BLACK FRIDAY NAS DEALS - WATCH BEFORE YOU BUY ANYTHING

[@kidrissa]

This was a FANTASTIC video for a LOT of reasons. But the "2 vs. 4 bay" bit was Unexpectedly Helpful. Thanks! 👍🏾

[@pjohnson21211]

I think this is VERY good advice except when it isn't. And you will know when it isn't.

[@AndyJMacLeod]

I just bought a Beelink EQR6 Ryzen 5 24GB RAM, and a Crucial 4Tb SSD, for less than a turnkey NAS. It’ll run rings around a turnkey NAS and provide more than enough storage for my needs, all while being near silent. I may add a second 4Tb SSD as a parity drive. I’m probably going to use unraid so that I have that choice. If I had need for more than 16TB storage, I’d probably build a DIY NAS and run TrueNas Scale.

[@R0B711]

Holy, that auto translated voice is creepy stuff.

[@nascompares]

As odd as they sound, I kinda like that they are there. Hopefully they can voice match down the road. It's still in beta at YT, so hopefully this is the start of something more established down the road

[@MrSousuke87]

​@@nascomparesI've tried after seeing these comments under your video. I'm Italian, not bothered by English speaking, but curious the same. I mean, it's impressive and usable, not the worst thing seen on KZbin lately.

[@TheTommyPT]

How can we turn it off? Its terrible!

[@michaelharings9913]

"Only buy stuff you need." 🙂Get a 4 bay so you can add on drives later. indeed!

[@henryisnotafraid]

Thanks for publishing this this is precisely the video that I didn't know I needed before the upcoming holiday!

[@nascompares]

Happy turkey holiday bud!

[@Digital-Dan]

I use a separate encryption technique locally before backing things up to the cloud.

[@whya2ndaccount]

Thanks, but I suspect that, as per usual, Black Friday will be a "non event" here in Australia.

[@qlikbox]

Synology emailed yesterday to say "We have amazing discounts starting 25th November on selected Synology NAS models and our WRX560 WiFi-6 router.", they list partners to buy from; Amazon, Broadband buyer, Scan, Ebuyer, laptops direct & box

[@Digital-Dan]

Will be sure to do most of my purchases by January 20. Post Christmas, before inauguration.

[@OneStop4Deals]

Love these, thanks for sharing.

[@PeterZin]

If Seagate Ironwolf Pro and Exos have the same price, which one should I buy for my home DIY Nas?

[@Budley]

Outstanding information! Thanks for this PSA. You're a gem.

[@MichaelChan0308]

Thanks for doing this vid. Almost bought an SSD for read only cache for my Synology on impulse but your 3 years old video helped me avoided the unnecessary purchase as it’s not relevant for my use case. But I bought a 20TB WD external HDD for hyperbackup 😂

[@aisback1990]

You can run a script to allow it to become compatible

[@nascompares]

*what he said*! Bit also, keep in mind that the scripts can be undone by semi major os updates, so keep an eye on them

[@CyberDragon10K]

Grabbed the F4-424 Pro a week or so ago since Amazon Canada already moved some on a Limited Time Deal. Ironwolf 4TBs are holding at $124.99 CAD, so I'll probably grab 2 to go with my existing 1 and populate my NAS after I get it setup with the OS on my (yet to arrive) SSD. I'm irritated that certain things I'd _like_ are gated behind Amazon Prime for this Black Friday though; _huge_ turnoff for any impulse purchasing when I see that already.

[@Adrian_VB]

What about here in Australia where can we find really good websites that have all the deals for NAS

[@Hoodspirit]

In central Europe Amazon dictated that Black Friday has already started. Deals for Hardware are worse than ever.

[@RoloSolis81]

Excellent advice!

[@nascompares]

Thank you. Appreciated. Black Friday videos and channel fundraising IS important, but id be lying if I said I was always 100% comfortable with it. Videos like this one are different. Way, WAY more advisory and I'm way on board for this. Cheers for the feedback

[@vishwanathbondugula4593]

Would you recommend buying Aoostar Gem 10 with the occulink 4 bay m.2 extension as a NVME NAS?? They don't have any deals on black friday but their pricing is really good especially in comparison to the CPU performance, and want to pull the plug on it.

[@DaystromDataConcepts]

I'm confused, why are prices being quoted in Dollars on a UK channel?

[@nascompares]

Tbh it's mainly because KZbin analytics tell me a larger portion of the viewership is U.S based. I do try to stick to general currency terms or even add £ and Euro at points, but without elongating points sometimes, my hands are a bit tied and I have to pick the one that most viewers are using. Same as KZbin channels in France that speak in English

[@swashyhimself]

A raid is not a backup but you said “at your peril” for raid zero in the Ugreen user guide vid

[@KentBrase]

Can someone provide a link to that list of Cloud Storage Providers? I assume that's a list of current "sales".

[@BigBoxLittleBox]

Very disappointed with Asustor 'Black Friday' prices - specifically the FlashStor 12 Pro - Gen 1 & Gen 2. Have gone with a TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus model instead.

[@Valnjes]

F2-424 was a good deal. Put DSM on it and enjoy!

[@nascompares]

YOU MAVERICK!

[@Valnjes]

@@nascompares ARC Loader for Synology DSM works wonders with those NAS from Terramaster. A game changer! Thinking of getting the F4-424 Pro, doing the same DSM with ARC Loader. It just works, its so nice, great hardware needs great software! PS - You should make a video about that! ARC Loader on other NAS hardware!

[@crazyhands911.]

WD has two 22TB for $699.98. I just picked up two 24TB there last week for $687, so this is an even better $/TB deal

[@deffdepth824]

Do you have a recommendation for case that can hold ATX mobo and hot swap HDDs? I want to upgrade my machine and use the older parts to upgrade my current NAS.

[@GhostsGraphics]

Is there something similar to the TS-1655 but with a cpu that has an igpu? That form factor is essentially what I'd love. Brand doesn't very much matter to me

[@nascompares]

Tbh, have you looked at the zimacube pro? That's the nearest compact tiered solution I can think of that is Intel Core based

[@tadpolegaming4510]

UK Amazon must be missing some of the early deals, here the TS-464 is down to $470

[@JackkClarke]

Looking at DS420+ vs. DS920+ vs DS923+ vs DS423+ for iPhone Photos (12,000), 1440p video and General 4 PC backups. Which unit would be best bang for buck anyone able to shed some light?

[@midwestworkshop2863]

Wd has 2 14tb gold drives for 450 dollars

[@pelle7771]

Hm. If there are tariffs to the US, there is a good chance that the prices in Europe will go down. Because the produced goods have to go somewhere. So prices will probably get under pressure.

[@RolandSvak]

I switched to japanese - and it's hilarious :D

[@nascompares]

I won't lie...this comment made my F-ing night! Thanks man

[@birnodin]

How can I disable the German voice? It sounds like Donald Duck. 🙂

[@birnodin]

Found it. ;-)

[@nascompares]

Thanks for the heads up. I really want KZbin's new ai voice over beta to work - as network data tech is an already tough enough subject for many users..but not at the risk of me sounding like poultry!

[@helzapoppin9810]

all still overpriced and under-resourced

[@n.moctezumaphoto]

I sent you an email. Thanks for these info-videos