Been watch your channel multiple time in the last few week and still cant decide what Nas to invest in. Probably because my workflow is a bit different: - Sharing photos to client is not important. Cause i use pic-time like thousands of other photographers. - Edit the photos off the Nas is not important, cause Lightroom library has smart preview feature, so i normally just copy the library to my macbook and edit on that smart preview. So my workflow are: - Copy the photos (100-200gb per wedding) from SD cards to my backup drive (thunderbolt, raid5) . Then the computer will mirror the BACKUP thunderbolt drive to the WORKING Nas over night ( im assume the copy the photos directly to the Nas wont be as quick as thunderbolt? Is it right? - Edit and working everything on the NAS working drive. We have 3 computer, so it important to use the Nas working drive to store all the active project Another important feature that i want is to replace my icloud and store my iphone photo off NAS Base on my workflow, you reckon 923+ or 453e suit my need
I love that the DS920+ still kinda made the list. I LOVE mine. It’s amazing what it can do. I bought it just to centrally store all my pictures and videos from all my families phones and computer files until I discovered all that the NAS is capable of doing. Just installed pihole and my amazing nas is now blocking ads.
Good review, but remember QuTS hero does not support adding tags with QPhoto (as QPhoto can’t be installed), but it does analyse photo tags if they’ve been added by QPhoto on a QTS NAS.
Seems to me you're saying Qnap is the better choice compared to Synology when it comes to photo recognition and photo catalogs.? Which is better for safely accessing photos from the Nas over the internet? I'm no professional working photographer I just have a lot of data/photos I want to put in a safe place and be able to access from anywhere in the world. Please, What is the best/cheapest bang for buck option you'd recommend for a 2 or 4 bay. My budget is around $500 12-16TB if more than enough I think.
I am wondering how the 923+ is better than the 423+. Isn't integrated graphics better for thumbnail generation? I am really struggling to understand if transcoding is needed for photographies (displaying, editing, etc.).
Hi there... What about function on the apps? Do any of these NAS have similar features as of GPHOTO?. Like Geolocalization, Automatic Album creations, Advanced Search?
... It better be the 923+ ;) I've just bought one with 32tb for our portrait studio ;) your videos are great and have been so helpful in deciding the upgrade to replace our existing Synology server. We don't use any of the "photo features" in a server as we use professional services for those. But we do use fileserving extensively because we've a very busy studio. We just use it for local storage and filesharing among our workstations. I am really excited that the 932+ is coming. You are a legend... I just hope I can figure out how to migrate the current one over. Thank you.
I migrated a ds220 to a 920+ and as long as you’re upgrading instead of downgrading your nas you literally pull the drives out of the old one stick them in the new one, boot it up and follow the directions. I was a little concerned doing it despite having a full backup just in case. I was surprised how easy it went.
@@brianhansen6906 I ended up setting up from scratch and then just mcnally copying the files over. It took a few days to do, but I was advised not the put the old drives in the new machine due to DSM compatibility issues.
Huge fan of the TS-233/433 range. Ive owned a number of NAS over the years from Qnap, Synology, Terramaster and even WD. (TS251, TS 453, DS 218J, F2-422, WD Mycloud. ) So whats so great about these? Well the CPU is a little terrier, its a quad core 2.0GHz ARM based SOC, with NEON pipelines and an AI/Neural Processing unit built in. This greatly accelerates the speed of QuMagie, (Compared to my TS453 16GB, the little 433 runs rings round it. Even the 233 is a worthwhile investment (if the budget is tight and yeah I bought the 233 first, then I was so impressed I bought the 433). Main benefits of the 433 are the 2.5Gbe port, the 4GB RAM, the 4 drive bays. (Currently populated with 2x1TB Samsung 870 Evos (Very good TBW figures, 2x the WD RED Sata SSD) and 2x16Tb Toshiba Enterprise drives. ) But even the 233 could manage my 250,000 odd photos, and even with 2GB RAM, could run Pi-hole (in Container station), serve up Plex (That NEON stuff did a great job of transcoding, but I had multimedia console setup to transcode in the background). Overall, I am impressed with the 233/433, only major drawbacks is 1xUSB3 (5Gbps) port and 2 almost useless USB2 ports. (They might as well have added a Floppy disk drive port!). Highly recommended
Great video! As a semi-pro photographer, what if any would be the main reasons for looking at the Synology DS1522+ over the DS923+ other than more drives/storage?
Double the memory (8GB vs 4GB) + an additional bay giving you a decent shot at Raid 6 + 4 LAN instead of 2 (i think it matters for multiple vlan) …. for just 100$ more. It’s a done deal for me 😊 If you are looking to upgrade the 923+ memory to 8GB (and i think it’s a must if you are planning to run it on 10 Gbe) …. then the choice it’s easy: get the 1522+ for the same money and some extra perks (one extra bay, multiple lan, extra expansion)
Thank you for the video, I am wondering what is your opinion on DS923+ only allowing users to use their own branded NVME drives and not third party ones inside the NAS, since their own brand ones are like twice as expensive as other brands... This is like my only con I am having with the 923+
its funny how synology gave people all the upgrades to be a PRO cloud solution, but took away subject recognition , because why would you have such a basic feature on a PRO device right
Im a photographer and very new to NAS. I would like to get a 4bay NAS to create 2 raid 1, one is for my personal backup like phone etc, one is for my clients download the photos that i upload to clients and let them previews and download. I like pixieset / photoproof client gallery style that could let my customers to pick which photos they love and download all the photos with NOT a zip files. Do Qnap / Synology have such similar photos app that i could download so that I can save those money for pixieset / photoproof? Im paying 2TB for google photos every months hope i can unsubscribe it and change to NAS Does QNAP still have attacked / kidnapping issues as i read the news before. Does Synology still the best for protection? After I watch the video seems TS-453E is quite suit my needs. But the price is quite similar to 923+, my price range is about 423+ price, any alternative?
I can truly recommend the workflow you mention in the final part of the video, starting ruclips.net/video/z0vSnnxyc0M/видео.html. I've been using that exact workflow for photo editing using thin clients and laptops to remote desktop into the Windows VM. I don't use QNAP for this but ESXi with TrueNAS on "my own" hardware, but the workflow is exactly the same. Pretty cool you can do that with the QNAP as well!
Curious why TS-464 did not make the list. Is there specific reason for it. I just got one, still in the box. Should I replaced it with one from the list?
The TS-464 almost made the list and was only absent because 1) the TS-453D is incredibly affordable right now, 2) in the semi pro/editing stakes, the DS923+ has the performance advantage over optional 10GbE and 3, the TS-433 is a good value entry. Basically, the TS-464 'SHOULD' be on this list, but it's is being popped ever so slightly to the post by 3 differ NAS, each for very specific reasons. You should stick with it, as it's a great NAS
I own the DS920+ and love it. I set up a backup to my old DS214+ but that is on the same network. I wanted to see if I could make that work. Now I want to move the backup Synology to a family members home and their network and do my backup to that location. have you covered this topic?? I also sent an email to you looking for some guidance. Thank you for your great videos.
It’s quite easy to do. Set up DDNS on the remote nas (you’ll find tutorials online, but it’s really really easy). Then nice the NAS to the new location, open the port for https on the remote location router and then enter the new Adress in the old nas hyper backup. It’s not hard to do, opening the port and setting up ddns is both very easy :)
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Been watch your channel multiple time in the last few week and still cant decide what Nas to invest in. Probably because my workflow is a bit different:
- Sharing photos to client is not important. Cause i use pic-time like thousands of other photographers.
- Edit the photos off the Nas is not important, cause Lightroom library has smart preview feature, so i normally just copy the library to my macbook and edit on that smart preview.
So my workflow are:
- Copy the photos (100-200gb per wedding) from SD cards to my backup drive (thunderbolt, raid5) . Then the computer will mirror the BACKUP thunderbolt drive to the WORKING Nas over night ( im assume the copy the photos directly to the Nas wont be as quick as thunderbolt? Is it right?
- Edit and working everything on the NAS working drive. We have 3 computer, so it important to use the Nas working drive to store all the active project
Another important feature that i want is to replace my icloud and store my iphone photo off NAS
Base on my workflow, you reckon 923+ or 453e suit my need
I love that the DS920+ still kinda made the list. I LOVE mine. It’s amazing what it can do. I bought it just to centrally store all my pictures and videos from all my families phones and computer files until I discovered all that the NAS is capable of doing. Just installed pihole and my amazing nas is now blocking ads.
Good review, but remember QuTS hero does not support adding tags with QPhoto (as QPhoto can’t be installed), but it does analyse photo tags if they’ve been added by QPhoto on a QTS NAS.
Love you NAS videos. Y’all are one of the best reviewers I watch on RUclips and that is saying a lot. So thank you so much, keep it up.
Seems to me you're saying Qnap is the better choice compared to Synology when it comes to photo recognition and photo catalogs.? Which is better for safely accessing photos from the Nas over the internet? I'm no professional working photographer I just have a lot of data/photos I want to put in a safe place and be able to access from anywhere in the world. Please, What is the best/cheapest bang for buck option you'd recommend for a 2 or 4 bay. My budget is around $500 12-16TB if more than enough I think.
I am wondering how the 923+ is better than the 423+. Isn't integrated graphics better for thumbnail generation? I am really struggling to understand if transcoding is needed for photographies (displaying, editing, etc.).
Hi there... What about function on the apps? Do any of these NAS have similar features as of GPHOTO?. Like Geolocalization, Automatic Album creations, Advanced Search?
... It better be the 923+ ;) I've just bought one with 32tb for our portrait studio ;) your videos are great and have been so helpful in deciding the upgrade to replace our existing Synology server. We don't use any of the "photo features" in a server as we use professional services for those. But we do use fileserving extensively because we've a very busy studio. We just use it for local storage and filesharing among our workstations. I am really excited that the 932+ is coming. You are a legend... I just hope I can figure out how to migrate the current one over. Thank you.
I migrated a ds220 to a 920+ and as long as you’re upgrading instead of downgrading your nas you literally pull the drives out of the old one stick them in the new one, boot it up and follow the directions. I was a little concerned doing it despite having a full backup just in case. I was surprised how easy it went.
@@brianhansen6906 I ended up setting up from scratch and then just mcnally copying the files over. It took a few days to do, but I was advised not the put the old drives in the new machine due to DSM compatibility issues.
Huge fan of the TS-233/433 range. Ive owned a number of NAS over the years from Qnap, Synology, Terramaster and even WD. (TS251, TS 453, DS 218J, F2-422, WD Mycloud. )
So whats so great about these? Well the CPU is a little terrier, its a quad core 2.0GHz ARM based SOC, with NEON pipelines and an AI/Neural Processing unit built in. This greatly accelerates the speed of QuMagie, (Compared to my TS453 16GB, the little 433 runs rings round it.
Even the 233 is a worthwhile investment (if the budget is tight and yeah I bought the 233 first, then I was so impressed I bought the 433). Main benefits of the 433 are the 2.5Gbe port, the 4GB RAM, the 4 drive bays. (Currently populated with 2x1TB Samsung 870 Evos (Very good TBW figures, 2x the WD RED Sata SSD) and 2x16Tb Toshiba Enterprise drives. )
But even the 233 could manage my 250,000 odd photos, and even with 2GB RAM, could run Pi-hole (in Container station), serve up Plex (That NEON stuff did a great job of transcoding, but I had multimedia console setup to transcode in the background).
Overall, I am impressed with the 233/433, only major drawbacks is 1xUSB3 (5Gbps) port and 2 almost useless USB2 ports. (They might as well have added a Floppy disk drive port!). Highly recommended
Great video! As a semi-pro photographer, what if any would be the main reasons for looking at the Synology DS1522+ over the DS923+ other than more drives/storage?
Double the memory (8GB vs 4GB) + an additional bay giving you a decent shot at Raid 6 + 4 LAN instead of 2 (i think it matters for multiple vlan) …. for just 100$ more. It’s a done deal for me 😊
If you are looking to upgrade the 923+ memory to 8GB (and i think it’s a must if you are planning to run it on 10 Gbe) …. then the choice it’s easy: get the 1522+ for the same money and some extra perks (one extra bay, multiple lan, extra expansion)
@@alin.danila Thank you so much for your quick and detailed response!
My gosh, this is a great review. Thanks.
No mention of the QNAP 973AX?
Popcorn and in your case tea. My case coffee . “” second favorite quote “ yum yum “ lol.
Does Synology offer a NAS that is great for managing a large Plex media collection and also great for photography using Lightroom catalogue?
Thank you for the video, I am wondering what is your opinion on DS923+ only allowing users to use their own branded NVME drives and not third party ones inside the NAS, since their own brand ones are like twice as expensive as other brands... This is like my only con I am having with the 923+
QNAP 453E VS QNAP 464?!
The only reason i bought a DS920+ (Synology) yesterday and not a QNAP NAS is the global hacking issue. Still in the box.
I'm keeping older PhotoStation before Moments - it is way better than anything Synology released after it.
As I’ve stated in previous posts, “I hate seagulls.” Would be too quotable. It makes me laugh hard every time.
I enjoy the way the seagulls irritate him, funny stuff.
Can you please cut the waffle, and have a summary section
its funny how synology gave people all the upgrades to be a PRO cloud solution, but took away subject recognition , because why would you have such a basic feature on a PRO device right
Im a photographer and very new to NAS.
I would like to get a 4bay NAS to create 2 raid 1, one is for my personal backup like phone etc, one is for my clients download the photos that i upload to clients and let them previews and download. I like pixieset / photoproof client gallery style that could let my customers to pick which photos they love and download all the photos with NOT a zip files.
Do Qnap / Synology have such similar photos app that i could download so that I can save those money for pixieset / photoproof?
Im paying 2TB for google photos every months hope i can unsubscribe it and change to NAS
Does QNAP still have attacked / kidnapping issues as i read the news before. Does Synology still the best for protection?
After I watch the video seems TS-453E is quite suit my needs.
But the price is quite similar to 923+, my price range is about 423+ price, any alternative?
Cool
I can truly recommend the workflow you mention in the final part of the video, starting ruclips.net/video/z0vSnnxyc0M/видео.html. I've been using that exact workflow for photo editing using thin clients and laptops to remote desktop into the Windows VM. I don't use QNAP for this but ESXi with TrueNAS on "my own" hardware, but the workflow is exactly the same. Pretty cool you can do that with the QNAP as well!
Curious why TS-464 did not make the list. Is there specific reason for it. I just got one, still in the box. Should I replaced it with one from the list?
The TS-464 almost made the list and was only absent because 1) the TS-453D is incredibly affordable right now, 2) in the semi pro/editing stakes, the DS923+ has the performance advantage over optional 10GbE and 3, the TS-433 is a good value entry. Basically, the TS-464 'SHOULD' be on this list, but it's is being popped ever so slightly to the post by 3 differ NAS, each for very specific reasons. You should stick with it, as it's a great NAS
I own the DS920+ and love it. I set up a backup to my old DS214+ but that is on the same network. I wanted to see if I could make that work. Now I want to move the backup Synology to a family members home and their network and do my backup to that location. have you covered this topic?? I also sent an email to you looking for some guidance. Thank you for your great videos.
It’s quite easy to do. Set up DDNS on the remote nas (you’ll find tutorials online, but it’s really really easy). Then nice the NAS to the new location, open the port for https on the remote location router and then enter the new Adress in the old nas hyper backup. It’s not hard to do, opening the port and setting up ddns is both very easy :)
Have a look at Syncthing. A free bit of software that will keep it all in sync.
@@valentinmoeller thank you !!!!
Hmm my DS1821+ doesn't rate for Photos or Plex.