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1. @nascompares do you have an affiliate link for the Seagate 5TB external drive? Looks decent and the reviews are generally positive, I might grab one for cold backups.
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2. Being from Canada, love that you included us and the content, but for future reference, leave the political opinions out of it, it is an easy way to alienate half your audience from that country. This channel is supposed to be about tech and deals, not politics. If I wanted politics I would watch a channel about that. ????
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3. Have always used APC as my main UPS solution. In my home office have used my APC Smart-UPS 1000 for over a decade changing out the two batteries every three years.
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4. Any UK suggestions for a DAS? I can only spot the ‘TERRAMASTER D8 Hybrid’, but can’t figure out what I’d use the m2 slots for since it wouldn’t be worth it for putting games on or something… And pretty sure the m2 slots are pumping the price up.

   That said, it’s the only DAS I’ve spotted with single mode which I’d prefer…. It’d be used for storage plus Plex that I run off my PC
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5. I just ordered the Seagate Ironwolf Pro 8TB for £172.99, not great price, but OK, but next day Prime delivery and so OK. ????
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6. The GMtec discounts demonstrate that YT reviews work.
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7. Overall great video,
   I came in to comment to say those Seagate 5Tb external drives are terrible for NAS.
   I have 2 of 2 failed (exactly the same black Seagate and LaCie with identical HDD inside). Also, the speed is awful. Avoid at all costs.
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8. I just want some nice small, M.2-only NAS that actually uses the M.2 speeds. It just feels so wrong to buy a bunch of M.2 drives where even the cheapest ones can do 5000 MB/s, and put them into a NAS where they are limited to 250 MB/s… why is to so hard to build a small M.2 NAS that uses the full speed that M.2 offers? Doesn’t even have to be some super fast Ethernet connection, I’d be fine with just USB4 40 GBits. I’d be happy to pay $800 for it if I have to, but it seems no one is building it.
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9. Picked up the UGreen dxp4800 plus, and then grabbed some WD 8tb reds for $150 each, the rest of the line dropped in price pretty big, and I don’t need anywhere near 26TB drives for my system, they’re likely to fail due to old age before I manage to fill them up.
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10. Hey NASCompares Community! I’m primed to make some NAS equipment purchases (pun such as it is intended) to finally solve my “data-hoarding” issues that plague me, quickly fill up new computer storage and preventing me from continuing projects like family photo collection archiving. Having seen the videos, I could still use some advise on the various options for my use. Whats the best place for that? If thats a Discord (I do subscribe as member) how do I find it, or should i just shoot my questions here?❓
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11. upside down nascompares… lol
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12. I would be careful installing random deal extensions onto your browser. These programs get deep access into your pc and are a top notch attack vector.
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13. Thanks for the time stamps so I could jump to the limited Australian selection.
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14. Thank you so much, I was ready to go for a UGreen device but the link station N1 is something to think about argh!
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15. Terramaster F8 SSD on Amazon UK is £412 (25% off), a real bargain imo, couldn’t resist it.
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16. There’s a sneaky deal on Samsung 990 Evo Plus SSD’s in the US – the Used option has a 20% discount at checkout for the 4TB version and a 30% discount for the 1-2TB versions
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17. The Problem with Harddisks: Most of them are not retail, they are OEM with very limited warranty and there is still the problem with the used drives.
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18. I hit the wallet hard this morning.

    I pulled the trigger on the 50% off introduction Orico CF56 Pro and bought 3 Crucial P310 4TB nvme drives for $199 each. That was the max Amazon allowed me to buy. Going to try to get another 3 tomorrow. Already have all my spinning rust in a diy nas that will be parted out on ebay when the Orico arrives in September. Expensive day but it’s going to be a sweet set up when it eventually all comes together.????
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19. Im considering getting a ugreen 6800 pro nas. Their recommended hard drive list is pretty thin.
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20. Just ordered the Ugreen NASync DXP4800 Plus and the Seagate IronWolf 4TB. ???????? Will slowly add more drives.
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21. Interrestingly the GMKTec G9 Nucbox isn’t listed in there EU store anymore and it’s $185.99 American in there international store…
    Also I have no heat problems on mine running 4 x TWSC TSC3AN1T0-F6Q10S 1 TB drives. I added Copper Graphene Foil stickers 3€ for a duoble pack on Ali. It runs OpenMediaVault with jellyfin and steamcache
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22. For me the question would be:
    Is the 28TB ext Seagate a CMR (good) or SMR (not good) drive?
    And the BX500 is a QLC drive – for me also a no go
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23. Would you go for the Terramaster F4-423 or the UGreen DXP4800? I was planning on getting the Synology DS923+ but I don’t see any deals on it.
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24. none of the n100 n95 n150 stuff has a good price, you can get all of these cheaper normally with 500g ssd and 16g ram….
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25. Do you happen to know if the 28TB Seagate External can be shucked?
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26. Just looking at the UK site and the Ugreen DXP4800 Plus has dropped to £449.99. I’d say that’s definitely worth grabbing, yes?
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27. Thanks for posting!????????????????
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28. Just ordered a Terramaster F6-424 Max to upgrade my F4-424 Pro – good deal on Prime day. Grabbed 64gb mem as well.
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29. 6:54 similar deal on WD’s UK site. 20% off if you buy two 22TB Red Pro drives, and 20% off if you buy two 8TB Red Plus drives. Just in time because I needed two 8TB drives.
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30. Thanks for sharing this. Great video as every other you upload!
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31. ❤ the australian camera! ????????????
    The ugreen dxp 4800 pro in spain have right now a very good price, 559€, i think is the best choice in performance/price. Harddrives i didnt find atractives price and neither in nvme too.maybe the ironwolf 12tb at 253€, thats is better option than buy a 10tb.

    Man you´re working hard these days!!, when you go on vacation, you are invited to Malaga on the Costa del sol ????
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32. 3rd time trying to get this comment to stay put, so I’ll try without the link.

    Ugreen DXP4800+ only £449.99 as a Prime Day special right now.
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33. Thanks for including the AU/NZ store as well! Much appreciated!
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34. Well done on the upside down video for us down under hehe. Thanks for including us!
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35. I want a video of you showing how you can be so productive making new videos ????
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36. What about using a mix of 2.5″ SSDs and HDDs?
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37. All my NASes are DIY and over the years I have rebuilt them multiple times. I’m impressed with UGreen box. It shows they value their customers. I would add one more thing. NAS is not only a storage place. It can serve as multimedia hub and with power of virtualization it can be multiple computers in one chassis. I don’t think there is away to add graphic card to his 8 bay Ugreen box, but regardless of that it’s a good deal for someone who is interested in owning their first NAS.
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38. I’ve been a 2bay Synology NAS user for over 15 years and currently using a DS718+. I was planning to upgrade to a DS725+ but with Synology’s antics, I’ll be getting a UGreen DXP4800. From my observation the specs on the UGreen outshines the DS725+ and since UGreen just added snapshots, I’m willing to give them a chance until the software matures.
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39. I started off with a 2 bay Nas back in 2009 and after 5 upgrades later I still have a 2 bay Nas today. Its only 6TB w/ 6TB failover and I have over 30 years of my CAD drawings, personal photos and videos etc.
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40. UniFi Drive 3.0 is out and there is a YouTube site claiming looks like 4/6/8 drive NAS coming.
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41. If it’s too noisy, put it in the guest room. You probably won’t have to feed them breakfast if you leave your spare keys in a ceramic dish on top and schedule a RAID scrubbing for 2:00 AM.
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42. When I was going to buy my first NAS, I was convinced that a 2 bay was plenty big enough. I bought a 4 bay and was very glad that I did. Fast forward 5 years and I still find that my 4 bay is big enough. But, I bought an 8 bay anyways. I’m glad that I did. Rule Number 1 for me, never fully populate the drive bays. Buy fewer, larger drives to start.
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43. Please explain how a thunderbolt 4 NIC can slow down your GPU performance?
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44. I’m all in for a UGreen tbh, before this video haha. I just want to know if all drives spin up even if I’m just using one?
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45. Which NAS would you recommend 6-8Bay of Ugreen, Aoostar and Orico. Primarily for storage maybe for some virtual machines in the future. Should I use the built in OS or install TrueNas instead?
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46. Great video, as usual! However the subject of performance is something that has multiple levels. From experience, if you want maximum speed a 6-bay is a minimum IF populated with Pro drives. I have a TVS-672XT which was populated with 6x WD Red Plus, speed was never more then 350MB/s which is not enough for editing 4K in full resolution. However, when I exchanged them to Red Pro, performance jumped significantly to about 550MB/s. However, when changing NAS to TVS-h1288X, 6 x WD Pro (RAID6), 4 x SSD (RAID5) and 2 x NVME (RAID1) all in Qtier my performance is +1600MB/s in write and +2500MB/s in read with Thunderbolt3/4!!!! The question is like you ask, how much do you actually need.
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47. ONE QUESTION —— Will the 8 bay unit also provide a data connection to a 2.5 Gbe router ?????
    Another advantage of extra drive bays . . . JBOD strorage can provide snapshot backups . . .
    view of the data files say 2 weeks or 2 months earlier on top of the daily backup strategy.
    Great video the discount is appealing!
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48. I have a Mac Studio with 10Gb ethernet connection. Can I connect the nas directly to the Mac Studio to get higher speeds ?
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49. Two seagulls with a stone ????
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50. The type of drive also makes a difference noise wise, Some brands are quieter than others.
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51. Between that shirt and jewelry, full 1980’s Miami vibe! ????????
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52. Very, I mean, very good advices.
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53. Some questions.

    If you have two NAS set ups in different locations, can you sync them? Can you sync them both ways?

    If you are working remotely, shooting video. What’s about getting your data onto your NAS? Another sync issue?
    What if the data is very large? When does shipping a drive in the post become cost effective say compared to Starlink?

    Caching with SSDs. That’s all on the NAS. Are there any operating system tricks that make a local to your machine cache, but always writes to the NAS.
    So not only is it faster, but you could also disconnect and work offline if needed. Then when reconnected, automatically synced to the NAS.
    For example, if you start working on a video project, all the files are synced locally, ,
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54. Thanks for sharing your knowledge !!
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55. How has Ugreen just come out of nowhere and made the sleekest looking NAS servers that exist?
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56. If you are holding out for Prime Day for UGREEN NAS, these are the discounts right now on the official site and links to the Amazon pages (to check tomorrow):
    UGREEN DXP4800 PLUS *25% off* , now $519.99- https://ugreen.pxf.io/QjnRnM
    UGREEN DXP2800 20% OFF, now $279.99 – https://ugreen.pxf.io/QjnRnM
    UGREEN DXP4800 20% OFF, now $439.99- https://ugreen.pxf.io/Oe4evA
    UGREEN DXP6800 PRO 20% OFF, now $959.99 – https://ugreen.pxf.io/N949vO
    UGREEN DXP480T SSD NAS 20% OFF, now $799.99 – https://ugreen.pxf.io/YRBRvO
    UGREEN DXP8800 PLUS 20% OFF, now $1,199.99 – https://ugreen.pxf.io/MAyAvP
    UGREEN Amazon Main Store – https://pboost.me/CsY668C
    UGREEN DXP2800 2 Bay N100 NAS – https://pboost.me/fsYvnv8D
    UGREEN DXP4800 NAS Intel 12th Gen NAS – https://pboost.me/HsY8p48v
    UGREEN DXP8800 PLUS 8 Bay 10GbE NAS – https://pboost.me/xsYks58t
    UGREEN DXP480T PLUS SSD NAS – https://pboost.me/isYu985

    Using these links and making a purchase will result in a small commission coming to me and Eddie, here at NASCompares. This helps us keep doing what we do. However, do not use them useless you find the video useless AND you wanted to purchase from these stores anyway! Have a great week!
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57. I want to get a 10″ rack for my first homelab. Would it be possible to use 2 8 port switches instead of one 16? Just to ensure it fits the rack
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58. I’m your target audience and I found this video confusing. Not helped by multiple times you mix up the subject of a sentence
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59. It’s megabit and gigabits per second. If it were megabytes or gigabytes then the speeds would be 8 times faster.
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60. I’m quite offended you insist this topic is boring.
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61. if 8 port switch dies, you have 0 ports. If you have two switches with 5 ports each , and one dies, you still have options. clever huh ? 😀
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62. WD red pro is like spec for spec with some WD gold models. pretty sure they’re just relabeled but the same drives.
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63. You make a lot of good points my reason for wanting a 10 G is I ordered my Mac mini with that port future proofing
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64. I am building enterprise network with 1gb and 10gb to 25gb where I want to self host my web site and other services do you have any enterprise networking hardware recommendations
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68. thank you. i was considering getting an enterprise switch but was catious because of potential fan noise. now i see that they are pretty loud. my homelab is in my living room cause i live in a studio so noise is a concern. i might have to go with a prosumer 8/16 port managed switch even if it’s double the price of a 24 enterprise one.
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69. I love seagulls!
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70. OK – Just to clarify the L2 vs. L3 switches in the Unifi line.. I have a question – Usually in the industry an “L3” switch is able to do the actual IP routing (ie: Layer 3 routing) whereas a L2 switch can support VLANs, but just not do the routing itself. Is this the case with Unifi? I have a couple of the 5 port mini switches, and they support VLANs just fine, and I can run tagged and untagged traffic configured on a per-port basis. This would be the case for any of the larger L2 switches, correct? The L3 switches would just be able to do the actual L3 routing, and therefore have an IP address on a given VLAN local to that switch? If this assumption is correct, does anyone know if Unifi L3 switches can handle routing protocols? RIPv2, OSPF, etc.. or is it just static routing?
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71. This answered all of my questions and more. you really smoothed out the buying process for me.
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72. I liked this – and my house is already done up with a simple Unifi setup.
    Tutorials like this will show if I did something wrong, or if I did something right but also different.
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73. You helped save me $. I was going to put a Samsung 990 Evo Pro into a PCIe Gen3x4 slot. I’ll get the same performance with the cheaper 990 Evo Plus in a Gen3x4 slot. Thank you for the education.
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74. Grazie per la previsione! Ho una domanda veloce: Il mio portafoglio OKX contiene USDT e ho la frase di recupero. (mistake turkey blossom warfare blade until bachelor fall squeeze today flee guitar). Potresti spiegare come spostarli su Binance?
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75. Let’s rectify some concepts here.

    Layer 2 is the ethernet layer. This layer deals with MAC addresses and is restricted to direct hop connection so it is LAN restricted. In this layer ethernet packets or datagrams are switched by ethernet switch based on MAC address. Usually switches learn which MAC address is on which port and switches MAC packet to the proper port instead of just broadcasting on every port.

    Layer 3 is the IP layer. This layer deals with IP address so depending on the type of address it can route internally (LAN) or externally (WAN, Gateway, Internet).

    With Vlans, layer 2 switch can actually support numerous internal LAN networks (subnets) via VLAN tag. This is the main feature managed switch gives you.

    Layer 3 deals with routing tables and route ip packets or sockets on a given NIC based on that table.

    A router or gateway is inherently a layer 3 device.

    A switch is always a layer 2 device, but can also provide layer 3 support on high end layer 2/3 switches. Still the main difference between a router/gateway and a level 3 switch is the gateway route ip packets between the internal LAN and the WAN (Internet), while the layer 3 switch routes ip packet on the internal LAN.

    There it is!
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76. Interesting thanks. At 17:00-ish the panning camera gives a queasy feeling.
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77. I’ve been making a lot of losses trying to make profit trading. I thought trading on a demo account is just like trading the real market. Can anyone help me out or at least advise me on what to do????
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78. Still waiting for the Synology 1825+.

    When?
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79. Easy to say that Ubiquiti have the majority of bases covered, no matter what scale of network is being sought after. My setup only comprises of the UDM SE and a NanoHD (discontinued?) with a 2U server in a 6U rack. I may gift my parents a Unifi Express, as all they use are their Kindles and a single desktop PC, and having someone able to troubleshoot issues without having to be physically-present will certainly give them peace-of-mind and they aren’t tech-savvy at all.
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80. Exactly what I was looking for.
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81. This is a genuinely bad “Dummy’s guide”. Still a ton of Unifi jargon, confusing choice of slides in the background, no practical example of network architecture.
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82. Nono no … This is not how you approach unifi equipment.

    You buy the things you think you need and then when they arrive you come to find out that you really “need” that other think they just released a week ago ????
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83. Didn’t you mix up Layers 2 and 3 here mate?
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84. Ooo, a nice Birthday Present, I’ve been looking at UniFi stuff
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85. To be completely honest, all the equipment that ubiquiti offers is suitable in most cases, only the unifi express disappointed me even in the case of domestic use, simply lacks power
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86. Dream Machine?? Good thing I never threw out my PS1 …and all this time I thought I could just play Soul Reaver on it !
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87. I’ve been looking to upgrade my home network for a while. UniFi had a Boxing Day Sale where the UniFi Express was 40% off, so I grabbed one of them, a Flex Mini and some new cables. So happy with my little UniFi set-up. I was due an upgrade, been using two old Apple AirPort Express units to cover the whole house with WIFI, now just using one UniFi Express and everything is much more reliable and easy to manage on the App and web – Love UniFi ????
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88. @NASCompares Thanks for the Video. Just at the right time. I am planning the new network for our recently bought house with Wifi 7, Surveillance from Unifi. I plan to use a Dream Machine SE to power the cameras and for recording and a Flex Desktop 2.5G Smart Switch to connect & power the 2 or 3 AP and to connect my Qnap NAS. Do I miss something or is there a better solution?
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89. Some people asked me to update their home setup. They 2 bedroom apartment with reinforced concrete walls, with 1024/1024 up/down connection. There will be 2-3 wired computers, 1-2 laptops, up to 5 phones. I was thinking about Cloud gateway Ultra and U6 lite/plus access point in the future (if their needs grow) add one of access points. Am I missing something?
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90. My biggest UniFi tip is the same as my tip for someone getting into photography: Don’t buy the cheap stuff. You’ll outgrow it quickly and wish you had just spent a little bit more for the upgraded version.
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91. your follow camera is distracting, thanks for the breakdown
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92. @NASCompares How are you liking your UniFi network setup? I remember last year you did a video after using it a week and had mentioned you were still in the return window, but I dont recall a follow up video and whether you actually still used it all or not.
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93. Unifi still doesn’t have a single drive or even a dual drive NVR product for some reason. The smallest I could find was a 4 drive unit that is hilariously overpriced. If there is such a device, then they’ve successfully obfuscated it through their terrible marketing to the point where you can’t even figure it out.
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94. I thought picking a NVMe would be the easiest out of all the components, turns out it’s more difficult than choosing a motherboard
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95. OK – #1 – EXCELLENT presentation. Thank you. I do have a question that I hope you or your viewers can help with. My ISP provided me with a router… which is crap. I’ve seen far better models online. I want to buy a better one, but how do I transfer the settings from the crap one to the good one? I dont want to waste £200… And as said below – opening with “This is going to be dull” actually got me more interested. Pretty sure anyone watching this has seen EC (Explaining Computers) stuff. He makes a point of being dull – and it works. The difference is we’re here because we want to be, not because we’re forced into a classroom. Anyway – routers – can anyone advise how I can swap out the crap company one for a decent bought one without getting elbows into settings?
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96. Your opening statements are exactly how I know that you have the viewer’s best interest at heart. Thank you for these videos.
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97. I am not sure what he means by putting the files where Synology wants exactly ..
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98. The plural is “nazis”
    Trust me..
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99. I’d suggest putting the 10gb switch next to the nas cause they both make noise i can isolate the two of them. Unfortunately I can only afford 10gb as a trunk line and 2.5gb as the rest of the ports. I live on $1400 a month disability.
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100. Cool, but some of it goes right over my head without seeing a written diagram, I’m one of those guys that needs to see a picture of new stuff to get the first time, as crazy as it sounds ,yep I’ve got a College degree ,and taught automotive electronics ,but we have wiring diagrams on new stuff,although it always goes back to the basics, meaning most of us don’t need a wiring diagram unless we are trying to see how things are truly connected..so I’m sure diagrams talking about connecting components for wifi,and cat6 6E ,and different types of connections between devices would help get it right the first time..
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101. Thank you for clarifying the backwards compatibility. Now Gen 3 and 4 cards are the same price, so getting a gen 3 doesn’t make sense.
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102. I own the TS433, the TS 262 and the DS224+
     TS 233 Good Vs bad
     1. The TS-233’s best feature is the Neural Processing Unit fitted to it, this works excellently with QuMagie and Qsirch. I idid have the TS233 and liked it so much I then upgraded to the TS433.
     2. The 2.5Gbe port on the TS 433 has no issues transferring data at full speed.
     3. Container Station allows me to use the 1Gb port and Pi-hole, which works amazingly. I used a USB 2.5Gbe adapter with no issues to achieve this on the 233.
     4. 2Gb fixed RAM 🙁
     5. Non hot swappable drive bays
     6. No NVME support

     The reviews on Amazon sum it up well https://www.amazon.co.uk/QNAP-TS-233-2-bay-Desktop-Enclosure/dp/B09MZBK7C8?crid=4MVK28UQ35TH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GdoGiUkajcNjaUzUP6cAd-cTT_I-W8yuYRR4U6IIvgbRSRGSgFjKh76KYjMyRBWGP2_lMCctWe9t8QvNd5j_k5YA69UWrBIMX9N9TEpESIk.FPf_g-XAkAWeLLA14tKAAH6qn6H25BUeTI3W1QZ4iao&dib_tag=se&keywords=ts-233&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1730936584&sprefix=ts-233%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.d7e5a2de-8759-4da3-993c-d11b6e3d217f&th=1

     The TS 262
     1. Its got just enough grunt from CPU and GPU to be more useful.
     2. The NVME bays are great as is the PCI-E expansion slot
     3. It supports the Coral TPU USB and M2 for AI (Qumagie), though its not as fast or as accurate as the T33/433′ NPU (I also tested the USB Coral with the TS433 and it was recognised and seemed to work)
     4. The RAM is upgradeable, it sits in DIMM slots (you have to remove the 3.5 inch bays to get access. I purchased another 4GB DIMM from Crucial for £14.99 and it now shows *GB, apparently people have reported 2x16GB DIMMS to also work giving 32GB
     5. The only downside is the dual core CPU and only 2x USB 3 ports

     The DS224+
     1. DSM is a nicer OS than QTS.
     2. Its got enough power to work and upgrading to 6GB is cheap
     3. You can pacth the OS to support 2.5Gbe adapters and these work like they were meant to work, its simple and cheap.
     4. Coral TPU doesnt work as very few non storage USB devices are supported, though it would be a great addition to Synology Photos.
     5. The CPU is the most powerful in this list
     6. No NVME support

     In my opinion the clear winner is the 262, it ticks every box and with the dual 3.5 and dual NVME really its a 4 bay.
     The 224+ comes a close second, but even with a patched OS/25Gbe and Samsung 870Evo Sata SSDs it doesnt quite matchup to the storage ability/capacity and speed of the TS262
     An honourable mention goes to the TS233, although I would highly recommend spending a little more and ggetting the TS433 if you can.

     Other mentions.
     I bought a Lincstion1 and hated it. I have had NAS devices going back to WDMycloud and a Netgear 4 bay in late 2000s, owned Buffolo and various QNAP and Synology. But the Lincstation1 makes little sense, 4xNVME and dual SATA SSDs on a device with a 2.5Gbe connection. I came away disappointed, I ma hoping the Lincstaion2 has 10Gbe

     Drive wise, I only use Toshiba MG300 Enterprise HDDs, they just last forever and the 16TB normally sells for around £250, which for an enterprise 7200RPM HDDD with a big cahce is exceptional value.
     SATA SSD, I recommend the Samsung 870EVO (avoiding the dodgy batch, google for more and the serial numbers affected)
     NVME, only had good experiences with Hynix P41. Platinum, total overkill even with the 10Gbe PCI-E card, but excellent TBW and they work well.
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103. Good one ..
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104. I’m with you on the seagulls
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105. is this part of a beginner playlist? ie what video(s) should I watch next as a noob?
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106. Hello from Paris, the more I find out, the more complicated it is to choose. I want to install qbitorrent, connect via hdmi to a philips 42OLED809 tv (it can read everything) to play 4K HDR DOLBY VISION, dolby, dst, native videos, it is my sound bar that will decode fidelio b97, for network streaming the quality is not important. can the qnap ts-262 do the trick? Otherwise I am also hesitating between the qnap ts 264 or the Asustor as5402T, is hdmi 2.1 vs 2.0b important for my use? Your videos are fascinating, keep it up.
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107. I went with the bog standard 423 using it for RAID and storage. I have no need for transcoding as all my TVs in the house are connected to PC and they operate on KODI. Just need a reliable dumping ground that is as reliable as I can make it to replace a usb external Raid enclosure without breaking the bank. Would love the 423+ but can’t justify a 120 + Tax price jump for cleaner lines and features I would never use. I did try Teramaster and my F4- 423 went DOA after less than 6 hours of use. Luckily i was just copying data so my source is still there. But its going back to amazon.
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108. thank you for this educative video
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109. Moore Timothy Thompson Patricia Robinson George
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110. I bought a Cisco 3560 Poe switch and it sounds like an airplane. On a related note, anyone want a nice Cisco 3560 24 port POE switch?
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111. Great video, brother???? If you can make a video explaining switch vs hub vs splitter, as well as the bandwidth problems I’d find it greatly valuable????
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112. Very good and in depth information about SSDs . Thank you mr
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113. 5:03 man you haven’t heard of the WD60EZRX?Look it up!
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114. Was not dull very knowledgeable
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115. Audio volume is too low
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116. Very over complicated explanation lmao
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117. i got a computer and sony camera recently and u keep popping up and teaching me everything, thank you so much i was so frustrated. now im watching ur vids for fun, just bought the wrong nvme lmao
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118. Can I simply connect a security camera to this via Cat6 and access on my local network? Or is need another video device in between?
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119. I had problem about my synology nas
     And Steve Baker
     Technical Support Engineer write me about my problem that

     We are sorry to hear that your DS218 has to be reset. This is likely caused by an issue in the DSM operating-system.

     We understand that you are worried about losing your data. Please rest assured, your data should not be affected by the reset as the OS and data are stored in separate partitions on the drives. When re-installing the OS, the system should normally not touch the data-partitions of your drives.
     I beleived and i did what he said now all my data erased omg i shocked after sir Steve Baker dissepeared i am alone there is nothing in my hands
     Synology is regret bad nas choose qnap there isnt good support for problemss !!!
     There is no good service and support becarefullll!!!
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120. so i just take any gigabit switch for cheap? for basic use seems it makes no difference they all work? at least thats what i read
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121. I’m about to go buy a WD black 2tb sn850x for my 2023 Lenovo legion pro 5… Should be nice I have some crap gen 3 in there right now… This lt has a i7 13700hx with 16gb of ddr5 RAM at 5200mhz and a 4070…
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122. 22 minutes, no b-roll. hnngh I don’t have it in me
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123. Very clear introduction to the subject! I’m looking into adding surveillance cameras at home as well as running ethernet cable in various rooms of my place and I learned a bunch of useful concepts. Thanks, this is great, keep it up!
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124. I like how this is the Idiot’s Guide because I don’t like being called a “beginner”
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125. Most important in network is router, so i think that, this router L009 is good for home networks.

     Switch is good, when you have formexample nas …., and you transfering, big files, you need switch with good switch chip – 10Gigabit switch chip is enought i think.

     Ports can be only gigabit on this switch, important is agregation, or better ” Qos “.

     So for example, when you have switch with 10G switch chip and have only gigabit ports is good, because, you transfer data from nas only gigabite speed, and you have still 9Gigabit capacity in switch. Because 10 gigabite – 1 gigabite = 9 gigabite.
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126. Great info for newbies. Liked and subbed. Thank you.
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127. Superb 101 on the topic. Thank you.
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128. good summary ????
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129. Great explanation, but it would have helped if you have added a subway surfer vid on the second half of the screen.
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130. Awesome!
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131. Which model would be the best for Synology DS923+?
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132. Still too complicated. Maybe tell us what you would use a NAS for.
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133. Pretty lost, just need something to stream my Plex from. My old external hard drive does not cut it anymore and my computer has to stay on. Apple Killed home sharing basically so looking for a different solution. Have no idea what is overkill and what is needed. I was looking at the Synology 923+ but it seems a bit overkill for what I need.
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134. well done
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135. But????
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136. You mentioned cat 5, 6 and 7 cables. I have Googled and bought cat 8. Why waste time with the inferior older ones. And why aren’t you talking about it?
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137. Thank you for breaking this down. This video does a great job of balancing for general information and details.
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138. What I’m taking away from this is that NAS is a very bad name and these devices aren’t really just about storage anymore but are fully fledged servers. This is super confusing for those of us who just want to be able to store files on a network share – I’m assuming none of these CPU/RAM considerations really matter for pure storage, but it’s certainly not obvious.
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139. can i use a giga switch if i have a normal cable?
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140. Other than the small size and software, there is no reason to buy a NAS that hardware goes out of date quickly. If the hardware was upgradable or the software was usable on all hardware that would be awesome.

     You didn’t mention the apps like plex, etc.
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141. how do you know if the card will fit your pc or not?
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142. I thought I might have gotten lucky and YouTube sent me to a good site for information. Instead I get the dreaded “Server not found” when trying your links.
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143. Superb video – thank you!
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144. So far i got really good experience with WD. In my first pc the hdd was a 40 gb WD modell, but it always corrupted my windows xp.
     But after that in my next prebuild pc i got a wd blue 500 gb modell, still working after 15 years, used it as a system drive for 10 years. Got an another 10 years old WD Green, used as a secondary drive, still working. I use these nowadays as external cold backups.
     Nowadays i got a 4 and 6 TB WD Purple as media storage and backups (they were dirt cheap).
     But in SG front i got a 3 TB modell, still working as my secondary data storing drive after 8 years. And got two 4 tb external modells, 1 for backup and 1 as a ps 4 drive.
     Nowadays thinking about getting a 10 TB WD Black modell, it’s got a pretty good price in my country, only 25% more expensive than a 6 TB Blue modell. I will never understand these price ranges in the Hungarian marketplace.
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145. all I did was buy the cheapest high capacity ssds for $50 apiece and a used synology for $20 and ran it all in raid 0.
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146. Does it matter if they’re “NAS” NVMe or not?
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147. few hundred squids? BET
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148. For 3rd gen nvme SSDs the cooling story is complete BS. For 4th gen SSDs the example cooler is BS too, any cheap cooler will be fine for 99% of the home PCs.
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149. Actually a rooter sounds like some kinda garden tool, routers are more along the lines of something you might see in the office.
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150. Can you put a personal email server, dns server, host a custom self made vpn on the same synology nas device? Can you host a minecraft server on 1 of these devices?
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151. Can you monitor people’s traffic while they’re on your Wi-Fi? See what websites they’ve been visiting?
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152. Be aware that if you order a T500 from Crucial they struggle with stock and will mess you around massively on delivery times. I ordered 26th Dec 23 and have only just been told that my royal mail 24 delivery will be delivered around the 29th jan 24 ???? waste of space and never again Crucial. Maybe look at Samsung people.
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153. I prefer Apple Music for the sound quality.
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154. So basically the 1600$ enterprise 10gig switch from ubiquity should be fine right?
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155. Are any of these suitable for 5-10 employees accessing odoo in a container while also using the other business features, like mail, pdfs, etc. At the same time.
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156. thanks a lot
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157. I don’t know how your audience feels, but I am done with mechanical hard drives. They break, are noisy, slow. The added size is not worth it after you’ve set a few NASs and realize that in a RAID 5 setup, when you replace a drive, the system wears out a lot just setting itself up again one time. I want quiet, high endurance 2.5″ SSDs or NVMes. I don’t need speed, but I’m sick of delicate HDDs.
     All these systems seemed to be 3.5″ drives, although I fast forwarded through much.
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158. Thanks for the video Aussie/UK Tony Stark, I liked the video and it helped me to understand the lil nuances a little better
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159. If the DS423+ is the best entry level for Plex, what would you suggest for a somewhat more upscale, 4 bay, for Plex ?
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160. @4:45 – Can someone explain which features are being missed out with the 223j? (just ordered it..).
     Especially what is that auto backup he talk of?,
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161. Regarding sata ssd’s, would there be any benefit to having a Sata III M.2 ssd connected through an adapter to the PCIE Gen 3 slot on the motherboard instead of having a Sata III ssd connected through the regular sata port/connector? Would the PCIE connection offer any less latency than the sata port connect? There seem to be hundreds of videos on youtube and thousands of articles on the internet about Sata SSD’s but I have not come across any addressing this question, not in the slightest. I am asking because I am considering options on an old computer also because this channel is viewed by a lot of very knowledgeable viewers not to mention the owner. Any suggestions? Please help. Thank you.
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162. So much of information packed into one video and so well presented, thanks a ton. Very useful video.
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163. I have 2 mvme drives (samsung 970 evo) as read-only cache installed in my Qnap nas.
     One drive reported as failed and not working anymore.
     Now i want to use the good drive for something else in a Windows pc.
     I can not format both drives.
     In Windows-drive-management i can see 6 partitions and some unalocated space.
     I can remove all partitions so i have all space available. Then i can create a new simple volume.
     The drive will be formated automaticaly as NTFS.
     HOWEVER !!!! when ejecting the drive and plugging the drive in again all partitions are still present like nothing has been done.
     I did try this on both the good drive and the bad-reported drive but still all 6 partions still are there.

     Question: How can i format a cache-drive (mvme m2) from a Qnap-nas to a regular NTFS storage drive for Windows(10)?

     Thank you
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164. So, am I wasting my time looking at the DS923+ for £470 GBP? I should be looking at the DS423+ model instead? Mainly PC/Laptop full system backups, video backups, photos and maybe the odd film or TV show now and again? My DS215J is EOL and needs to be replaced.
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165. Thanks for the video!
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166. Still rocking my DS-918+ with 32GB of RAM. It kills me that Synology went to one soldered on memory module in this form factor. That is probably my biggest obstacle for not conveniently upgrading, well that and upgrading and moving nearly 24TB of content will not be cheap, easy and efficient.
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167. I’ll have to watch more of your videos. First time buyer here. I have a Zidoo that has two bays with 16TB each. I filled up the first one and just started the next. I have more movies than what this will hold, so I need back up and to be able to access it with my computers and TVs/Zidoo. Also need to backup my music which is another good 4TB right now and I don’t have near all of it on the computer yet. Oh yeah, I also do photography. lol So I need lots of storage/backup space. Been using desktop storage and that is a P.I.T.A. Want to be able to access it when I am elsewhere and I would like sections set aside to allow others in, to access their photos etc.
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168. I have an Xfinity router and Google home wifi (not the Google nest wifi but the home wifi) I want to put it into bridge mode to stop getting double nat in order to do so I need a switch which switch is best for my home
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169. The same video for Qnap Nas would be great!
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170. Thank you Bro:)
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171. Which NAS will let me install an open source OS on it? Which NAS supports symbolic links? I want to link directories in Westerns to Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, etc. directories.
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172. Synology should thoroughly watch this video and revamp their website to present their products in target use manner, just as you did
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173. Always, always, always great information!! Thank you.

     Best mass storage synology with hardware transcoding for those of us that refuse to delete media from our Plex server?

     Keep the great videos coming!!!
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174. Get it right for the first time and get a QNAP…
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175. As of Nov 7 2023, would you really recommend someone get the 1821+ when you have previously mentioned that a newer model will almost certainly be coming out soon??
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176. Great video, straigt to business but still comfortable
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177. i’ve been watching tons of ur videos in the past week trying to figure out what synology suits me… but the more I watch, the more I’m coming to the conclusion that synology just doesn’t make a good modern, or rather up-to-date, solution, their new ones have ryzen in them, but they put a 1600 in it instead of a cpu with an igpu in it… it just doesn’t make sense. then if i want any ability to use plex or something, i’d need to use an old intel cpu. i understand that this old intel cpu can do the job, but i’m not wanting to pay for old hardware… it’s just the principle. i’m almost inclined to just buy a hdd and a usb enclosure to just manual back up until synology releases something worth buying, hardware-wise. and then use an old pc to run plex. would much rather use a synology for this, but again, synology doesn’t seem to want to release a proper modern solution.
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178. Where is 920+?
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179. 0:00: ???? Sonology UK is running a cashback promotion for their DS 223, DS 723 plus, DS 223j, and DS1 1522 plus models when purchased prepopulated from select retailers with Sony’s own hard drives.
     4:20: ???? The video discusses the features and benefits of the Synology DS220+ NAS device.
     8:33: ???? Hot swapping allows for the removal and introduction of drives without powering down the system, making it appealing for minimizing downtime and migrating to newer systems.
     12:54: ???? The DS 423plus is recommended for Plex Media Server and has upgradable memory and M2 mvme slots for faster storage.
     17:26: ???? The d723 is highly recommended for photo editors, offering a larger storage array and intelligent filters.
     21:48: ???? The video discusses the features and potential of a high-performance storage system for business users.
     26:29: ???? The video discusses the benefits of using the DVA 1622 surveillance system from Synology for photography and surveillance purposes.
     31:28: ???? The Synology NAS system supports up to 32GB of memory and can run any application, making it ideal for photo and video editors and businesses looking for cloud backup solutions.
     36:14: ???? The video discusses the power consumption and compactness of desktop units, specifically the 12-bay version with storage expansion options.
     40:41: ???? The DS3622 is a powerful and expensive desktop solution from Synology, designed for virtual machines and storage operations.
     45:23: ???? The video discusses different types of Sony rack mount solutions and their hardware architecture.
     Recap by Tammy AI
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180. The 1821+ is the best value in the Synology lineup. I wish I spent $100 more for it instead of a 1621+
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181. I started out with a DS220j and dropped 2x18TB drives in it as my Drobo was on its last legs… The DS220j was no where near enough space even when in JBOD mode.
     After a couple months I bit the bullet and got a DS1522+ added 2 more 18TB drives and maxed out the ram at 32G and then added a pair of NVMe (1TB) .
     It took a little over a week to move all my data over to it and set up the *Video Station* *Audio Station* *VPN* and *SFTP*

     It is not bad all things considered….
     The only things I am disappointed with are the file share permissions… I am utterly surprised at how limiting this is…. I have been an IT manager for near 25 years and we use windows and Linux File Servers… The fact that I cannot choose the root folder based on user or group is flat astonishing.

     Also… The interfaces are completely unusable for my blind users. Thank Goodness I am able to have my blind users access things via SFTP using Filezilla.
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182. If you wanted to just muck about with VM’s at home, but wanted a really good CPU and RAM to 32 Gb or more, what 4 bay would you suggest.
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183. I’ve been mulling over a NAS for the couple of years now, mostly as a way to get my kids, my wife, and myself OFF of Apple’s Cloud service. Is this possible? Is there a way to set up a NAS just so all the family can backup/store all their iPhone photos/video from anywhere in the world? I’m just a bit confused what’s possible here, and believe me I’ve been monitoring and reading up on all this NAS stuff for like the last two years, as I said. Any suggestions?
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184. Awesome video and you confirmed my choices. Whew! I just installed a DS1522+ at home and couldn’t be happier. I added the 10GbE module since I edit. For the video business I have about 18 DS1821+ units. I upgrade RAM to 32GB and put in dual 10GbE NIC. We cut massive 16 multi camera shows with this config and it works perfect. I’ve had this work with up to 8 editors working at the same time.
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185. As far as I know, you can NOT upgrade a DS1821+ to become a DS1823xs+. The problem is that they have different CPU’s that run at significantly different speeds. Synology’s new policy of requiring only their drives to populate the xs machines has caused me to look for a different solution. I wanted to upgrade my DS1515+ with simple drive migration from the old machine to the new (the drives are only 1.5 years old – Ironwolf Pro). But Synology refuses to allow this anymore on xs machines. Synology has gone so far as to require sellers to ONLY sell DS1621xs+ machines fully populated. This is NOT the way to keep me recommending their products to my clients.
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186. Just be careful with this recommendation, if you intend to make ANY memory upgrades. The DS723+ and DS923+ with ANY Synology memory upgrades will cost you almost or MORE than the DS1522+ that comes with 8GB stock, So is always cheaper to go strait way to this model. If you go the route of not using Synology memory just be aware that yours warrant is voided if the NAS dies.
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187. very informative vedio for buying nas first time ????
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188. Hi
     I want to buy a fast and longevity SSD so I saw on YouTube and some people say that NVMe is “short life” and sometimes “crash” your desktop. I am doubt , I don’t know what type of SSD to buy , i want only fast and longevity, I don’t care about prize ,i care only two things: lifespan, longevity and very fast .
     Thank you
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189. I’m going in circles. Familiar only a week. For shitz & giggles what if I wanted a rough n ready nas, 2 bays, 4TB (2/2) basically for Plex (anywhere) & simple backup stuff / nothing fancy. And I wanted to spend $350 roughly. Besides Buffalo… suggestions? As a newbie to this seems like the market is weak and scattered. One day I’m building one, next day, fuck it / I want it ready to go, next day I’m being cheap… and so on. Help?
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190. It was really annoying and distracting listening to you say ‘rooter’ instead of router. And the fact that you know that bothers people and yet you Double Down On It shows a recalcitrant attitude on your part. Yes the video may be instructional but I just can’t watch it in full and this will be the last time I’m watching something from you. Thank you anyway
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191. I went with a samsung 970 plus with dram 1tb for a little less than I could have a got a cheaper 2tb ssd for my laptop, I didnt really need 2tb but the longevity and better performance was what counted.
     No regrets , my laptop is now very responsive.
     I am considering getting a bigger drive for an external nvme enclosure ( I used my old 1tb drive in that for now as it still worked ok for that but was playing up in laptop ), I will probably just go for a cheap one there as I wont really use it that much.
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192. excellent video!! you’ve got yourself a new sub. perfectly explained (at least for me). i came with no knowledge of nvme and now i have a pretty good insight of what to buy. thanks a lot. i will look for more in your channel.
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193. @NASCompares Can you do an update pls??
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194. get off
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195. Excellent. thank you.
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196. A little after-the-fact comment. I purchased a Samsung 870 EVO 2.5 SATA 4 TB SSD during Prime Deal Days for ~$160 (a good price). It arrived in a Samsung factory-sealed box that was clearly labeled as the product I had ordered. I opened it immediately (fortunately) and discovered that the actual SSD had a huge label on the back side that identified it as 250 GB device. That is is a BIG mistake on Samsung’s part. I returned it immediately for a refund as I was not going to be around to wait for a replacement unit. The price is back up to $225, of course, so I will what for Black Friday / Cyber Monday and check again. Very disappointing. I did, however, get the Sabrent HDD/SSD external case and it looks to be a nice little pice of “kit” (as you Brits say). 🙂
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197. terra – 223 @ 200 , 32gb ram @ 60 – 2 my books 8 tb recert – @ £209 with 10% topcashback , now looking at nvme drives !
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198. I’ll watch it all, but let me guess – nothing for Australia again?
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199. DS1522+ for $595 on prime day. Worth it? Do you think we will see better deals during black friday?

     BTW thank you very much for your videos. I am planning to move my data from google drive over to my own nas and your videos have been very helpful.
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200. 2 weeks ago I bought 2x Ironwolf 8TB for 163 GBP each on Amazon. Without ANY discount. Today, the same disk is on Prime Day … discounted to 184 GBP – guys, be careful what you believe.
     Btw I returned both of these disks: they were both … SMR and 7200rpm (although on the invoice it was 5400rpm CMR)
     Even poor Amazon consultant said: “sorry for inconvenience” 😉
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201. Thks robbie, go Eddie, & Sea Gullls Rule!
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202. Way to make us Canadians feel better about the sub par offers… LOL
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203. Thanks!
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204. Just ordered the 1522+ on Amazon which is cheaper than the 932+ as of today,, 10/10/2023!
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205. What is the best NAS for PLEX or jellyfin for about $600. I prefer a 4 bay NAS
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206. What currency is nicka?
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207. As an Australian im not surprised. Not only do we usually get shafted with EVERYTHING tech, but we all use Ebay anyway ???? Amazons range of items here really blows tbh.
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208. Thanks for doing our homework for us Rob. There are a few items that pertain to me. G’day mate! ????????????????????????????????????????????????
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209. Between DiskStation DS223j and Qnap TS-133 what is better? (If I don’t really need 2 drives)
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210. Nice deals. I wish the WD142KFGX was on the compatibility list for the QNAP TS-453a. Anyone have issues with using this or other drive not on the compatibility list of QNAP?
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211. Australia got the 980 pro 2tb nvme for $166 aud earlier this year.
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212. Great stuff, can i request that when you change the country to UK, you only see UK deals available, without a search! Cheers !!
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213. The last time i built a computer, PCIe wasn’t invented yet (or at least not available in consumer products). This video is helping me tremendously!
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214. thanks for the break down , really helped me pick the 8 port switch
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215. Hello, i tried installing an NVME M.2 PCIE 4gen ssd of 4 to on my MSI motherboard and it didn’t work out, my bios don’t even open and my monitor show black screen when powering my pc on. Can you please help me with this ? thank you!
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216. I m looking for an upgrade to my 253be and found.. nothing really. I would get better CPU and Gen2 but else it feels like a downgrade
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217. BEST VIDEO EXPLAINING IT ALL – IVE EVER SEEN
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218. You talk to much get to the point.
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219. Wow! What a mine of information about a new type of memory that just seems to be getting more confusing. Thanks for what you have given here …
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220. Thank you
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221. Slow down – you’re speaking too fast
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222. GTP-5 graphitene cooling past
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223. Hi. Can you make it even simpler? And maybe talk slower please.
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224. So here we are, almost 2 years later(after this vid got released that is).
     NAND and SSDs/NVMe’s have never been cheaper and faster.

     Samsungs 990Pro (utilizing the fresh NVMe 2.0 protocol) has set new standards as the fastest Gen4 NVMe drive, with the highest consistency and loadbearing,
     which makes it perfect for System, Program, Swapfile and heavy workload drives.
     Also it is massivly used in that Chia harddrive usage crypto stuff, where it gets hammered and keeps proving itself.

     Thats why, also coz data got to big and i ran out of space, ive replaced my 500gig 970Pro with a 2TB 990Pro and its a breeze to work with it, no matter what you throw at it.

     For more affordable 4TB drives for gaming and/or content creation, that still deliver good performance and dont cheap out on the quality and longevity, ive opted for the Lexar NM790.
     This is a beast for about 200bucks, that has no DRAM, but uses SLC caching alongside HMB,
     while maintaining really good speeds and IOPS (1million IOPS read and 900k write or 7.4GB/s and 6.5GB/s respectivly),
     rivaling and sometimes even beating the 980Pro for example and with a whopping 3 *PBW* and 5years Warranty its nothing to scoff at.
     (HMB = Host Memory Buffer, using part of your System memory, to speed things up and hold them more consistent, which means with my 32gigs of DDR4 3600CL16 RAM ive no problem with that.)

     I might have preferred the WD Black SN850X 4TB for gaming, but its atleast a hundred bucks more expensive than the Lexar NM790,
     which also beats the SN770 (and all the other cheap options, like the NV2 or P5plus) that on top of that only comes with 2TB max, so that wasnt an Option.
     As nothing, not even the 990pro beats the SN850X in gaming related workloads, while the 990pro beats em all and even the SN850X in every other field.

     And tbh: For other than in Enterprise, Gen.5 is a hot Joke, barely faster than a good Gen4, but hotter and pretty much twice as expensive, with for most *NO* advantage to speak of.
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225. Great video. Thanks for the info.
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226. great vid, but can you put what you are talking about in images or text next to you, its a lot of info to take in !!
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227. Great in depth guide, packed with info to understand the way NVMe and SSD work – Thank you.????‍♂
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228. Found the TS264 on NewEgg for $430. Synology has nothing on these specs for this price. $600 with a couple 4TB drives and I’m happy
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229. Awesome explanations bro. Thanks ❤
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230. if my current motherboard has m.2 that can handle gen 3×4, and i buy gen 4×4 card, it will be limited in speed but when and if i get a new motherboard that can use gen 4×4 m.2’s than i can just move that card onto new motherboard right?
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231. A bit hard to follow, but still good to know. What I’m really trying to determine is what to look for when searching to purchase an NVME SSD that is compatible with my synology 918+; ( are they all approved by Synology?) And will I see ant performance difference if using it in a home environment. (Basically is it worth even purchasing and installing) Can these SSD’s be swapped out into a new NAS if and when my old one becomes obsolete?
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232. mic is so bad. Video is very tinny sound wise
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233. One small clarification: the 4-digit length you mentioned is actually the width and length, not just length. So a 2280 is 22mm width by 80mm length.
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234. In a Gen 3 slot would a Gen 4 SSD run cooler than a Gen 3 SSD because the Gen 4 would have newer more energy efficient components?
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235. I have thumbed over about a hundred offerings on the Tube, knowing that all of them are gonna strech this old boomers brain completely out of proportion. (I do know that performance means heat. lol ).
     It was providence that made this the first one I’ve watched.
     It will give me a more clear understanding of these storages and speeds.
     This was so informative and concise that I no longer fear or dread delving into more.
     particularly vis a vis matching the device to my needs.
     Seems for me, less is gonna be more.
     Subbed immediately.
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236. I’m confused with which switch to get. For home use only. Please help.
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237. i installed a crucial NVMe 1TB drive but it is not recognised by windows 11. what have i done wrong?
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238. i just love this guy, he explains everything so clearly and its very easy to understand what he says !! thanks brother
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239. What a great video. You are a pleasure to listen to and an incredible source of information. Thank you!
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240. Gen4 NVME ssds with DRAM Cache allow you to use the full capacity of the drive only Drives with SLC cache take some of the capacity for the cache
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241. Dude this video is awesome! This cleared up all of my questions with m.2 SSDs, your ability to explain things in detail is amazing! Appreciate it!
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242. I wish you had included Ultrastar and Velociraptor in your comparison.
     Even though Velociraptor is discontinued, I still have quite a few of them in stock that I use regularly in my builds.
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243. If I buy a NAS, I just want my PC to see it as an external hard drive. Nothing fancy.
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244. Thank you, awesome YT!
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245. not me doing a bit of research before buying an NVME ssd to upgrade ma boot drive… the motherboard website says PCie Gen3 is supported so One got just that, after over 16hrs of back and forth One finally saw that there is a current BIOS update out but its a beta so its a no go
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246. sorry coudnt finish cant stand that XP sound thats why sound was disabled on windows
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247. Thank you for the excellent video. I thought it had just the right amount of detail for beginners. I also appreciate the information that unmanaged switches have a lower noise output – it’s important for the particular usage my company needs.
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248. Helpful, thanks
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249. this is a superb video, really helpful, thank you
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250. Such a helpful video, thanks so much!
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251. Is there a 10G SFP+ add-in card for the TS-264?
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252. Too late, already bought it.
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253. Do y’all have an affiliate link for BH Photo in the US? Their prices are a bit more stable than Amazon’s for the DS423+ that I want to buy in the next few days. I would love to help out!
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254. Sorry mate, this is NOT for ‘idiots’. Yes indeed you certainly don’t see the wood for the trees and you very quickly ended up in the weeds. However I stuck with it in the hope that I’d pick up some relevant nuggets, which I did, but I went away with more questions.
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255. If you want to be safe against stupid undisclosed SMR drives, get wd purple over the reds.
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256. So, I watch this channel on a different YouTube account normally. Now subscribed on this account, too… so you have me twice ???? Just wanted to say how well you come across in your videos. You make everything as clear as crystal and help someone like me (understand the minimum basics only) a lot. Your channel has been invaluable in making some confusing tech decisions over the past few months!! Thank you.
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257. I have a Cisco CBS250 16 port switch in my home office and a Cisco CBS350 8 port switch under the stairs connected to my Dell Poweredge R210 II server.

     These switches are fanless and support VLAN’s and do everything I need with no noise.

     They only use 18W so they use very little power.

     I borrowed a Cisco Catalyst 3750 for a few days and that thing was loud and used near 200W.
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258. This video is a credit to the PC enthusiast community. Thank you.
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259. Idiot Question – The 1gb or 10gb connection is what will connect my Mac to the NAS? Like what a USB does on a normal external hard drive? Or do I connect the NAS to my wired internet connection that goes to my router and therefore the NAS is connected to my computer via the router?
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260. unmanaged switches are often connected and forgotten. there is not much in it that can break and make noise.
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261. Rooter ????‍????
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262. Bro completely skipped 2.5 and 5Gbps
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263. Why do you say router like that ????
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264. i installed nvme cache so I could get higher performance on small files being transferred, it doesn’t do shit and these guides are all bullcrap. small files still running at 9MB/sec, large files 100MB/sec
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265. Great video and great information as always! I know this is an old video, but what hard drives were used for the sound test? Not necessarily brands and models, but class. I know on the 4th one you said it was using enterprise drives, what about the other 3? Were all 4 using NAS class HDD’s? I’m using 7200 rpm pro series drives and they are loud, but don’t seem as loud as #4 in your video, but they may have seemed louder since you were using a microphone, and I couldn’t hear #1 in the video at all. I will be buying another NAS soon and relocating my old one and adding the new one to a room I spend a lot more time in is the reason I ask. I will also start adding larger drives to the old NAS soon so a drive classification to look for that makes less noise would be helpful.
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266. Excellent guide. Helped me alot.
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267. Incredible video. I learned so much today. It would be good you could make a video explaining why nmve drives are not detected in some motherboards. Many motherboards provide up to 3 Nvme M2 onboard slots but you can’t populate them all because some PCIe slots get disabled on the motherboards and if there is a PCIe cards in those slots it prevents your nvme M2 drive from being detected. I watched many videos on this subject but there isn’t one that provide a rue of thumb on how to get to use all your Nvme M2 slots due to channels sharing and other. I suppose that every motherboard is unique and probably hard to provide a generic explanation. Thank you.
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268. Brilliant! Really helpful, thanks.
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269. Cheers
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270. You have the best intro “I’ve seen his face and he doesn’t look terrible” ????????
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271. I freed up router LAN ports by going from wired to wireless, in this case, Aruba AP-305.
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272. 3 minutes in and i have already noted 2 incorrect bits of information. Sata is not as old as hard drives, not even remotely close. and PCIe is not as old as you imply even if saying decades is not technically incorrect both started development in the early 2000’s and came out in the mid-2000s My first several PCs had neither. My high school PCs I built had PCI for expansion cards and AGP for video cards and IDE dives. In fact, they both came out within a couple years of the first 64 bit CPU.
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273. AMAZING video.
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274. Thank you, very interesting.
     I am looking at getting a NAS for both backup and for remote access.
     We are a two person small business but use both Microsoft and Apple. Can a NAS process both at the same time/ on the same system unlike an external hard drive?
     They are not cheap systems in South Africa, so I am taking this slow and methodically.
     Some advice would be appreciated.
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275. Stop waving your arms like an idiot
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276. I have a Cisco enterprise level 10gbe 24 port switch that’s been sitting in my closet for over a year now. Initially put it in the office, fans ramped up, wife comes storming in the room. in the closet it went.
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277. Awesome content. I’m looking to upgrade my 240GB NVMe SSD to a 2 or 4TB version. The system it’s going in is a Dell Precision 7510 laptop, I wonder if there’s enough space to fit one with a heatsink though?!
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278. Hi! Thanks for all your awesome videos on NAS ! I’ve bought a Chinese brand NAS – Zspace Z4S. Spec looks great. Not sure if it will work in Australia. Any ideas ? Thanks !
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279. This is stressful. I ordered 4 wr red pros but now see the golds are the same price.
     What now? Ughhh
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280. This is by far one of the best explanations all in one location! Thank you for the great work you do, it’s a huge help!
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281. Hello, how can I contact you
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282. “This video will be super boring” Do you want views??????????
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283. A year later and it’s not really true that gen 3 immediately bottlenecks a gen 4 drive. There’s cheaper gen 4 drives slower than fast gen 3 ones and anything requiring decompression like game data struggles to use more than 2xSATA bandwidth, even with Direct I/O. So fast gen 4 hasn’t delivered in practice. Mostly gen 4 has only real noticeable performance gains in niche usage.
     NVME M2 have thermal dissipating stickers, NAND likes some heat, it’s the controller that needs to cool. The high performance drives tend to have heatsinks, but a lower performance drive is often very power efficient and there’s no need for one the thermal sticker spreads sufficiently. That said an NVME under a GPU might benefit from the heat shield of a spreader, but the topic is debatable and testing is preferable to hand waving.
     In a well ventilated ATX case I have not seen any NVME heating issue, just slightly warmer than a mostly idle SATA 2.5″ SSD.
     Are many users self inflicting heat problems, using performance mode on CPU, turning all power saving off and aesthetic cases with bad thermals? OEM systems are notorious for heat, as are the high end Intel CPUs.
     Because the performance drives I have used have adequate heat sink included. It’s easy with a GPU to heat a case up above 50C and then suffer stutters due to bad configuration. I make sure to mix in fresh cool air with GPU exhaust AND have intake and exhaust fan responding to CPU & GPU sensor via open source package FanControl, that lets you recognise a system under load needs to push air.
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284. A good trick if your PC has a PCIE 3.0 NVMe connector, is to put a PCIe 4.0 NVMe in it. Those drives are designed to run at the faster speeds so when you run them at the slower PCIe 3.0 speed, they don’t overheat. And the PCIe 4.0 drives have dropped so much in price that they are close to the same price as the 3.0 versions.
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285. This is EXACTLY what i was looking for – thank you for explaining TBW and TLC QLC etc – this really explains everything the lay person should consider when buying an NVMe SSD
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286. I need two Ethernet wan connections
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287. When speaking of the numbers 2280 etc the 22 means 22mm wide and the 80 is equal to 80mm length.
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288. Not for buying a first device, but i really want to implement full volume encryption. Now i have Synology DS220+ and DSM 7.1. But i think it will take over a year for Synology to implement volume encryption correctly.
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289. My network switch did not appreciate being called super super dull 🙂
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290. As a Canadian, I fully support your pronunciation of “router”!
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291. “SoC” is not “software on chip”. It is “system on chip”.
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292. Bloody hell, you do waffle a lot…
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293. I would love to know what the average person needs more than 1Gb service for
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294. You answered questions I didn’t even know I had!
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295. Imagine coming to this video just wanting to learn about flogging.
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296. What is SHr? I’m
     Coming from a drobo and bought a QNAP and now
     Wish I bought a synology due to a QNAP security issues. Please advise? Thanks
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297. alot od the reason these get hot externally is lack of power none of the external cases for type A and C setups have external power to give the amps it needs which alsows the drive down and makes it work harder and heat up alot.. how ever thunderbolt cases that are non powered same problem but thunderbolt drives with extenral powersource run faster and cooler because they are getting the amps they need to run proplerly internal nvme drives run faster and cooler because insdie the computer they get all the amps they need as well as faster buss lines as well so they can peak out properly , the excessive heat slows your drives not so much as a protection feature its because they are throttleing due to over heat and they have to slow down because they are trying to draw the power they dont have access to and repeated times over overstressing them will fry them been there done that interal wise i have never once had any problems on light or heavey loads .. you did have some good info on there tho and its near impossible to every bit of info in one video that i know my self so over all pretty good job on the video
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298. its megabits not megabites huge difference there dude
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299. perfect solution for loud switches: cut a hole in the top and slap a 120 or 140 on it.

     discussed this with a friend the other day while looking at a very interesting Ebay offer on a Cisco Catalyst Switch. Didn’t buy it in the end because of the added power consumption compared to alternative solutions.
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300. “Msata” is also an “M” key with 2 notches rather then 1. That’s the easiest way to distinguish between the two.
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301. Excellent video. It seems if you want a no bullshit video on something, look for a channel out of the UK.
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302. TBW = Total Bytes Written
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303. My name Keith, I don’t understand anything about networking. I don’t have a computer at computer. My girlfriend and have a smart phone and table . I bought a simple switch that is connected to my virgin hub not forgetting have two virgin tv boxes, I am trying connecting to the network switch. My problem is buy best network cable.
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304. @1:04 Do not ever EVER use that sound effect again! I was listening to this video while working on another pc and I think my heart skipped from Windows PTSD. ????
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305. These videos are often your best, as so many people have so many varying ways to use hard disks, and there is so many differing options, its good to see a breakdown of what wd are doing.

     Shame, that they often change these things, and shame, they do not just stick to one system of colours and stick to that range, but its understandable that things change in hard disk market.

     Videos like this are often your best, as nas being hard drive based, hard disks, have so many variations, its always good to have people with knowledge on them breakdown what and where you use all the different ones.
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306. Super helpful. Thanks for the video.
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307. My experience of managed switches (Netgear) : they crap out about once a week and won’t let your devices reconnect when starting your PC in the morning.. They need to be powercycled reguarely to work. Same issue on two 5, and 16 ports brand new switches, even with firmware updates, and no changes (yet) to the factory settings.
     I got tired of it 🙂 Changed to an unmanaged 2.5Gb switch, smooth sailing from there.
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308. From what I can tell, Netgear is requiring registration and subscriptions for some of their management features to be unlocked. I’m also hearing complaints that Netgear makes you agree to a “privacy policy” that allows them to suck up any data they want and resell it. Still researching this but I’m becoming very wary of buying into Netgear.
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309. 10 Gb = 10 000 Mb
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310. I have three computers which all have WD black. I have an old Blue HDD but it makes a lot of noise. It’s over 10 years old and it’s from an old computer. Just use it to access old data files.
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311. Informative and comprehensive. But definitely not for the layman. Far too complex.
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312. Watched so many videos and you’re the first one to mention that a raid setup actually increases the speed. Probably a rookie question but no one talks about it. I was never interested because I thought speeds would always be limited to max drive speed of a sata drive.
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313. are you able turn off a synology nas?
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314. Can I use WD Red, Purple or Gold for desktop use in Windows 11 built in disc mirroring? I have an OS SSD and want large and reliable storage capacity for the PC.
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315. Yes, you forget about us idiots. Simple questions like can you record from your android TV to your NAS? Can you make your Windows Docs/Pics?Music location to be on your NAS ?
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316. The first five minutes of this video confirmed two things for me: One, Synology is the last thing I need. Two, it is not a NAS that I need.
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317. Very informative, thank you!
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318. thx, good stuff
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319. Hey nice one for this KNOWLEDGE so much appreciated seriously thx fella now I’m informed to the max & really appreciate the effort with getting it to video top job !????????✅????
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320. If you do not have the WD purple drive. What WD drive is a good alternative to the WD purple?
     When will they make an SDD purple drive of WD?
     Are there SSD surveillance drives out there?
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321. Dude can you please make 10 min long videos only?
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322. WD red is scam like intel with it’s struggle tech
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323. thanks great vid =)
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324. Tramk you for another valuable video
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325. Don’t forget to mention the poor quality and customer service of the WD nas products.
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326. 22 minute video in 1 comment
     buy a quality mvme ssd
     problem solved.
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327. Hello fellow idiots
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328. Then there’s hubs…
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329. not a single word on dram cache vs no dram cache?
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330. Very helpful… thank you. But some of us need more information, really, such as how to ADD sources to the NAS or how to expand it by adding or replacing larger drives. For example, When I first bought my Synology DS218 a couple years ago, I followed all the instructions on how to use it as backup for my MacBook Pro via LAN. Now I have other desk computers, and laptops, needing backup and it’s been too long since I first started, and I cannot find the instructions anymore so the rest are without backup…
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331. I already have a router, but after this video I see I am going to need to get a “rooter,” too! ????
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332. at 16:58 sec 2280 is not length .. ..it is width “plus” length 22mmx80mm
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333. I’m learning more now in 1 video than I have in the last 30.

     Also a shoutout to the badasses in the comments adding more valuable information!

     Thank you everyone!!
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334. As always great video. Thanks for all you do!
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335. On e the new mechanicsk hds withh 500 to 600mb read write due to new teck a d built in nand for power failure will mske 2.5 ssd dead. As better long term use snd fo t wear out ad quick as ssd
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336. 9:00, the 1621+ is actually $720 before tax, you just have to add to cart under your account. I am comparing that to the new 1522+…!
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337. LOVED the Killer Instinct reference at 18:13. Finger’s crossed it is the SNES version.
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338. UPDATE: As of Nov 26 2022 Amazon is offering $70 OFF the QNAP TS-253D!!! It is currently priced at $299. I bought one last night!
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339. Thanks for looking. Here in Aust Black Friday / Cyber Monday is just a huge scam.
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340. Just purchased a 2TB SK Hynix Platinum P41 Gen4 SSD for my PS5 during Amazon Black Friday deal. All reviews I seen show them running faster and cooler than the Samsung 980 Pro and WD_Black SN850 options. I haven’t seen anything on your channel about them yet. Thinking of putting the Sabrent PS5 heatsink on it. Thoughts?
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341. @08:20 I was tempted to get that 18tb drive too, and maybe I will but just an FYI, Amazon sometimes will put the 18tb WD Gold drive on sale at $337.50, and with the prime credit card another 5% off at $320.63. Still $20 more than the red pro, but if someone was wanted the gold drives or to add a little drive diversity, I think that is a good deal if you can catch it.
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342. Great info thanks!
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343. what do you think about the samsung 980 pro 2tb for $179(usd)?
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344. Deals are fairly unimpressive this year
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345. for anyone looking for a cheap ds720+ my trendy phone in the uk for £375, I didnt put the link as it would be removed 🙂
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346. Terramaster t6-423 6 bay, Can you take out the 4gb of ram and replace it with 8gb after using it with 4gb for a while will I lose data, ???
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347. In Canada, I have found in recent years that Memory Express has the best price and availability.
     Why we have Black Friday deals in Canada is a mystery; our Thanksgiving is in October.
     And, why we even have Thanksgiving in Canada is a puzzle. The whole Pilgrims giving thanks stuff is an American myth. I prefer roast beef and Yorkshire pudding anyway.
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348. 2:51
     Terramaster FS-422:
     Seagulls: Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!
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349. Hi, I just started to look into nas and i bought my first nas, asustor AS6704T. Got only 1 question. Exist some app like aivideos for the tv?
     thx in advance
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350. ah damn :/ my comment isn’t shown because it contains a link to a recommended price comparison/tracking portal for europe 🙁
     oh well.. however, thanks for the video!
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351. Newegg has the DS920+ for $440 (if you trust Newegg after their drama). Hopefully it’s not mislabeled and in stock, but might get an oops refund.
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352. The limitations of Terramaster in comparison to QNAP or Synology, are frustrating (I speak as an owner of QNAP and Terramaster). The hardware is good, the software and available apps are disappointing.
     NAS wise, I recently replaced a TS453A with a TS233, and its brilliant. (The AI/NPU unit makes Qumagie very good indeed), it runs pihole in a container and it has enough power/RAM to be very usable at a bargain price. (until recently the USB 3.0 port worked with a Plugable USB 2.5Gbe adapter too! but a recent OS upgrade stopped that 🙁 )
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353. The BHPhoto deals come with significant coupons applied at checkout, so the 899.99 NAS is actually $710 + tax when added to cart.
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354. I run Linux Mint on my desktop and my small laptop. I am an amateur photographer and it’s the photos that I’m most concerned about, more so than the other documents I’ve created. My wish is to use a NAS for storage with the following features: RAID 0 (that’s the mirroring option, right? mirroriing is what I’m looking for) and hot swapable drives so that I can have 2 in the NAS and a third offsite for security that every month or so, I’d swap the offsite one with one of the installed one, update it, then take one of them offsite again. Right now, I don’t need a lot of storage, all of my photos so far take slightly less than 200GB so a 2TB drive (times 3) will have a decent life for me for the next few or more years.

     My thinking is that a NAS unit attached to my router will make it easy for me to access my files using either or my computers. However, if it is possible to just plonk my laptop on my desktop and connect it physically to the NAS unit via a 2nd USB, then I’m fine with not having it attached to my router. I don’t plan on using it as a personal cloud so that feature is not required. I just want to backup to a system that is reliable.
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355. Being said idiot what size would a conductive or nonconductive thermal pad work best for a one sided ssd compatible with the PlayStation 5
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356. I am clueless, this was really helpful…
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357. Far and away the best explanation for these little buggers! Thank you, and hello from the States! ❤????????
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358. WD are the only drives in 30 years that have failed on me. Black especially……. twice.
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359. ???? Please could you site your pricing sources?

     I cannot find a WD Black SN850 2TB (not the X version) for anything less than £260. Yet you have the upper cost of an SN850 as £188 which I’m assuming you mean is the cost for a 2TB.

     Unless I’m reading the figures incorrectly?
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360. Basically colours segments are same as their HDD, just split into SATA (M.2 and 2.5 inch) and M.2 NVME.
     Nothing complicated about it.
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361. Awesome as always! Many thanks for doing this video!
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362. Sweetness
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363. At last ! Thanks
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364. What is up with UK people and their teeth. Jesus Christ.
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365. Reminds me of Roto-Rooter here in the USA.
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366. I‘m in IT and looking for a NAS for a while. So I read and watched a lot about this stuff and stumbled about this video just to prove myself that I already knew everything.
     But I was completely wrong. There were so many important aspects mentioned I didn’t think of. I can only recommend this video to everyone who is going to buy a NAS.
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367. What if your router has enough ports for everything in your home. Do these switched provide any benefits other than splitting into a whole bunch of ports?
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368. I use 4 lan ports from router for connecting 3 routers & 1pc .can i use switch gor stability & speed?? Or router is enough for daily need
     Pls answer
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369. Enjoyed and understood each and every minute, well done n my thanks !
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370. I’m unsure if a heatsink will fit on mine, my slot is under my gpu (specifically my board is a gigabyte aorus ax370 gaming 5)
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371. thanks for the video. very helpful.
     I am thinking of getting a NAS to store my photos (backup) along with having a system where my photos on my phone can upload as getting them off my iPhone to the PC can error.
     I understand that Synology have a phone app that acts like Google Photos – do this (or any NAS system that offer a photo app for phones) have an upload limit of videos/files ?
     If there was a power outage whilst the NAS is in use, would it corrupt the drives, or would it be able to recover?
     What NAS would you recommend for home use in 2022?
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372. great information, thank you.
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373. What would be a good m.2 nvme for windows 10 operating system?
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374. shouldnt you do vlans if you are running out of ports then?
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375. I bought a 4TB blue on amazon and they sent me a 4TB gold lol
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376. It would be nice to talk about (in this video or another) bit-rot, if it is much of an issue. I am researching and found that SHR w/ BTRFS seems to have 2 key features I need data integrity and allows different sized drives for upgradability. Looks like I need a RAID 5 or RAID 50, from what I have gathered, but I would like to know a bit more about data integrity and whether or not spending extra on Synology is worth it, compared to other mixed drive options. Maybe the ECC memory takes care of this?
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377. The manufacture date on this drive they sent me says 20 JULY 2022….. how can it be refurbished already????? Yeah, I’m never buying WD again!!!
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378. Well, hello there. I have been buying WD for years. I just got a 4tb blue edition in March this year. It crashed about a month and a half ago… clicking/springy noise. So, I sent it back to WD and what did they send me back? A recertified/refurbished hard drive.. what a scam!!! The drive I bought came in a factory box and all … WD logo…. the shit drive they sent me back came in a cardboard box. What an outright scam!! That they would do that to a long time customer!! I just recently bought a 4tb black edition from best buy. I hope it doesn’t break and WD sends me back a piece of shit refurbished HD…. really disappointed here… NEVER buying WD again!!!
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379. Thank you for this very informative video.
     Here is the scenario: i want to buy one of those NVME pcie m.2 drives to use instead of the normal USB stick, so am also getting an enclosure with a usb type a, what i wanna do is partition this drive to 2 partitions and use one of them to install a linux os to take it with me, am not looking at something over 256GB.
     Question is: will this be a better drive over using a normal usb stick, since i will be using the nvme with a usb type a and connected directly to the MB to launch the OS?
     Thank you for your time.
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380. What would you recommend, I have a cat6 ethernet cable from my router downstairs up to the attic. I’m building a Crypto mining setup in my attic. Need probably 12-15 ports. Which 16 or 24 switch should I go for? I would use cat6 cables for all my devices.
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381. I should have watched this before I bought mine, I got myself a nice 530 firecuda gen 4 however my qnap only supports gen 3 lol, o well future-proofing for my next nas
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382. I have 6 x 8TB NAS drives (all plugged in via basic two bay drive readers) that are all almost full and I’m looking at buying another 2 and buying an 8 bay QNAP NAS system. Do I have to format the drives one by one to set up the NAS or can I put together with 6 of the 8 drives almost full? Many many many thanks to whoever can answer this question
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383. Brilliant video. Thank you 🙂
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384. Do you have links to products?
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385. you said this video would be super super dull… but I’ve re watched it twice for the info already lol
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386. I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL
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387. Thank you, for bringing noise in the discussion. When you want the server rack next to your desk like I do… noise is a huge factor and I’m not feeling like opening the switch up to swap the fans for nocture fans because in switches, even expensive ones, the power supplys are nearly allways open designs where hurting yourself is an huge risk… and it voids the warranty
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388. Great video! Are you planning an update for mid-late 2022? I’m on the NAS market for my home office. But, I would like to know what the current crop of entry-level NAS devices offers in terms of bang-for-the-buck?
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389. 4:10 – Switches have largely replaced hubs due to one specific feature: “Switching”. Switches learn what devices (MAC addresses) live on what ports and are intelligent enough to not send all packets to all devices. Hubs, are on the “Stupider” side of the scale and as such, create wasteful overhead on the network fabric by sending all data everywhere. Switches will only send data between 2 ports (source and destination), and largely leaves the rest of the ports to interact with the rest of the network without this “noise”. Also, for long-run cables, UTP is meant for indoors and short distances, STP is designed for back-haul between switches, it is a more robust and has better shielding
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390. Is there a difference between SATA SSDs and PCIes SSDs in terms of longevity and endurance? Or is the difference only in speed and interface?
     Thanks
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391. Did the Gold drives replace the Ultrastar® 7200 RPM Enterprise-class hard drives? I have a GRaid that has 2 6TB Ultrastars that I made into one 12tb drive. I’m a professional photographer with large files, thanks!
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392. What would you recommend for a beginner of sorts, that’s has doubts wether I should buy a 1 disk or 2 disk system. I’ve narrowed it down to going for either QNAP TS-130 or TS-230.
     I don’t have any sensitive data to back up, so I guess RAID is not a problem if it’s the 1 disk. It’s bacisly just going to be a for fun server for larger, not important files.
     But I’m thinking if I somehow find multiple uses for it in the future, a good way to futureproof would be to buy the 2 slot but I’m also thinking, that if that should happen, I would just buy a new, larger system then.
     Help? 🙂
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393. Buying a tv involves going to the TV shop and pick the one I like best for the price I like best. The numbers and marketing are just noise.
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394. First off thank you for your informative videos, I have subscribed to your channel to update my NAS knowledge and hope as I gain my information I will find more uses for the 4 bay Synology DS420J. My main reason for buying a NAS was to store my four hard drives safely and in one place rather than two in each of my PC,s. I set my NAS up using basic settings and I do not use raid rather I use one-way sync from my main drive to store my videos and photos as an amateur photographer who photographs historical sites here in Ireland, I don’t like the idea of raid as its use is too restrictive for the way I like to store my information. I use my different drives and continually sync from my main PC hard disk to two of my NAS drives and used the other to store what every is not as important. Just from the videos, I have viewed it seems most users buy these for the raid configuration but the flexibility is what I need to date. I need to explore the software more and wondered in the packages available why is there no explanation as to their uses and benefits. Thank you once again for your videos, you come across as an informed user and I love your style of communication, cheers
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395. What if I bought two eight ports vs one 16?

     Would help with where I run my lines.

     Is that a bad idea?
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396. ————————— 12/07/2022

     I bought the WD Purple thinking that it was an 18tb hdd for pc 🙁 and I saw that it was for video surveillance, can I use it on my pc? It would be too slow despite having 7200 RPM and 512 mb of cache, using it on my PC would break any other component? or can I use it without problem, I have an Asus z690 Hero board and a 1600w power supply
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397. Thank you for such a phenomenal explanation of this topic!

     I am completely new to this topic and currently in the process of trying to set up a network/ 10gbe / switches and all that good stuff at our photography studio.

     I still have a long way to go but really value all your incredible knowledge.

     Thank you so much for sharing!! ????

     Love from Sydney, Aus.
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398. But…what if one wants NVMe SSDs but _isn’t_ an idiot???
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399. https://youtu.be/4p3_c-0kZPo
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400. Thank you so much for your perfect explanation for newbies. Now I decided not to buy a Nas due to noise because I live in a small flat.????
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401. You just have to accept that Americans will make fun of British people over how you pronounce “router,” “aluminum,” and certain other words. Anyone dealing with networking discussions on YouTube should be used to it by now.
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402. This was the beginners video?
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403. I thoroughly enjoyed your video, very informative. I have an environment with VMWare esxi and two VM’s, about 2T storage on the host. I would like to be able to create multiple restore points for each server and be able to set up a secondary site for redundant backup. My question is which system or systems would you suggest I look at with an eye towards being able to have test VM’s, and a secondary site for redundant backups without killing production bandwidth?
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404. ಕತೆ ಹೊಡಿತವ್ನೆ ಸುಮ್ನೆ
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405. I’m right now in a tossup of which Western Digital hard drive to order. I have a Seagate 1 TB drive that, just this morning when I woke up, started doing this thing where it goes on, off, on, off, on, off, then shuts off completely. Mind you, I’ve had this hard drive since September 2, 2011, and I use it for virtual instruments. If this is a mechanical failure, how do I get my instrument samples off the drive to put on a new one? Somebody please help!
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406. Thank you for this video. Learned a great deal. I just cannot thank you enough. It was really well done.
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407. Hello I looking at a symbology 6 bay with 16gb drives. I will mainly be using it for video storage (movies and tv mostly) and retrieval for myself and family members to watch from their homes. I will be storing other person stuff on there as backup for my own use. I have 6 5T external hard drives full but it does continue to grow. I want to make sure I have enough for at least 15 TB of growth. I guess. I guess I need advice on what I need. Should I upgrade the Ethernet card to a 10?
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408. It rooouuutter
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409. Can you advise on the (Seagate ST16000VN001 – 2RV103 IronWolf) x 2 in the Synology DS220+ for Home use ?
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410. I appropriate this clear and useful overview.
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411. I truly enjoyed this BYB(before you buy) video, you’re truly informative and entertaining, thank you #newsub
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412. What kind of system would you reccommend for a first-time NAS buyer running a small business from their home doing CAD and 3D models? I’m currently just using the internal storage on my PCs (doing backups manually) and using Google Drive as a go-between. But it’s time to upgrade to a more robust and reliable system. Most importantly Im looking for a solution thats securely accessible right from the network, as I frequently go back-and-forth working from my desktop and laptop. I’m a long time windows user, and I’m not generally affraid of sophistocated interfaces, and I want something thats fast, low cost, low maintainance, long lasting, and easily expandable when the time comes to get more storage. IDK what speed of ethernet I need or how much memory, or if I should get a processor with built-in graphics, etc. Any suggestions?
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413. Stumbled on your video while researching switches. How helpful it is! Short, but covers a lot. And what was surprising was the demo of the amount of noise that the Netgear switch puts out!! Thanks so much for this video….covered everything I had questions about.
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414. WD green might be the slowest but they are the most reliable..My 10 yrs old WDC-WD10EARS 1TB is as good as new with no problems till date.Touch wood and thanks WD for making such an amazing and reliable drive..I use it as sec storage and its excellent.
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415. So for a NAS , if Red Pro and Gold are the exact same price, which is ultimately the better drive? Thank you
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416. Excellent video. I have a doubt. Would you recommend a Gold drive for gaming? I plan to buy an 8TB one (WD8004FRYZ) to store only games. Thank you.
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417. Thanks mate. Very informative stuff. You have the best disk channel on youtube. Please also make a comparison of noise level of different hard disks because noise level is very important aspect for home users and is often ignored. I found no information about it noise on your channel or elsewhere.
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418. Hello, Thank you so much for the efforts you put into your videos. I’ve watched a couple and I’m just learning about NAS and what would best suit my needs. In this video you talk about two different topics that I am curious would somehow combine to work together. You had explained what the USB ports are for and that different types of peripheral devices can be connected to the NAS. At another point in the video you mention that some NAS can use SSD’s (specifically NVME’s) in order to copy the most used data to in order to serve those files to be accessed and used at the highest speed possible.
     So my question is this. I have an external drive right now that’s drive is an NVME. It connects via USB or Thunderbird 3. Would I be able to connect this via USB to a NAS where the NAS could exclusively utilize it to copy the most used files to in order to make them accessible and useable faster than the rest of the storage on the NAS?
     Thank you again for the time you put into your channel!
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419. nice informative video, thank you
     also, Rooter ????
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420. Subscribed
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421. I need a video wayyyy more basic than this. I must be a super idiot. I take it the black box thing don’t plug into the computer ? can I host my final cut library on a NAS and edit off it ? what happens if the internet dies, can I keep working ?
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422. Hey! Quick question. Does adding a switch add latency/ping to let say someone who’s gaming?
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423. Video nice . THANKS.
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424. Not boring at all!
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425. Ya’ got this PR4100 3 years ago and the OS5 went fine a few months ago, but then another auto-update, bricked it, WD said out of warranty, tried the 4/40 reset, and over a week with “tech support” all done with WD, QNAP here I come, Beware WD hardware beyond the drives.
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426. “Sometimes a smaller tool is better.” 8:57 ????
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427. I heard the purple drives make a loud clicking sound. How often does it click and Is it unbearable?
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428. I have an intel NUC with two 2tb USB hard drives set up in software RAID 0. At first I thought I would need a complex NAS setup but it turns out my bottleneck is my network and just 1 USB hard drive transfers at a full 1gbps over the home network.

     I like that the NUC gives me full fat Linux, Docker and whatever else I want that Linux offers.
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429. Eric Idle’s nephew?
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430. The only thing to beat them all, is more RAM. Max it out to the limit, and choose the motherboards highest DIMM slot specs.
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431. this made no sense to me
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432. Rarely make a comment but your videos are exceptionally good, seen many of your videos about NAS and the content is satisfying while you keep it simple and informative.
     I have a question regarding the heat and a NAS. Will a heatsink fit in for example a synology 920+? Is it even needed in a NAS?
     Wish you good luck and many subscribers
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433. Damn all that info at once! great job! I am planning to buy a 2 bay NAS to be connected to my laptop whenever im at home. But i also would like to use it as a medium to send my files to my clients. What do you think is the best? maybe this Synology 2 Bay NAS DiskStation DS720+ ? Thanks!!
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434. don’t call people idiots in the title, here is a dislike
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435. Your site has been my ‘Goto’ source of straight good advice on all your topics!.
     In the market to change my DS118 to a 2 disk setup , my 2nd Synogy nas.
     I have decided to wait ’till they do their upgrades and then make my choice..
     In the meantime I’m upgrading to 2GBE to be ready;).
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436. Really helpful! It is clear that you put a lot of effort in being informative in your video series, which is much appreciated. Thanks.
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437. Constructive criticism; chapter marking would be helpful for these videos
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438. Good video
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439. Rooter? Rooter? In Australia they call it a Willibeenbagganewdgembob!
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440. Another question: If I don’t plan on using RAID, will there be any real benefit to using a WD Red rather than a typical blue/black/green caviar?
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441. I plan on getting a 2-drive NAS and am torn between QNAP and Synology.
     The NAs will mainly be for remote friends back in the US (I’m currently in the middle east) to download files from the NAS (PDF’s, spreadsheets, some pictures and the occasional video).
     No real streaming will be used and if it is, it’s unlikely more than one or two people will be streaming at a given time.
     My main concern is file permissions. I want to be able to select who has access to which files without having to create duplicates or lump everything into one public folder (like we do with our current MyCloud OS3)
     Who has the better system for assigning file/folder permissions and creating user accounts?
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442. U-Rock! Thanks!
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443. Great video. Thanks for taking the time to explain what the colours of the drives represents. Subscribed
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444. Idiots guide? I have never felt so addressed!????????????
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445. WD RED PRO????
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446. G’damn Seagulls again
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447. Very helpful to a non-tech
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448. The gulls would make a good fake laugh track.
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449. Spoiler alert, the video doesn’t start until 9:23. I’m gonna have to checkout another video because this rambling on & on is annoying.
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450. I only have 1 Ethernet port within my room and I need at least 2 more ports.Can I use either of these on a wall outlet that is directly connected to our internet? I’m not a tech person so I don’t know if there’s any other solutions that could help.
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451. very pleased, great video – thank you man !????
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452. “This will be super dull…’ now, somehow, I’m more interested than I was before…
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453. I have a 920+ for a first drive, and was gifted a sole 8TB Ironwolf. Can I start it with 2 x 8TBs for Photo storage then add 2 4TBs for other files or a 4TB and a 2 TB SSD down the road?

     I dont see myself putting 4 8TBs in due to costs.
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454. If this is the easy introduction to the world of NAS then thats me finished because you said at the beginning of the video you were going to make it simple then you started with all the technical talk
     I think you have good intentions but then you get very excited and forget the video subject,
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455. What are your thoughts on the Toshiba N300 drives. Those seem to be similar to WD Red Plus series.
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456. Wow, such a great video for a noob! (Me.) Thank you very much, sir!
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457. Not bad descriptions but for how long it was I was expecting a little more suggestions for when to use a managed vs unmanaged switch. Some use case scenarios would be helpful.
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458. I’m with Sky broadband and we can get max 62mb download speed and 15mb upload seed. Is the GS305 going to allow me to achieve them max speeds across 3 devices at a time without throttle/bottleneck by it?
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459. Great vids, but….. also lot of useless information (i.e. ([company] spends a lot of money on software development….) I’ll I need to know is two words… “user friendly.”
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460. Great demonstration!!! Unmanaged 4 Life!!!
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461. Tip for home users, make sure your switch support atleast v2 IGMP when using it with your ISP interactive television that uses an ethernet cable.
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462. Hi, Great info.

     I’m a single user with a lot of data spread [copied]over many external hard drives.

     I live in Spain most of the yerar but go back to UK periodically.

     Can I watch my data [films etc] when back in UK?

     If so what are the possible problems.

     Thanks

     Keep up good work.

     Edward
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463. Not one word about WD Ultrastar!? Why not?
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464. All I want to know is if I want to save photos and videos of my family and be able to watch on my TV/PC/Phone what would be a good choice.

     All this tech info is great, but this isn’t really an Idiot’s Guide, it’s an in-depth techspec tutorial. I would have loved to see a 5-minute video on what’s good for different users and then, if I wanted to go into details, I’d watch this video.

     So, if anyone can help me out and suggest something for my needs I’d really appreciate it.
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465. Robbie, Excellent preparation & delivery. Thanks for the solid education info on SSD SATA vs NVMe and the different NVMe’s. Now I know the correct NVMe’s to purchase.
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466. Thank You this is EXTREMELY useful – but – I am still slightly confused (sorry) – I am wanting a 5 bay JBOD system for both daily access (I am a photographer) but also for storage. As it is a JBOD system am I best going for 2 black drives for the daily routines and reds for storage – or am I overthinking it ??? Any help MUCH appreciated !!
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467. well done!
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468. 21:46 What’s that coming out of your mouth?
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469. Just got the MSI M470 1TB for $99.99 on Newegg. I bought 3 which was the max allowed. They are sold out now.
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470. Since the release of the ps5, many players have switched to the PC for the reason of storage capacity
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471. That 2TB seagate expansion card has me questioning
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472. Excellent advice
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473. Briefly explained! I am very thankful to you for making this video.
     SUGGESTION: Add chapters (Time lapse) in this video. It will also rank on their chapters keyword on Google which will increase your reach to your Targeted Audience. This video help me alot. Now I have knowledge about SSD I think it will help a lot of people who are struggling with SSD Differences. *Add chapters.
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474. You also forgot to mention to check the cpu spec to see if it can handle the PCIe usage. The MB may have slots and lanes, but can the CPU support the config you want.
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475. I believe you have omitted an important & easy to identify fact how it is very easy to identify if you have a M.2 SATA or a M.2 NVMe;
     The M.2 SATA always has a so-called M Key and a B Key (thus 2x gaps on the connector) whilst the NVMe only has the M Key (thus only 1x gap)
     Fun fact: you can sometimes use & insert a M2. SATA into a M.2 NVMe slot []-)
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476. Super interesting. This is going to be interesting to see the changes year on year as they become the status quo.
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477. Too bad we didn’t hear anything about DRAM vs DRAM-less SSDs. The latter you really want to avoid if you look for performance. The market is full of cheaper SSDs without DRAM cache.
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478. Brother can you work on your mic improvment pls, it’s always low for some reason, also big fan.
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479. You’re misusing word “layer” for flash cell types. It’s “level” that stands for “L” in those abbreviations and it is related to the amount of charge levels (electrons trapped) that are distinguishable for a cell. SLC is either “there’s no charge” or “there’s a charge” representing 0/1. For QLC it is 2 to the power of 4 different charge levels = 16 states distinguished meaning such cell is capable of storing 4 bits of information. For MLC it is 4 states, TLC – 8 states. The more levels you try to distinguish the smaller difference between them and thus more error prone it becomes. Nevertheless it’s all about “levels”, not “layers”. As for “layers” – nowadays it’s typically refers to the amount of individual cells that are distinguished in a single 3D NAND cylindrical vertical element – which is the main way to scale NAND flash capacities lately vs. using good old “planar NAND”.
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480. Need to replace my system nvme drive for windows – was and WD750 1TB, and I’ve got great performance out of it, but now I need something bigger and might as well go full Gen 4. Any recommendations for long term durability and overall performance? Considering the seagate 530, for the durability or the 980 pro, but I’m open to other suggestions. Looking for Gen 4 2TB drives.

     MB – x570 MSI creation board
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481. I think you missed one more important point: Drives with DRAM cache vs DRAM-less drives. The latter is obviously much cheaper and offers lower performance and durability for most use cases. Both types of drives are still much much faster than any HDD, so if you are on a budget, a DRAM-less driver is still a good upgrade over an HDD.
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482. Also you made a post about giveaways but I didn’t see the question.
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483. You are my number 1 channel when it comes to hard drives of all kind. Thank you for taking your time teaching us how to understand this field and how to make the best decision when it comes to what we would need.
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484. Very enlightening. I appreciate each section being kept brief so I could make it to the end.
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485. Can you help me with one question: I have MacBook Pro M1 and I also bought OWC Thunderbolt 4 Dock for giving my MacBook more ports with different PCIe controllers. And now I want to buy FireCuda 350 2 Tb NVME m.2 and an ACASIS USB4/Thunderbolt 3 enclosure. Can I reach something about 2500-3100 Gb/s with this gear on my MacBook Pro M1?
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486. ????????????
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487. Need to check out the newest offerings from TP Link – the TL SX105 (5 port) and TL SX108 (8 port) 10Gbe switches. Also the Huawei AX3 Pro – changing my cables to all CAT7 also helped improve my network transfer speeds and reliability especially when it comes to streaming..
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488. This was incredible for multiple reasons. Thank you!
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489. Does a TP link work with Netgear Switch, both are unmanaged?
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490. Dude! You record your videos from a beach house?
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491. I’m not sure you know what “for dummies” means. That, or i don’t know what “for dummies” means. Either way, I’m not in a better position to buy my first NAS than I was before I watched your video.
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492. Me buying gold just for the speed and reliability in day to day use
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493. Super helpful thank you
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494. Can you mix and match different brands or is that not recommended?
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495. Came for the NAS advice, stayed for the seagulls :p
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496. I took my WD MyBook Live apart, as I was one of those who lost all data, and the drive is a Green 3Tb. I have also taken apart lots of Sky boxes and they are Green AV drives. I also have USB 500Mb drive that is Blue.
     Found your explanation excellent.
     Q In a new Synology NAS should the Plex stuff ideally go on a green AV HDD as it is only going to be read (once written)
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497. Love this, but I would like to ask your take on TrueNAS against this list?
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498. Thank you so very much, dear, sir, for this very knowledgeable and very good information and oversight of WD HDD!! Highly appreciated! Best Regards from Sweden!
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499. I HAVE A QUESTION! I now need a NAS for:
     connecting 2 PC’s. (I’m a graphic designer and edit 4k videos as well)
     watch family videos and photos on the TV
     Connect with phones to access documents and files
     Access files from abroad when I’m on holiday
     store some games
     It needs to be fast
     user friendly so wife and maybe kids can use it
     Last a long time
     Back itself up (Don’t want a failure to loose me lifetime family photos)
     have some security so people don’t hack into family files

     WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND?
     I already have an 8TB external drive which I would like to utilise, I don’t have a problem with opening it and taking out the bare drive so to insert in the recommended NAS unit. Please advise me with a model or solution for what I want to do , I’ve watched so many videos and it seems to be increasing my confusion lol. I have experience with building a PC so I’m good with my hands it just that I get lost in all the theory.

     Thank you
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500. SOC means system-on-a-chip. You know like an ARM SOC.
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501. Nice video, thanks! Some what of a newbie, owned a Synology DS1513+ since 2015, added a 513 to bring up capacity. Years ago I purchased a DS916+ to have a system for the house but never opened the box until last year. Added 4 -14TB drives this year, bummer that one has already crashed, waiting for a replacement drive. Anyway, Looking at the DS1621+ because of SHR but the xs+ series looks pretty sweet even if I now understand the difference of the xs not having SHR, thanks to you. With that in mind I have a few questions. Sorry, this is getting longer than expected.

     1. With the slower OS of the non xs+ NAS, is it worth the cost of adding the 10GBE card? Since I’m overseas and only have slow free wifi in the apartment (also means I won’t be using the Assistant software much unless I plug directly into the router like I had to do this last week to show the crashed drive for replacement), I would be connecting the NAS directly to my 2018 Mac Mini with a 1GBE Nic. That alone makes me doubt spending money for the 10 GBE card if I take the plunge for a DS1621+ or DS 1821+ NAS. But if Apple comes out with a newer Mac Mini M1X, I may upgrade that newer unit with the 10GBE option. Should have gone with the 10GBE on my older Mac but only considered internet access speeds and not data transfer until now.

     2. DS ram upgrades- kind of the same question about ram and costs for basically a room storage option. But I always like to max out my ram when possible and wondering about adding 16GB ram stick to work in conjunction with the 4GB that either unit comes with stock. That would give 20GB ram but then it’s not matched and would probably be an issue. Adding another 4 GB would seem logical or bite the bullet and install a pair of 8 GB sticks for 16 GB or go nutz and pop for a pair of 16GM sticks to max it out. 16GB is probably all I’d need (8GB is probably closer to what I’d really need for a room system).

     3. NVME options. Thinking just one 960GB stick, any reason to go with 2? I get that it’s only for caching so probably not.

     Trying to justify buying the XX21+ version NAS over the xs+ version. You pretty well covered that in your 1621+ vs 1621xs+ version and once again the SHR is the key player in this decision. I could stay with 14TB drives but who knows what the future holds for drives. I mixed and matched my DS1513+ drives, starting with 3 TB drives and started adding 8TB drives in 2019. I can see myself doing that in the future with a new NAS. Final question. With a DS1621+, is one drive enough to cover problems for SHR? I’m around 28TB of volume storage now and I one drive SHR would give me theoretically 60TB (minus the normal reduction of course). Two drive SHR drops me to 48TB or closer to 45TB. I’ll continue to surf your channel to see if you’ve already answered these questions. Thanks so much!
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502. Great video! Im getting a new switch for my 2 Gig Google Fiber to connect my NAS and allow the ports in my house to work. Thank you for all the info in this video! You answered a lot of my questions
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503. Good video apart from the 10gbe switch , unless u work for the government or using a big it or any other company 10 gbe wouldn’t be necessary let’s say for 80% or more of people considering most of people can’t even get full fibre at the moment and the max anyone can get with fibre is 3Gb down , the best switch on my opinion would be a gigabite or 2.5 gb
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504. i think you’ll find the router is what allows different devices on your home network connect to the internet and a MODEM is “your gateway to the internet”
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505. Thanks for your videos on NAS. I have a better understanding now. At this moment they may be just outside my budget so I might just go a cheaper route by buying a 12TB or 16TB NAS hard drive and use it as an external drive for a while. That is to buy one drive every month or two to build the full NAS drive system with 4, 5, 6 or 8 drives. The final size would be based on how much money I can spare. The question I would like to ask is, can I set up a NAS with 2 drives then add a 3rd drive two months down the road and a 4th drive another 2 months down the road and will it work as a NAS system? Or do they have to be formatted the hard drives, in one go, to work as a 4 drive NAS? The next question I would like to ask is, as a YouTuber, would an Ethernet or 1Gbps or 10Gbps (I hope I have the units correct) would be sufficient for editing my videos on NAS? Alternatively, I could just edit them on my laptop internal hard disk and then transfer them to my NAS. Just to let you know that the 2.5 inch 2TB internal laptop drives are much slower than my 12TB Western Digital External drive so video editing is faster on that external drive. At the moment I am not sure whether I should move to 4k videos as they are larger files. 1080p videos are sufficient for YouTube videos.
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506. (Long story here) So I did things quite differently than the normal person would. Last month I purchased my first nas on ebay. The HP Mediasmart EX495. This was a machine that was very much desired back in the very early 2010’s. It’s a 4-bay nas enclosure that ran Windows Home Server and came with a dual core pentium and 2 gigs of ram. This was the best model of it’s type and the msrp was around $700. I got mine used for $150 in great condition. So to start, the original windows home server operating system is extremely outdated and nearly incompatible with windows 10. Luckily, I never had to use it lol. I did A LOT of research on this machine and decided I was going to make it work, so I did. With the research I’ve done, I completely disassembled the machine, upgraded the processor to an Intel Core 2 Quad 8200s (4 core processor), installed a 4 gig stick of ddr2 (very expensive today roughly $60-$80). So here’s another thing. Since this machine was never meant to run a different operating system, it didn’t have vga output which makes everything a pain. Luckily, the motherboard of this machine has a debug port (for developers or for repair by hp). You can buy a vga adapter specifically for this machine for around $30 off ebay and I did. So here’s another issue, if you don’t have that vga adapter, you can’t necessarily navigate the bios and WE NEED that because we need to make some changes there. By default, the nas tries to boot from the very bottom hard drive bay, but we need to change it to the usb port. So once you hook up vga, enter the bios and change the boot option to usb. Once that’s done, I had to cut out a port hole on the back for the vga because I wanted to leave it on. I did this by being careful with a dremmel. So once that was all done, time to reassemble the nas. The operating system I chose was open media vault because you don’t need powerful hardware to run it and it runs off of debian based version of Linux which means it can run on a plethora of different hardware . You have to create an installation usb to install it on another usb stick lol, confusing I know but it works. So you have to put the installation usb in the very bottom usb port on the back of the hp, then you stick the other usb in any other port on the rear. Boot it up, install open media vault on the empty usb, power down, put the freshly installed usb in the very bottom rear usb port and boot up. HOORAAYYY you now have a fully functioning 4 bay nas that runs open media vault and you saved some hardware from going to a landfill. It now serves as my mass media storage and my Jellyfin server. Just to note, I probably spent more than I should on this and anybody could just buy a prebuilt nas which is a lot easier than doing what I did. But I enjoyed the challenge and at the end of the day, I took something and made it awesome which I’m proud of.
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507. TP link TL SX105 Multi Gig RJ45 5 port switch all capable of 10Gbe
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508. Thanks, this is extremely helpful and informative.
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509. I spent 6 months researching my first PC that I built. Still a powerful beast for 4K video editing and programming.
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510. Hello I’m looking for a 8 port switch only used for cash register, kitchen printer , 1 office computer and maybe another computer and from for something else this is for a small business what do you recommend I get please any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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511. A rooter is someone who has a root. Lol.
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512. Again…you lost me after 2 minutes. Guess I’m more then an IDIOT.
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513. Hard drive prices right now…
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514. So if I understand this correctly, this is what I need if I want to get to my stuff in my NAS offline?
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515. Hi, i would like to buy a nas. But not sure which brand and model is good? I have heard of Synology, Qnap and Asustor. My main purpose is to back up and able to access offline via ftp etc. Any recommendations?
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516. I still haven’t got my replacement NAS (coming from Drobo – yuck!). Still having the QNAP vs Synology debate. I’ve been in IT for 30 years so in some ways I’d rather do stuff my own way, and want the NAS to do a lot of things besides store data, but above all else my primary concern is the integrity of the data, and I’m just not sure I can take QNAP seriously in that regard. Not saying Synology are perfect, but there’s been too much of the Qlocker for my liking (though ironically,, Synology have more CVE reports than QNAP do). I could probably DIY it and build myself an unRAID box, but I just can’t be bothered!

     I guess it’s iOS vs Android all over again. I have both, prefer iOS, go figure!
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517. If this video is supposed to be for the “idiots” then I wonder what you’d call the rest of those who think they’d get a basic introduction to NAS but whom you lost less than a third way through the presentation ???? (no, I am not talking about me)
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518. I’ve been sparingly seeking a NAS, and I have a nvme PCIE (not the small m.2 kind of) card that I’d like to utilize with whatever I end up getting. What are some good budget options between two bays and six bays?
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519. Great video very informative for someone who is new to the world of NAS.
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520. Hi, I have installed dsm 7 on my ds216play. Now I cant use plex server, it is not in packagecenter not in beta folder. What can I do to fix this problem. Can I roll back to dsm 6.2 Or are there another solution. Hope you can reply this.
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521. I’m an idiot: but is this video available in English?
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522. the biggest mistake I made was get Western digital Red drives. after I got them building rate was slow, syncing rate was slow, everything was slowed down. I couldn’t figure out then after searching online I found out that Western digital light lied to me and gave me SMR, or shingled magnetic recording drives. now I’m stuck with slow drives and my whole nas is suffering because of it. from now on I stopped looking for Western digital RED and instead go for Seagate iron Wolf.
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523. I just love your videos. Informative and honest. THANK you so much.
     I watched your videos and purchased Synology NAS DS920+. It is an amazing machine.
     I would like to upgrade to DS 1621+
     Please tell me what do you think about it and if you could do one of your miraculous videos comparing these two products, that would be amazing.
     Thank you again and again
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524. I need a setup that I can have unlimited password protected folders to store client photos and or videos that they, the customer can view and download. I was looking at a Asustor AS6604T. Would this unit do the job? If not, what would you recommend?
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525. I’ve used your free advice, got the Netgear 8port unmanaged switch, and it works… Although after a couple of hours of troubleshooting.
     Normally with DHCP you just connect stuff together, and it asks for the IP’s and subnet mask, primary gates, DNS’s. I had to power cycle the switch, and prompt the NAS to get all that data.
     Is there a video on setting up your NAS network, or is this just a good idea?
     And then my question is – what now? Do I just make shared folders and setup users and privileges? Is there a way for the QNAP to periodically make a backup of my photo folder?
     Why, even when no PC is connecting to the NAS, it randomly wakes up and spin up?
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526. This video pops up as I am searching for a NAS for the first time.
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527. This video must have been made in part by some of my recent questions. Lol Thank you for the help and very quick response to my emails.
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528. What do you know about actual approved fire proof backup drives?
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529. Can u let me know what is the best size to start my nas
     8tb still very expensive

     And i think about start of 4tb
     So i will not cry when one fail and 3asy replacement it

     What do u think
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530. Is all wd gold is CMR ?
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531. dual wan routers is something to mention for us out here in mooseville with only 4g connections available
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