Super Fast Video Editing NAS/DAS - 84TB QNAP TVS-672XT Review

Review of the QNAP TVS-672XT NAS / DAS which is super fast for video editing through the Thunderbolt 3 and 10 GbE port along with RAID redundancy. Filled with Seagate Ironwolf Pro hard drives and cache acceleration with Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSDs, this 84 GB Network Attached Storage and Direct Attached Storage system allows me to directly edit using FCPX on my MacBook Pro without having to be limited to the internal SSD. This is a great way to organize your footage and videos.
Affiliate Links:
QNAP TVS-672XT - Amazon: amzn.to/3mxdjWZ B&H:
Seagate IronWolf Pro 14TB - Amazon: amzn.to/3gWCrVU B&H: bit.ly/3paW0wN
Samsung 970 EVO Pluss SSD 1TB M.2 NVMe - Amazon: amzn.to/3nwajvn B&H: bit.ly/3anuo3a
QNAP Thunderbolt 3 Cable 6.6 ft - Amazon: amzn.to/3nwauXz B&H: bit.ly/3rjZBKO
Videos:
Armando Ferreira - • ULTIMATE Premiere Pro ...
Max Yuryev: • Stupid Fast Multi-Edit...
Gerald Undone: • Using a NAS for Video ...
Instagram: / thefriendlyreviewer
Facebook: / thefriendlyreviewer
Twitter: / friendlyreview
Website: www.thefriendlyreviewer.com
www.amazon.com...
kit.co/TheFrie...
Grow your channel with Tube Buddy: www.tubebuddy....
My Music:
Epidemic Sound - www.epidemicso...
Artlist: artlist.io/Pau...
Create a website just like ours:
wixstats.com/?a....
(Disclaimer - Above is an affiliate link that will provide us with compensation at no additional cost to you)
DISCLAIMER: We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Some links monitored by VigLink.
Subscribe: / thefriendly. .
Join Viglink Here - viglink.com/?vgref=3893498
Join Amazon Associates Here - affiliate-progr...
#NAS #VideoEditing

[@ricardorgomez]

Great review. Coming from an I.T. background of many years, having a UPS connected to your NAS is something you should always do. No other KZbinr I have watched has mentioned this. Well done.

[@TheFriendlyReviewer]

Thanks!

[@goose023]

Can I ask what the exact model of your ups is?

[@TheFriendlyReviewer]

APC Battery Back-UPS Pro BX1350M

[@goose023]

@@TheFriendlyReviewer Thanks - and BTW this review was exactly what I was looking for :-)

[@ricardorgomez]

@@goose023 APC is probably the most solid UPS maker too. They've been around for decades. When looking at a UPS, check how much wattage it can handle for a given time and what you'll be plugging into it. Each device draws a certain amount of watts. Add it up and compare what the UPS can do.

[@MattFaris]

It seems a beast of a set up but it's just so so so expensive and when you say it will do you only 3/5 years - at $5000 total that would be like $100 a month which is quite an overhead!!! Thanks for the great in depth review. Has helped me in my ongoing search for how to edit multiple projects at the same time without having a load of different external disks on the go.

[@buddyfx7026]

When you work with clients and crucial data that can't be lost, it's almost a necessity when you're really busy. For years I've tried many different drives and internal configs/arrays via windows; a NAS is an important tool. Also, get the step down versions of those Iron Wolfs w/ less capacity and you'll save some coin. I got an 8-Bay with 64TBs and 2 NVMe SSDs for the same price. Get his 6 bay config w/ less capacity and you should save a lot, or even consider a 4 bay NAS in RAID 5; should be good for most needs.

[@jinraigami3349]

@@buddyfx7026 Nas and Das don’t mean your solution won’t fail. Always backup.

[@BrianSellers]

Dude, the production quality on this video is awesome! And it's great information, too - really really good stuff!

[@BSRWeddingFilms]

Great video! I just bought the 8 bay version. It’s on the way I’m excited to set it up and have that peace of mind knowing I have plenty of storage/speed and redundancy

[@Hephasto]

Cool explanation, but how it works in NAS mode? Can it be simultaneously attached as Direct and Network storage?

[@PreethamRameshNaik]

Can we write directly to hard drive without using network via thunderbolt cable?

[@silversulu]

Nice vid! It would be great to know how you actually configured the storage on this (I have the same one) to optimize for video editing.

[@AdventureMuse]

wow!! that's impressive speed and what a set up!

[@NickShaw12]

Great video, and what a beast of a NAS/DAS!

[@TheFriendlyReviewer]

I’m loving being able to have all my past footage at my fingertips

[@michaelcarraghan512]

I heard so many issues with qnap I considering the qnap but I’M hearing so many bad things disconnected alot hardware and software issuess I dont know which direction synology with there locked hardrives? so I'm not what diection to go with

[@bendavidmbaker]

What software did you use to configure with RAID6? That’s exactly what I’ve been looking for.

[@limelightmuskoka7237]

You should turn off all pre-installed QNAP Multimedia Apps included as they drastically increase the hard drive noise immensely.

[@ryanhartford5126]

I keep landing on your page since it’s the same set up I have except I have WD Red drives coming. My question, my setup is in my bedroom. How noisy are the 7400rpm drives? Doesn’t seem they make 14tb at lower speeds and the ones available are almost double the price at this point… any other draw backs to the higher RPM that you’ve noticed? Thanks! Nice concise and well made video.

[@obliviox]

I wanna know this too

[@ryanhartford5126]

@@obliviox Hey, I actually bought it. It was sooo loud. It was in my bedroom, I actually moved my entire office setup into another room and still felt the hard drives were distracting. They are now next to my router a few rooms away. I can still hear it a bit, but not as bad. If noise is an issue, it's a lot louder than my 5400's which is in my smaller NAS. Also, transferring 3 tb through wifi is three days and lightning cable like 45 minutes - something good to consider.

[@ryanhartford5126]

To add on, I couldn't sleep with them on. I changed the setting so they are off over night to help with save costs and unnecessary time they are running and just turn them on when I want to use them.

[@obliviox]

@@ryanhartford5126 awesome thanks man good to know! 🙏

[@rahi.hasan.dreams]

Can you share a video on how you set up your RAID? Is everything set up in a way that it does auto-backup for all the media that's stored in there?

[@JohnScaneArt]

Hi nice video, I went with the same unit. I am wondering how your experience with this QNAP has been? I was at first very happy with mine but after ransomware and now a dead motherboard I can't say I would ever recommend QNAP. I stumbled across your review while looking for a solution to recover ALL of my files from my dead QNAP... if you have any suggestions I would be very thankful! Cheers

[@RayValdezPhotography]

So you get 800 read and write with raid 6? They said raid 6 is slow but that is very fast.

[@kenzieandcurtis]

Hey really love your content this is awesome . What is your preferred camera you use for videomaking , I'd love to have a conversation and maybe even collaborate on different methods in telling stories through video !

[@bpvideopro]

Hey thanks for your video! Do you know if the QNAP TVS-672XT 6-Bay Thunderbolt will work on Windows 10 (using the Thunderbolt connection)? I'm seeing conflicting info about it...

[@ryanhartford5126]

Just curious if you bought the i3 or i5? Also, any chance you are using two NAS’? I’m trying to use my old one along with this one. I’m also getting a 2tb refurbished SSD for cache. So many things i didn’t think about with this- but I’m in deep at this point lol. But I love it and it looks cool on my desk lol

[@pep98]

Do you happend to know if there is a replacement (or new model) for the qnap tvs-472xt-i5-4g I cant find it anywhere in the stores nomore.

[@xhawathy5311]

Good review, thanks

[@asianboss6355]

Is it a trouble to have thunderbolt cable connected to nas since the cable is short the noise from the nas can effect you, how would you fix that problem? Buy a 10 m thjnderbolt cable?

[@MountUpMedia]

is that M.2 the fastest on the market for this one? I'm thinking about getting the bigger brother to your setup!

[@artandstorm]

Great vid. Did you manage somehow to search for files in this NAS/DAS via Spotlight?

[@AlexPettitt]

I've been looking into the same, I believe QNAP has a tool called Qsirch which integrates with Mac's finder search

[@carlosbelaustegui3546]

Hello there ! I am looking for a DAS (it doesn't have to be a NAS) to edit 6k BRAW files in Q0. I have around 30tb (it is a feature documentary). Do you have any suggestions ?

[@marc0523]

For those wanting to know the cost, it came to over $5500 when I worked it out.

[@TheFriendlyReviewer]

💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 ... but I still love it

[@MattFaris]

Wow - now that is an investment. My heart sank a little reading this but thanks for doing the maths on it Marc!

[@jerseypaul7323]

Nice review. What plug-in did you use for the callouts at the beginning of the vid ?

[@TheFriendlyReviewer]

I believe the MotionVFX tech call outs

[@michaelcarraghan512]

To anyone I'am thinking of buying a nas system to make things easier I stream movies and tv shows I have need something powerfull enough to run 2 4k movies at the sametime I have pc with planty of power with debian but its a pain to setup what should I do? can someone give their thoughts. Thanks

[@WooDeWow]

Wait so can you install SSDs into the 6 bays ? Does it take U.2 SSD ? Or ?

[@riomanty]

so when you say 'DAS' you mean you aren't using you network connection at all, and won't be bottlenecked by a 1Gbe network connection?

[@RayValdezPhotography]

DAS means it's just an external harddrive, just a very fancy one with built in protections.

[@limelightmuskoka7237]

Do not install Big Sur 14.3 the Thunderbolt Bridge Driver is broken.

[@TheFriendlyReviewer]

Thanks for the tip!

[@joshuajaydan]

Can you mix drives sizes? Like 3 12TB, 3 18TB?

[@babybrown4289]

Ditto…

[@RayValdezPhotography]

@@babybrown4289 i guess. It would be like 2 raid 5s.

[@babybrown4289]

@@RayValdezPhotography I ended up getting an 8 bay Asustor. Stocked it with 18TB drives and 4TB of NVME to use as a scratch. I had it going through 10GbE fiber (to TB4) to my MacBook Pro 16” M1 but have since got an M1 Ultra which allows me to use 10GbE to 10GbE. I feel like this is slightly better for editing

[@RayValdezPhotography]

@@babybrown4289 what raid and what's ur speeds

[@esphilee]

Seagate… no. I had 3 harddisk failure before. Now I use WD. They may have improved, but I use WD since.

[@thomasgood3472]

84TB is not much, in fact.

[@GH-bz2nw]

My opinion is based on my couple of years experience on QNAP. Don't buy it. Buy something more stable. QNAP software is crap and will give you outages and outages over and over again. For example recent firmware update done by system and after firmware update, can't login. Means can't access anything because of encrypted storage. QNAP responded after 2 days and their instructions didn't fix the issue still. No response for last 24 hours and I'm still waiting after 4 days of complete outage. Hoping that eventually at least it gets fixed without any data loss. It has been a disaster situation so far. Time I have spent on QNAP issues working with them again and again every now and then is really just too much too handle when I have already too much work going on.

[@RayValdezPhotography]

whats more stable?

[@GH-bz2nw]

@@RayValdezPhotography QNAP is alright and stable if we just use basic modules. The moment we venture into their add-on apps or take it beyond normal NAS usage then things may become unstable drastically. Problem is something to do with release of new ideas implemented with poor quality. Their base package has got stability through the test of time. So that should work fine. Anything new and we need to be a bit careful.

[@juniperbliss4815]

EARLY

[@limelightmuskoka7237]

Do not install macOS Big Sur 11.3 as the Thunderbolt Bridge Driver is broken in the released operating System. This was an issue first detected in early beta releases and was temporarily fixed in one the later releases. But for Some reason the bug crept back in on the final release.