THE Complete Beginner NAS Guide

In this video I will be covering the basics of a NAS including what it is and what it can be used for. This one is geared for beginners. NAS units are awesome, but they are very different than a standard hard drive or a DAS.
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Tutorials Mentioned:
RAID types explained: • RAID Levels Explained ...
Other Beginner Tutorials (general):
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5 reasons you don't need a NAS: • 5 reasons you DO NOT n...
Synology tutorials
Watch before buying a Synology: • Watch before Buying a ...
How to setup a Synology NAS for the first time: • COMPLETE BEGINNER’S GU...
Most Common Questions: • Synology Most Commonly...
Starter NASes*:
Synology: DS423 amzn.to/3tNlGHr
ASUSTOR: AS1104T amzn.to/3QaYHxt
QNAP: TS-433 amzn.to/3rWy9YN
Hard drives I recommend*: amzn.to/3FxlL4u
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TOC:
00:00 Introduction and Basics
05:22 Hard drives and RAID
12:33 Operating Systems
16:33 Snapshots and Backups
19:24 External Access
20:40 Networking Speeds
23:33 Conclusion
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[@Putper]

great job on this video man, very good explanation. love your shirt

[@qcnck2776]

Thanks for a clear and straight forward explanation.👍

[@user-yf1be4ri9i]

Thank you for this in-depth explanation!

[@PatrickDKing]

Well done! It's challenging communicating something technical to a beginner/introductory level, especially when almost every term or concept is new to the person. I try to help my mom with computer and phone stuff over the phone and it's painful. Mom, click on a folder. What's a folder? Oh lort it's going to be a long night.

[@coreyrachar9694]

very helpful, thank you.

[@leogaming83]

Great video

[@droneforfun5384]

I just bought a 1621+ now i finally know what to do with it 😍

[@user-nn5kp7ck2g]

Thank you for sharing all of your video's I have built a Home PLEX Media NAS using a Synology 916+ 4 bay drive, 4 @14TB WD enterprise 7200 drives. I have been tweaking my PLEX settings due to intermittent freeze frame. I have a massive library of 30TB+ running on Raid 5. My next step is to run a cat 8 directly to my PS5 (Internet @ 350M). With the cost of SDD's becoming more reasonably priced I'm considering building a 100% SSD NAS? The Synology DS1812+ 8 bay or DS2415 12 Bay With the cost effectiveness of smaller (Samsung 8G SSD $368) makes it more feasible. So finally to my question, have you ever build a 100% SSD NAS? and do you see any issues with the build concept? Thank you for your time and I'm looking forward to your next video's Rick

[@robertweintraub5418]

Can you back up a MacBook Pro to a synology NAS remotely over the internet and what would be the best way to do it? Thanks

[@MuhammadHammadAshraf]

Hi Will, I have a question, a few actually just to clear some confusion on my part: Does the internet connection speed you have directly affect the transfer speeds when you're using files from a NAS? Example: I'm at my office editing a video on Premiere pro that is using files off of a NAS in my office. Will it run faster if my PC and the NAS are on the same Network? (Keeping in mind that the NAS and my PC both support 10GbE connections) Also, if I'm at home and the NAS is at my office, will there be any effect in speeds if I have a slower internet connection at home?

[@notreallyme425]

Here’s the short answer: your network speed will only be as fast as the SLOWEST device, network or network interface between the NAS and the device you’re using.

[@aaronmcfarlin7609]

Great Video. Can you explain why I would need an additional back up a RAID configured NAS, if the whole point of RAID is redundacy in case of drive failure?

[@Guishan_Lingyou]

Something could happen to the whole NAS. There could be a fire, someone could steal it... If your data is important to you, it is a good idea to store it in multiple physical locations in addition to having redundancy in terms of drives.

[@Lincplus-Tech]

Hello, can you help test the LincStation N1 NAS?

[@pleeman]

Does Synology make direct connect RAID? Fast USB or Thunderbolt I just want a SOLID company to make a decent direct connect RAID of 40-100 TBs! Can you recommend any? (must work with Ventura) or is the reason NAS kills direct connect is that if you are connected local over 10 G Ethernet you won't miss direct connect?

[@TheRamboBeast]

@spacerex can you link where you buy your shirts? thx

[@Pollyanna_Art.Design]

Very helpful.thank you. What happens when if there is an internet outage..is there any way to access those files stored on the NAS?

[@SpaceRexWill]

yes completely. The NAS is locally accessible and does not require an internet connection

[@Pollyanna_Art.Design]

@@SpaceRexWilloh great! I was a bit afraid I wouldn’t be able to access them without internet! Thank you 😊

[@dancarpenter419]

What 2 bay NAS do you recommend for home use only, backing up my family photos ?

[@jasperverkroost]

223j.

[@plakala244]

224+

[@youcrockyvence]

damn slow day huh

[@jx5121]

Lose the unnecessary hand gestures, it is very distracting and makes you look like an amateur vlogger