Regarding the "Synology doesn't allow non approved drives", I think you miss the big point of people's rant at Synology regarding this issue. I had a Synology NAS. I used it with drives not on the compatibility list. I was fine with the warnings that popped up. I needed help with an issue totally unrelated to the drives. Tech support wanted system logs, which as soon as they saw the drives were not on the compatibility list, would no longer provide me support on the issue! So, yeah, you can use drives not on their list, but they then hang you out to dry and you get zero support on anything! This is why I and others have abandoned Synology and refuse to bend to their... must use compatibility list drives... Yes, I'm gonna call it Synology Corporate BS! By the way, Love the Hoodie!
But it's not BS. They have a stack of drives sitting ready to be tested. They didn't cherry pick a set of drives and say "Thou shall use these few drives" and then called it a day. They put all those drives on the boards and tested to find out whether they worked CORRECTLY or not. These are the drives that they've tested, passed their internal quality of service checks and had acceptable results. The other drives that have been on their compatibility list may have not passed with the hardware being used now because of low level communication problems, or found bugs with firmware on either end of the cable, or some kind of incompatibility. JUST because the hardware is out there to be used, can fit in the slot that will accept the device (And I'm not just talking drives here) doesn't mean that it's going to work flawlessly. Companies aren't going to spend their support time trying to figure out what the problem is with their unit if the hardware hasn't been tested, documented and validated. They're not going to spend the time trying to figure out what the problem is if all variables are accounted for. The fact that you had an unknown variable invalidates any attempt to diagnose the problem whether you understand it or not that it relates to the hardware they specifically know. A lot of time goes into ensuring the quality of their machines do what they're supposed to do, within the specifications that they define. They're not blocking you from using whatever drives you have laying around, they're saying they're not going to help you if you don't follow their list of known good and working and compatible hardware.
@@Mr76PontiacBig fan of Pontiac btw. i think they use this tactics to sell their stuff. All other manufacturers can use drives without issues. You can't even get a pool (but yet you can use it as a cache) unless you use their m2, that is a load of nonsense. One of the many reasons I dumped synology.
@@Mr76Pontiac The issue is that per Synology's own website, you are incorrect. "While it is recommended by Synology that you use the products in this list, you are not required to do so. Not being listed on the compatibility list does not imply incompatibly. It only means that Synology has not tested that particular equipment with a specific segment of their product line." So, they denied me support, not because my drive was incompatible, they denied me support because they were not on the compatibility list. The drives I used were not on their incompatibility list. Further Synology has a disclaimer that they may change the list at any moment, without notice. This means you may buy based on the list, only to find out they've removed support for that drive. My issue was with Container Manager, getting something to work correctly. I had other things running fine on that disk. Even other containers. Yet they denied support. This had nothing to do with the disk. No Thanks... I have options of companies that will support me without charging me a Synology Tax!
Consumer Synology Nas' are for the same people who buy pre-built gaming PC's for £2500 then need an RTB because a ddr stick moved in transit. You pay for ignorance, most often the ignorance of other buyers.
Interesting I call Synology about 2 to 3 times a year with issues and they have never asked me that question. Maybe you were just unlucky. I still agree that they should not limit the drives you use in their NAS units this is a terrible idea. I don't blame you for leaving and going to another vendor.
As someone whos just beginning to build a diy box for my small business, dispelling some of those NAS myths is incredibly educational / economical. Thanks!
I would add "I don't need anything bigger than a 2 bay." That's what I first thought but bought a 4 bay anyways and am eternally grateful that I did. Next time I thought "I'm going to buy a 6 bay just in case." I bought an 8 bay and have never fully populated it but am very glad that I did. The incremental cost per bay gets cheaper and is far cheaper than starting from the beginning all over again with a larger NAS. And Synology's SHR is a game changer when it comes to keeping a bay or 3 empty until you need more space because now you can use larger drives than you initially installed.
Yup, except my parents only need a 2 bay for real :P, but not less than 2. But yeah, other than that I agree because the harddrives seem to be the bulk of the cost of a unit anyway.
This video surprised me, I wasn't expecting too much, just "no you're wrong" statements. Instead here is a really good breakdown of myths or partial truths and how they are not true, but also a good explanation of how these beliefs came about, either through misunderstanding or obsolete info. Really good content here. I have a basic NAS that I built myself but I do see some pre-builts are getting good.
I'm a QNAP user and- I dont love its software either. Its not great. But as far as the app store goes, I don't think it being bad is a huge factor, because docker is where the cool programs are really at
@@Brancliff once you setup it up and use it in production qnap runs great. It has apps that work with out issues. The hardware and features are really the best value.
In my own case, 2.5gbe is the best I can do. My house was built 10 years ago and wired with Cat 5e ethernet. 2.5gbe is perfectly happy working over that wiring. 10gbe is not. To use 10gbe, I would have to rewire my home with either cat7/8 or fiber. I for one am not willing to make that move when 2.5gbe is easily usable by my devices and allows me to fully leverage my internet speed (1.5gb down , 1gb up). I fully agree with everything you have put out there.
Precisely.. However, my home is not wired for anything, not really. Too lazy to wire it correctly; mainly because I'm not sure I am going to stay here beyond the next two years.
In some circumstances you might still be able to make use of 10 Gbe on the NAS if you can locate it next to the switch and have multiple PCs accessing the NAS at 2.5 Gbe simultaneously.
"needing" hardware decoding on a NAS drive for Plex. Running Plex on a NAS is almost always second best to using a NAS for data and a separate unit for plex server. A Mini PC wiill destroy any consumer NAS as a Plex Server. TBF, this channel eats on the transcoding vids. 100-200 bucks mini pc plus separate NAS. Easier and cheaper and more reliable for almost everyone.
It is quite the other way around. You always need to have one slot free for an additional drive. Because it is needed to expand your storage. If you want to replace a drive with a bigger one - you have to install a new, bigger drive parallel to your existing storage and can Press "replace drive". Otherwise, you have to remove a live drive, destroying your RAID redundancy and rebuild the RAID without the protection. To prevent this, you always need a slot free.
I stand corrected i may have said Synology locks drives, i was annoyed by them and won't do that again. 100% agree with 2.5 gbe, cheap and nice performance. Lastly, you still seem a bit anti QNAP, as I have become anti Synology recently. The OS is great and over the last few years has been just as good as Synology overall, I don't see any hits for security, they leaned their lesson to me. Synology is slicker but once you setup it isn't an issue. Quts on smaller systems is a really solid move.
do you have a video about NAS security? a NAS will solve a lot of my problems, but having it 24/7 online and connected to external internet connection (for phone's photos backup) seems like a big security risk.
I've heard you mention, in this and at least one other video, "USB4 10Gbe". I'll be damned if I can find any of these for sale, here in the US. I only find them for Thunderbolt. In fact, I bought one of the Sonnet Tech Thunderbolt 10Gbe SFP+ adapters, only to discover that my PC doesn't have Thunderbolt (d'oh!) - only USB4, so I can't use it. Could really use a USB4 version, but can't find one. What are these mythical adapters you speak of?
Hi, i'd like to thank you for your hard work. I've been watching plenty of your videos lately and i wonder... Any chance in seeing a new synology nas with i5 1235u or at least a powerfull intel cpu than the ryzen r1600 ?
I have an ULTRA question. If I trigger a multi Nas transfer using 4 nas machines and use a desktop and make the 4 nas file transfer to each other. Each machine has a gigabit card. Apparently the desktop that facilitates the file transfers will only distribute its own 1 gigabit link forcing each Nas to only transfer at 25%. The problem is the desktop is not sending or receiving files, its just facilitating the transfer using windows explorer with like 8 windows open. Whats going on here?
8:26 - would be nice if NASes had more granular permission settings, such as for ex. on Synology having read+write access in Drive/FileStation, but only read access via SMB, to my understanding such thing isn't possible within one user account
Yeah, I'm still not going to pay a premium for drives designed to grind away 24/7 when I'm the only person who will be using my Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks.
Been using QNAP NAS's for 7+ years. The company has had problems; but so has most other products, like Windows, various other NAS's, Linux, etc. Gotten used to the software. I do wish it wasn't an ARM system, mainly because it's not as easy to find something else to run on it besides what came with it .. If there's a better alternative, well.. Overall, fairly satisfied.
Love channel, watch just about every video. Thoughts on doing a DAS 2024 video, simply for Beelink with plex and a DAS connected? Wondering what the latest and greatest DAS's are on the market! Anyhoo, keep up the great work
Working on that now (sort of), as I have 4 great ones in mind, but a 4th one is now in the studio being tested and, if it's as good as it promises, will be in the video as #5. Otherwise, never had issues with the Terramaster D5/D8, and if you are looking at USB4, I have nothing but positive words to say about Orico
Many of us were wishing for the jump would be to 10gbps. Just like when it went from 100mbps to 1gbps. 2.5gbps feels like it's not gonna be around for long. Just buying time. Cheers!
Over a decade working as a data center tech for 5 different data centers including fortune 5 companies and about a decade using TrueNAS. When I complain about Proprietary closed source trash in this. I am talking about the whole package. Closed source OS, Hardware, locking you in the ecosystem, planed obsolescence, etc. A NAS should always work until the hardware dies. Not when OS support ends and not when parts become unavailable. I have the same NAS I had 10 years ago... and it does not have any of the same hardware or even software it had on it 10 years ago but it is still the same NAS because I replaced 1 part at a time. This is the way. 1. NAS drives cost more... buy refurbished name brand enterprise HDDs. don't bother with new drives. "NAS" drives or otherwise. This is due to how the market is going and HDDs are being pushed out for flash. They are just too cheap and last too long. Don't forget to burn them in by wiping them and check SMART data before building your array. You should be doing this even with new HDDs btw. You also don't want to buy HDDs with serial numbers close together as they are more likely to fail around similar times. This is hard to do with new HDDs. I know people won't believe this but it is a thing. HDDs with very close serial numbers are a lot more likely to have the same kind of defect that causes one to fail will cause another to fail. It works just like silicon lottery with CPU overclocking. 2. Synology... Proprietary closed source planed obsolescence trash. 3. Fully populate nas... TrueNAS will support expanding a pool by 1 drive in the next release. So you can start with a smaller number of HDD now. Unraid has had this feature for a long time. TrueNAS users is where this statement came from I think and other devices that can't expand by 1 HDD. VDEVs imo should not be used unless you are getting out of the consumer level of numbers of drives in the system. Like when you have 20+ drives but as a consumer why do you need a single pool that large. Which comes with risks in catastrophic events. If you have vdevs you probably have multiple systems with 20+ HDDs. If you can't expand by 1 HDD in an existing pool and you just add another pool. You are wasting a lot of bays just on parity disks. 4. Offline NAS... People confusing "offline" with "air gap" . 5. ARM NAS... TrueNAS and UNRAID do not support ARM. Only OMV does, which is meh. So therefore ARM NAS is shit. Because proprietary closed source operating systems are shit. Look no further than the most popular one Windows. 6. QNAP... Closed source OS is shit. 7. RAID 0... Yep. RAID0 is great for caching and data processing (copy data to RAID0, process it, move processed data to redundant RAID, delete original) 8. 2.5Gbe... Yeah. data centers are at like 400Gbe now and still waiting for 10Gbe consumer to fill the market more. 2.5Gbe is better than still waiting.
I have to sincerely disagree with the proclamation you do not have to fill-up your NAS; If you can afford, please do use all the slots. Or at least purchase the additional HD's and put them in cold storage. As it can happen, and has happened to us several times, that the particular model/type harddisk is no longer available by the time you want to expand your NAS. And it is generally not really good idea to mix different models/brands of HD's, it can affect performance.
Totally see your point IG, but in my defence, I am not saying you SHOULDN'T fully populate a NAS, I am saying that you do not HAVE TO gill populate it. That said, you are right that I don't do a great job of presenting the counter argument about the issues stock/model procurement.
I don't think describing the difference with ARM and x86 as relating to compression is accurate. My understanding is that ARM uses an instruction set that is more fundamental and basic. This has the effect of it being easier to engineer software and hardware implementations that are simpler and more efficient than x86 architecture.
If it's a myth then why do Synology not allow me to use any m.2 drives other than their own in my DS923+ ? Technically you said hard drives, but I think my point stands :) Its anti-consumer behaviour from them.
If Synology uses HDs not on its compatible drives list as a means to get out of all/part of its warranty than you might as well consider Synology as 'blocking' other drives in effect. Just another form of Scumbaggery one has come to expect from Synology and other tech companies' I'd advise anyone not to buy any Synology devices.
Couldn't have said it better myself. I also think that people greatly overstate the benefits of DSM and the ecosystem around it. Yeah, it is simple to set up but that's about it. All of that functionality can be reproduced elsewhere with some fiddling - even with open source alternatives - and by doing that, one is not beholden to Synology's draconian terms of service and warranty nor its frankly pathetic hardware offerings in the "enthusiast/prosumer" space.
To "block" something means to outright prevent use. The ability to take any drive and plug it in and actually use it means that it's not "blocked". You taking that drive and putting it into the unit means that there's nothing that Syn will do to help you get out of a problem IF the drive is not on their list of tested and working drives. The drives themselves have their own on board controllers, their own firmware, and their own specifications and implementations of the IDE/SATA/SAS/NVME protocols. There is absolutely a standard, and there's absolutely additional features and functions that each drive model will have that may not be present that the Syn OS at the very low level uses to ensure that your data communications are working properly between the two controllers (The mobo and the drives controller).
Sorry RAID 0 make very little sense in a NAS I can see your point but it kind of like saying I can drive my car down the street with my leg out the door because I am a careful driver. Are you going to notice the speed difference with RAID 0????
Also wonder how much data gets lost on all the usb keys out there. It is worse than just one drive because you have greater odds of one of 2 drives failing than one drive failing
If your single drive fails, you're screwed. If one of 3 other drives not connected to it in a raid fails, you're fine. If any of those 4 drives fails and they're in a raid 0 array, you're screwed. Raid 0 is far less reliable than single drives. And single drives are still unreliable. Raid 0 is just playing Russian roulette with only one empty chamber.
Sounds like you haven’t built the array properly. About a year after firing up my NAS, I lost one drive from my RAID 0. Replaced the drive, all fixed no problems. The hardest problem was identifying ‘which’ physical drive was which ! Two years later, happy camper.
0:41 - Wrong. NAS drives objectively DO (unit) cost more than consumer drives. HOWEVER, that doesn't mean that they aren't worth it or that they don't provide better bang for the buck.
RAID 0 is not invalid, but has a very truly limited use niche and the vast majority who use this at home will not have a back-up for it, thus making it's use just idiotic --- 10gbe is older than 2.5gbe and the fact that the industry still asks a pretty penny for it is .. again, idiotic
Buy secondhand and save a bundle. I got 3 10GbE SFP+ nics and dac's for about $100 and my current switch (3 sfp+ ports and 8 1GbE) for ~$150 back in 2020. Finally outgrown that switch and the Mikrotik I'm going to be replacing it with is currently about $220 on Amazon. Not 'cheap' exactly but not ridiculously expensive either.
Un-subbed because as much as I like this channel, I really dislike when someone moderates comments and is unable to take even the slightest bit of criticism. That's not cool.. too many feelings I guess
@@nascompares Did you delete my comment? Please be honest.. because it was removed. I said nothing mean, offensive or rude I just made a constructive reply to you.
Qnap : not that great but work, better hardware than synology but now those china brand do it better on spec Synology: been ok software overpriced hardware but after those anti consumer step i could say avoid it like SMR drives Terramaster: great hardware , barely workable software Ugreen nas : great hardware wih a little bit lock , still raw operating software 45drives : premium non made in china thing ,robust chassis ,price could broke the bank Asustor : been innovative but current product spec was a bit outdate and need renew (n5095 in 2024 ? Get n100 at least mate 😂) Diy soultion: it depends how much time and cash want to spend . And how much knowledge you have.
Because it's not. RAID is just a bunch of drives trying to keep your data safe via several methods of bit-checking and redundancy checks via software (In the controller card or via your OS software). Having your data in one spot being protected against drive failures is NOT a backup method. A backup is when you take a snapshot of your data (Simple file copy, for example) and move it elsewhere to a different device. That different device could be a different physical drive in your machine, it could be out on the cloud through various vendors, or just to a DVD/CDR. A "backup" consists of having multiple copies of your data, not how a set of drives protects itself. Think of it this way. If you're lucky enough to own two cars for you and yourself alone, you have a "backup car". You can only drive one car at a time, so, if one of those cars breaks down for whatever reason, you have another car to get you to where you need to be and get parts to fix that broken car. RAID doesn't do that kind of thing. It doesn't magically give you access to a button to go and repair your car for the short term while you use said "broken" car to go fetch parts to fix your "broken" car. RAID doesn't even cover being a tow truck to take your car to a repair shop because you're still out a car while it's being repaired.
Partly because if the data gets damaged (through a deletion or some other event) then it is only one real unit. If there is an electrical surge, corruption through OS, or some sort of failure, the whole box can be compromised. That doesn't mean that it is not useful though for other issues.
@@Mr76Pontiac You're absolutely right that RAID isn’t a backup in the traditional sense, and no one’s arguing that it replaces an external backup. But dismissing RAID's role entirely by saying "it's not a backup" is oversimplifying the situation. RAID does give you a form of resilience, which, for many users, is essential. Think of it this way: RAID is more like having spare parts for your car already on hand, so if something breaks (like a drive), you can replace it immediately without downtime. You're still driving while your system rebuilds itself in the background. Sure, RAID isn’t going to save you from ransomware or accidental deletions-that’s what external backups are for-but in the real world, drive failures are a major risk, and RAID does protect against that. It's like having an auto mechanic riding with you, ready to fix things on the fly, which is far more useful than people give it credit for.
Regarding the "Synology doesn't allow non approved drives", I think you miss the big point of people's rant at Synology regarding this issue. I had a Synology NAS. I used it with drives not on the compatibility list. I was fine with the warnings that popped up. I needed help with an issue totally unrelated to the drives. Tech support wanted system logs, which as soon as they saw the drives were not on the compatibility list, would no longer provide me support on the issue! So, yeah, you can use drives not on their list, but they then hang you out to dry and you get zero support on anything! This is why I and others have abandoned Synology and refuse to bend to their... must use compatibility list drives... Yes, I'm gonna call it Synology Corporate BS!
By the way, Love the Hoodie!
But it's not BS. They have a stack of drives sitting ready to be tested. They didn't cherry pick a set of drives and say "Thou shall use these few drives" and then called it a day. They put all those drives on the boards and tested to find out whether they worked CORRECTLY or not. These are the drives that they've tested, passed their internal quality of service checks and had acceptable results. The other drives that have been on their compatibility list may have not passed with the hardware being used now because of low level communication problems, or found bugs with firmware on either end of the cable, or some kind of incompatibility.
JUST because the hardware is out there to be used, can fit in the slot that will accept the device (And I'm not just talking drives here) doesn't mean that it's going to work flawlessly.
Companies aren't going to spend their support time trying to figure out what the problem is with their unit if the hardware hasn't been tested, documented and validated. They're not going to spend the time trying to figure out what the problem is if all variables are accounted for. The fact that you had an unknown variable invalidates any attempt to diagnose the problem whether you understand it or not that it relates to the hardware they specifically know.
A lot of time goes into ensuring the quality of their machines do what they're supposed to do, within the specifications that they define. They're not blocking you from using whatever drives you have laying around, they're saying they're not going to help you if you don't follow their list of known good and working and compatible hardware.
@@Mr76PontiacBig fan of Pontiac btw. i think they use this tactics to sell their stuff. All other manufacturers can use drives without issues. You can't even get a pool (but yet you can use it as a cache) unless you use their m2, that is a load of nonsense. One of the many reasons I dumped synology.
@@Mr76Pontiac The issue is that per Synology's own website, you are incorrect. "While it is recommended by Synology that you use the products in this list, you are not required to do so. Not being listed on the compatibility list does not imply incompatibly. It only means that Synology has not tested that particular equipment with a specific segment of their product line." So, they denied me support, not because my drive was incompatible, they denied me support because they were not on the compatibility list. The drives I used were not on their incompatibility list.
Further Synology has a disclaimer that they may change the list at any moment, without notice. This means you may buy based on the list, only to find out they've removed support for that drive.
My issue was with Container Manager, getting something to work correctly. I had other things running fine on that disk. Even other containers. Yet they denied support. This had nothing to do with the disk.
No Thanks... I have options of companies that will support me without charging me a Synology Tax!
Consumer Synology Nas' are for the same people who buy pre-built gaming PC's for £2500 then need an RTB because a ddr stick moved in transit. You pay for ignorance, most often the ignorance of other buyers.
Interesting I call Synology about 2 to 3 times a year with issues and they have never asked me that question. Maybe you were just unlucky. I still agree that they should not limit the drives you use in their NAS units this is a terrible idea. I don't blame you for leaving and going to another vendor.
As someone whos just beginning to build a diy box for my small business, dispelling some of those NAS myths is incredibly educational / economical. Thanks!
Thanks for the kind words bud; have a bloody great Friday and a solid 10/10 weekend!!!
I would add "I don't need anything bigger than a 2 bay." That's what I first thought but bought a 4 bay anyways and am eternally grateful that I did. Next time I thought "I'm going to buy a 6 bay just in case." I bought an 8 bay and have never fully populated it but am very glad that I did. The incremental cost per bay gets cheaper and is far cheaper than starting from the beginning all over again with a larger NAS. And Synology's SHR is a game changer when it comes to keeping a bay or 3 empty until you need more space because now you can use larger drives than you initially installed.
Yup, except my parents only need a 2 bay for real :P, but not less than 2. But yeah, other than that I agree because the harddrives seem to be the bulk of the cost of a unit anyway.
I watch EVERY video you put out. I laughed at your sweatshirt.
This video surprised me, I wasn't expecting too much, just "no you're wrong" statements. Instead here is a really good breakdown of myths or partial truths and how they are not true, but also a good explanation of how these beliefs came about, either through misunderstanding or obsolete info. Really good content here. I have a basic NAS that I built myself but I do see some pre-builts are getting good.
I'm a QNAP user and- I dont love its software either. Its not great. But as far as the app store goes, I don't think it being bad is a huge factor, because docker is where the cool programs are really at
@@Brancliff once you setup it up and use it in production qnap runs great. It has apps that work with out issues. The hardware and features are really the best value.
In my own case, 2.5gbe is the best I can do. My house was built 10 years ago and wired with Cat 5e ethernet. 2.5gbe is perfectly happy working over that wiring. 10gbe is not. To use 10gbe, I would have to rewire my home with either cat7/8 or fiber. I for one am not willing to make that move when 2.5gbe is easily usable by my devices and allows me to fully leverage my internet speed (1.5gb down , 1gb up).
I fully agree with everything you have put out there.
Precisely.. However, my home is not wired for anything, not really. Too lazy to wire it correctly; mainly because I'm not sure I am going to stay here beyond the next two years.
In some circumstances you might still be able to make use of 10 Gbe on the NAS if you can locate it next to the switch and have multiple PCs accessing the NAS at 2.5 Gbe simultaneously.
"needing" hardware decoding on a NAS drive for Plex. Running Plex on a NAS is almost always second best to using a NAS for data and a separate unit for plex server. A Mini PC wiill destroy any consumer NAS as a Plex Server.
TBF, this channel eats on the transcoding vids. 100-200 bucks mini pc plus separate NAS. Easier and cheaper and more reliable for almost everyone.
It is quite the other way around. You always need to have one slot free for an additional drive. Because it is needed to expand your storage. If you want to replace a drive with a bigger one - you have to install a new, bigger drive parallel to your existing storage and can Press "replace drive". Otherwise, you have to remove a live drive, destroying your RAID redundancy and rebuild the RAID without the protection. To prevent this, you always need a slot free.
I stand corrected i may have said Synology locks drives, i was annoyed by them and won't do that again. 100% agree with 2.5 gbe, cheap and nice performance. Lastly, you still seem a bit anti QNAP, as I have become anti Synology recently. The OS is great and over the last few years has been just as good as Synology overall, I don't see any hits for security, they leaned their lesson to me. Synology is slicker but once you setup it isn't an issue. Quts on smaller systems is a really solid move.
Seagulls ran away seeing your hoodie
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2.5gbe... remember to breathe, Robbie!! In through the nose, hold for three seconds then out through the mouth slowly 😂
Have a good weekend.
This was exactly the guide I needed, thanks!
No worries. Have a bangin' weekend
do you have a video about NAS security? a NAS will solve a lot of my problems, but having it 24/7 online and connected to external internet connection (for phone's photos backup) seems like a big security risk.
I've heard you mention, in this and at least one other video, "USB4 10Gbe". I'll be damned if I can find any of these for sale, here in the US. I only find them for Thunderbolt. In fact, I bought one of the Sonnet Tech Thunderbolt 10Gbe SFP+ adapters, only to discover that my PC doesn't have Thunderbolt (d'oh!) - only USB4, so I can't use it. Could really use a USB4 version, but can't find one. What are these mythical adapters you speak of?
Hi, i'd like to thank you for your hard work. I've been watching plenty of your videos lately and i wonder...
Any chance in seeing a new synology nas with i5 1235u or at least a powerfull intel cpu than the ryzen r1600 ?
I have an ULTRA question. If I trigger a multi Nas transfer using 4 nas machines and use a desktop and make the 4 nas file transfer to each other. Each machine has a gigabit card. Apparently the desktop that facilitates the file transfers will only distribute its own 1 gigabit link forcing each Nas to only transfer at 25%. The problem is the desktop is not sending or receiving files, its just facilitating the transfer using windows explorer with like 8 windows open. Whats going on here?
Donyou have any video for changing "the guts" of synology...i have 1513+ and I think time is for change of electronic but would reuse housing...
8:26 - would be nice if NASes had more granular permission settings, such as for ex. on Synology having read+write access in Drive/FileStation, but only read access via SMB, to my understanding such thing isn't possible within one user account
I can't find the link for the video where you are comparing Intel vs Arm CPUs.
Very interesting 👍👍👍👍thank you
Yeah, I'm still not going to pay a premium for drives designed to grind away 24/7 when I'm the only person who will be using my Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks.
15:28 - what about 5Gbe? upcoming PC Intel motherboards seem to be flooded with 5Gbe onboard NICs, gimmick or no?
Some of the newest AMD Ryzen motherboards also have 5Gbe.
Been using QNAP NAS's for 7+ years. The company has had problems; but so has most other products, like Windows, various other NAS's, Linux, etc. Gotten used to the software. I do wish it wasn't an ARM system, mainly because it's not as easy to find something else to run on it besides what came with it .. If there's a better alternative, well.. Overall, fairly satisfied.
That's a fair and balanced viewpoint. Fairplay man
Love channel, watch just about every video. Thoughts on doing a DAS 2024 video, simply for Beelink with plex and a DAS connected? Wondering what the latest and greatest DAS's are on the market! Anyhoo, keep up the great work
Working on that now (sort of), as I have 4 great ones in mind, but a 4th one is now in the studio being tested and, if it's as good as it promises, will be in the video as #5. Otherwise, never had issues with the Terramaster D5/D8, and if you are looking at USB4, I have nothing but positive words to say about Orico
Sooo any time frame using other os with Zimacubes ? hehe
Text mixed up in 9:41 . Intel x86 turns out to be Realtek 1619b and Ryzen Embedded R1600 is somehow ARM.
Cheers for the heads up bud
Many of us were wishing for the jump would be to 10gbps. Just like when it went from 100mbps to 1gbps. 2.5gbps feels like it's not gonna be around for long. Just buying time. Cheers!
Would you please show a video upgrading the 453e to quts?
Hi bud. I would, but I haven't got a TS-453E in the studio. Will ask QNAP UK if I can loan one
@@nascompares thank you! I look forward to it!
Over a decade working as a data center tech for 5 different data centers including fortune 5 companies and about a decade using TrueNAS.
When I complain about Proprietary closed source trash in this. I am talking about the whole package. Closed source OS, Hardware, locking you in the ecosystem, planed obsolescence, etc. A NAS should always work until the hardware dies. Not when OS support ends and not when parts become unavailable. I have the same NAS I had 10 years ago... and it does not have any of the same hardware or even software it had on it 10 years ago but it is still the same NAS because I replaced 1 part at a time. This is the way.
1. NAS drives cost more... buy refurbished name brand enterprise HDDs. don't bother with new drives. "NAS" drives or otherwise. This is due to how the market is going and HDDs are being pushed out for flash. They are just too cheap and last too long. Don't forget to burn them in by wiping them and check SMART data before building your array. You should be doing this even with new HDDs btw. You also don't want to buy HDDs with serial numbers close together as they are more likely to fail around similar times. This is hard to do with new HDDs. I know people won't believe this but it is a thing. HDDs with very close serial numbers are a lot more likely to have the same kind of defect that causes one to fail will cause another to fail. It works just like silicon lottery with CPU overclocking.
2. Synology... Proprietary closed source planed obsolescence trash.
3. Fully populate nas... TrueNAS will support expanding a pool by 1 drive in the next release. So you can start with a smaller number of HDD now. Unraid has had this feature for a long time. TrueNAS users is where this statement came from I think and other devices that can't expand by 1 HDD. VDEVs imo should not be used unless you are getting out of the consumer level of numbers of drives in the system. Like when you have 20+ drives but as a consumer why do you need a single pool that large. Which comes with risks in catastrophic events. If you have vdevs you probably have multiple systems with 20+ HDDs. If you can't expand by 1 HDD in an existing pool and you just add another pool. You are wasting a lot of bays just on parity disks.
4. Offline NAS... People confusing "offline" with "air gap" .
5. ARM NAS... TrueNAS and UNRAID do not support ARM. Only OMV does, which is meh. So therefore ARM NAS is shit. Because proprietary closed source operating systems are shit. Look no further than the most popular one Windows.
6. QNAP... Closed source OS is shit.
7. RAID 0... Yep. RAID0 is great for caching and data processing (copy data to RAID0, process it, move processed data to redundant RAID, delete original)
8. 2.5Gbe... Yeah. data centers are at like 400Gbe now and still waiting for 10Gbe consumer to fill the market more. 2.5Gbe is better than still waiting.
I have to sincerely disagree with the proclamation you do not have to fill-up your NAS;
If you can afford, please do use all the slots. Or at least purchase the additional HD's and put them in cold storage.
As it can happen, and has happened to us several times, that the particular model/type harddisk is no longer available by the time you want to expand your NAS.
And it is generally not really good idea to mix different models/brands of HD's, it can affect performance.
@@InspectorGadget2014 I always do the same...
Totally see your point IG, but in my defence, I am not saying you SHOULDN'T fully populate a NAS, I am saying that you do not HAVE TO gill populate it. That said, you are right that I don't do a great job of presenting the counter argument about the issues stock/model procurement.
I don't think describing the difference with ARM and x86 as relating to compression is accurate. My understanding is that ARM uses an instruction set that is more fundamental and basic. This has the effect of it being easier to engineer software and hardware implementations that are simpler and more efficient than x86 architecture.
If it's a myth then why do Synology not allow me to use any m.2 drives other than their own in my DS923+ ? Technically you said hard drives, but I think my point stands :) Its anti-consumer behaviour from them.
You are bang on right! I wanted to stick to HDDs for the most part, but yeah, their stance on NVMe SSD Pools is kinda bonkers
If Synology uses HDs not on its compatible drives list as a means to get out of all/part of its warranty than you might as well consider Synology as 'blocking' other drives in effect. Just another form of Scumbaggery one has come to expect from Synology and other tech companies' I'd advise anyone not to buy any Synology devices.
Couldn't have said it better myself. I also think that people greatly overstate the benefits of DSM and the ecosystem around it. Yeah, it is simple to set up but that's about it. All of that functionality can be reproduced elsewhere with some fiddling - even with open source alternatives - and by doing that, one is not beholden to Synology's draconian terms of service and warranty nor its frankly pathetic hardware offerings in the "enthusiast/prosumer" space.
To "block" something means to outright prevent use. The ability to take any drive and plug it in and actually use it means that it's not "blocked". You taking that drive and putting it into the unit means that there's nothing that Syn will do to help you get out of a problem IF the drive is not on their list of tested and working drives.
The drives themselves have their own on board controllers, their own firmware, and their own specifications and implementations of the IDE/SATA/SAS/NVME protocols. There is absolutely a standard, and there's absolutely additional features and functions that each drive model will have that may not be present that the Syn OS at the very low level uses to ensure that your data communications are working properly between the two controllers (The mobo and the drives controller).
Sorry RAID 0 make very little sense in a NAS I can see your point but it kind of like saying I can drive my car down the street with my leg out the door because I am a careful driver. Are you going to notice the speed difference with RAID 0????
If RAID 0 is for idiots then a single drive is also for idiots.
If a RAID 0 fails, you loose all data. If a single drive fails, you loose all data.
Also wonder how much data gets lost on all the usb keys out there. It is worse than just one drive because you have greater odds of one of 2 drives failing than one drive failing
If your single drive fails, you're screwed. If one of 3 other drives not connected to it in a raid fails, you're fine. If any of those 4 drives fails and they're in a raid 0 array, you're screwed.
Raid 0 is far less reliable than single drives. And single drives are still unreliable. Raid 0 is just playing Russian roulette with only one empty chamber.
Sounds like you haven’t built the array properly.
About a year after firing up my NAS, I lost one drive from my RAID 0.
Replaced the drive, all fixed no problems.
The hardest problem was identifying ‘which’ physical drive was which !
Two years later, happy camper.
0:41 - Wrong. NAS drives objectively DO (unit) cost more than consumer drives. HOWEVER, that doesn't mean that they aren't worth it or that they don't provide better bang for the buck.
Isn't the next sentence I say "well .. technically yes, but .."?
RAID 0 is not invalid, but has a very truly limited use niche
and the vast majority who use this at home will not have a back-up for it, thus making it's use just idiotic
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10gbe is older than 2.5gbe and the fact that the industry still asks a pretty penny for it is .. again, idiotic
Buy secondhand and save a bundle. I got 3 10GbE SFP+ nics and dac's for about $100 and my current switch (3 sfp+ ports and 8 1GbE) for ~$150 back in 2020. Finally outgrown that switch and the Mikrotik I'm going to be replacing it with is currently about $220 on Amazon. Not 'cheap' exactly but not ridiculously expensive either.
Un-subbed because as much as I like this channel, I really dislike when someone moderates comments and is unable to take even the slightest bit of criticism. That's not cool.. too many feelings I guess
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@@nascompares Did you delete my comment? Please be honest.. because it was removed. I said nothing mean, offensive or rude I just made a constructive reply to you.
Qnap : not that great but work, better hardware than synology but now those china brand do it better on spec
Synology: been ok software overpriced hardware but after those anti consumer step i could say avoid it like SMR drives
Terramaster: great hardware , barely workable software
Ugreen nas : great hardware wih a little bit lock , still raw operating software
45drives : premium non made in china thing ,robust chassis ,price could broke the bank
Asustor : been innovative but current product spec was a bit outdate and need renew (n5095 in 2024 ? Get n100 at least mate 😂)
Diy soultion: it depends how much time and cash want to spend . And how much knowledge you have.
@@frankwong9486 i dont know why qnap isn't great, they work great for me...
Why do you keep saying that RAID is not a backup?
Because it's not. RAID is just a bunch of drives trying to keep your data safe via several methods of bit-checking and redundancy checks via software (In the controller card or via your OS software). Having your data in one spot being protected against drive failures is NOT a backup method.
A backup is when you take a snapshot of your data (Simple file copy, for example) and move it elsewhere to a different device. That different device could be a different physical drive in your machine, it could be out on the cloud through various vendors, or just to a DVD/CDR. A "backup" consists of having multiple copies of your data, not how a set of drives protects itself.
Think of it this way. If you're lucky enough to own two cars for you and yourself alone, you have a "backup car". You can only drive one car at a time, so, if one of those cars breaks down for whatever reason, you have another car to get you to where you need to be and get parts to fix that broken car. RAID doesn't do that kind of thing. It doesn't magically give you access to a button to go and repair your car for the short term while you use said "broken" car to go fetch parts to fix your "broken" car. RAID doesn't even cover being a tow truck to take your car to a repair shop because you're still out a car while it's being repaired.
Partly because if the data gets damaged (through a deletion or some other event) then it is only one real unit. If there is an electrical surge, corruption through OS, or some sort of failure, the whole box can be compromised. That doesn't mean that it is not useful though for other issues.
You might want to google RAID, cause when you aks such a question, you really don’t have a clue on what RAID is.
@@Mr76Pontiac You're absolutely right that RAID isn’t a backup in the traditional sense, and no one’s arguing that it replaces an external backup. But dismissing RAID's role entirely by saying "it's not a backup" is oversimplifying the situation. RAID does give you a form of resilience, which, for many users, is essential.
Think of it this way: RAID is more like having spare parts for your car already on hand, so if something breaks (like a drive), you can replace it immediately without downtime. You're still driving while your system rebuilds itself in the background. Sure, RAID isn’t going to save you from ransomware or accidental deletions-that’s what external backups are for-but in the real world, drive failures are a major risk, and RAID does protect against that. It's like having an auto mechanic riding with you, ready to fix things on the fly, which is far more useful than people give it credit for.
@@MoD_Master_Of_Disaster_ And how am I supposed to backup 50TB of data without going bankrupt?