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Haven't used the QNAP yet so not many thoughts on my end, though I did ask Jonah about this in our most recent Techlore Talks and he has some thoughts if you're curious: ua-cam.com/video/_fz5R-RZZKs/v-deo.html (timestamped) Someday I'll try to get my hands on one 👌 Hope you like the one you just got!
I´ve got a Synology myself, bt the only problem I see here, is that you alone are responsible for everything. If you misconfigure your network or security settings, malware can find its way onto your NAS and encrypt all your stuff especially if your NAS is "always on". If you f.. up your filesystem, your files can be corrupted or are simply gone; if the drives fail, your files are gone too. If you have a mediaserver running, your NAS will never be in sleep mode and that cant be good in the long term. So, as much as I´m interested in having control over my data and be able to have it all in my personal network, i fear the moment I make a major mistake and my stuff is at a risk. So the most important things like photos, password container, keys, etc. are still backed up (encrypted) in the cloud additionaly.
Somehow, over the past 6-7 years, I managed to accumulate 4 NAS's ( 2 QNAP's, 1 Synology, and a Terramaster ). In all of that time, I managed to never do any of the things that you cite. Just be careful. If in doubt, don't do it. Watch lots of YT videos on the particular procedure that you are contemplating. And, most of the potential problems that you cite would also apply to your desktop or laptop.
Absolutely awesome video. The DS923+ is the perfect NAS for anyone that wants to get away from paying another company to spy on your data. It's about time that everyone wants to own their data!
Started with a DS918+ back in 2020 and now rocking a DS1821+ to future proof it with more bays and expandability. One of the best things I've bought. Self-hosting as much things as I can. Mostly used for Plex streaming and data storage and backing up.
Was expecting at least one small discussion of where privacy concerns have been exposed/breached, which was the main factor preventing me from taking the Synology NAS plunge; Sad to see none featured, but a good overall discussion nonetheless. Tq. ---UPDATE:--- I tried to find what I thought was some discussion of data breaches but I couldn't find the UA-cam video that I came across this 'news' and any article on data breach was imho quite minor so I think it fair to say Synology probably is highly secure (data breaches due to users poor configuration)
Definitely share them along, hard to cover everything in a review and it's something that can be touched on in future content as well ✌️ Glad you liked the video!
I don't think Synology have been breeched (technically). I believe qnap have been, or shady practices that exposed some keys. There was one issue with Synology with a disgruntled employee that tried to blackmail them or something, but I don't think has got them breeched. Also, and the reason why I said technically, is the ransomware attacking Synology nas's and generally from what I understand are the older Nas where the user has left the login and pass as admin/admin. The biggest issue with Synology at the moment is that Synology is moving further and further into a walled garden. With the recent introduction of their drives the expectation is that they would only start supporting their own drives and not the drives from current Nas hd providers. And, in general the walled garden/proprietary is not going to be good for privacy and openness of the company.
@@basdfgwe If they end up doing that with the HDD's I'm just gonna buy something else when I upgrade, if ever. Or even just build my own NAS and install TrueNAS.
Thanks for the video, I was always wondering about the privacy aspect of Synology, like do they have a backdoor into your NAS...? Probably not... I used Nextcloud for several years but last year I decided to buy a Synology NAS. It does take a while to set everything up the way you want, but once it's done it is quite convenient. I'm very pleased. I've not had any issues with CalDAV syncing of contacts or calendar/reminders with iPhone. My only main gripe is how expensive their additional hardware is, like additional RAM if you want to expand or upgrade. It's extortionate!!
I use a 2nd Synology, 2 bay (cheapest) unit for backup of my 5 bay synology. Hyper Backup does it real easily. You control what's backed up; of course all data files are not handled, but config files and the like are.
Been using Synology NASs for over 10 years now. Did you setup mirrored disks and have you looked at the built in firewall? For media the Jellyfin server in Docker is epic 🎉
I own the same NAS and my biggest problem with Synology is how disconnected they are with their primary group of consumers. Why use Google services in most Synology apps? Using Photos on a non-GMS phone is a pain. When they could have used OpenStreetMaps instead.
Very interesting points! I can see it being a challenge to cater to so many different use-cases for power users, while still keeping it accessible for people like myself who would be hesitant to migrate to something that isn’t usable enough without a lot of tinkering. I’ve seen some people echo already they recreate most of what I covered in my video with their raspberry pi and other solutions. I think the largest oversight from a “primary group of consumers” POV is I can’t think of a single demographic that would prefer synology being proprietary. That’s still a big thing that I wish was a reality. Appreciate your insight 🙏-H
Great video. You mention that you like to keep your devices clean and store files only on the NAS. Do you have any guides or links I can check out for how to accomplish this? Thanks!
I've been searching for a while, but haven't found a good answer so far, and this seems to be the perfect video to ask: can anyone recommend software that runs on a Laptop/Pi and acts like Google Drive/Dropbox, with basic streaming capabilities? I've been meaning to create a storage/basic streaming station for my network for a while now, but so far all I've found are either way over the top media servers connecting online to get metadata, or way too simple FTP'esque servers. The perfect software for me in this case, client wise, would be to just type something on the address bar, see my files and have the option to either play/see them on the browser or download them. Sorry if this seems lazy of me, but, again, I've been searching for a while and really have no clue where to turn to
Self hosting is the only way to go, in environment where fediverse, federated solutions do not work. I have been using nextcloud for a long period of time. I had no problems with it. I run my private email server, but it certainly is not for everybody, but for programmers like me. Since I have set up my NAS I have never looked back. Always self host. Everything. There is no excuse for laziness. The only excuse might be lack of knowledge.
The ds923 is what i have, overall im ok with it. The biggest issue is that they left out a gpu for transcoding. Overall this is ok for an introduction to nas, and the reason why i went with synology was because of hybrid raid (shr). But the rest of the stuff, video station is meh, moments is ok and passable and is probably best photo management outside of google photos. The real issue with moments is that it was good when hey released it and the external sevices are going to go leaps and bounds over synology moments and its going to be stale vey soon. The biggest issue is that hardware wont be able to keep up with these types of changes and moments will look stale. Also, there is this looming issue that synology is becoming a walled garden. So imho i wouldnt get too invested into synology dependant applicaion in case you wanted to move to something like truenas. Which imho, is very good as a nas but with a steep leaning curve.
@@techlore Hey huge fan of the channel and generally very appreciative of the info you provide, but sorry but no - a review is not a review unless you, in reasonable detail, compare and contrast competing products. You flashed a screen shot of TrueNAS for a fraction of a second, but failed to mention any of Synology's direct competitors with regard to pricing or functionality, either in the off the shelf NAS boxes space or the various FOSS DIY options to use on your own hardware. Software like unRAID, Proxmox, OMV and TrueNAS will run on any old PC from the last 10 years, especially anything that was in it's time a "gaming PC" which will be significantly more capable than the CPU, RAM, I/O connectivity etc in off the shelf NAS boxes, and be upgradeable, expandable and repairable. In the UK this DS923+ without hard drives is about £600 - with 4 x 4TB drives that's going to get up to £1000 and significantly more than that if you opt for NAS standard drives or drives with higher storage capacity than 4TB. Without that perspective this was a 15 minute advertorial for Synology which I'm sure they're absolutely delighted with.
@@julian.morganHuh? Reviews don't need to mention competing products at all. Those alternatives that you mention have a steeper learning curve and if you listened to the beginning of the video, you start to understand why he went with Synology. It's a review of a device based on his and his team's use case.
@@frankboyer1490I would define a review as a PROCESS of comparison. If you receive a £1000 product and do not make any meaningful comparison to either competitors or alternatives then you have created sponsored content, NOT a review. Doesn't matter what you call it ! You've effectively been paid £1000 to get 50,000 eyeballs on the Synology brand. This is massively exacerbated in this video by the number of times "NAS" and "Synology" are used interchangeably, as if they were synonyms. This is underlined by the simple fact that everything positive said about Synology in this video could equally accurately be said of either a DIY NAS or a a competitor's off the shelf NAS - it's simply misleading and inaccurate to ascribe the benefits, convenience and privacy of self-hosting in general and associate these qualities exclusively with any single brand, in this case Synology. In partial defense of this video's creators it is obvious that the Techlore team ONLY has experience with Synology, (because that's what they were given) but they don't even acknowledge that very straightforward bias. Lastly if it takes you months to figure out workflows using proprietary software you probably don't want to even hear that you could have done the same thing in less time with any old PC for free - that's a simple fact Synology REALLY don't want anyone to know !!
I wouldn't advise anyone to not use cloud storage but I couldn't use it myself. I can't prevent my census data, credit history, government I.D. and such from being put on-line instead of an intranet, and they have been compromized, but I can prevent my own data from being taken if it's put where hackers ain't.
I would love to be able to afford something like this, I can manage to pay for the one drive account that the whole family shares, but this would be next level
Just bear running costs in mind when building your own server. If it's a powerful machine you could easily spend 100's of Euros in electricity bills per year - depending on your tariff. After a year or two it might even add up to a new Synology NAS cost.
That's only valid if you value your own time (to build, install and configure) at zero. With Synology you get a simple way of getting most of what you need without spending to much time setting it up. And that includes great backup software and raid options. Add docker to that, and it's basically a general purpose home server that can run anything with very low power draw. If you build on your own, you are also on your own when things go wrong.
When you get the stuff for free it doesn’t matter how much it costs, and it’s easy to just praise the system without taking the effort to even comparing it to cheaper DIY, more private and more secure alternatives.
@@davedriscoll6324 NAS are designed for fault tolerance and redundancy where you have multiple drives with one or more drives acting like mirrors of one another depending on the RAID scheme you choose to go with, will trigger alerts when drives threaten to go bad and some of the high end ones run filesystems like ZFS that will even go as far as to prevent "silent issues" like data corruption & bit rot. Plus you can set up encryption ("in flight" and "at rest") of your data if you are truly paranoid about someone physically reaching the unit and opening it up for the drives. Moreover, if you follow the 3-2-1 backup rule you'll have an offsite backup running on a nightly job to provide you coverage in case something happens to your house (fire, flood, theft, etc.) and/or the device ends up broken beyond repair.
I am at 10:23 yet, but i have to write: if it is only on the NAS, that is not backed up! Yes 2-4 disks are in the device, and data is redundant on those, but if the NAS dies and corrupts the data, that data gone. Combined with the video editing issue: LLT has a video about sinology, when they can set up folders, to connect two NAS together, to be the backup of the other. (So the problem above solved) Also if those are connected those can sync the files in a given folder (so the editor can edit locally, and before and after the 2 nas can finish the datatransfer between them over night).
@@techlore Ohh ok (I thought about that as "an option mentioned", did not felt like a "we use this actively"...) But this NAS-NAS thingy still could guarantee local high speeds if the edits not "asap" started. If i "read" stuff wrongly, my bad!
12:45.... rewatched all, but still not feels like the NAS is backupped... and i bet there is option to set up the external drives for that (even through a client, so that can pushed into a veracrypt box)
Quite a very good product (and video), but for a digital nomad like me, without a home, I would need a very, very expensive mini NVME version. Perhaps I'd invest in sth like that.
Synology pretty much does what Nextcloud does, but with more features on top. Synology is more of an operating system with apps running on it, many of which perform the same functions as Nextcloud, such as file and photo backups, file sync and share, document editing, calendar and contacts hosing, etc. But Synology offers other features such as RAID, data snapshots, ability to add cameras for surveillance, etc. To get the same functionality on your sever or host machine you'll have to install other stand alone applications alongside Nextcloud.
I don't understand how you have privacy... because whatever app takes the photos etc it still reads/saves your photos. Or if you ţype a document., Microsoft, or whoever, still reads your document. Please tell me how to avoid having everything you do , despite the NAS, read all your stuff.
Don't get me wrong, I am a Synology user since 2016 and absolutely love it, but praising a device which you got for free in a YT video has "0" value! Just my 2 cents!!!
@@techlore Yes, I missed that! Also if you get the 6HDD version (Synology 1621) the write and read speeds become insane (I got to 1000MB/s read and 450MB/s write). Get 18 or 20 GB disks - SHR, not RAID, allows you to mix and match different size HDDs on the fly - again personal experience confirms. I also appreciate you and your attitude towards privacy in this pandemic of corporate sponsored data theft a.k.a. "data mining" 🙂
Before buying Synology, check their subreddit. Default packages are utter garbage, sluggish, buggy, and not receiving much support from the company. Plus, they (almost) don't say which exactly work on which model, and the cheaper ones (still quite pricey to be honest) don't have that many of them to begin with. There's not a single week without some horrendous action take by that producer when it comes to bad updates, or anticompetitive practices, that sometimes brick the mid tier drivers they repackage for premium prices. First and foremost, if you really want to choose them, make sure to buy one with Dicker support.. EDIT : forgot their encryption sucks as hell, there's really low (140-250 something character limit for the PATH + NAME, I don't remember exactly, I encrypt using 3rd party, much slower but safer and more convenient)
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If any of you use a NAS or are interested, leave some comments below to share with others your experience ⬇
Haven't used the QNAP yet so not many thoughts on my end, though I did ask Jonah about this in our most recent Techlore Talks and he has some thoughts if you're curious: ua-cam.com/video/_fz5R-RZZKs/v-deo.html (timestamped)
Someday I'll try to get my hands on one 👌 Hope you like the one you just got!
I´ve got a Synology myself, bt the only problem I see here, is that you alone are responsible for everything. If you misconfigure your network or security settings, malware can find its way onto your NAS and encrypt all your stuff especially if your NAS is "always on". If you f.. up your filesystem, your files can be corrupted or are simply gone; if the drives fail, your files are gone too. If you have a mediaserver running, your NAS will never be in sleep mode and that cant be good in the long term. So, as much as I´m interested in having control over my data and be able to have it all in my personal network, i fear the moment I make a major mistake and my stuff is at a risk. So the most important things like photos, password container, keys, etc. are still backed up (encrypted) in the cloud additionaly.
Somehow, over the past 6-7 years, I managed to accumulate 4 NAS's ( 2 QNAP's, 1 Synology, and a Terramaster ). In all of that time, I managed to never do any of the things that you cite. Just be careful. If in doubt, don't do it. Watch lots of YT videos on the particular procedure that you are contemplating. And, most of the potential problems that you cite would also apply to your desktop or laptop.
Absolutely awesome video. The DS923+ is the perfect NAS for anyone that wants to get away from paying another company to spy on your data. It's about time that everyone wants to own their data!
well... not gonna happen. users don't like owning anything, they just want ease of use, that's why streaming services are blooming
Started with a DS918+ back in 2020 and now rocking a DS1821+ to future proof it with more bays and expandability. One of the best things I've bought. Self-hosting as much things as I can. Mostly used for Plex streaming and data storage and backing up.
5:07 blink twice if you are kidnapped!
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Was expecting at least one small discussion of where privacy concerns have been exposed/breached, which was the main factor preventing me from taking the Synology NAS plunge; Sad to see none featured, but a good overall discussion nonetheless. Tq.
---UPDATE:--- I tried to find what I thought was some discussion of data breaches but I couldn't find the UA-cam video that I came across this 'news' and any article on data breach was imho quite minor so I think it fair to say Synology probably is highly secure (data breaches due to users poor configuration)
Definitely share them along, hard to cover everything in a review and it's something that can be touched on in future content as well ✌️ Glad you liked the video!
I don't think Synology have been breeched (technically). I believe qnap have been, or shady practices that exposed some keys. There was one issue with Synology with a disgruntled employee that tried to blackmail them or something, but I don't think has got them breeched.
Also, and the reason why I said technically, is the ransomware attacking Synology nas's and generally from what I understand are the older Nas where the user has left the login and pass as admin/admin.
The biggest issue with Synology at the moment is that Synology is moving further and further into a walled garden. With the recent introduction of their drives the expectation is that they would only start supporting their own drives and not the drives from current Nas hd providers. And, in general the walled garden/proprietary is not going to be good for privacy and openness of the company.
@@basdfgwe If they end up doing that with the HDD's I'm just gonna buy something else when I upgrade, if ever. Or even just build my own NAS and install TrueNAS.
Thanks for the video, I was always wondering about the privacy aspect of Synology, like do they have a backdoor into your NAS...? Probably not... I used Nextcloud for several years but last year I decided to buy a Synology NAS. It does take a while to set everything up the way you want, but once it's done it is quite convenient. I'm very pleased. I've not had any issues with CalDAV syncing of contacts or calendar/reminders with iPhone. My only main gripe is how expensive their additional hardware is, like additional RAM if you want to expand or upgrade. It's extortionate!!
Nice review.. I have a QNAP setup. Nice to hear someone speak on Synology was wondering about it.
I use a 2nd Synology, 2 bay (cheapest) unit for backup of my 5 bay synology. Hyper Backup does it real easily. You control what's backed up; of course all data files are not handled, but config files and the like are.
This was a great video. Wasn’t aware of this product. It looks really useful and helpful
Been waiting for this video. :D
Literally same. As much as I loved this review, it took SO long to put this together and I'm just so happy to see this live. Enjoy Sammy! ❤
it is a great device but for how i use it a raspberry pi connected to my network does the same only more slowly
Been using Synology NASs for over 10 years now. Did you setup mirrored disks and have you looked at the built in firewall? For media the Jellyfin server in Docker is epic 🎉
Thank you and can you do a video on how to best use synology drive with your phone with security/privacy in mind?
I own the same NAS and my biggest problem with Synology is how disconnected they are with their primary group of consumers. Why use Google services in most Synology apps?
Using Photos on a non-GMS phone is a pain. When they could have used OpenStreetMaps instead.
Very interesting points! I can see it being a challenge to cater to so many different use-cases for power users, while still keeping it accessible for people like myself who would be hesitant to migrate to something that isn’t usable enough without a lot of tinkering. I’ve seen some people echo already they recreate most of what I covered in my video with their raspberry pi and other solutions. I think the largest oversight from a “primary group of consumers” POV is I can’t think of a single demographic that would prefer synology being proprietary. That’s still a big thing that I wish was a reality. Appreciate your insight 🙏-H
Great video. You mention that you like to keep your devices clean and store files only on the NAS. Do you have any guides or links I can check out for how to accomplish this? Thanks!
I've been searching for a while, but haven't found a good answer so far, and this seems to be the perfect video to ask: can anyone recommend software that runs on a Laptop/Pi and acts like Google Drive/Dropbox, with basic streaming capabilities? I've been meaning to create a storage/basic streaming station for my network for a while now, but so far all I've found are either way over the top media servers connecting online to get metadata, or way too simple FTP'esque servers. The perfect software for me in this case, client wise, would be to just type something on the address bar, see my files and have the option to either play/see them on the browser or download them.
Sorry if this seems lazy of me, but, again, I've been searching for a while and really have no clue where to turn to
Wow amazing find
Self hosting is the only way to go, in environment where fediverse, federated solutions do not work. I have been using nextcloud for a long period of time. I had no problems with it. I run my private email server, but it certainly is not for everybody, but for programmers like me. Since I have set up my NAS I have never looked back. Always self host. Everything. There is no excuse for laziness. The only excuse might be lack of knowledge.
what are some of your best recs or videos to learn more, for someone who's not a programmer but very interested?
Been using Synology since 2015 and absolutely love it
The ds923 is what i have, overall im ok with it. The biggest issue is that they left out a gpu for transcoding.
Overall this is ok for an introduction to nas, and the reason why i went with synology was because of hybrid raid (shr). But the rest of the stuff, video station is meh, moments is ok and passable and is probably best photo management outside of google photos. The real issue with moments is that it was good when hey released it and the external sevices are going to go leaps and bounds over synology moments and its going to be stale vey soon. The biggest issue is that hardware wont be able to keep up with these types of changes and moments will look stale.
Also, there is this looming issue that synology is becoming a walled garden.
So imho i wouldnt get too invested into synology dependant applicaion in case you wanted to move to something like truenas. Which imho, is very good as a nas but with a steep leaning curve.
I thought they use intel cpus that support quicksync.
Id rather diy my NAS as Synologys quick connect sounds a littke too cloud powered to me qnd honestly services like Tailscale make remote access easy.
This video is sponsored by Synology 😉
They sent us a review unit and agreed to an independent review. We’re strict about this stuff here: discuss.techlore.tech/pub/sponsors-affiliates
@@techlore Hey huge fan of the channel and generally very appreciative of the info you provide, but sorry but no - a review is not a review unless you, in reasonable detail, compare and contrast competing products.
You flashed a screen shot of TrueNAS for a fraction of a second, but failed to mention any of Synology's direct competitors with regard to pricing or functionality, either in the off the shelf NAS boxes space or the various FOSS DIY options to use on your own hardware.
Software like unRAID, Proxmox, OMV and TrueNAS will run on any old PC from the last 10 years, especially anything that was in it's time a "gaming PC" which will be significantly more capable than the CPU, RAM, I/O connectivity etc in off the shelf NAS boxes, and be upgradeable, expandable and repairable.
In the UK this DS923+ without hard drives is about £600 - with 4 x 4TB drives that's going to get up to £1000 and significantly more than that if you opt for NAS standard drives or drives with higher storage capacity than 4TB.
Without that perspective this was a 15 minute advertorial for Synology which I'm sure they're absolutely delighted with.
@@julian.morganHuh? Reviews don't need to mention competing products at all. Those alternatives that you mention have a steeper learning curve and if you listened to the beginning of the video, you start to understand why he went with Synology. It's a review of a device based on his and his team's use case.
@@frankboyer1490I would define a review as a PROCESS of comparison. If you receive a £1000 product and do not make any meaningful comparison to either competitors or alternatives then you have created sponsored content, NOT a review. Doesn't matter what you call it !
You've effectively been paid £1000 to get 50,000 eyeballs on the Synology brand. This is massively exacerbated in this video by the number of times "NAS" and "Synology" are used interchangeably, as if they were synonyms.
This is underlined by the simple fact that everything positive said about Synology in this video could equally accurately be said of either a DIY NAS or a a competitor's off the shelf NAS - it's simply misleading and inaccurate to ascribe the benefits, convenience and privacy of self-hosting in general and associate these qualities exclusively with any single brand, in this case Synology.
In partial defense of this video's creators it is obvious that the Techlore team ONLY has experience with Synology, (because that's what they were given) but they don't even acknowledge that very straightforward bias.
Lastly if it takes you months to figure out workflows using proprietary software you probably don't want to even hear that you could have done the same thing in less time with any old PC for free - that's a simple fact Synology REALLY don't want anyone to know !!
great video👍
I wouldn't advise anyone to not use cloud storage but I couldn't use it myself. I can't prevent my census data, credit history, government I.D. and such from being put on-line instead of an intranet, and they have been compromized, but I can prevent my own data from being taken if it's put where hackers ain't.
I would love to be able to afford something like this, I can manage to pay for the one drive account that the whole family shares, but this would be next level
2 core cpu isn't enough if running vm's or docker, I went with the 8 bay 1821+ instead... pity there isn't much newer with gpu/ai acceleration..
At this price point (around 600 EUR where I live), wouldn't it make more sense to just build a small form factor pc with 4 drives and 1 ssd?
Just bear running costs in mind when building your own server. If it's a powerful machine you could easily spend 100's of Euros in electricity bills per year - depending on your tariff. After a year or two it might even add up to a new Synology NAS cost.
That's only valid if you value your own time (to build, install and configure) at zero. With Synology you get a simple way of getting most of what you need without spending to much time setting it up. And that includes great backup software and raid options.
Add docker to that, and it's basically a general purpose home server that can run anything with very low power draw. If you build on your own, you are also on your own when things go wrong.
When you get the stuff for free it doesn’t matter how much it costs, and it’s easy to just praise the system without taking the effort to even comparing it to cheaper DIY, more private and more secure alternatives.
So...a giant HD? BTW when will your course be updated for 2023? Or should we just sign up for coaching?
You can host pretty much whatever you like. Even Minecraft servers if you buy one of the more powerful ones. Much more than just a "big HDD"
@@Crowder Right but what if it physically damage it or someone physically accesses it.
@@davedriscoll6324 NAS are designed for fault tolerance and redundancy where you have multiple drives with one or more drives acting like mirrors of one another depending on the RAID scheme you choose to go with, will trigger alerts when drives threaten to go bad and some of the high end ones run filesystems like ZFS that will even go as far as to prevent "silent issues" like data corruption & bit rot. Plus you can set up encryption ("in flight" and "at rest") of your data if you are truly paranoid about someone physically reaching the unit and opening it up for the drives. Moreover, if you follow the 3-2-1 backup rule you'll have an offsite backup running on a nightly job to provide you coverage in case something happens to your house (fire, flood, theft, etc.) and/or the device ends up broken beyond repair.
ive been on the fence btween a Qnap and Synology. my latest tgought is the QNap TS 464. but 8m fearful of the ransome ware/security issues.
I am at 10:23 yet, but i have to write: if it is only on the NAS, that is not backed up! Yes 2-4 disks are in the device, and data is redundant on those, but if the NAS dies and corrupts the data, that data gone.
Combined with the video editing issue: LLT has a video about sinology, when they can set up folders, to connect two NAS together, to be the backup of the other. (So the problem above solved)
Also if those are connected those can sync the files in a given folder (so the editor can edit locally, and before and after the 2 nas can finish the datatransfer between them over night).
As mentioned, offsite with C2 backups with our own encryption key
@@techlore Ohh ok (I thought about that as "an option mentioned", did not felt like a "we use this actively"...)
But this NAS-NAS thingy still could guarantee local high speeds if the edits not "asap" started.
If i "read" stuff wrongly, my bad!
12:45.... rewatched all, but still not feels like the NAS is backupped... and i bet there is option to set up the external drives for that (even through a client, so that can pushed into a veracrypt box)
Have you ran Wireshark and checked for telemetry being sent off-site?
Henry have you ever tried ente photos? I personally use it and it works great
can it host NextCloud? so that even Synology can't see data?
Yes you can host NC on it 👌
@@techlore well, then it'd be perfect! Since mextCloud is completely open source I think.
Do you have links to synology?
I ate one of these before
Was it tasty?
not SSD....hmmmm
There is the DS620slim from Synology which takes 2.5" drives, so you could populate that with 6 SSD drives.
Quite a very good product (and video), but for a digital nomad like me, without a home, I would need a very, very expensive mini NVME version. Perhaps I'd invest in sth like that.
03:20 I know you value your privacy, but can you share a vid of you playing violin plz? 🎻🎶
"Multiweek rage"? At that point you easily put Nextcloud on an old Linuxbox.
Is nextcloud an alternative synology? Or is that a totally different thing?
Synology pretty much does what Nextcloud does, but with more features on top. Synology is more of an operating system with apps running on it, many of which perform the same functions as Nextcloud, such as file and photo backups, file sync and share, document editing, calendar and contacts hosing, etc. But Synology offers other features such as RAID, data snapshots, ability to add cameras for surveillance, etc. To get the same functionality on your sever or host machine you'll have to install other stand alone applications alongside Nextcloud.
You can also host NC *on* Synology as well, just throwing that out there
How does a person with a t-shirt that says 'privacy is a human right' use Google Photos?
They don’t? I used it nearly a decade ago and have been using local backups since. Pretty clearly outlined in the video.
I don't understand how you have privacy... because whatever app takes the photos etc it still reads/saves your photos. Or if you ţype a document., Microsoft, or whoever, still reads your document. Please tell me how to avoid having everything you do , despite the NAS, read all your stuff.
Don't get me wrong, I am a Synology user since 2016 and absolutely love it, but praising a device which you got for free in a YT video has "0" value! Just my 2 cents!!!
Use Monica for private contacts.
What was wrong with just using a VPN?
Bro! Get a second Synology unit (with SHR failure hardness 2 HDDs) and sync at a second location in case of a fire at the single location!
Already covered in the video I use C2
@@techlore Yes, I missed that! Also if you get the 6HDD version (Synology 1621) the write and read speeds become insane (I got to 1000MB/s read and 450MB/s write). Get 18 or 20 GB disks - SHR, not RAID, allows you to mix and match different size HDDs on the fly - again personal experience confirms. I also appreciate you and your attitude towards privacy in this pandemic of corporate sponsored data theft a.k.a. "data mining" 🙂
Before buying Synology, check their subreddit.
Default packages are utter garbage, sluggish, buggy, and not receiving much support from the company.
Plus, they (almost) don't say which exactly work on which model, and the cheaper ones (still quite pricey to be honest) don't have that many of them to begin with.
There's not a single week without some horrendous action take by that producer when it comes to bad updates, or anticompetitive practices, that sometimes brick the mid tier drivers they repackage for premium prices.
First and foremost, if you really want to choose them, make sure to buy one with Dicker support..
EDIT : forgot their encryption sucks as hell, there's really low (140-250 something character limit for the PATH + NAME, I don't remember exactly, I encrypt using 3rd party, much slower but safer and more convenient)
If you want privacy you should not consider Plex as a media server, jellyfin provides you better privacy.
I have lost so much respect for this channel after finding out this guy doesn't even daily drive mac, linux, or windows
This isn’t even accurate, but please engage with whatever content you trust 👌
"She/her" unsubscribed
Tori uses pronouns? Disappointingly woke. But I'm glad you're in the NAS (selfhosted) world!
Synology notioroisly hackable
Have you ran Wireshark and checked for telemetry being sent off-site?