feel like I made the worst choice possible.
I wish we could get some videos for people just looking at NAS for a local storage option to replace cloud storage subscriptions. Most of this video went over my head.
I think it’s good for computer. But anything backup phone based will not work 100% out of the symbology app. Like photos sync only when app is open.
Planning to buy a NAS JUST for backup data of all family members.
I thought NAS is the solution
Isn't it?
@@prajitpanchal2190DS220j. Done. Be careful with Apple if you have Macs… test your restore. I’ve found it doesn’t release the storage when it’s getting full.
I like you, man. You helped me. I've wanted to get into a home cloud and out of "the" cloud for years, but just have never dedicated to it. You've inspired me and informed me. You threw a lot of terms at me that I frankly am not familiar with, but that's not my bailiwick, and I sincerely appreciate you doing the heavy lifting there.
All of that got you my sub, and glad to do it, but there's ONE thing I want to suggest for the video (and others like this)...I'd like to have seen a timestamp breakdown on each unit because now I'm going back through the video to home in on the ideal NAS for me, but it's a bit of a back-and-forth CF (military term there for "cluster-F" lol). Hey, I can look at the transcript, but you get me, it would just be way more convenient to zoom right to the product.
Thanks again, have a great day!
I retired my old 2 bay WD MyCloud PR2100 for the DS923+. Currently just 3 12TB drives and a 500GB NVME I already had sitting around as read only cache. I moved several of the docker containers I was running on a raspberry pi onto the NAS and it runs nice.
You're videos are very valuable to me and my business, thank you for the hours of research and video creation that you put into this channel!
This is perfect for what I’m looking for “just realizing I need a NAS” this was perfect.
I bought a DS120j to act purely as a remote phone photo/document upload. From there I use drive sync to sync to my old pixel 5 for unlimited Google photos upload, and from the pixel it automatically transfers to my QNAP which is local only. Best of both worlds for me.
I started out with a DS416 model - Filled it with 4 4TB drives, and then ended up getting a DS918+. I have 4 10TB drives in that now, but not close to running out of space yet.
I also use Surveillance Station now, and with the 2 NAS devices, I have 4 camera licenses. Using CMS in Surveillance Station I could combine the licenses to use 4 cameras recording to 918+. I would definitely recommend looking to the future with these things though. IF you need 12TB now, get the NAS and hard drives based around double or triple that space. Also, make use of the multiple NIC's on the disk stations. Even if the you only get the one with 2NICs it makes a big difference over a single gigabit nic.
Dude, thank you for this video. I literally was about to go 4x 4tb and didn't even realize I could underpopulate with 2x 16tb. THANK YOU.
Appreciate the video, as this is the 2nd or 3rd video I've seen after searching "filmmaking storage" I would have appreciated an initial defining of the acronyms btrfs, nas etc.
This is great information. I'm not new to NASes, but I've mostly bought QNAP until recently. Thank you for demystifying Synology's model numbering convention. That will save me a lot of time when shopping online. (Mostly from QNAP's security breach incidents, I've learned to avoid buying "new old stock" NASes unless the NAS will have absolutely no Internet connectivity, because manufacturers stop pushing out firmware updates for a NAS long before the hardware starts to fail, and not long after the firmware updates stop, the NAS's online security becomes a problem.) I'll no doubt re-watch this video the next few times I help a client find a NAS, because you do such a great job of explaining the more advanced features and when they're important.
Security isn't really an issue, unless you absolutely need to make your stuff available outside your home. Personly I can't see why I wanted to set up a personal server for my friends to access my Plex files or other personal files, and If I did I could set up a vlan specific for remote access that is only used when I want someone to access my files and just let the personal files be internal use only. Even the most shitty ISP routers you get have settings to block specific internal adresses from being exposed beyond the firewall, so even someone should manage to hack the vlan they'd only get to stuff that I already have backups of or is deemed to not matter if someone should get thru the firewall. Beside that you could also just use invites to a cloud provider of your choice and use that for sharing files and just make sure your home network has a good security. This is the primary culpit when "normal" non IT pro's get hacked that their Firewall securities isn't set up for maximal Stealth beside downloading stuff from dodgy sites, that's why I always says don't only run windows build in firewall cause that can be turned off at any time you run something you arent 110% sure is free of ransomware, and lots of people still do this to run cheat files for games or download "cracked" software
I started out with a DS920+ with 2x4TB drives, bought a third drive 2 years after and now I'm planning to get a fourth and change to SHR2 to get two drive redundancy, after that I'm either going to get an expansion unit or start to replace each drive with an larger one. If your looking for redundancy I wouldn't recommend going lower than 4 bay. But I would recommend to only buy two drives for it to start with and add extra drives later, mostly to avoid all drives failing at the same time due to similar age.
Have you gotten the expansion yet? I'm debating on if I should get the expansion or just get another DS923+, 1522+ or the 1821+ just to keep them separate with less risk of some disconnection failure..
I learned the hard way, but yeah, 4 bay minimum and big hard drives. My own progression...
(1) Synology 2 bay and 2 6TB drives.
(2) Replaced the 2 6TB drives with 2 12TB drives.
(3) Sold 2 bay, bought 4 bay (DS918+) used on-hand 2 12TB and 2 6TB drives. Caution: put 6TB in first!
(4) 2 more 12TB drives.
Haunted by backup anxiety.
(5) 4 bay USB raid enclosure. On-hand 2 6 TB drives from step 1 configured in Raid 0 spanning (or JBOD).
(6) Replace 2 12TB drives in NAS with 2 16TB drives. Add on-hand 2 12TB drives to the USB raid enclosure.
Today, NAS contains 2 x 16TB + 2 x 12TB, net storage 34.9TB. USB raid enclosure contains 2 x 12TB + 2 x 6TB, net storage 32.7TB.
While below 50% utilization, I fear saying, I'm done. It would be the 6th time.
thanks a bunch for the vid, ended up going with the 1522+ for the long term
it's funny - the DS923+ is *PERFECT* for me...
Agree with your comments, one idea I would float, using a 1 bay as a low cost off site backup for a larger array. I do exactly this. 4 bay NAS at home, backed up to a 1 Bay at my parents. I know not perfect, but the chances of both NAS failing at the same time is low, and as a backup is affordable and relatively low risk, lower risk than a 4 bay NAS with no backup.
Absolutely! Having that true offsite backup is a huge upgrade!
good point on using the 1 Bay as a backup of your NAS on a off-site location. It gets the job done at a lower cost.
I do not understand why you skip the 224+ and recommend the 423+, they have both the same CPU and one RAM Slot, only difference is 4 Disks and m2 slot. Here in Germany it is 300€ vs 500€ (nearly doubled!). I am planning only with two HDDs and Containers are a big thing for me. I ordered the 224+ because it has all needed and I still believe it is the right choice for a lot of users planning to connect their smart home etc.
I did started with 224+ but filled my HDD within 3 weeks (16TB drives). Now Im more than happy with 423+. It really depends on your usage tho...
I mean the extra 2 slot is worth it for me
True, while I get the appeal of 4 slots, 224+ is quite good for starters.
@@shailferns8853 I still have the 224+ and more than happy. My HDDs are still far from full and I enjoy the NAS (again: I am using it mostly for photos and cotainers incl. several Smart Home services)
good review my guy! I am finding it so hard to pull the trigger on my first Synology. I want rack mount because I love racks of gear and I hate devices sitting around. At some point I'll take the plunge and I think this info helped inch me closer! :)
It only took one video to get hooked you are my new IT guy, oh yeah I used to be an IT guy,
I need a NAS as well, but I'm going the unraid route, as I have a few workstations around. Liking the info in your videos though, keep up the good work.
An NAS without RAID is like cutting off the tree branch you're standing on.
One of the best features of all NAS units is the ability to have data parity (or redundancy). Without RAID when, NOT IF, one drive fails you lose EVERYTHING on the storage array. No data can be recovered.
In a RAID with parity (anything other than RAID 0), you can replace that failed drive before a second fails and rebuild the RAID array and recover the data from the parity bits on the other drives.
Please rethink your decision.
@@Uberragen21 wow you're stupid
I'm disappointed to hear you say you wouldn't recommend the 923+, but I think for my home needs it's fine.
I'm recently new to NAS world. I was close to purchasing the DS1522+ but was concerned about it being 2022 model and want a more current model. I needed a place to store lots of photos and other data, as our Mac HD's were filling up. I purchase the 923+ and added (2) Synology 800GB SNV3410 NVMe M.2 2280 and (2) Synology RAM DDR4 ECC Unbuffered SODIMM 16GB, along with (4) Synology 12TB HAT3300 Plus Series SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD setup as a RAID5. I followed a number of your videos for first-time setup and created a number of shared folders. All seems to be working well. My 923+ is currently at 2.4GB used with 29TB free. I've also setup the Time Machine Backups of three Mac's to the NAS, and thats working just fine.
Now I need to determine what size UPS I need and a cloud based backup for the NAS, which I find difficult to do.
I sold my family to the idea of a NAS as well, set one up for them and then used it for myself as an offsite backup :D They are happy to get financial aid with it and you get your OWN backup.
Well he did mention he recommends the 5 bay for small businesses instead in that part. I’m also surprised he said no the the 923+ . That part sounded like he was considering the small business and forgot the homelab user. I’m still gonna grab a 923+ this holiday season
I’m actually planning to buy a DS923+ diskless. Glad this came across my algorithm.
Plan to have a file server and media server.
Thank you for your very thorough and helpful video. I'm using your affiliate links for a 1522+ and 2 x 16TB. This has been a long overdue upgrade!
I bought the DS920+ back in March and it was the best decision at the time, I have 3 Toshiba 14tb disks in there said up as SHR, I also own a 5 bay DAS as a back up only device just in case I lose my Synology. I have a docker container set up with Jellyfin on it, primarily use it as a media player and photo backup, it's thanks to videos from Spacerex and mydoodads and a couple of other channels whose videos really help you set it up. Many thanks
hey can we use NAS to Edit videos in Premier Pro. I mean Can we use NAS for a server, I mean yeah it is a server but I am talking about could it will be possible to share NAS to my work partners in a high speed?? Is it possible I mean there is only two ports of Ethernet Connections so is that mean I only could able to share files with 1 other guy in high speed???
BTRFS, yes!! -Remember to switch out your drives before they are 10 years old (no matter if you use HDD or SSD).
I went from a synology, to a netgear readynas, back to synology, now I’m on QNAP. With their adoption of ZFS, and their impeccable hardware, QNAP wins for me. Though I do like synology’s interface better…
Now I’ve learned not even synology is good enough… time to DIY it! Funny, I’m seeing an influx of DIY NAS’s, even though you could’ve BYO for years… and they had NAS chassis for years… maybe trueNAS is finally easy to use?
I’ve been looking into this as of recent. Heard unraid is the best approach to make a nas. Have you looked into it?
@@GDX2470 actually, now that you have mentioned it, i have deployed 2 unraid servers with a few VM’s built. Unraid has an awesome VM hyper visor built in that’ll allow direct passage of peripherals and devices!
I purchased the 723+ and added Ram as well as ssd. I should have watched this first but I am happy...
I had the DS218play as my first nas, with this nas i changed my HDDs three times to up to 2x 18TB discs. Now as the discs got full again i got the DS1821+ with 10gbit and ssd cache with 64gig Ram...
Sure the DS1821+ is another level, but i have to say, the DS218play made its job more than good for what i needed it , it depends what you want to do with the NAS...i use my NAS as Mediaserver and Data Storage, and i am the only person to access it. The DS1821+ is the endgame for me...
I didnt even know that synology has NAS with a single bay...
looking to get a ds218play, does it support synology photos well?
the main part he forgot is the UPS to put the NAS unit(s) on so when there is a spike or fall in power it doesn't effect it. Now yes it isn't about the UPS but knowing how to calculate for what UPS to get would be nice as it isn't a standard PC but a specialized computer for network storage.
Thanks for this. But I think I am going to go with the DS224+.
I bought 923+. I run it in my home. Added the 8GB and also nvmes. all good
Love the shirt!!! I had the same one.
As always - good one Rex. Could you discuss using Syno's 5 bay expansion unit. I'm trying to decide whether to buy this vs another Nas entirely. Take care👍👍👍
I'm literally at the same place. Have you gotten the expansion yet? I'm debating on if I should get the expansion or just get another DS923+, 1522+ or the 1821+ just to keep them separate with less risk of some disconnection failure..
Great advice, thanks! Almost made a mistake of buying non-16TB disks!
It always comes down to money. In Australia a 16Tb drive is $600 each plus a ds423+ is $800. So you’re looking at $2000 which is a large investment for the majority of home based people
Wow! Here 18TB often go for $260-$290. You need an international friend that will go pick some up and ship them to you.
Australian dollars is not worth as much as US dollars.@@PatrickDKing
I feel you. Regional price for the 16TB here is also around $600 USD. Imagine getting the 5-bay NAS 😢
I have a DS418j.
It not bad, I first had 4 4TB drives in SHR in it which was fine for 3 years, but I started to get get close to filling it.
So I got 4 10TB drives and I am now at 50% used.
But those 4TB drives were not wasted, I have a Proraid box and I have put those in that and set that raid box to RAID 0.
When it comes time to upgrade, I I may go with a 5 bay or even a 6 bay.
I this video confirmed all of my purchases.
I was going to get the DS423+ but decided to get a used DS920+ WITH 4 6TB (WD Red NAS) drives, 20GB RAM, 2 500GB NVMe drives, included for $850!
Then I found a used DS218J for $100 and a used enterprise 12TB drive for $80, and I’m using that as my backup.
Everything is working great!
if I want to work on my .DWG file from Autocad, do I have to copy paste to my computer then work on it and upload it again to my NAS after i finished working? or I can work directly from NAS without having to download and upload it every time I work on it?
You can work on it directly on the NAS. On your own computer, you'd connect to the NAS as a server and (for Windows) give it a network disk drive letter. So: your NAS would basically be "drive Z:" or something.
I am just getting into this stuff and I am wondering, which one of these models is enough for streaming of 4k blu ray rips? HRD, DV, DTS, DA etc. without issues?
You figure it out?
Thank you for the video. Super helpful. In your info above, you have mentioned that don't buy DS923+. Is that right? Can you provide additional clarity? Debating between. 423+ vs. 923+ vs 1522+. .. it is for my wife, who runs photography services, and trying to set this in the network for her to access photos seamlessly. She primarily uses a MAC / ADOBE suite with portable drives now. It's painful to see her switch multiple portable drives; hence, I want to do this for her. Appreciate your perspectives.
Hey did you ever get a NAS? I bought a 923+ over a year ago for photography and video editing after watching older SpaceRex vids. Best decision I ever made. The 923+ is a great place to start. I have 3x16TB drives and it made my work flow so much easier. I have like 20+ portable hard drives. lol. And I use 2 PC's and laptops so now I don't have to email myself files, images, and vids or keep moving the hard drives around all day.
You can actually "daisy chain" Synology NAS units. I currently have the DS220+ with two 16TB Seagate Exos drives. I am considering getting a 4 bay NAS and hooking it up to my current unit
Good advice, thanks! I will go for the 423 as a file server at home for music, foto’s and so on.
New to NAS. I’m assuming you have to use the same size storage and the same rpm for the drives? Also, I have an external 18tb storage. Will that work if I plug that into the USB A slot? I read that Synology is trying to move away from Intel and towards amd. Which means no more transcoding
Thanks. One thing missing is comparing them to older used ones you could buy on ebay.
10:10 If you look at the basic specs for the DS423+ it indicates that it supports BTRFS. But, if you look at the DS923+ it does not indicate BTRFS support. Undoubtedly some people might ignore the 923+ for what appears to be that lack of BTRFS support. However, if you look at the DS923+ PDF spec sheet it does indeed support BTRFS. This would appear to be a simple but fundamental screw up by Synology.
Wow, so much great stuff to help me decide what to get! Thank you!!!!
Do you recommend SHR (Raid 5) or SHR-2 (RAID 6) for the 1821+? At what point would you recommend moving to RAID 6?
Normally I go from 5 to 6 at around drive number 7
Both DS423+ and DS224+ have the same CPU, Intel Celeron J4125 and this CPU supports Intel Quick Sync. So why is DS423+ more suitable for Plex than DS224+? Thx
Plex is exactly why I’m getting a NAS
Awesome demystifying video - thank you very much - will purchase through affiliate links!!!
You have great videos and content. Your voice sounds dry though. can you please check your microphone, something isn't right .thanks for all you effort!
My 920+ w the extra Ram rocks, still! Of course. If buying today, I’d get the faster networking ones
I haven’t watched yet… I have a ds723+ 😮😮 fingers crossed! 🤞
My 416j failed while the 920+ was still available so I could get that. I'd started with 4TB disks so that's what got transferred over from the old unit. Added 16GB of ram got a couple of containers and a VM running.
Hey! Thanks for that great overview! I just got the 224+. Could you just briefly add your perspective on that one? That would be wonderful! :) Thank you!
9:14. Personally, I think it looks good. Anything lower can’t do drive encryption, or run Plex without workarounds. With the size of modern HDDs, 2 bays are plenty. Either way, it will need backing up (e.g. to USB).
Great video. Could you possibly add DS224+ to this list?
got a couple 923J models for attempts to resell here locally in Japan, and, surprisingly, Amazon has a few 'bundle with 2 Synology drives' options where the SYnology drives are priced reasonably, vice the standard '1.8X price of equivalent Iron Wolf Pro drive' formula often seen! :)
Damn.. hit me in the feels with the "dont buy 4x4tb".. any suggestion how to upgrade storage from this scenario?
I started out with a 220j....I slapped 2x18TB drives in it as a JBOD.... mainly because those 18TB I was planning on putting into my Drobo and it didn't work out... the unit was starting to fail and after the 18TB the drobo started rebooting randomly... SO I removed them (one at a time) and put the 10TB drives back
SOooooo I started out with the 220j as a place to host my DVD collection.... and it worked out so well that I decided to put everything that I had on my Drobo onto a NAS.
And no I did not stick with the 220j
I now have a 1522+ with 32 Gigs of Ram... 2x 1TB NvMe drives and 4x18TB drives in it.
I am not just using it as a dumb storage anymore... It is also My Video Library with VideoStation (I detest PLEX) and AudioStation for my music
It is also an SFTP server and a VPN server... I have it connected to an APC 1500G
And now I am preparing on upgrading my Network to 10GB which will make it faster than my attached Drobo.
Nice AC-47 Spooky pic on the wall 🤘
Thank you so much.. as usual very informative and right to the point..
What do you think about a 6 bay Synology Nas that also supports 10GB network?
Which model would you recommend if you every do?
Thank you again.
I don’t really know what Btrfs is or why it’s your recommendation, but so see elsewhere on the web that it’s (there) depreciated or not fully supported. Do I care? Is it still an idea option?
So it’s a common misunderstanding
But TLDR BTRFS is quite safe. Made a video on it
Thanks, I needed this.
After 9 (!) years of using DS214play I was ready to buy DS423+...but I'll wait another 1-2 years hoping for LAN 2,5 Gbps instead 1Gbps
Great video but what would your recommend for speed and space ? I am using right now a 4TB SSD with 2 5TB HDD backup but i want centralize and make it easy on my workflow . Thanks
I have a question.... I bought a Synology DS 418 a couple of years ago I use it mostly for File Storage and backup(Audio, Pictures, Videos, File Documents), just want to know if I should stay with this device or trade up?
This was perfect, thank you!
It’s not justifiable to spend time learning, keep learning, maintain and keep it safe for one more OS (DSM 7.0) and thats wheat I feel after using a DS420+ for years. 1 GbE too slow and incompatible with Apple Photos.
I just commented on another of your videos, and i found the answer on this one. But now i have another one:
my idea is to start with a 4-bay NAS with two 16tb HDD in raid 1. When in the future i will add another one, do can I (and should I) pass to RAID 5? In that case I am still getting the extra storage from 16TB (two HDD in RAID 1) to 32 TB (three HDD in RAID 5) ?
Thank you again for your great content.
Only the Synology plus (+) models have active backup for business. I purchased a DS223J and in hindsight wish that I had spent a little more and purchased a plus (+) model. Active backup for business gives you the ability to backup a PC to your synology. For my personal home use case it seems a lot simpler to back up my PC to the synology than storing the files on the synology and accessing them on my PC.
You've been recommending the 923+ all year! Even just a month ago! LOL
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Would you recommend the DS124 as a 2nd off-site backup using Hyper Backup, or is a dual-bay NAS like the DS223j a better choice? I already have two Diskstations, one main (DS1522+) and one on Hyper Backup (DS916+). I mainly worry about the compatibility of all these NAS systems when using Hyper Backup into the future.
I find it difficult to stick with Synology for the price of the hardware. Their software and continued support is great, so I guess in a way you're paying for that.
I have an older Synology 4 bay NAS that I'm looking to upgrade, but for the price I feel like I get so much more from QNAP.
Currently looking to NAS so I can store all of my design projects safely.
which better ds 723+ or ds 223j or ds224+ or ds423+ ??? (photos, videos only - house)
Thanks for the very well informed video, this 100% helped me understand the Synology line-up. Wish their systems were not overpriced.
I don’t have a NAS yet but I want to do stuff like my own Netflix with Jellyfin and also run some docker containers and maybe some vms with Proxomox. I’m currently looking forward and the new systems with and cpu are very disappointing in my opinion so I‘m really looking forward to DS 423+ which is a 4 Bay which is very good for upgrade later on. Slower cores than and ones but 4 instead of 2 which is better for loadbalancing the docker containes. 2 GB of RAM is nothing but don‘t fall for 6 GB max this just another trick from Synolgy. You can upgrade up to 18 GB of RAM from other manufacturers with works with this NAS.
Do you recommend waiting for the new release upgrade before buying the DS1522+?
My 1st DS was the 413j with 4x4TB that became too small too soon.. The 2nd is (yes, still is) the 916+. I got it because I could add the expansion unit if needed, but I populated it with 4x8TB and still is just over half full.. And for what I do (media server over smb, backup and 1 lightweight docker) is enough.. Quite a bummer that you've discouraged the 9xx+ series..
What do you recommend to someone like me who is only going to backing up data of family phones.
Max limit needed 6-8 tb?
You recommend the DS723+ over the DS224+, but whats actually the difference? The DS224+ seems to be £150 cheaper in the UK
Looking at the DS224+
Sir thank you for your hard work i love how you make the information very simple can i ask you something please does the synology 1522+ will work good withe the plex like 423+ ?
Is there any reason you recommend 16TB instead of 20 or 22TB? They all come in around the same price?
Also I've watched the video a few times and am not exactly sure why you dislike 923+. I was actually looking more for a 5 or 6 bay, but the Black Friday price of the 923+ makes it kind of hard to turn down!
I just bought the DS923+ - I think I would agree with Rex at the time and the regular MSRP, but the Black Friday price made this thing come in lower in price and higher in specs than the DS423+ which he recommends, so it was an absolute steal for someone who would otherwise go for the 423.
...and DS 224+ , what do you think about it ?
Thank you very much for a nice video
From Portugal, best regards.
I was really hoping for an opinion on a DS620slim because it is such a specific one. Do you recommend?
Thanks for this Will. For idiots like me who knew nothing before watching your channel and bought the wrong NAS. Do you have a video on how to upgrade as painlessly as possible. Or can we just pop our existing hard drives into a new NAS bay. This is wishful thinking on my part but you get my drift. As Shakespeare said, 2 bay or not 2 bay!.Kind regards.
I migrated my QNAP drives from an old box to a new one. I believe you can do the same with Synology. Possibly even easier with Synology because the QNAP has 2 different / optional operating systems for the new one that I bought.
Do certain NAS devices only support up to so many terabyte hard drive. For example, I think I saw one device saying the description that it only supports up to an 8 TB hard drive per bay. It didn’t make sense to me, but does this exist? And if so, why? I don’t see really any descriptions out there on websites where the hard drive is limited to the amount of storage.
Should I use my old desktop as NAS server or buy Synology instead? I understand Synology is probably more convenient. But on the other hand the old computer has 64GB of DDR3, 2x14TB HDDs, and 3GHz 8-core Xeon processor -- probably better spec-ed than an expensive Synology box. Can you tell the pros and cons of both solutions?
You look like Dexter. lol 😂😂 Great info though!
I run a 2-node ESX cluster in my home lab, and currently use an older NetGear ReadyNAS as iSCSI shared storage, with a second ReadyNAS for Veeam backups. The performance of the older ReadyNAS via iSCSI is pathetic. Quite frankly, it sucks!
I have been mulling over buying a 2-disk Synology NAS to use for the real-time iSCSI shared storage, and using the ReadyNAS as a Veeam backup repository (via SMB or NFS).
If I were to go that route, would it be better to stick with iSCSI on a Synology, or should I go with NFS instead? (I'm only referring to the real-time ESX shared storage, not the backups.)I suspect I will get a hundred different answers to this question, but I am honestly interested in your opinions and thoughts on the subject.
What would you all do in this scenario?
Thanks for your video's! I was wondering which UPS would you recommend for a DS1821+?
I am looking into purchading my first NAS system. I run a small psychological practice and really just want to back up files, access them from anywhere and replace one drive. Nothing too complicated. Of course, the more storage and the more bays, the better the solution, but how can I decide what I really need? I mean in the video it is suggested that the only ones worth buying are the super high end ones because you are most flexible, which makes sense. But does that mean the lower-end ones are redundant?
for someone wanting to edit video directly off the nas, is 4gb ram enough? also, do you not recommend using expansion units? are they going to slow down overall performance?
I don't know if there's a hit to performance, but he's mentioned before that the expansion units simply aren't worth the price, so you shouldn't really consider them when buying the NAS.
@@fespadea8263 ahh ok
Good video very helpful. Ill look at a 1522+and 1821+. Can i use non synology esata enclosures for expansion? I have 3x 4 bay units from owc laying around
You cannot