I'm getting 42MB/s write and 70MB/s when testing my TS-673A with 4 disks in RAID 5 connected to my router and being accessed by my Macbook Pro via WiFi. Is this considered normal speed or slow and you suspect a bottleneck somewhere?
I am new to setting up my first NAS for my home and glad you had made such great video to walk us through this first daunting task to newbies. However due to my limited IT knowledge there is a few area in the initial setup which I wish you could help me clarify. First I will be getting a 672XT for storage and photo/video editing (as an amateur not for business). My QNAP will be connected to the soon to arrive Mac studio. Here are my questions 1. Should I connect both the Mac and the QNAP individually to my router to get connected to internet and if so should I use the 1GBE or 10GBE port in the QNAP for connection.? I am the only person at home using this system so I don't need a 10GBE LAN for someone else to access my NAS. I will be accessing my data remotely via internet though from my NAS. 2. I believe I should get maximal data transfer speed if I connect my Mac to QNAP via thunderbolt. If such is the case am I correct to say I shouldn't connect to the two systems using 10GBe connection? 3. So in my case it seems the 10Gb2 port in my QNAP is of little value, and to keep things simple I should connect my Mac and Qnap with thunderbolt, save the 10Gbe port in the Mac for connection to the router for internet access and connect either the 1Gb2 or 10Gbe port in QNAP to the router as well for internet connection. Sorry for my windy questions and look forward to hearing your expert advice. Thank you
Hey mate, if you want to connect your NAS to the internet, you'd need to have it plugged into a router rather than directly to your Mac. But if I was you, especially when getting started, I'd discard that feature and connect directly via TB3 and avoid hooking it up online, as there's a lot of hackers out there fishing around for exploits. Just search for "qnap nas ransomware" and you'll find ongoing articles about people getting constantly hacked.
As a radio broadcaster for 37 years I gotta say you have one of the best voices ever and you are straight to the point. We just ordered the "QNAP TVS-1282-I7-32G-450W-US" and your video will come in handy when we get it delivered tomorrow. You are top shelf man!....John
QUESTION: So if I connect a USB cable from my TVS-463 to a USB 3 port on my Windows PC. Can I create and use a RAID 5 and have my Acronis backup to it? Which USB should I plug into on the TVS-463?
I guess im just unlucky. Ive been at mines for 2 days now. Eventuially it gets to a point when an action just loads. then I get the endless loading/ timed out loop.
Huge thanks for this! Wondering if you can answer this for me... I followed your instruction, currently have a QNAP TS-932PX running to an iMac over a 1 GBE Ethernet, and I'm having to 'Connect As' and login in every single time I want to open the drive through finder. Is this right, and is there a way to avoid this?
macOS usually gives the option to save credentials but you can always use the Connect to Server option (Command+K) from finder and type in your address with your username tagged in. Eg. smb://USERNAME@IP.ADDRESS
Hi, quick Q: If my QNAP NAS failed, how can I connect its drives to a Windows system? what tools do I need for Windows to recognize QTS volume? PLEASE advise, THANKS!
That doesent work on my computer. After conecting the QNAP directly to my Computer via Ethernet Cable, there is no hole through. Writing the IP adress in the browser - the browser responded: "Safari can't open page".
Awesome! I want to know more info on running software programs from a synology NAS, for example a game engine or editing software. I could also use help with indexing better file organization. And is there a way to weed out duplicates?
So I set my Qnap 253D ro a raid 1 and now I am trying to create a static volume but there is no disk available to select in the static option? What do I do? The enclosure is not needed when I try it in thick or thin volumes? But I want to do a static volume
I'm so glad to have come across your video. I have a TS-231p entry level, x 2 6TB drives. Now, I had someone else set it up for me, but I think only one of the drives is set tip. I don't really understand about volumes and creating volumes- allot of this went over my head! I would love to know how to have one of my 6TB drives to work off and the other to be a complete back up (is that what you call RAID? / Pool storage). Thank you!
Hey thanks for Video! I am actually bouncing with choice what do you think is better to get? TVS-672XT - not support Hero [Thunderbolt , 10Gbe, Gpu built-in] TVS-672X - support Hero [No Thunderbolt , 10Gbe, Gpu built-in] TS-h886 - support Hero [No Thunderbolt , 2.5Gbe, No Gpu ] My plan build 10Gbe Network, I can buy extension card for it! Thunderbolt not really able to use so I am working with many many small files, like textures, 3d models, and librarys so massive.. also working with Video editing, I know You really is love TVS-672XT model, but from experience can you give me advice? Thank You! like your vids !
I'd personally avoid the hero stuff for a good few years, it's bound to be more buggy, and just focus on 10gbe. So either the X or the XT depending on price.
@@headsoftech Hey man! thanks for answer! so ZFS is not really stable that days?, can you give some info about that - its have buggy - NAS makes unstable and frustrating - because its compressing ?
I wouldn't say that, I'd say because it's new, there will be more issues than the tried and tested tech and less support for edge cases you'll run into. For NAS you want it to work, not troubleshoot.
@@headsoftech ah, finally got your point of view, yeah that`s smart, yeah You are right , Thank You so much! and yeah I will see you in the next one!!! Cheers!
How much of an advantage have you found Static volume has over the others Ash? I’ve got a thick volume on mine at present. I’m only running 4 drives so far in my 6 bay but considering getting the final 2 drives and using them to migrate from thick to static, if it is indeed worth the bother anyhow. I’m seriously considering selling my TS673 next year (if poss) and getting this 872N like you’re, sounds a massive upgrade 👍🏼
So far in my tests it's actually been hard to verify the 20% performance drop. For example using a 4 bay RAID0, I get very similar performance in AJA with a 4GB file. In RAID6 Encrypted, the write performance was around the same, however the read performance was 20% slower, but it's still hard to verify as sometimes RAID6 runs slow naturally, so that needs further testing to confirm. The drives I tested were completely empty so another factor that could come into play is how full the drives are, as drive performance tends to suffer as they fill up - I haven't managed to run a test on filled up drives. But, I'll have a video on RAID performance/encryption out very soon to show the details. For CPU performance, it definitely helps storage performance speeds, for example my TS-453Be performs around 40% slower than my TVS-872N in RAID0. I haven't tested a TS-673 yet, what kind of speeds do you get in AJA using a 4GB file? If I was you, and looking to boost performance, I'd invest in a solid SSD cache - you want to look for one which has a high TBW - that way you can just let it automatically cache all your files (including video media - if you're a video editor). The one I've got is a FireCuda 510 - I'll have a review of it out soon, but the good thing about that one is that it has a Terra Byes Written of 2800, which is more than double that of a Samsung 970 Pro. Also, if you are looking to upgrade to an 8 bay, also check out the 872XT which has a faster processor, more RAM and 10gbe built in out of the box. While over here in Australia the shop I found had the 872N around A$1,000 cheaper - making it great value for money. I've seen some shops price it closer to the price of a 872XT, so if you live in a place with pricing like that, the 872XT would be a much better deal.
Thanks Ash. Yes I have done my own testing with things too. Like different RAID set ups, SSD Caching (both SATA and M2 NVME). One problem Ive found too is results vary so differently and at different times of the day. By the whole I’m happy with mine though. I’m running a Raid-10 4-disk ironwolf 6tb, with a Raid-1 NVME SSD Cache RW (using 2 x Evo 970 1GB) and over 10GBE I am generally averaging 640m write and 770 read on AJA with 4GB test. Ive maxed out my 2 PCIE slots and have upgraded to 16GB Ram. I think my limitations are now, considering the NVME realistic speeds, must be the CPU. Obviously for what I am doing which is mostly hobby/learning and utilising it with my resin driveway business that is perfectly fine but we all want the maximum don’t we 🤣. Another regret I have with my NAS is it doesn’t have a built in GPU I can use for real time transcoding, I didn’t think about that before. The TS673e does and also the TVS673. Although saying that they are still AMD. I know I can add in a GPU but I’m presently using both my PCIE expansion slots as explained above. So I think the next step up will be to an Intel i3 or i5 based NAS like the 872 models. I enjoy watching your videos Ash, you cover things that hardly anybody else does. It’s amazing how much you can get into NAS drives isn’t it lol. I haven’t regret taking that leap from Synology to Qnap
Nice one, yeah I love NAS drives too, though, I almost went back to external drives after the pain I went through using Synology. But, I'm glad I didn't give up and I'm really happy with the performance I'm getting from these QNAPs.
Vtudio well I’ve just ordered the final 2 drives to complete my 6bay TS673. I’m going to backup my data and then restore to start afresh with a 6 disk raid 10 static volume. If I can max my 10GBE for reads I’ll be happy. Still got the 2x m2’s which I may just use as a R/W cache for random I/O. I’ll let you know how I get on with that set up. I’ve looked at the 872 models here in uk, there is about £150-200 difference. I think the stronger CPU & 8gb extra ram in the XT model make it worth that. And as you say it’s got 10gbe already. I’m enjoying playing with these NAS’s but I won’t be upgrading anything further now until at least my new tax year end of Feb or my accountant is going to be killing me lol
I'm on the same journey, Drobo wasn't connecting reliably plus other niggles. I'm trying to install the same QNAP but keep having trouble logging in once I created the account. I've put in a support request from QNAP but hoping someone knows a quick way past the login problem. I'm on Mac OS Monterey 12.4
@@headsoftech just ordered the tvs-672xt with 2x m.2 raided from qnap direct. I have a question though, i was thinking about getting 6x exos x14 12tb drives, but I've read that their implementation of error reading through their SMART needs to be utilized via seagates proprietary software. Do u have experience with exos x14 drives? Thanks again!
Congrats mate, no experience with Exos - I'll try to source one, but at the moment I use their baby brother variant - the IronWolf Pro, and they give you both options of using Seagate's disk checks and SMART's disk checks and info, so I assume Exos would be the same? You'll find it all in the Disk Health section. Let me know how they perform.
Mate, thanks for this. Question, can I turn off my PC while the NAS is building a Raid 5 volume? It’ll take 18hours or something, so can I turn my host PC off while it’s doing that? Cheers mate
This video really helped me out, thanks man!! Did you do a second video on adding the second drive later? I've been looking for one as I will eventually have to add the second hdd, everything on youtube is RAID RAID RAID. My stuff is on my old retired externals and NAS for backup already. A video like that would be helpful. Feels like a dark area in the NAS world hahahaha.
Samsung Evo's tend to be very popular (a 1TB is 150TBW). In my current case I own a 2TB Firecuda[1] which has 3600 TBW. So that gives me about 10 years of writing 1TB a day (though the warranty is only 5 years). I use mine as a cache so it's useful for me. For the case of an Evo, it'd give you 150 days of writing 1TB a day, but 4 years of writing 100GB a day, and 40 years of writing 10 GB a day. So it really depends on your anticipated usage. Hope that helps. [1] ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-meOx0q6pBjM.html
