Why You NEED a NAS (More Than Just Storage)

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[@FromSergio]

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[@HUUFSC-gi7hf]

Maybe a series like mastering NAS will very cool...

[@FromSergio]

That's a great idea, I'd be happy to if there's interest!

[@davidjlensing]

@@FromSergio Here's interest! 🤓

[@nick-nugat]

^^^

[@jdcv17]

Yes, please!

[@TomasCastilloMas]

I’d be interested as well!

[@srinivasss4369]

While there are pros and cons to owning a NAS, this video gets a bit confusing at times. It seems to focus more on the storage part rather than the networking and compute aspects, which are definitely more complex. Having a NAS is neither a starting point nor a prerequisite to learning dockers,linux etc. There are more complex concepts involved, and getting a NAS is not something I would bother with if thats your goal. A better advice to learn these things would be to get a rpi or a cloud provider free-tier account and learn. Also having a NAS without proper networking in place is either going to limit your applications or make your content more prone to attacks. This is something which most cloud providers are going to be better at, not to forget being able to reach the disk with probably better connectivity than your ISP. The cons should be properly explained here. AFAIK owning a NAS is only worthwhile if you have lots of media files you dont need to access from everywhere and money is factor (doorbell footage, dslr raw files, plex etc come to mind)

[@devindoucette4958]

So if I have a shit ton of media files and just need them stored somewhere only need to access them once in a blue moon when I’m at home, then this device is good? (We’re talking like 100,000’s of RAW files and video)

[@srinivasss4369]

@@devindoucette4958 Short answer: Yes. If you can afford it, go for it. However it might be an overkill for your situation. If you just want to connect to your media files at home, from 1 PC, Pcie (in most cases a USB cable) would be the fastest (in most cases i.e fast data cable), cheapest and most secure. Get the right cable and you're set, just connect to your PC and go. It doesn't require any compute/networking and will be the most secure. If you want to connect to the storage via network/wifi you need a networking access and some compute with it. I would suggest using an old PC/RaspberryPi, leave it powered on and connect to your storage via usb. From there just configure the network on it (ethernet or wifi) and use a protocol to allow remote connections and file transfers (SSH with SFTP/Samba/FTP etc). This is basically DIYing a NAS, but will be cheaper.

[@TheMedjunior]

@@devindoucette4958 this is exactly why you need one, it also can do much more actually. homebox ,this is a "portal" you can host on that device and it serves as a home inventory management (you can check a demo on their page to see how easy it is) and this is just to name one of endless other services (cloud drive, cloud photos, media server , host your own vpn... ) that you could use for your own /family "IT" needs that you would usually pay for monthly..

[@moyasuFGC]

​@@devindoucette4958yeah a NAS is great for that

[@Borialis]

It will be fine for that purpose yes, thats pretty much all I use mine fort at the moment.@@devindoucette4958

[@hugocast]

NAS are a gateway drug to learning IT :)

[@FromSergio]

And the best one! :)

[@user-ev4ov6wr1d]

*_"NAS are a gateway drug to learning IT"_* As an experienced IT guy I consider that a rather weird comment.

[@ragadrop]

I started with a NAS, now I have a full home-lab lol

[@FromSergio]

Same here! That's how it starts :)

[@Bixmy]

Fr start with a window server with file share as nas now 4 home lab with proxmox 2truenas and pfsense

[@Bixmy]

Its just feel nice when you deplay something i might be addicted to deploying nore stuff

[@GaelyneGasson]

Oh my goodness. I'm well versed (but a bit rusty) in Linux, but I will be in needing some media storage in the nearish future. So you've given me a lot more ideas to think about. And it's awesome that you use Home Assistant and automate your home. I have one camera (we used to have quite a few but that was several years ago and they've aged poorly) and also use HA to run my household - as well as a couple common voice assistants. For me it's mostly motion detection in rooms so that lights come on when I enter. I started following you for the Obsidian topics, but I'm staying because you're into a lot of the fun stuff I enjoy. This video explained a lot more about NAS in a way that made it easy to follow along even though it's kind of unfamiliar territory for me. Keep up the great work!

[@FromSergio]

That's great to read Gaelyne! Thanks for sharing and for the kindness! :)

[@ghostgetti4310]

Fantastic, really comprehensive video, it's one of the first few I've watched about NAS but the arguments and positives are compelling. Thank you for the video!

[@FromSergio]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@Mr.C0ffee]

Great video! Could you make a video on how you setup your NAS for the camera backup, home assistant and the auto backup?

[@FromSergio]

I'm afraid my audience wouldn't be as interested as you are :(

[@noraellen4623]

Great video! This is what we were looking into. Thanks.

[@FromSergio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@scoobydruid]

This really makes me want to get a Synology NAS. Well done!

[@FromSergio]

Thank you! :)

[@BRBearUSA]

Definitely a very well put together video...! THANK you! R.

[@FromSergio]

Thanks! Sorry I just got back to you, was on break :) Much appreciated!

[@arete_]

How is the sound level on that? I got a big tower rack with multiple drives, but the noise is just insane. Especially with WD Red drives.

[@haezlitt]

I stumbled upon this channel, solid content. Subbed.

[@FromSergio]

Thanks! Much appreciated! :)

[@J_CtheEngineer]

Found you for the obsidian content. Funny, I just bought a 4 bay nas as well. Getting it set up atm

[@FromSergio]

Great timing! Enjoy :)

[@korniychuk]

I really like your content! Very informative! Continue bro!

[@FromSergio]

Thanks Anton it's super appreciated :)

[@F4TiMA.]

You’re amazing and deserve so much more in terms of viewership and subscribers. I didn’t know anything about this where to even begin in terms of usage where to start and what I would need. Thank you so much. You have no idea thank you

[@FromSergio]

Thanks Fatima that really means a lot! Super glad you enjoyed it :)

[@byiton]

Best overview on why I need a NAS I've seen thus far. As a result, I know its the solution I need and have an idea what options I should consider. @FromSergio I appreciate your effort in this video.

[@FromSergio]

That's great to hear, appreciate the kind words! :)

[@LM43243]

Very interesting, I think I’ll get one like yours.

[@WunderTechTutorials]

Loved the video, man! You gave an awesome overview - great job!

[@FromSergio]

Thanks Frank! Lovely to see you here! :)

[@digerati808]

Local NAS doesn't protect your data from flood, fire, theft, or natural disaster. Another off-site solution is necessary, doubling the hardware cost of your investment along with bandwidth limits from your ISP.

[@vyneshindenmc6181]

I guess i have less risk, flood doesn't happen in my place. We are on a high ground

[@tlxreed]

My NAS is great, learned a lot and got my stuff out of primarily being hosted in Google and Dropbox cloud services. The major downside for me at the moment is noise. I have my two bay NAS in a closet and it runs constantly with a low-level disk access noise going on...there's no way around that without replacing the NAS with all NVME storage which is a big outlay after having created the NAS just 1.5 years ago.

[@masoodmahmood2249]

Thanks! this is what I want to know. I also like your lighting gear. Can you share the details of the lights that you used? And what is your 4K setup?

[@FromSergio]

Thanks! My gear is in my kit in my description :)

[@alteshaus3149]

Thank you man, I am currently studying for my networking exam, and you explained it really well! Keep things up!

[@FromSergio]

Just saw this, thanks so much! :)

[@paulostradioti]

Hi Sergio, Could you please tell us what model of cameras you use? Thank you

[@FromSergio]

Hi Paulo you can find all of my gear in the description but I use the sony ZV-E10 with sigma f1.4 as well as an A6400, depending on what I want to capture :)

[@skrappr3649]

I have a lot of extra drives and this seems very useful I might actually do this. Thank you smart internet stranger

[@FromSergio]

Thank you kind internet viewer! Happy new year!

[@rodrigoruiz976]

How did you install HomeKit in a non Apple hardware?

[@ReneDiazJD]

Great video!

[@FromSergio]

Thanks Rene :)

[@Joemels]

Yeah but as a dev on Mac, there’s a large benefit for the memory sharing and quick access from the ssd. NAS won’t be quicker over WiFi

[@cn7abc]

you convinced me to get the DS1522+

[@FromSergio]

Great choice! :)

[@konstantinwiedemann7351]

Do you run your obsidian vault on your NAS and access it remotely? Or do you keep it local on your current computer?

[@FromSergio]

Local but synced with Synology drive!

[@jeffreytackett3922]

Are you sure this video wasn't just a chance for you to show off the fact that you bought a $3,200 NAS?

[@Juliano_DJOL]

Damn u sold me on nas, I never even realized u cld access the drives from anywhere like that!

[@SlowSpeedChase13]

What’s the sound level on the synology? I’ve been eying one, but the only Ethernet in my rented house would be in the living room behind the couch 😢

[@FromSergio]

Pretty low. I have it populated with 4x8TB wd red plus (also in the living room) without a problem and I’m quite sensitive to noise as well. Your choice of drives matters the most. Enterprise drives like Exos are much noisier than wd reds/ironwolf!

[@davidwebley6186]

The sound for the most part is pretty inaudible. The only time I notice any sound at all is when my NAS gets backed up to the cloud. My NAS to cloud back up periodically goes through all the files on the disk to verify what has changed so does a lot of reading so very busy. In normal usage or backing my PC's upto the NAS I don't notice it. I also have the Synology 4 drive 920+ which has 2 fans in the back, a 2 drive NAS would only have 1 fan so is even quieter. For note I have mine populated with 4 Seagate Ironwolf drives. I have used a Synology NAS since 2012 and would never look elsewhere . My first one was given to a colleague and it is still going strong . I have no idea what Synology support is like as I have never had to call them. Also with Synology if there is a time when you know they will not be used you can schedule them to power on and off at different times not that they cost much to run anyway.

[@ozjohnno]

I am a big fan of the 3-2-1 backup plan, 3 co-pies of data, 2 copies local and 1 remote. Im a big synology fanboy too

[@FromSergio]

You should see my dads face when I tell them i need to put this other computer running 24/7 at his house so that I can have proper 3-2-1 backups

[@TallMonster]

one of this day it would be fast enough that where you can store you game files in these storage and play though games from your separate storage at that time i might think of getting one

[@Anomaliayt]

I repurposed my old PC into an xpenology system in a node 304 case and it rules. Cost next to nothing compared to a synology, it’s more powerful, and I get all the software benefits.

[@TheJeanmariusnilura]

I’m à fiction writer and always feels that a nas (at those prices) is a bit overkill… don’t know I have an iCloud subscription with Apple Music and it’s seems to be enough… I’m not sure for non technical workers if it really fit… Great and really clear video btw

[@FromSergio]

Thanks! As long as what you have works for you and you're happy with it :)

[@TheJeanmariusnilura]

@@FromSergio 😅

[@RealKeytones]

A nas is more than your icloud. You can’t automate your computer backups to iCloud and boot from network. Saving your ass when your only computer crashes. You don’t pay monthly for it and that is just scratching the surface. Stop giving away your money to these companies and buy an old workstation for $100 and take your data back from these companies that sell it without your consent.

[@xObscureDarkness]

Unless you’re a hobbyist I don’t think it’s worth it tbh I run plex off my pc but that’s about it

[@plebius]

​@@xObscureDarknesskinda agree with you. Didn't do much more than you for a long time. Until my passwords were shared online. (via a hack of the antivirus company I use ). Which led to me battling to regain control of a lot of stuff. Since then I have been using it for more than media. I have a locally hosted password manager that has 2 factor authentication. (Bitwarden) I also removed all of my personal files backed up online as it's only as strong as the password protecting them. (Not even then, with cookie stealers.)

[@IceBlueLugia]

Hi I don’t really understand how any of this stuff works, but basically, this thing lets me plug a hard drive into a router and make it accessible to any device in the house? How does it work? For example, I have a hard drive right now with a few terabytes worth of movies, anime, and video game ROMs. Can I put all that stuff in the NAS and then access that stuff through a regular looking folder on my PC, MacBook, iPad, and iOS? Does that stuff need to be downloaded to my computer’s actual storage to be used? How does it work?

[@igatmatthew2283]

NAS is a file server. A server is just another computer which "serves" you with the thing you want. In this case, it's files. So NAS acts as a data-storage computer that is accessible over the local network (and on internet too if you want to expose it). You would need to setup the NAS just like how you would setup another laptop, but most ppl use linux OS since its free, lightweight, and open sourced (this part takes a bit of learning curve as FromSergio mentioned). But once you've setup NAS, you can configure a "shared folder" on NAS that will popup on your MacOS' Finder app or Windows' File Explorer. At this point you can interact with that folder just as you would with a regular folder on your local computer. Hope this helps!

[@fahadalrabiah8522]

You stated that the nas will backup your photos automatically, my question is what is the app used to automatically backup my samsung phone and tablet?? regards .. I have a Synology Nas

[@mhoffman30]

A NAS is not a backup - I couldn't agree more. It is shocking how many people think it is. My only issue with them is the challenge of being able to fully back them up and have them in another physical location requires more resources and complexity than just backing up to a hard drive and doing multiple copies of that

[@bowiehunter]

Cool, so when are you going to talk about how much that little setup costs?

[@SudhirKay]

How do you back your phone up to your own NAS? I don’t think it’s possible on an iPhone?

[@MariaLuiza-re4wr]

What's the filesystem of your NAS?

[@FromSergio]

BTRFS, i've used ZFS on other machines. They have their strengths and weaknesses!

[@mihai_chindris]

super overview, I'll really consider buying one in the not-so-distant future

[@FromSergio]

I'm glad, thanks for watching! :)

[@dander0091]

What security camera set up are you using?

[@FromSergio]

Ubiquiti. I do still have some eufys outside though

[@rushipatel7883]

How much does it cost?

[@Auguur]

"12 security cameras" I love how he is so relatable

[@daeejon3100]

Great video. Recently, I set up my 1522+. I need to add another one perhaps bigger one in another location as a backup. I need a little help thanks.

[@FromSergio]

1522 is definitely my biggest recommendation :) How about a lower tier model with less bays + higher capacity drives for your backup?

[@daeejon3100]

@FromSergio thank you for your reply if it works, I'm fine. I have about 700 4k and bluray movies plus photos and videos it would be nice to have another one at work for hyper backup just in case anything happens to this one.

[@jdcv17]

More videos on NAS, please. Have you tried WD? I think their products are a bit cheaper and a lot easier to get where I'm from.

[@FromSergio]

Glad you enjoyed this one! WD's mycloud is a far inferior product to synology. The OS plays a big role and DSM is miles ahead of the competition.

[@jdcv17]

@@FromSergio Alright, I'll try to look more into Synology. There's probably a store/s I could get them locally.

[@lurst]

Synology ain't cheap, but it's worth it, remember you need to account for the disks prices too when budgeting for a NAS

[@jdcv17]

@@lurst Yeah. What would you recommend then? I'm aware of Seagate and WD. Which goes best with Synology? Or does Synology have disks too like WD?

[@lurst]

@@jdcv17 personally, I go for WD reds (the type for NAS) depending on what you do with it, you might consider green, but reds are better, and will likely cost more. Synology does not have hard drives no. You can really use anything in their NAS.

[@alexandrealves9604]

Seria interessante mais vídeos ou tutoriais sobre os NAS

[@TheRealLeccho]

bruh... NAS is far from cheap xD

[@mrkozak]

Make yer own for fun

[@---ml4jd]

amazing vid. info & experince based. just amazing. learned ton of stuff. like & sub.

[@FromSergio]

That means a lot! :)

[@reddragon2804]

But just like google wouldn't the company that manufactures the NAS be able to keep track of your data since its also connected to the internet like any other cloud service?

[@abacilio6283]

No it's your network and your drives it's your server it's not attached to another server

[@RonakDhakan]

When the small low powered NAS without any drive costs as much as or more than a reasonably powerful computer, the choice is simple.

[@Bixmy]

Buying a low power pc is more than enough if you gonna build one Synology are just plug and play its expensive.

[@YannMetalhead]

Good video.

[@FromSergio]

Thanks! :)

[@shahzainbaloch5618]

If i use this for internal storage like i have one file and 5 people work on it and i connect this nas with internet cable with the help of switch

[@shahzainbaloch5618]

Is this possible

[@FromSergio]

Hi, just saw this! Yes absolutely!

[@david3199]

Those WD hard drive are super super slow. I put one in my PC, uggggh, I'm gonna just put it in my nas as part of a media server

[@FromSergio]

Oh, as a boot drive on a PC of course they're slow!

[@paulywalnutz5855]

did u just say "crm for perosnal relationships"? omg this is wild 😂

[@FromSergio]

That was my reaction when I first discovered it as well, but it's done wonders for me! Probably the best service that I self host

[@davidjlensing]

@@FromSergio Could you make a video on your approach to CRM someday? 🫶

[@deepouterspace]

@@FromSergio I guess it's better to use Obsidian for this purpose than Monica CRM.

[@Vennnaya]

I don't understand how people make some leap of logic from external storage, to a NAS. That's like going from a scooter to a sports car. Its stupid. Instead, a far more elegant solution that will fill most peoples needs for FAR CHEAPER, is simply to re-use old HDD/SSDs as archival storage, and use a HDD caddy to plug them in to a computer to access, without the need to open up the PC and fiddle about with SATA power and data cables. Effectively, turning your old 1TB+ HDDs in to USB sticks, in a way. Or at least you can treat them like them, plugging them in and out of your PC like one through the caddy. Not to mention this saves a lot of money not only on the price difference of caddy vs NAS (£20-30 vs £100-£200+) but also on power costs, because its not on all the time unless you want to do that, and still offers most of the same benefits like automatic backup, if you set that up. The only real thing you lose is the ability to access data anywhere anytime but honestly for 99% of people, that kind of data will be in the form of forms, documents etc, and so using google drive, one drive, dropbox, will all suit your needs.

[@Auguzto.]

I mean, thats literally a back up, I trust my house not getting destroyed more than I trust some internet cloud service

[@FromSergio]

Sure, I'm just more on the paranoid side, the house doesn't need to burn down, it could fall, water damage, or straight up stop working if its old.

[@valcaron]

I despise how many NAS-specific off-the-shelf devices are designed to be impossible to modify -- you WILL use the manufacturer's choice of OS and filesystem, instead of your own. Their way or the highway.

[@FromSergio]

Yeah likewise, unfortunately I much prefer DSM as opposed to TrueNAS or any other open source one. It's worth the tradeoff for me personally.

[@mastroitek]

sure, but consider this, I got my first NAS (220j) 3y ago, plugged it in, ethernet cable to the router and 1h I was done setting up 4 account with the respective folders and sync tasks. I'm positive you would take less than than with other OSs, but that was my first time dealing with a nas. Furthermore it is quite intuitive for anyone that might need to use it. In all honestly I thought of upgrading to a DIY system but in the end this little unit already does 90% of what I need it to do, and the last 10% is really not essential. Just saying, I think there can be a lot of value in them (for some users)

[@FromSergio]

@@mastroitek I did end up upgrading to DIY myself, i3-12100 + dgpu + 10gbe nic. I quickly decomissioned it as, just like you found out, it was not essential and way more cumbersome to deal with than DSM. DSM is just so polished in comparison. It doesn't have all the features and famously lacks ZFS but for 99.9% of home users it does the job and excels at it! :)

[@mastroitek]

@@FromSergio i mostly use it for syncing files across my devices, and the mobile + desktop apps work really well for me and never failed (so far). So my biggest worry is that I won't be able to have such a seamless experience with a DIY unit. But I'm pretty sure I will give it a try in the future, you know, for fun 😁 (I'm really interested to see all the things I could do with better hardware)

[@kensonplays]

Considering a nas after I replace my chair, but can we backup to Proton Drive somehow?

[@FromSergio]

Proton won't let you do it unfortunately

[@SergioBlackDolphin]

Always have a back up of your important files somewhere else. One house fire and puff...

[@mazz85-]

Gonna fill my old computers first.

[@xjoe_bow_3579x]

£3 pre month for 200GB iCloud storage with across any iso device plus free private email relay is a good option not the best but not bad for average person.

[@FromSergio]

Yeah for sure, but most people would not be watching this video :)

[@sayednab]

but how about security? are they safe to use?

[@FromSergio]

As safe as you make them! You could even have them fully offline so that only you in your local network can access it.

[@henrysodey843]

Why not use SSDs?

[@Romearci]

”And all of this is, is an ASS!” 0:15

[@9Hatman]

"you will learn about hardware, but more importantly software" ANGRY HARDWARE DESIGNER NOISES!

[@Dreadika97]

I use 8 16tb HDDs in 4 32tb clusters in raid 10.

[@lidge1994]

And the one you have is only....760€ Yeah, not the cheapest, but I bet it's worth the money. Also, a Synology 16 drive rack NAS is only 3700€

[@FromSergio]

Synology kinda excels on the plus lineup... I would never get a rack mount from them personally. They also lock you into their drives for rackmount units. Yeah it's definitely an investment. But one of the best I've made to date

[@AFPinerosG]

Question. How is a NAS not just a glorified computer with RAID? Is the hardware specialized somehow? I'm just running my services in an old laptop that has a gtx1050.

[@angeldude101]

Lose or break your laptop, and all your files, services, and the GPU are gone. Keep the laptop in safe place to preserve all that and it's failing its very purpose as a laptop and dramatically underutilising the GPU.

[@LeegallyBliindLOL]

​@@angeldude101You didn't answer his point tho? It is quite literally just a PC with more SATA connections maybe, but not enough to warrant the price increase. The software is readily available to just install as your OS on any computer of your choice, if you go with any of the open-source options, it's free. It is nothing more than a PC with a custom case.

[@angeldude101]

@@LeegallyBliindLOL Oh, did it sound like I was promoting buying a computer advertised as a NAS? I was only trying to suggest some PC dedicated to act as a NAS, and a laptop (especially a gaming laptop) would not be the best choice for a NAS. It doesn't even need to be a "custom case." Just don't bother putting a discrete GPU in, and you could probably get away with a low amount of RAM and a low-end CPU too. TLDR: "getting" a NAS ≠ "buying" a NAS. I fully recommend the former. The latter? Eh, your call.

[@NoidoDev]

I still don't see the advantage over having one HD and another one for backup. I only need a SBC like a Raspi for that.

[@hansklaus8657]

Please just dont do vm on a nas and get a second server or a server where you bild a nas on

[@FromSergio]

I have a dedicated proxmox server for VMs but to be fair docker can easily replace 99% of VM use cases and containers run just fine on a NAS such as this one

[@antekosovic8305]

Imagine trying to game on it lol

[@L31415]

Наконечно я нашел место где буду хранить свою коллекцию мемов и хентая...

[@deusexmakina203]

I fuckin' love you

[@walkswith]

Your accent made think....humm.......port....nah.....then your wifi socket yes....he is portugueses. Well done thank for your video

[@FromSergio]

Wow, well spotted! Thank you :)

[@user-ub9jp3pk3x]

The disk(s) would be a bottleneck

[@alwayscuriousalwayslearnin]

the first thing i would say yes if you are connected to the net NAS is probably a good Idea but as for myself i have no data on my phone and where ever I go I dont have access to the net so

[@fgdfhdhjd7776]

I bought it, but still not sure if I really need it.

[@kench1]

Ok? Just buy a shit desktop pc off Facebook and but a Sata card in there now you got a 70 nas that can also do other task and a lot more storage space

[@mikyto7313]

For $700, I can get so much cloud storage from much more reliable providers than some janky HDDs at home.

[@Karim-ik5ij]

Depends on how much you want to store. If it's 2Tb or less go w cloud. If it's more, and something you want to keep for 20years. It pays for itself quickly

[@jinraigami3349]

Huh? I don't think Nas is faster than external SSD though. Especially when most of them peak at most like 500mbs?

[@FromSergio]

Yeah it can be, a usb c SSD is usually 10gbps in speeds ~ 1000MB/s. Which is the same as a 10gbps connection. But it doesn't stop there. You can get a NAS with a 25gbps connection assuming your PC also has a 25gbps NIC which is 2.5x faster than a regular USB C external SSD. It doesn't even stop there.

[@jinraigami3349]

@@FromSergio However, if I pair with good enclosure like ZikeDrive with DRM SSD, I could reach 3800mbs read and write speed. If you talk about speed, I don't think even SSD Nas can compete with that. However, NAS is for different purpose. Like you mention, like your own local server.

[@FromSergio]

@@jinraigami3349 Well if you happen to get 100gig NICs on NAS + PC thats 10000mbs read 😅 of course thats very expensive and youd need at least 20 bays of SSDs on the NAS + a ridiculously nvme setup on PC so yes nothing will be faster than your enclosure within a reasonable price, I have one myself and am featuring it in the next video!

[@jinraigami3349]

@@FromSergio I saw a 48tbb SSD NAS video, and it already costs $17.5k USD. lol. I can't imagine how much it would cost for this "Well if you happen to get 100gig NICs on NAS + PC thats 10000mbs read 😅 of course thats very expensive and youd need at least 20 bays of SSDs on the NAS + a ridiculously nvme setup on PC" lol "so yes nothing will be faster than your enclosure within a reasonable price, I have one myself and am featuring it in the next video!" Can't wait for it.

[@inigoacha1166]

I dunno why ppl sell me NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE, FTP SERVER ? WTF ?

[@dpl5804]

A NAS < An Ass

[@soumitrasarkar]

This guy has no clue what he is talking about, but I appreciate the effort!

[@chaosordeal294]

If your house burns down, your NAS burns down. A NAS is not cloud storage.

[@FromSergio]

I made that abundantly clear!

[@TheOneAndOnlyRalph]

$800+ Box My Ass

[@shinigames4396]

do you really save money with NAS? even with electricity?

[@FromSergio]

Oh yeah absolutely. Especially once you start making use of more hardware. Setting up a half decent VPS is quite costly and your system pays for itself rather quickly.

[@reaper84]

I bet 9 in 10 NAS owners use it to store ripped Blu-rays only... 😂

[@FromSergio]

And linux isos :)

[@reaper84]

@@FromSergio well, gotta catch them all!

[@coolinmac]

You just went on and on and on about how you won’t need cloud storage and then you said you also pay for cloud storage. What is with the annoying beeping noise in the back of the video?

[@Danielo515]

Now your Nas is your single point of failure. I suggest moving critical services like your home assistant to a virtual machine in a clustered environment. Don't thank me for it, I am just cursing you by letting you know about this.

[@AwesomeAxolotlt]

so I guess I don't need it

[@hananas2]

No we don't need more crap in our house that doesn't add value to our lives... Can we please just stop mindlessly buying stuff because someone says so

[@sklynexd]

No I don't need it at all, it's much more expensive and not worth it.

[@luizz_k]

touch some grass

[@getas1990]

What you think about synology ds620?

[@FromSergio]

It's an aging model at this time. Plus it doesn't support 3.5in hard drives so it's a pass for me!

[@getas1990]

@@FromSergio thank you for your opinnion.