@@MaxTechOfficial I live in Algeria. Ordering a product that's over $300 online is an order for a painful days between the airport and some government locations. And the tax is over estimated ( sometimes 60% of the price)
This is nice, but a critical part of a good back up strategy is having an off-site back up. Like, you know if your house burns down or has some other disaster. Then all of your stuff is gone. I know people hate paying subscriptions but each person needs to decide what the value of their data is, if it's worth risk losing..
I have had one of these for 5 years as well as a family member out of state. Every night the devices backup to each other so we both have complete off-site backups. There has been no expense besides upfront purchase. I have 5 Mac’s that also have Time Machine backups to the Synology. I would recommend.
I am quite surprised there is not something like P2P drive sharing where you would have to your data backed up on someone’s else computer and he on yours, that would resolve these issues.
I have been using my DS918+ for about 7 years. I never shut it down and still runs very well to serve the purpose of backing up all of my data and photos from all family members. It also can be the TimeMachine for my MacBook Pro that easily to backup everything of my Macs as well. I am really happy with the Synology NAS.
I absolutely agree 100% with you . I've been using One for around the same length for time and it's been absolutely brilliant . Not once ever had any problems . It's fast ,quick and there's always been updates the release just by Apple .... I've never used the Apple iCloud and I would never plan too .. i use it for my imac , iPhone, ipads . at home and when i'm out travelling ...
Apple needs to bring back the time capsule with larger capacity! They discontinued the HomePod in 2021 and brought it back in 2023, so a time capsule like device shouldn’t be an issue going into 2025! Rumor has it that they’re trying to expand their home device setup and more home storage is a great way to integrate everything with HomeKit.
The one advantage of cloud storage is it is backed up, having your own NAS you still need to back it up and store the backup offsite. Backing up is a big topic, how often, how far back are you keeping backups, are the backups tested, where are the backups stored, and on and on.
While I love my Synology NAS, this is not a great iCloud solution for multiple reasons. The foremost reason is that there is you can't tell iCloud to use a 3rd party storage solution. There is no way to have it automatically save your Photos, Videos, App settings, and other various things iCloud saves to a NAS. It does not integrate seamlessly. You also can't tell it to save your device backups for IOS devices to the NAS. The second biggest, and maybe the biggest is a RAID is not a backup, and definitely not in RAID 5, maybe RAID 10. Sure, RAID can be pretty stable and work just fine. But it can also fail causing a loss of data. It's not a back up. It's also on-site so its limited by your own internet connection when using it outside of the house. Lastly the upfront cost for the setup you showed is $1,000. Now that for a good home NAS is not a bad deal for what you will get with Synonoly. But it is pretty bad as an iCloud replacement as it can't really replace iCloud. All that aside, it would have been a great idea to have this video actually show the setup process. Just saying it's easy doesn't really help, and considering there is a lot of setup and things to consider when configuring the NAS, especially if you are trying to get as close as you can to an iCloud replacement, this video is just going to lead people to watch other peoples videos. Rather than it maybe being a destination for people trying to figure out how to do what your title claims. This feels like it could have been a 60 second ad during another video.
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Thanks for the comment! I would appreciate more criticism like this. I like the idea of a NAS, but it seems that UA-cam is plagued with disguised ads.
@@philipcraig956 I’ll have to come back to this because I did something kinda slick to get it working. I never saw it anywhere online. But in short, I am using Synology Photos and syncing all my iCloud Photos from my iPad and iPhone to that. It stays up to date, just like iCloud too.
I have a couple synology NAS I have used for over a decade. The Software and Hardware operation is very reliable. My uses are limited. I mostly use them for onsite backup such as auto synching a photos or media folder and as a Time Machine target for various Macs in the house. The synology photos software is not on par with Apple Photos and I am nervous allowing access from outside the network so I use it exclusively as part of my LAN but not outside my home network. I do also use backblaze for off site backup and iCloud for photos as well as Adobe Cloud. It is a very reliable PART of my solution but I am not comfortable using it as my sole external data repository.
I recently upgraded my Synology NAS to DSM 7.2.2, and now I’m facing some annoying issues. Videos encoded with HEVC, especially those recorded by cameras (e,g, Sony A7C2), used to play smoothly in Synology Photo, but after the upgrade, they either won't play or only the audio works. I reported this to Synology, and they admitted it's their system”upgrade” problem but have no plans to fix it. They’re trying to cut costs by not paying for the video codec licenses. As a consumer, I’m really disappointed because they promised video codec conversion when I bought this NAS. Now they’ve quietly removed this feature with the so-called upgrade, leaving us without a function we originally had. Hoping you can bring attention to this issue and help us voice our dissatisfaction to Synology. Thanks!
I have a ds1522 with the dx517 expansion bay. The 1522 replaced a series of Western Digital 'My Cloud' NAS servers that lasted 3 or 4 years each and were always very slow even though they were ethernet attached to the core router. The 512 came along when the Drobo went out of support about the same time Apple Silicon became a thing and never really worked well direct attached to the house server (an M1 Mac Mini). Its drive went into the 517 and so now I have 42 TB of NAS. I have the Mac backing up to there, the photos going to both iCloud and Synology (double backup) and I rsync my DropBox to the Synology as well. Dropbox is a specific use case where I needed features they had. I think it is safe to say I have a lot of NAS storage, so my take on it is that Synology blows the old Drobo and WD out of the water. Super easy to maintain. Fast. I know your post was a glorified ad, but in this case, it was not a lie. Synology makes the best NAS I have ever worked with for home use. It's like having a baby NetApp that is easier to use at the house.
Just migrated from macOS Photos to Synology photos - and what this fails to mention is synology won’t take any edits you made to the photos (apple’s aae file for each photo) - it’ll just take the default original photo before any adjustments
I have Synology NAS, and my biggest issue is drive noise. I wish there were larger SSDs. We have 24 TBs of storage which is pretty cheap and noisy with hard drives, but impractically expensive with SSD.
Thank you for sharing your perspective. We appreciate feedback as it helps us provide better insights to potential users. The device you mentioned costs around $1,500 plus tax and shipping(or not depending on country), which can total approximately $1,600 on average. With annual expenses of $260 as noted, the device would require over six years of use to reach its full value. However, it’s also important to factor in potential replacement costs for disks, upgrades, and ongoing support, especially if it is being used in a family or educational environment. While external storage can be an excellent solution, it may not fully replace cloud services for users requiring less than 4TB per year. For those with heavier storage needs or who value complete control and privacy, the investment may be worthwhile. Ultimately, the decision comes down to individual priorities-whether it’s cost, capacity, or the level of convenience and support needed. We hope this clarifies some points and aids others in making informed decisions.
Nice advert. Though it isn't a bad thing to try and make your own cloud storage server. I think you can even use something like a rasbery pi to make it.
@@smash_bro_757 Linus tech tips has done a couple videos on this. It's obviously more complicated to set up but it does work and is cheaper. Synology has great apps built in that are pretty great though.
The nvme slots are for cache, for warranty support, you need to use the drives from Synology. It's not for everyone, it really depends what your needs are.
There are work arounds to this. You can use non synology drives for a storage pool. Google is your friend. I did this, and it survived DSM updates. Also, some Synology's support drive pools, yes, using their drives.
Use a NAS for cold storage only, meaning client work older than one year. I have an ISCSI connection to my NAS, and use Backblaze to back it all up for 10 bucks a month of UNLIMITED backup. Best solution out there.
It’s nice but he didn’t mention that you will lose the ios icloud feature that reduces the picture and video size on your phone when after they have been uploaded to iPhone. My 2tb is almost full from my iPhone but my iPhone storage is only 1/4 full. Also is there an easy way to copy my 2tb iCloud? Apple does not allow you to select all and download that I have found
Sure, it's a nice product and could be part of the solution. But if you have a fire, flood or burglary then all of your data is at risk. You need at least 3 copies of your data, with one copy being remote. A few years ago I experienced a burglary where thieves stole my computers and my onsite backup drives. But... I had an up to date offsite backup which I used to restore about 20 years worth of projects, data and photos.
backblaze is the best cloud. The problem with local storage is if their is a real problem the storage can be destroyed as well. Anything in the real cloud wont be.
As a partner with Synology, does Max Tech share in the profits with them? This is a great review and something I’m seriously considering doing in combination with cloud storage. I just want to ensure this is a genuine review and not merely a paid advertisement.
I have a NextCloud server running on a tiny 1L HP EliteDesk in my office. There is a NextCloud app that you can run on the phone where you can set it up to automatically upload photos taken on your iPhone (or any other device that supports the NextCloud app). This makes it very easy for me to access photos taken on my iPhone with my Windows PC.
If you run the DS File app on your iPhone (don’t know about Android - probably the same), there is a Photo Backup function under the main menu. It will sync all your photos etc to the Synology into a shared folder. I don’t use the Photo package on the Synology but I’d say you could set that shared folder to be the source for the Photos package?
DSM is probably the best NAS management software bar none. One caveat you havent mentioned and one which leaves 1st-time buyers ticked off is, depending the RAID, usually SHR is suggested, you'll not have the full capacity of all the drives added. The whole capacity (say u have 4 drives totalling 2 TBs) will be halved: 1 TB for actual file storage, the other half for duplication; this latter is what saves ur butt if.a drive fails.
Instead of using hardware NAS I used fir my Plex server a FreeNAS OS on a old i5 computer and put in 4 WD drives that’s more redundant than a hardware raid like synology
HI, I use synology Photo, but I have accumulate a lot of similar or even same photos from family devices. Do you know if exist a program to recognise and cancel similar photos like in the MAC? If I do from other APPs it doesn't know that the photos in the NAS as self Duplicated between the HDs inside, to provide HD failure. THANKS !!!!!!!!!
Couple of questions: 1. Is there an app provides encrypted access so the files on the NAS are protected from Ransomware? 2. Is this NAS remotely accessible? If so, does it have to be configured to sit in a DMZ? Thanks for your channel. Russ
1. Yes snapshot replication can restore your data in seconds. Also you can encrypt your data on boot too. 2 . Yes you can use quickconnect or you can use Tailscale. No need to expose your nas to the internet. You can use hyper backup to backup your nas to an external drive and then use that with backblaze personal or you directly B2 backblaze if money is not part of the equation
i use synology nas 5year about $3000usd(hdd+nas price) it bad for iphone user,synology backup app is no good,no update if your iphone data under 200GB,keep with icloud and use mac/pc backup just ok 2TB? do you relly need that much?
Few questions Max, How much users can be added? Is the memory good enough for regular 4k editing? Which hard drives do you suggest to work with this unit? Does the app backup all my Google stuff ony phone automatically including emails instead of using Google cloud? I know you spoke about cloud storage as it related to photos but what about Google docs emails etc..? What reason would I need to use the NVMe storage?
Nice! I've been doing this with Unraid for a few years now. I do have it sync important data over to an old QNAP on my network this has no internet access. Irreplaceable files get backed up from Unraid to Backblaze.
That’s actually pretty cool! Especially if their software gets as good as iPhoto or google photos. Can I transfer from google photos to this? And keep tags such as names and locations?
Its a hackers deam to watch these NAS home owners think their data is secure like icloud servers. 😂😂😂 5 years of 2tb of apple icloud is cheaper than the enclousre that will be outdated in 6 months. And you still need to pay to keep it online and network and buy the drives that can fail. I used to think in home was better until i broke down the cost ratios. I left Nas 5 years ago for clouds.
Both local backup and offsite backup are important. Local backup covers 99.9% of needs. Offsite backup is for the 0.1% of the time that something truly catastrophic happens.
Just use a headless Mac Mini and several external SSDs as a home server. It will be much cheaper, much faster, much easier to use, much more environment friendly, totally silent, much more flexible, and much more secure. An NAS system is an antiquated solution.
This is also my thinking, just need the backup for photos and documents. Since I lost about 400gb on pictures and videos from an external HDD years ago i got iCloud. A nas is gonna cost me more then a iCloud subscription
Yea but how much is this? You don’t mention the cost at all. When I checked the Synology website it was several thousand dollars to maintain this NAS along with network service
i have been looking for something like this recently also apart from files, i was thinking about saving my complete video games apart from SSD external i use i want an alternative. Now the fact that u mentioned the &==Mb speed sounds interesting so i dont have to save all my games on my laptop or external ssd aslong as i have a good internet connection apparantly
Max!!! First, huge fan, watch everything you put out - pray for your success! Question regarding this item: I currently pay an annual fee for 2TB with google photos, and I’m an Apple guy. I just really enjoy all the features GP brings to the table: editing tools, memories, integration of Gemini, being able to search for photos made easy! Does this unit provide a way to search for specific photos, maybe by a persons name or location? Thanks in advance! This is probably what I’m truly paying for with GP lol pay for the features with the “added bonus of storing photos and vids at original format”.
I was just thinking about moving away from iCloud (and its cost!). How easy is it to transfer Apple Photo library from my mac and iPhone to this device?
I don't get why uploading 2TB of data would take 6 days. Let's say you have a 10MB/s upload speed (this is relatively low for a UA-camr), it would take 2,000,000/10/3600 = 55 hours.
Are you talking about the Synology C2 Cloud Backup? You don't need to do that unless you want to create a cloud backup. There's direct support though Hyperbackup for the major Cloud backup serivces if you want to create a backup in the cloud (e.g,., AWS, Google DrIve, Rackspace, BackBlaze, Azure, Dropbox etc
As a photographer I got two of them, to have an extra backup in another location. Now I just need to figure out which RAID settings I should use for this.
from what I've read these models are only cache for the NvMe, there was a model that was several years older that would allow you to edit from it, but not anymore for some reason. Which is pretty dumb. Not sure why they did that.Oh and I think it has an option to cache certain recent files or something now that I'm thinking about it. But you can't select which ones.
Been using a DS216+ii for many years and aside from upgrading the disks (easy process) it's needed little attention (just make sure it's getting the regular security updates). The more important stuff gets an off-site backup but it's nice that you can sync with Google Drive, Dropbox and a few others. I haven't found a great way to back up iPad data as seamlessly as iCloud, although the advantage of transferring files to the NAS is you can restore single files rather than everything.iCloud is convenient but gets expensive.
I agree with everything, except that the photo app is bad. The way Apple designed iCloud Photos makes transferring from iCloud to Synology a real pain. I’ve never successfully managed to transfer my 47,529 photos and 7,737 videos from iCloud to Synology.
And how much electricity does this cost a year to keep on? Because you know they aren’t meant to be powered down when not in use. So please, how much? It’s a rhetorical question.. I know how much, that’s why I got rid of mine.
Same information would be very interesting, what a Mac mini costs per year, that is always in standy or on due to the power button on bottom. I guess they use more or less the same amount of electricity.
This model draws 35.51 watts (Access) / 11.52 watts (HDD Hibernation) according to specs. There is an option to automate shutdown and startup which I do overnight.
Based on that info, if it’s being accessed 24/7 then it will cost me $28 a year. At hibernation it’s $9 a year so honestly for my use under $20 a year in electricity.
@@MaxTechOfficialYou should consider a Mac Mini with external SSDs as a server. It will be completely silent, much faster, muck more energy efficient, and much cheaper than anything you can get with an antiquated NAS system.
@ you said HDD are not reliable which is not true. The fact that is mechanical doesn’t make it unreliable, for laptops maybe but these Kind of equipments are very Likely to stay in one place so the chances of something goes wrong is very small, on top of it the transfers that these HDD gives is much more than the normal wifi even wifi 6.
Slow? The drives can be set up to provide multiple lanes in parallel with data split among the drives to speed up R/W access. Increasing the amount of drives will increase overall throughput so do choose your NAS carefully.
@@gerald1964 I'm not comparing them with single drive external HDDs. Nowadays you can buy 4TB 2000 mbps external SSDs for around $250. For the price of a Synology, and 4 spinning HDDs, you can even buy 4 Thunderbolt 5 drives with 6000 mbps transfer speeds on each.
good, but still useless for most of people u lose all benefits of cloud, and u need add 2 more same setups to other location where u need pay storing that little nas, u will see when bad things happens that icloud or other cloud solution is better ( and cheaper then homemade solution ) i wounder how manny pple get mad when they do own nas and then all data will be lost cuz they dont have multiple backup :D and if they do it will become more expensive then icloud
Please create a video comparing the 14-inch MacBook Pro M4 Pro 12-core CPU with the 512GB SSD variant to the same 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M4 Pro 14-core CPU and 1TB SSD variant
It always sounds so great until you realize the company doesn’t keep up with the firmware anymore and your left totally on your own! That’s what happened with a G raid drive I had, eventually the company stopped doing firmware updates and I couldn’t load any of my images on my new MacBook Pro? 🤬
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@@MaxTechOfficial I live in Algeria. Ordering a product that's over $300 online is an order for a painful days between the airport and some government locations. And the tax is over estimated ( sometimes 60% of the price)
This is nice, but a critical part of a good back up strategy is having an off-site back up. Like, you know if your house burns down or has some other disaster. Then all of your stuff is gone. I know people hate paying subscriptions but each person needs to decide what the value of their data is, if it's worth risk losing..
This cannot be repeated enough. NAS redundancy arent backup, this is uptime related. A proper offsite backup strategy is always necessary!
I have had one of these for 5 years as well as a family member out of state. Every night the devices backup to each other so we both have complete off-site backups. There has been no expense besides upfront purchase. I have 5 Mac’s that also have Time Machine backups to the Synology. I would recommend.
I am quite surprised there is not something like P2P drive sharing where you would have to your data backed up on someone’s else computer and he on yours, that would resolve these issues.
He said you can set this up to backup off sight. I would use raid options as well.
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Basically this is an ad - no details on how to set up and maintain - “it is very easy”
For comprehensive video's on anything Synology, check out channels, Spacerex and wundertech. Both have fantastic tutorials on all things Synology.
+1 I thought this video was about which app you need to install on the NAS and then how to setup your iphone...
You saved me from this meaningless 9mins video.
I've been using it for couple years now. One of the best purcheses I've ever made. My entire family uses it
I have been using my DS918+ for about 7 years. I never shut it down and still runs very well to serve the purpose of backing up all of my data and photos from all family members. It also can be the TimeMachine for my MacBook Pro that easily to backup everything of my Macs as well. I am really happy with the Synology NAS.
I absolutely agree 100% with you . I've been using One for around the same length for time and it's been absolutely brilliant . Not once ever had any problems . It's fast ,quick and there's always been updates the release just by Apple .... I've never used the Apple iCloud and I would never plan too ..
i use it for my imac , iPhone, ipads . at home and when i'm out travelling ...
Apple needs to bring back the time capsule with larger capacity! They discontinued the HomePod in 2021 and brought it back in 2023, so a time capsule like device shouldn’t be an issue going into 2025!
Rumor has it that they’re trying to expand their home device setup and more home storage is a great way to integrate everything with HomeKit.
Should we be surprised that Max is full of enthusiasm and does not mention even the most obvious limitations
The one advantage of cloud storage is it is backed up, having your own NAS you still need to back it up and store the backup offsite. Backing up is a big topic, how often, how far back are you keeping backups, are the backups tested, where are the backups stored, and on and on.
While I love my Synology NAS, this is not a great iCloud solution for multiple reasons. The foremost reason is that there is you can't tell iCloud to use a 3rd party storage solution. There is no way to have it automatically save your Photos, Videos, App settings, and other various things iCloud saves to a NAS. It does not integrate seamlessly. You also can't tell it to save your device backups for IOS devices to the NAS. The second biggest, and maybe the biggest is a RAID is not a backup, and definitely not in RAID 5, maybe RAID 10. Sure, RAID can be pretty stable and work just fine. But it can also fail causing a loss of data. It's not a back up. It's also on-site so its limited by your own internet connection when using it outside of the house. Lastly the upfront cost for the setup you showed is $1,000. Now that for a good home NAS is not a bad deal for what you will get with Synonoly. But it is pretty bad as an iCloud replacement as it can't really replace iCloud.
All that aside, it would have been a great idea to have this video actually show the setup process. Just saying it's easy doesn't really help, and considering there is a lot of setup and things to consider when configuring the NAS, especially if you are trying to get as close as you can to an iCloud replacement, this video is just going to lead people to watch other peoples videos. Rather than it maybe being a destination for people trying to figure out how to do what your title claims.
This feels like it could have been a 60 second ad during another video.
Thanks for the comment! I would appreciate more criticism like this. I like the idea of a NAS, but it seems that UA-cam is plagued with disguised ads.
Actually there is. All of my photos and videos from apple devices are synced everyday to my Synology NAS.
@@simhotepWhat app or combination of apps are you using?
@@philipcraig956 I’ll have to come back to this because I did something kinda slick to get it working. I never saw it anywhere online.
But in short, I am using Synology Photos and syncing all my iCloud Photos from my iPad and iPhone to that. It stays up to date, just like iCloud too.
@@simhotep That is exactly what I want to do. If you could please let me know how you did it. Thanks
I have a couple synology NAS I have used for over a decade. The Software and Hardware operation is very reliable. My uses are limited. I mostly use them for onsite backup such as auto synching a photos or media folder and as a Time Machine target for various Macs in the house. The synology photos software is not on par with Apple Photos and I am nervous allowing access from outside the network so I use it exclusively as part of my LAN but not outside my home network. I do also use backblaze for off site backup and iCloud for photos as well as Adobe Cloud. It is a very reliable PART of my solution but I am not comfortable using it as my sole external data repository.
I recently upgraded my Synology NAS to DSM 7.2.2, and now I’m facing some annoying issues. Videos encoded with HEVC, especially those recorded by cameras (e,g, Sony A7C2), used to play smoothly in Synology Photo, but after the upgrade, they either won't play or only the audio works.
I reported this to Synology, and they admitted it's their system”upgrade” problem but have no plans to fix it. They’re trying to cut costs by not paying for the video codec licenses.
As a consumer, I’m really disappointed because they promised video codec conversion when I bought this NAS. Now they’ve quietly removed this feature with the so-called upgrade, leaving us without a function we originally had.
Hoping you can bring attention to this issue and help us voice our dissatisfaction to Synology. Thanks!
I have a ds1522 with the dx517 expansion bay. The 1522 replaced a series of Western Digital 'My Cloud' NAS servers that lasted 3 or 4 years each and were always very slow even though they were ethernet attached to the core router. The 512 came along when the Drobo went out of support about the same time Apple Silicon became a thing and never really worked well direct attached to the house server (an M1 Mac Mini). Its drive went into the 517 and so now I have 42 TB of NAS. I have the Mac backing up to there, the photos going to both iCloud and Synology (double backup) and I rsync my DropBox to the Synology as well. Dropbox is a specific use case where I needed features they had. I think it is safe to say I have a lot of NAS storage, so my take on it is that Synology blows the old Drobo and WD out of the water. Super easy to maintain. Fast. I know your post was a glorified ad, but in this case, it was not a lie. Synology makes the best NAS I have ever worked with for home use. It's like having a baby NetApp that is easier to use at the house.
Just migrated from macOS Photos to Synology photos - and what this fails to mention is synology won’t take any edits you made to the photos (apple’s aae file for each photo) - it’ll just take the default original photo before any adjustments
I have Synology NAS, and my biggest issue is drive noise. I wish there were larger SSDs. We have 24 TBs of storage which is pretty cheap and noisy with hard drives, but impractically expensive with SSD.
Thank you for sharing your perspective. We appreciate feedback as it helps us provide better insights to potential users.
The device you mentioned costs around $1,500 plus tax and shipping(or not depending on country), which can total approximately $1,600 on average. With annual expenses of $260 as noted, the device would require over six years of use to reach its full value. However, it’s also important to factor in potential replacement costs for disks, upgrades, and ongoing support, especially if it is being used in a family or educational environment.
While external storage can be an excellent solution, it may not fully replace cloud services for users requiring less than 4TB per year. For those with heavier storage needs or who value complete control and privacy, the investment may be worthwhile.
Ultimately, the decision comes down to individual priorities-whether it’s cost, capacity, or the level of convenience and support needed.
We hope this clarifies some points and aids others in making informed decisions.
…waiting for the “I was wrong” video 😂😂
Nice advert. Though it isn't a bad thing to try and make your own cloud storage server. I think you can even use something like a rasbery pi to make it.
Oooo that's an interesting idea
Don’t do it. It is waste of money. The transfer is not good. To have all tidy up you need to spend more money. You could go with TrueNas
@@smash_bro_757 Linus tech tips has done a couple videos on this. It's obviously more complicated to set up but it does work and is cheaper. Synology has great apps built in that are pretty great though.
The nvme slots are for cache, for warranty support, you need to use the drives from Synology. It's not for everyone, it really depends what your needs are.
Real turn off as this Synology-only drive is a recent move. I have 2 WD+ in my 220+ working quite well. Money grab on Synology's part, imo.
There are work arounds to this. You can use non synology drives for a storage pool. Google is your friend.
I did this, and it survived DSM updates.
Also, some Synology's support drive pools, yes, using their drives.
Use a NAS for cold storage only, meaning client work older than one year. I have an ISCSI connection to my NAS, and use Backblaze to back it all up for 10 bucks a month of UNLIMITED backup. Best solution out there.
Love the idea. But what happens if a disaster at your physical location happens? then where is your cloud? And your backups?
That's really the only major downside to this. Up to you if that risk is a deal breaker
@@glui2001 Just
Thank you, i was looking for the information about editing via NAS, this answered it well!
It’s nice but he didn’t mention that you will lose the ios icloud feature that reduces the picture and video size on your phone when after they have been uploaded to iPhone. My 2tb is almost full from my iPhone but my iPhone storage is only 1/4 full. Also is there an easy way to copy my 2tb iCloud? Apple does not allow you to select all and download that I have found
It should mag safe SSD enclosure which could be applied and attached to the iphone back.
Sure, it's a nice product and could be part of the solution. But if you have a fire, flood or burglary then all of your data is at risk. You need at least 3 copies of your data, with one copy being remote.
A few years ago I experienced a burglary where thieves stole my computers and my onsite backup drives. But... I had an up to date offsite backup which I used to restore about 20 years worth of projects, data and photos.
backblaze is the best cloud. The problem with local storage is if their is a real problem the storage can be destroyed as well. Anything in the real cloud wont be.
How much is it? I can't find the price
I absolutely agree a fantastic product and company . product is very well-made and very reliable .
As a partner with Synology, does Max Tech share in the profits with them? This is a great review and something I’m seriously considering doing in combination with cloud storage. I just want to ensure this is a genuine review and not merely a paid advertisement.
I just upgraded to the DS 923+ from a DS 214+ So far the 923+ is performing well and I can finally take advantage of my Mac Mini's 10G ethernet port
Explain what you mean bt=y advantage of your mac ethernet, thx!
@@mlkrinsky what is bt=y?
@@pjasonq I assume they mean "by advantage of". I could be wrong but b t and y are close together, no clue where the = came from though!
EXACTLY this my home set up and runs at 10Gbps ! plus I can access theDS923+ from anywhere
You “made” your own cloud? You mean: you bought your own… NAS.
Does anyone know if I can plug in an external USB hard drive (not the flash drive as he did at 4:50) to the USB slots on a Synology NAS?
yes
@@Tobeit Thanks!
Maybe a good time declutter/delete some of those TBs. And get Fiber. And $1000 aint cheap. =)
Was it mentioned, how many months of iCloud this NAS costed with hdd’s?
Running docker and vm is a blast with these machines.
I’m waiting for them to update this product before investing in a system with them. It’s going on 3 year old product.
Unfortunately Photos on macOS doesn't allow .photoslibrary on NAS drives. Do you have any solution for this problem?
Sadly it’s move all the photos to a device like this
I have a NextCloud server running on a tiny 1L HP EliteDesk in my office. There is a NextCloud app that you can run on the phone where you can set it up to automatically upload photos taken on your iPhone (or any other device that supports the NextCloud app). This makes it very easy for me to access photos taken on my iPhone with my Windows PC.
If you run the DS File app on your iPhone (don’t know about Android - probably the same), there is a Photo Backup function under the main menu. It will sync all your photos etc to the Synology into a shared folder. I don’t use the Photo package on the Synology but I’d say you could set that shared folder to be the source for the Photos package?
Create a virtual partition and put photoslibrary there.
DSM is probably the best NAS management software bar none. One caveat you havent mentioned and one which leaves 1st-time buyers ticked off is, depending the RAID, usually SHR is suggested, you'll not have the full capacity of all the drives added. The whole capacity (say u have 4 drives totalling 2 TBs) will be halved: 1 TB for actual file storage, the other half for duplication; this latter is what saves ur butt if.a drive fails.
No transcoding 😢 get 920+ if you can.
Nice video, can you tell me what camera that you are using for making your video's?
Instead of using hardware NAS I used fir my Plex server a FreeNAS OS on a old i5 computer and put in 4 WD drives that’s more redundant than a hardware raid like synology
HI,
I use synology Photo, but I have accumulate a lot of similar or even same photos from family devices.
Do you know if exist a program to recognise and cancel similar photos like in the MAC?
If I do from other APPs it doesn't know that the photos in the NAS as self Duplicated between the HDs inside, to provide HD failure.
THANKS !!!!!!!!!
Couple of questions:
1. Is there an app provides encrypted access so the files on the NAS are protected from Ransomware?
2. Is this NAS remotely accessible? If so, does it have to be configured to sit in a DMZ?
Thanks for your channel.
Russ
1. Yes snapshot replication can restore your data in seconds. Also you can encrypt your data on boot too. 2 . Yes you can use quickconnect or you can use Tailscale. No need to expose your nas to the internet. You can use hyper backup to backup your nas to an external drive and then use that with backblaze personal or you directly B2 backblaze if money is not part of the equation
i use synology nas 5year about $3000usd(hdd+nas price)
it bad for iphone user,synology backup app is no good,no update
if your iphone data under 200GB,keep with icloud
and use mac/pc backup just ok
2TB? do you relly need that much?
0:17 is that a MacBook with RGB keyboard?
That’s not a macbook
No, you didn’t. You just got paid to promote this crap.
Few questions Max,
How much users can be added?
Is the memory good enough for regular 4k editing?
Which hard drives do you suggest to work with this unit?
Does the app backup all my Google stuff ony phone automatically including emails instead of using Google cloud? I know you spoke about cloud storage as it related to photos but what about Google docs emails etc..?
What reason would I need to use the NVMe storage?
Nice! I've been doing this with Unraid for a few years now. I do have it sync important data over to an old QNAP on my network this has no internet access. Irreplaceable files get backed up from Unraid to Backblaze.
That’s actually pretty cool! Especially if their software gets as good as iPhoto or google photos. Can I transfer from google photos to this? And keep tags such as names and locations?
Its a hackers deam to watch these NAS home owners think their data is secure like icloud servers. 😂😂😂
5 years of 2tb of apple icloud is cheaper than the enclousre that will be outdated in 6 months. And you still need to pay to keep it online and network and buy the drives that can fail. I used to think in home was better until i broke down the cost ratios. I left Nas 5 years ago for clouds.
Both local backup and offsite backup are important. Local backup covers 99.9% of needs. Offsite backup is for the 0.1% of the time that something truly catastrophic happens.
2 tb? Bruh, this video is minimum about 16 tb of data. What are you smoking?
@@TheMoukisproper smoking! 2TB is chicken feed
Just use a headless Mac Mini and several external SSDs as a home server. It will be much cheaper, much faster, much easier to use, much more environment friendly, totally silent, much more flexible, and much more secure. An NAS system is an antiquated solution.
This is also my thinking, just need the backup for photos and documents. Since I lost about 400gb on pictures and videos from an external HDD years ago i got iCloud. A nas is gonna cost me more then a iCloud subscription
Yea but how much is this? You don’t mention the cost at all. When I checked the Synology website it was several thousand dollars to maintain this NAS along with network service
For the same price I will get 10 years iCloud and not worried about NAS burning out.
Actually, my Synology NAS is no longer supported with software updates as of early this year. It's just about ten years old.
Or being stolen during a break in (it happened to me).
@sushimamba4281 so sorry about that
Do Unifi NAS next
Synology website indicates only Synology HDDs are compatible with this unit. I thought they allowed the user to BYO.
Nice big monitor what’s the name ?
For the low low cost of 455 months of Netflix!
How do you back up your iPhone to NAS
I cannot find the DS923+ anywhere on the site your link takes me too
I would highly recommend the ds1522+
Raid is not a backup.
To me this is not upgrade from iCloud. Just a different solution. Some features are better and some worse
Can we move our data from old DROBO using this? And if so how?
i have been looking for something like this recently also apart from files, i was thinking about saving my complete video games apart from SSD external i use i want an alternative. Now the fact that u mentioned the &==Mb speed sounds interesting so i dont have to save all my games on my laptop or external ssd aslong as i have a good internet connection apparantly
Great video a content. Have you had a chance to look at the Ubiquity UniFi NAS system and will you be reviewing it?
Макс, красавчик! Люблю ваши видео! Как всегда топ!
I have 2 NAS, with RAID6 and RAID60 with 10Gbit and Thunderbolt connection, very useful, but iCloud is iCloud.
Did you benchmark it Max?
So to access you need to go through the Synology servce?
How do you “replace” iCloud on your iPhone so everything just backs up to your new cloud?
Just ordered mine
But you can’t use iPhoto properly. 😅
Max!!! First, huge fan, watch everything you put out - pray for your success!
Question regarding this item:
I currently pay an annual fee for 2TB with google photos, and I’m an Apple guy. I just really enjoy all the features GP brings to the table: editing tools, memories, integration of Gemini, being able to search for photos made easy!
Does this unit provide a way to search for specific photos, maybe by a persons name or location? Thanks in advance!
This is probably what I’m truly paying for with GP lol pay for the features with the “added bonus of storing photos and vids at original format”.
iCloud > Synology (and any other similar device)
I was just thinking about moving away from iCloud (and its cost!). How easy is it to transfer Apple Photo library from my mac and iPhone to this device?
I don't get why uploading 2TB of data would take 6 days. Let's say you have a 10MB/s upload speed (this is relatively low for a UA-camr), it would take 2,000,000/10/3600 = 55 hours.
Bro, have you ever tried to copy 2TB comprised of a few big files vs 2TB of hundreds of thousands of little files?
Seems like a biased paid promotion advertisement. What happens when your house burns down or someone steals the NAS? Where is the offsite backup?
Synology charges $150.00 a year subscription... So where is the savings again?
What I don’t pay that.
Oh I see, you confuse the cloud with the NAS…
Watch the video dude
Are you talking about the Synology C2 Cloud Backup? You don't need to do that unless you want to create a cloud backup. There's direct support though Hyperbackup for the major Cloud backup serivces if you want to create a backup in the cloud (e.g,., AWS, Google DrIve, Rackspace, BackBlaze, Azure, Dropbox etc
As a photographer I got two of them, to have an extra backup in another location. Now I just need to figure out which RAID settings I should use for this.
UniFi is a much superior product that gives you enterprise functionality at a reasonable price.
this is all good till a fire happems
Can I edit from the NvMe only ? Or does the NvMe serve some other purpose?
from what I've read these models are only cache for the NvMe, there was a model that was several years older that would allow you to edit from it, but not anymore for some reason. Which is pretty dumb. Not sure why they did that.Oh and I think it has an option to cache certain recent files or something now that I'm thinking about it. But you can't select which ones.
Been using a DS216+ii for many years and aside from upgrading the disks (easy process) it's needed little attention (just make sure it's getting the regular security updates). The more important stuff gets an off-site backup but it's nice that you can sync with Google Drive, Dropbox and a few others. I haven't found a great way to back up iPad data as seamlessly as iCloud, although the advantage of transferring files to the NAS is you can restore single files rather than everything.iCloud is convenient but gets expensive.
What brand and model are the monitors in the first few seconds of the video? 0:07
It's cheaper to use iCloud
nice commercial
Synology need new faster CPU and built-in two 10Gb/s ethernet ports
Nice & Thanks :)
I agree with everything, except that the photo app is bad. The way Apple designed iCloud Photos makes transferring from iCloud to Synology a real pain. I’ve never successfully managed to transfer my 47,529 photos and 7,737 videos from iCloud to Synology.
I think that that's an Apple feature.
please do some tutorials how to use mac to synology for backups...
And how much electricity does this cost a year to keep on? Because you know they aren’t meant to be powered down when not in use. So please, how much? It’s a rhetorical question.. I know how much, that’s why I got rid of mine.
Same information would be very interesting, what a Mac mini costs per year, that is always in standy or on due to the power button on bottom. I guess they use more or less the same amount of electricity.
This model draws 35.51 watts (Access) / 11.52 watts (HDD Hibernation) according to specs. There is an option to automate shutdown and startup which I do overnight.
Based on that info, if it’s being accessed 24/7 then it will cost me $28 a year. At hibernation it’s $9 a year so honestly for my use under $20 a year in electricity.
@@MaxTechOfficialYou should consider a Mac Mini with external SSDs as a server. It will be completely silent, much faster, muck more energy efficient, and much cheaper than anything you can get with an antiquated NAS system.
Why on earth would it have slow unreliable spinning drives? What year was this thing released?
Literally what you said is false
@@adolfoecsAre you suggesting that spinning HDDs are more reliable and as fast as SSDs?
@ you said HDD are not reliable which is not true. The fact that is mechanical doesn’t make it unreliable, for laptops maybe but these Kind of equipments are very Likely to stay in one place so the chances of something goes wrong is very small, on top of it the transfers that these HDD gives is much more than the normal wifi even wifi 6.
Slow? The drives can be set up to provide multiple lanes in parallel with data split among the drives to speed up R/W access. Increasing the amount of drives will increase overall throughput so do choose your NAS carefully.
@@gerald1964 I'm not comparing them with single drive external HDDs. Nowadays you can buy 4TB 2000 mbps external SSDs for around $250. For the price of a Synology, and 4 spinning HDDs, you can even buy 4 Thunderbolt 5 drives with 6000 mbps transfer speeds on each.
Locked in with synology drives.
Nah, I’ll go with an old Mac mini as my home server. Cheap, easy to setup and familiar interface.
Also more reliable, silent, fast and energy efficient.
good, but still useless for most of people u lose all benefits of cloud, and u need add 2 more same setups to other location where u need pay storing that little nas, u will see when bad things happens that icloud or other cloud solution is better ( and cheaper then homemade solution )
i wounder how manny pple get mad when they do own nas and then all data will be lost cuz they dont have multiple backup :D and if they do it will become more expensive then icloud
Please create a video comparing the 14-inch MacBook Pro M4 Pro 12-core CPU with the 512GB SSD variant to the same 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M4 Pro 14-core CPU and 1TB SSD variant
$579-$2,499
Yes but buy two for offsite location in case your house floods or catches fire.
It always sounds so great until you realize the company doesn’t keep up with the firmware anymore and your left totally on your own!
That’s what happened with a G raid drive I had, eventually the company stopped doing firmware updates and I couldn’t load any of my images on my new MacBook Pro? 🤬
That's a good point. I'm considering building my own NAS using TrueNAS or similar. Plus, it's always fun to roll your own solution.
Synology isn't such a company.
@@mcpointer756Synology is one of the best, but it’s still not half as reliable as what you would get from a Mac Mini home server.
@@mcpointer756 Uh, yes, my just over a decade old NAS is no longer supported with software updates.
@@waisinglee1509 Let me guess.. its a J model? The cheapest model in their lineup?
Do you reccomend any NAS solution that uses 2.5" SATA SSDs instead of HDDs?
Just get a mini pc with ubuntu server. Setup is longer but more configurable and don’t need apps.
compare please m3 pro and m4🙏