An Idiots Guide to Buying Your First NAS Drive

[@nate19]

"Sometimes a smaller tool is better." 8:57 😂

[@nassimabed]

The first five minutes of this video confirmed two things for me: One, Synology is the last thing I need. Two, it is not a NAS that I need.

[@slelliott14]

I’ve battled a synology for years…never again

[@Ice_2192]

This video pops up as I am searching for a NAS for the first time.

[@MuminPL]

I wonder why ;)

[@jfalcon1977]

Really helpful! It is clear that you put a lot of effort in being informative in your video series, which is much appreciated. Thanks.

[@marcelijzerman]

Watched so many videos and you're the first one to mention that a raid setup actually increases the speed. Probably a rookie question but no one talks about it. I was never interested because I thought speeds would always be limited to max drive speed of a sata drive.

[@fredashay]

If I buy a NAS, I just want my PC to see it as an external hard drive. Nothing fancy.

[@Zaxarian]

You have the best intro “I’ve seen his face and he doesn’t look terrible” 😂😂

[@alanmcdade2459]

Buying a tv involves going to the TV shop and pick the one I like best for the price I like best. The numbers and marketing are just noise.

[@erikmuna]

All I want to know is if I want to save photos and videos of my family and be able to watch on my TV/PC/Phone what would be a good choice. All this tech info is great, but this isn't really an Idiot's Guide, it's an in-depth techspec tutorial. I would have loved to see a 5-minute video on what's good for different users and then, if I wanted to go into details, I'd watch this video. So, if anyone can help me out and suggest something for my needs I'd really appreciate it.

[@Spegix1]

same here

[@DamienRundell-by7uw]

Such a helpful video, thanks so much!

[@saimonlovell2671]

the biggest mistake I made was get Western digital Red drives. after I got them building rate was slow, syncing rate was slow, everything was slowed down. I couldn't figure out then after searching online I found out that Western digital light lied to me and gave me SMR, or shingled magnetic recording drives. now I'm stuck with slow drives and my whole nas is suffering because of it. from now on I stopped looking for Western digital RED and instead go for Seagate iron Wolf.

[@GrayMatter70]

WD Red Plus and upwards are fine. It's just the basic WD Red that uses SMR. I've seen anecdotal reports that their SMR drives run cooler, so at least there's one thing going for them!

[@ryanragan8899]

This is correct, the WD plus and pro red drives are CMR. I've seen too many horror stories of Seagate drives. The price difference between WD plus and basic isn't significant.

[@darylcheshire1618]

I got the same WD Red drives with SMR and it takes ages to do anything. I’m thinking of getting the Synology DS220+ recommended by a few reviewers.

[@dustindavis7331]

This video must have been made in part by some of my recent questions. Lol Thank you for the help and very quick response to my emails.

[@noizeemama3697]

I'll have to watch more of your videos. First time buyer here. I have a Zidoo that has two bays with 16TB each. I filled up the first one and just started the next. I have more movies than what this will hold, so I need back up and to be able to access it with my computers and TVs/Zidoo. Also need to backup my music which is another good 4TB right now and I don't have near all of it on the computer yet. Oh yeah, I also do photography. lol So I need lots of storage/backup space. Been using desktop storage and that is a P.I.T.A. Want to be able to access it when I am elsewhere and I would like sections set aside to allow others in, to access their photos etc.

[@mariodasilva8729]

Very helpful... thank you. But some of us need more information, really, such as how to ADD sources to the NAS or how to expand it by adding or replacing larger drives. For example, When I first bought my Synology DS218 a couple years ago, I followed all the instructions on how to use it as backup for my MacBook Pro via LAN. Now I have other desk computers, and laptops, needing backup and it's been too long since I first started, and I cannot find the instructions anymore so the rest are without backup...

[@robertmoore7041]

Great video very informative for someone who is new to the world of NAS.

[@jnrickards]

I run Linux Mint on my desktop and my small laptop. I am an amateur photographer and it's the photos that I'm most concerned about, more so than the other documents I've created. My wish is to use a NAS for storage with the following features: RAID 0 (that's the mirroring option, right? mirroriing is what I'm looking for) and hot swapable drives so that I can have 2 in the NAS and a third offsite for security that every month or so, I'd swap the offsite one with one of the installed one, update it, then take one of them offsite again. Right now, I don't need a lot of storage, all of my photos so far take slightly less than 200GB so a 2TB drive (times 3) will have a decent life for me for the next few or more years. My thinking is that a NAS unit attached to my router will make it easy for me to access my files using either or my computers. However, if it is possible to just plonk my laptop on my desktop and connect it physically to the NAS unit via a 2nd USB, then I'm fine with not having it attached to my router. I don't plan on using it as a personal cloud so that feature is not required. I just want to backup to a system that is reliable.

[@deacbeugene]

Not for buying a first device, but i really want to implement full volume encryption. Now i have Synology DS220+ and DSM 7.1. But i think it will take over a year for Synology to implement volume encryption correctly.

[@GrayMatter70]

I still haven't got my replacement NAS (coming from Drobo - yuck!). Still having the QNAP vs Synology debate. I've been in IT for 30 years so in some ways I'd rather do stuff my own way, and want the NAS to do a lot of things besides store data, but above all else my primary concern is the integrity of the data, and I'm just not sure I can take QNAP seriously in that regard. Not saying Synology are perfect, but there's been too much of the Qlocker for my liking (though ironically,, Synology have more CVE reports than QNAP do). I could probably DIY it and build myself an unRAID box, but I just can't be bothered! I guess it's iOS vs Android all over again. I have both, prefer iOS, go figure!

[@tobid9288]

I‘m in IT and looking for a NAS for a while. So I read and watched a lot about this stuff and stumbled about this video just to prove myself that I already knew everything. But I was completely wrong. There were so many important aspects mentioned I didn’t think of. I can only recommend this video to everyone who is going to buy a NAS.

[@tartanrambo]

Great video! Are you planning an update for mid-late 2022? I'm on the NAS market for my home office. But, I would like to know what the current crop of entry-level NAS devices offers in terms of bang-for-the-buck?

[@nascompares]

Tbh, yes. I want to make this again for 22/23 and make it even simpler + reference new tech. Will try to get this done ASAP, as it's been on my to-do pile for quite a while

[@tartanrambo]

@@nascompares I always knew, You Are the Man! Thank you.

[@Kevin-the-Just]

Sorry mate, this is NOT for 'idiots'. Yes indeed you certainly don't see the wood for the trees and you very quickly ended up in the weeds. However I stuck with it in the hope that I'd pick up some relevant nuggets, which I did, but I went away with more questions.

[@HaHaDK]

I'm with you on the seagulls

[@alexsarbu3978]

21:35: "that's not a switch, THIS is a switch!"

[@travellerseko]

Thank you so much for your perfect explanation for newbies. Now I decided not to buy a Nas due to noise because I live in a small flat.😞

[@GTFour]

Constructive criticism; chapter marking would be helpful for these videos

[@DavidAlsh]

I have an intel NUC with two 2tb USB hard drives set up in software RAID 0. At first I thought I would need a complex NAS setup but it turns out my bottleneck is my network and just 1 USB hard drive transfers at a full 1gbps over the home network. I like that the NUC gives me full fat Linux, Docker and whatever else I want that Linux offers.

[@MynameisEGIS]

Im debating to get nas just to have 2x hdd so one can be storage and 2nd back up... otherwise I would just keep all my wifes photosnon pc hdd but concept of loosing two kids growing up photos is that one hdd fails is bit much

[@TheCaniblcat]

I plan on getting a 2-drive NAS and am torn between QNAP and Synology. The NAs will mainly be for remote friends back in the US (I'm currently in the middle east) to download files from the NAS (PDF's, spreadsheets, some pictures and the occasional video). No real streaming will be used and if it is, it's unlikely more than one or two people will be streaming at a given time. My main concern is file permissions. I want to be able to select who has access to which files without having to create duplicates or lump everything into one public folder (like we do with our current MyCloud OS3) Who has the better system for assigning file/folder permissions and creating user accounts?

[@toast_salad]

all I did was buy the cheapest high capacity ssds for $50 apiece and a used synology for $20 and ran it all in raid 0.

[@kingjiannan]

Hi! Thanks for all your awesome videos on NAS ! I’ve bought a Chinese brand NAS - Zspace Z4S. Spec looks great. Not sure if it will work in Australia. Any ideas ? Thanks !

[@Fredisaviewer]

Hello, Thank you so much for the efforts you put into your videos. I've watched a couple and I'm just learning about NAS and what would best suit my needs. In this video you talk about two different topics that I am curious would somehow combine to work together. You had explained what the USB ports are for and that different types of peripheral devices can be connected to the NAS. At another point in the video you mention that some NAS can use SSD's (specifically NVME's) in order to copy the most used data to in order to serve those files to be accessed and used at the highest speed possible. So my question is this. I have an external drive right now that's drive is an NVME. It connects via USB or Thunderbird 3. Would I be able to connect this via USB to a NAS where the NAS could exclusively utilize it to copy the most used files to in order to make them accessible and useable faster than the rest of the storage on the NAS? Thank you again for the time you put into your channel!

[@tedanderson5528]

I’m going in circles. Familiar only a week. For shitz & giggles what if I wanted a rough n ready nas, 2 bays, 4TB (2/2) basically for Plex (anywhere) & simple backup stuff / nothing fancy. And I wanted to spend $350 roughly. Besides Buffalo… suggestions? As a newbie to this seems like the market is weak and scattered. One day I’m building one, next day, fuck it / I want it ready to go, next day I’m being cheap… and so on. Help?

[@briancarter9927]

is this part of a beginner playlist? ie what video(s) should I watch next as a noob?

[@gjj9358]

Idiot Question - The 1gb or 10gb connection is what will connect my Mac to the NAS? Like what a USB does on a normal external hard drive? Or do I connect the NAS to my wired internet connection that goes to my router and therefore the NAS is connected to my computer via the router?

[@TopDog8762]

I appropriate this clear and useful overview.

[@ryanparrish23]

Great video and great information as always! I know this is an old video, but what hard drives were used for the sound test? Not necessarily brands and models, but class. I know on the 4th one you said it was using enterprise drives, what about the other 3? Were all 4 using NAS class HDD's? I'm using 7200 rpm pro series drives and they are loud, but don't seem as loud as #4 in your video, but they may have seemed louder since you were using a microphone, and I couldn't hear #1 in the video at all. I will be buying another NAS soon and relocating my old one and adding the new one to a room I spend a lot more time in is the reason I ask. I will also start adding larger drives to the old NAS soon so a drive classification to look for that makes less noise would be helpful.

[@jkennan]

Thanks, this is extremely helpful and informative.

[@nascompares]

No worries. Really glad I could help!

[@annhightower4948]

Hello I looking at a symbology 6 bay with 16gb drives. I will mainly be using it for video storage (movies and tv mostly) and retrieval for myself and family members to watch from their homes. I will be storing other person stuff on there as backup for my own use. I have 6 5T external hard drives full but it does continue to grow. I want to make sure I have enough for at least 15 TB of growth. I guess. I guess I need advice on what I need. Should I upgrade the Ethernet card to a 10?

[@alexlandherr]

I spent 6 months researching my first PC that I built. Still a powerful beast for 4K video editing and programming.

[@nascompares]

EXACTLY!!!!!!!

[@alexlandherr]

@@nascompares i7-9700K along with a factory overclocked RTX 2080 card. M.2 NVMe SSD for boot drive.

[@erickbostrom4049]

Ya' got this PR4100 3 years ago and the OS5 went fine a few months ago, but then another auto-update, bricked it, WD said out of warranty, tried the 4/40 reset, and over a week with "tech support" all done with WD, QNAP here I come, Beware WD hardware beyond the drives.

[@jasonsandlerspeaks]

Thank you, very interesting. I am looking at getting a NAS for both backup and for remote access. We are a two person small business but use both Microsoft and Apple. Can a NAS process both at the same time/ on the same system unlike an external hard drive? They are not cheap systems in South Africa, so I am taking this slow and methodically. Some advice would be appreciated.

[@Matlockization]

Spoiler alert, the video doesn't start until 9:23. I'm gonna have to checkout another video because this rambling on & on is annoying.

[@kupwards]

Go

[@copperysinger5985]

Thank you for the warning, I can't stand the lingering off topic rambling, it is very annoying.

[@lamar9525]

Thank you, awesome YT!

[@m1kh4il]

Came for the NAS advice, stayed for the seagulls :p

[@nascompares]

Don't encourage them FFS

[@andrewclarkeinfo]

I have 6 x 8TB NAS drives (all plugged in via basic two bay drive readers) that are all almost full and I’m looking at buying another 2 and buying an 8 bay QNAP NAS system. Do I have to format the drives one by one to set up the NAS or can I put together with 6 of the 8 drives almost full? Many many many thanks to whoever can answer this question

[@jennifermedia6288]

What is SHr? I’m Coming from a drobo and bought a QNAP and now Wish I bought a synology due to a QNAP security issues. Please advise? Thanks

[@jdsim9173]

Other than the small size and software, there is no reason to buy a NAS that hardware goes out of date quickly. If the hardware was upgradable or the software was usable on all hardware that would be awesome. You didn't mention the apps like plex, etc.

[@colinmclean2523]

Informative and comprehensive. But definitely not for the layman. Far too complex.

[@KasperAS83]

What would you recommend for a beginner of sorts, that's has doubts wether I should buy a 1 disk or 2 disk system. I've narrowed it down to going for either QNAP TS-130 or TS-230. I don't have any sensitive data to back up, so I guess RAID is not a problem if it's the 1 disk. It's bacisly just going to be a for fun server for larger, not important files. But I'm thinking if I somehow find multiple uses for it in the future, a good way to futureproof would be to buy the 2 slot but I'm also thinking, that if that should happen, I would just buy a new, larger system then. Help? :)

[@6806goats1]

Nice video, thanks! Some what of a newbie, owned a Synology DS1513+ since 2015, added a 513 to bring up capacity. Years ago I purchased a DS916+ to have a system for the house but never opened the box until last year. Added 4 -14TB drives this year, bummer that one has already crashed, waiting for a replacement drive. Anyway, Looking at the DS1621+ because of SHR but the xs+ series looks pretty sweet even if I now understand the difference of the xs not having SHR, thanks to you. With that in mind I have a few questions. Sorry, this is getting longer than expected. 1. With the slower OS of the non xs+ NAS, is it worth the cost of adding the 10GBE card? Since I'm overseas and only have slow free wifi in the apartment (also means I won't be using the Assistant software much unless I plug directly into the router like I had to do this last week to show the crashed drive for replacement), I would be connecting the NAS directly to my 2018 Mac Mini with a 1GBE Nic. That alone makes me doubt spending money for the 10 GBE card if I take the plunge for a DS1621+ or DS 1821+ NAS. But if Apple comes out with a newer Mac Mini M1X, I may upgrade that newer unit with the 10GBE option. Should have gone with the 10GBE on my older Mac but only considered internet access speeds and not data transfer until now. 2. DS ram upgrades- kind of the same question about ram and costs for basically a room storage option. But I always like to max out my ram when possible and wondering about adding 16GB ram stick to work in conjunction with the 4GB that either unit comes with stock. That would give 20GB ram but then it's not matched and would probably be an issue. Adding another 4 GB would seem logical or bite the bullet and install a pair of 8 GB sticks for 16 GB or go nutz and pop for a pair of 16GM sticks to max it out. 16GB is probably all I'd need (8GB is probably closer to what I'd really need for a room system). 3. NVME options. Thinking just one 960GB stick, any reason to go with 2? I get that it's only for caching so probably not. Trying to justify buying the XX21+ version NAS over the xs+ version. You pretty well covered that in your 1621+ vs 1621xs+ version and once again the SHR is the key player in this decision. I could stay with 14TB drives but who knows what the future holds for drives. I mixed and matched my DS1513+ drives, starting with 3 TB drives and started adding 8TB drives in 2019. I can see myself doing that in the future with a new NAS. Final question. With a DS1621+, is one drive enough to cover problems for SHR? I'm around 28TB of volume storage now and I one drive SHR would give me theoretically 60TB (minus the normal reduction of course). Two drive SHR drops me to 48TB or closer to 45TB. I'll continue to surf your channel to see if you've already answered these questions. Thanks so much!

[@jeffmendocino1912]

I know this is late but; I would wouldn't bother with 10Gb given your situation and I kind of think that NVME is a waste.

[@Jacksaur_]

Double NVMe means you can run two cache drives in RAID 1 sometimes. Thus if a cache drive dies, you don't lose everything written to it before it finished writing the data to the main array.

[@MoroccanAnwar]

I HAVE A QUESTION! I now need a NAS for: connecting 2 PC's. (I'm a graphic designer and edit 4k videos as well) watch family videos and photos on the TV Connect with phones to access documents and files Access files from abroad when I'm on holiday store some games It needs to be fast user friendly so wife and maybe kids can use it Last a long time Back itself up (Don't want a failure to loose me lifetime family photos) have some security so people don't hack into family files WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? I already have an 8TB external drive which I would like to utilise, I don't have a problem with opening it and taking out the bare drive so to insert in the recommended NAS unit. Please advise me with a model or solution for what I want to do , I've watched so many videos and it seems to be increasing my confusion lol. I have experience with building a PC so I'm good with my hands it just that I get lost in all the theory. Thank you

[@2FTermination]

Thanks for the video!

[@Bhomipoon]

GTP-5 graphitene cooling past

[@CanberkSezer]

are you able turn off a synology nas?

[@SuperLitherland]

I need a video wayyyy more basic than this. I must be a super idiot. I take it the black box thing don't plug into the computer ? can I host my final cut library on a NAS and edit off it ? what happens if the internet dies, can I keep working ?

[@UK_Adventurer]

thanks for the video. very helpful. I am thinking of getting a NAS to store my photos (backup) along with having a system where my photos on my phone can upload as getting them off my iPhone to the PC can error. I understand that Synology have a phone app that acts like Google Photos - do this (or any NAS system that offer a photo app for phones) have an upload limit of videos/files ? If there was a power outage whilst the NAS is in use, would it corrupt the drives, or would it be able to recover? What NAS would you recommend for home use in 2022?

[@Majonez616]

I've used your free advice, got the Netgear 8port unmanaged switch, and it works... Although after a couple of hours of troubleshooting. Normally with DHCP you just connect stuff together, and it asks for the IP's and subnet mask, primary gates, DNS's. I had to power cycle the switch, and prompt the NAS to get all that data. Is there a video on setting up your NAS network, or is this just a good idea? And then my question is - what now? Do I just make shared folders and setup users and privileges? Is there a way for the QNAP to periodically make a backup of my photo folder? Why, even when no PC is connecting to the NAS, it randomly wakes up and spin up?

[@packman344]

I thoroughly enjoyed your video, very informative. I have an environment with VMWare esxi and two VM's, about 2T storage on the host. I would like to be able to create multiple restore points for each server and be able to set up a secondary site for redundant backup. My question is which system or systems would you suggest I look at with an eye towards being able to have test VM's, and a secondary site for redundant backups without killing production bandwidth?

[@briangschaefer7048]

Brilliant video. Thank you :)

[@RocketMyDog1]

Still too complicated. Maybe tell us what you would use a NAS for.

[@nicholasreynolds6609]

It would be nice to talk about (in this video or another) bit-rot, if it is much of an issue. I am researching and found that SHR w/ BTRFS seems to have 2 key features I need data integrity and allows different sized drives for upgradability. Looks like I need a RAID 5 or RAID 50, from what I have gathered, but I would like to know a bit more about data integrity and whether or not spending extra on Synology is worth it, compared to other mixed drive options. Maybe the ECC memory takes care of this?

[@steftrando]

Bit rot is overhyped. I’ve literally never experienced it. I have hard drives from the 90s still running and absolutely no issues with data integrity

[@nicholasreynolds6609]

@@steftrando Thanks for the info!

[@DimitrisPatrikios]

Damn all that info at once! great job! I am planning to buy a 2 bay NAS to be connected to my laptop whenever im at home. But i also would like to use it as a medium to send my files to my clients. What do you think is the best? maybe this Synology 2 Bay NAS DiskStation DS720+ ? Thanks!!

[@mahmoudshihab]

Love this, but I would like to ask your take on TrueNAS against this list?

[@wernerkarl]

very pleased, great video - thank you man !🙏

[@CascadianBraeden]

What kind of system would you reccommend for a first-time NAS buyer running a small business from their home doing CAD and 3D models? I'm currently just using the internal storage on my PCs (doing backups manually) and using Google Drive as a go-between. But it's time to upgrade to a more robust and reliable system. Most importantly Im looking for a solution thats securely accessible right from the network, as I frequently go back-and-forth working from my desktop and laptop. I'm a long time windows user, and I'm not generally affraid of sophistocated interfaces, and I want something thats fast, low cost, low maintainance, long lasting, and easily expandable when the time comes to get more storage. IDK what speed of ethernet I need or how much memory, or if I should get a processor with built-in graphics, etc. Any suggestions?

[@eddymartin]

Hi, Great info. I'm a single user with a lot of data spread [copied]over many external hard drives. I live in Spain most of the yerar but go back to UK periodically. Can I watch my data [films etc] when back in UK? If so what are the possible problems. Thanks Keep up good work. Edward

[@nascompares]

You definitely can

[@eddymartin]

@@nascompares Thanks for your help, that's a positive help for me. Edward

[@ekimagem]

I have a 920+ for a first drive, and was gifted a sole 8TB Ironwolf. Can I start it with 2 x 8TBs for Photo storage then add 2 4TBs for other files or a 4TB and a 2 TB SSD down the road? I dont see myself putting 4 8TBs in due to costs.

[@macsterguy]

Yes you can

[@TheCaniblcat]

Another question: If I don't plan on using RAID, will there be any real benefit to using a WD Red rather than a typical blue/black/green caviar?

[@Kaelefoda]

Generally no, but beware: if you want to make a NAS you most probably should look for CMR drives. There are CMR in the blue categories

[@jGRite]

I've been sparingly seeking a NAS, and I have a nvme PCIE (not the small m.2 kind of) card that I'd like to utilize with whatever I end up getting. What are some good budget options between two bays and six bays?

[@H1pok0ndr1ak]

if your budget will stretch, go for a 6 bay. you will soon realise that it will be so much better.

[@GrayMatter70]

If you want to use that card, then out of the usual suspects it'll have to be QNAP, as that's probably the only brand that stands a chance of supporting it (no guarantees though). Synology do support NVMe - you just have to do it their way. As for how many bays, that depends on your budget. Getting more will give you options down the road (you don't have to populate them all now), but if that's at the expense of getting decent drives, then think twice.

[@H1pok0ndr1ak]

nvme in a raid "as" an active drive? i cant say i have heard of one, but it doesnt mean that there isnt. now, synology will, on some enclosures, allow the use of a M.2 as a cache drive. to speed things up. maybe even 2 of them. but in my limited experience, i havent heard of them in use. but... thinking ouside the box... nvme to 2.5" sata converter... in a 2.5" to 3.5" caddy... mounted in a drive tray... in a NAS? "should work"... maybe.... someone tell me.....

[@InMooseWeTrust]

Hard drive prices right now...

[@NikCan66]

Excellent advice

[@blackcoalboy]

If this is the easy introduction to the world of NAS then thats me finished because you said at the beginning of the video you were going to make it simple then you started with all the technical talk I think you have good intentions but then you get very excited and forget the video subject,

[@running4fun74]

Dude! You record your videos from a beach house?

[@nascompares]

Good question! I record them from an office on the 2nd floor of a building directly facing the sea in Sussex.... basically, it's sodding seagull central!

[@boomerzman6148]

U-Rock! Thanks!

[@dgkimpton]

What I'm taking away from this is that NAS is a very bad name and these devices aren't really just about storage anymore but are fully fledged servers. This is super confusing for those of us who just want to be able to store files on a network share - I'm assuming none of these CPU/RAM considerations really matter for pure storage, but it's certainly not obvious.

[@nickthequick]

If this video is supposed to be for the "idiots" then I wonder what you'd call the rest of those who think they'd get a basic introduction to NAS but whom you lost less than a third way through the presentation 😁 (no, I am not talking about me)

[@LindaSmitWildlifeImpressions]

I guess I'm a huge idiot 🙈🤣🤣 Way too technical for me and I still don't know what to buy 🤣🤣

[@christopherwood1144]

My eyes started to glaze over when you started talking about PCI expansion cards. I like the idea of discussing there are options for expansion, but your fire hose of a brain just started gushing out too many details.

[@dedawn5890]

@@LindaSmitWildlifeImpressions me too, hufft.. I just wanted a NAS that can backup video, pics, PPT, Docx, PDF easily across all platform. MacOS, PadOs and android..

[@H1pok0ndr1ak]

@@dedawn5890 synology. ds1621+ from ccl computers. best price in uk at the moment, for new. if you are on a tight budget, use facebook marketplace and search for synology nas in your area. i have seen 5 bay nas for as low as 300gbp. 8 bay for 400gbp tip.. when buying second user - always ask to see it working, as "some" unscrupulous sellers pass off damaged ones (faulty power chips) as "ok when last used" etc... why 5 bays? it is "just" better than 4. you can have 4x1tb as your raid, and the 5th 1tb as your "HotSwap" spare drive. i dont have time or space to explain what that is, just google it...

[@dedawn5890]

@@H1pok0ndr1ak its OK, we all in todays world Google everything. What we need is key words, haha. U just gave me that. Thx a bunch!

[@dr.peterachutha7028]

Thanks for your videos on NAS. I have a better understanding now. At this moment they may be just outside my budget so I might just go a cheaper route by buying a 12TB or 16TB NAS hard drive and use it as an external drive for a while. That is to buy one drive every month or two to build the full NAS drive system with 4, 5, 6 or 8 drives. The final size would be based on how much money I can spare. The question I would like to ask is, can I set up a NAS with 2 drives then add a 3rd drive two months down the road and a 4th drive another 2 months down the road and will it work as a NAS system? Or do they have to be formatted the hard drives, in one go, to work as a 4 drive NAS? The next question I would like to ask is, as a KZbinr, would an Ethernet or 1Gbps or 10Gbps (I hope I have the units correct) would be sufficient for editing my videos on NAS? Alternatively, I could just edit them on my laptop internal hard disk and then transfer them to my NAS. Just to let you know that the 2.5 inch 2TB internal laptop drives are much slower than my 12TB Western Digital External drive so video editing is faster on that external drive. At the moment I am not sure whether I should move to 4k videos as they are larger files. 1080p videos are sufficient for KZbin videos.

[@jesusonazareth4752]

Google-ing "run a 4-bay NAS with 2 drives" leads me to sites that say QNAP and Synology support this. Presumably works for units with 6+ bays as well.

[@dr.peterachutha7028]

@@jesusonazareth4752 Thanks for your reply. I will google for it and check it ou.

[@dianewooden5160]

@@jesusonazareth4752 From my listening to youtubes this week - all 4 QNAP drives will need to be same size but Synology can mix drive sizes; for both, lowest speed drive will dominate speed of all drives. Folks, please correct me if I haven't got this right.

[@PitboyHarmony1]

What do you know about actual approved fire proof backup drives?

[@nascompares]

I've dabbled in it! See videos below: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWLaqqF5fLCqfq8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3_Vn2umr8eniq8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKSvg2Rops9jma8

[@stephenrayner6448]

I need a setup that I can have unlimited password protected folders to store client photos and or videos that they, the customer can view and download. I was looking at a Asustor AS6604T. Would this unit do the job? If not, what would you recommend?

[@ShOookYx]

Can u let me know what is the best size to start my nas 8tb still very expensive And i think about start of 4tb So i will not cry when one fail and 3asy replacement it What do u think

[@セ千尺丂セ]

It's hilarious. I'm using 2 16tb wd gold in my DS720+. It's been many months now and drives work perfect. Also very cool operating temperatures.

[@ShOookYx]

@@セ千尺丂セ for how long

[@ShOookYx]

@@セ千尺丂セ and how much did u buy it and from where i am looking for cheaper place website

[@セ千尺丂セ]

@@ShOookYx I picked my first one to see how the performance is and I wasn't disappointed. They are louder than any other drive out there. It was around 500$ on Amazon

[@ShOookYx]

@@セ千尺丂セ i will pick 8tb

[@tonys5631]

Don't forget to mention the poor quality and customer service of the WD nas products.

[@dontaskiwasbored2008]

The gulls would make a good fake laugh track.

[@nascompares]

Don't give nice/positive words to the seagulls... It encourages them!!!

[@sylvaintousignant5050]

10 Gb = 10 000 Mb

[@thearchibaldtuttle]

Idiots guide? I have never felt so addressed!🤣🤣🤣

[@nascompares]

I'm afraid to say that the word idiot here is delivered in the first person vernacular... *slowly straightens dunce hat*

[@slong5082]

This was the beginners video?

[@AaronMatthewGoddard]

I'm not sure you know what "for dummies" means. That, or i don't know what "for dummies" means. Either way, I'm not in a better position to buy my first NAS than I was before I watched your video.

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

I’m an idiot: but is this video available in English?

[@H1pok0ndr1ak]

lol. i think it is available in technobabble...

[@LeBarnzini]

this made no sense to me

[@lonewolfvule4682]

Again...you lost me after 2 minutes. Guess I'm more then an IDIOT.

[@H1pok0ndr1ak]

yeah, that did kinda go all techie... lol. i am a tech geek, i love my gadgets. maybe i can help?

[@TheDestineyAngel]

I think the best take away is that ZFS are the best NAS. Unfortunately I can’t tell you what a ZFS is because I’m unsure still. He implied that the more bays you have, the greater utilization of 10GBE you will attain. Also more Ram is helpful, 4gb should be your minimum for streaming, and above 8(?) for virtual machine stuff. I’m not sure what the differences in software is between his devices are, what are the options in Ram among them, or anything else. Just the broad strokes of what a NAS does were covered. If you are a daring tech person, buy everything on a weekend. Do everything but break the systems, and return what you don’t like…. I don’t do this personally, but I learn best from hands on experience. Also, get a decent +4 bay NAS and HDD with 512mb cache usually around 12TB. This might cost >1500 USD for your own personal cloud of 48TB. Or just get 3 external hard drives @20TB for 300usd each. Half the storage on a NAS is usually redundant anyways.

[@robertoviana514]

Great vids, but..... also lot of useless information (i.e. ([company] spends a lot of money on software development....) I'll I need to know is two words... "user friendly."

[@nascompares]

I fear that your point of view and priorities are different to the next person.. would you not agree that it's better to have 1-2 videos that covers the bulk of a subject in 1 go for everyone, that 10-50 versions that are crafted for different users that range for the cautious, value focused, to the advanced skill user, to the first timer to the pedigree one? Yes, being user friendly IS really important, but something can be simply to use and useless at the same time if it cannot do very much

[@TheDestineyAngel]

I think in the case of software, one that is robust and constantly changing such as a programming language or even photoshop is not user friendly. However well known software that rarely changes like MS paint turns out to be extremely user friendly. He emphasized that each brand has a interface that has a unique feel. Ultimately, the accuracy of his words matter is his concern and it shows that he is aiming for accuracy of knowledge rather than a simplification of NAS or apples and oranges comparisons of each one on his desk. Lol there are plenty of more videos and due diligence to spare.

[@phiz6263]

Hi. Can you make it even simpler? And maybe talk slower please.

[@DenKondratiuk]

This is funny, i though the same, and changed playback speed from 2x to 1.5x 😂

[@DenKondratiuk]

This is funny! I thought the same, and changed the playback speed from 2x to 1.5x 😂

[@Hisham_HMA]

don't call people idiots in the title, here is a dislike

[@greatwavefan397]

The authors of original "The Idiot's Guide" series would like to have a word with you.

[@Hisham_HMA]

@@greatwavefan397 the whole concept and the name of the book is not nice