3 Reasons Why You NEED A NAS For Video Editing!

Matt WhoisMatt Johnson's overview of the QNAP TVS-h874 NAS and 3 reasons why you need a NAS if you edit videos!

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0:00 What About A NAS?!
0:57 The QNAP NAS I Use
2:19 10Gig Upgrade
3:54 Reason 1 You Need A NAS
5:31 Reason 2 You Need A Nas
7:26 Reason 3 You Need A Nas
9:32 Bonus For Video Editors

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[andrewsaraceni]

They're a lot less popular/discussed than NAS's, but direct attached storage (DAS) is another great option if you don't need the network connectivity, and just want aggregated storage accessible over USB, SATA, etc. It also removes some of the risks inherent to NAS devices, i.e. the QNAP compromise.

[dmariecreative]

Love my NAS with my editing. Highly recommend-72 TB and still growing. You're the best Matt.

[infamed]

Definitely a must buy. The NAS is more handy than DAS cause you can set it up so that you can share for example a customer file while you are travelling.. I myself am going to build NAS from my old computer. Old hardware into use instead of waste 🤗

[StoychevDimitar]

There are a few more reasons, also. You can use Snapshots as backup or even backup in cloud with HBS software during the night. It is a great solution for teams, working in Premiere Pro Productions environment, also.

[BSRWeddingFilms]

Love my QNAP TVS-872XT. I’ve got 8 14TB drives in it

[lowerleftside]

Just replaced a failing drive in my NAS. Thankfully my NAS keeps me updated via email when a drives health is deteriorating. Zero downtime and zero lost files. Literally took me 5 minutes to replace and press a few buttons to rebuild the volume all without powering down the NAS.

I also backup my recent work to another offsite NAS. Thank goodness for gigabit internet.

[ToddMcDurmont]

Great video Matt. What are the read and write speeds on your NAS? Here's what I do. I store all my data on the NAS, then download what I need to a Samsung X5 Portable SSD. It has read and write speeds of 2, 800MB/s and 2, 300MB/s respectively, which really helps during editing and exporting. Once done, I upload any of the newly created files and video output back to the NAS. I've tried editing off my NAS. It's okay but nothing like that X5 SSD! 👍 Oh and we say NAS like "Jazz"! It's potato, potahto, you know! But you make it sound much more "fancier". Hehe! 😏

[seth_director]

Hey Matt, thanks for sharing all your knowledge and information about film making and video work. I always seem to come back to your videos becuase I trust your work. Keep it up and again, thank you.

[stowgood]

I got a NAS and have ordered a 2nd one exactly the same to mirror to at my parents house. Shucking drives is your friend for getting big disks a bit cheaper.

[TheNorang]

It's good to know that the OG New York Rapper is still popular to this day!

[EsotericNY]

Pronounced "Nazz" (like "Razz", from someone who has been using them for decades). I rarely ever edit off a NAS...edit locally off internal or external SSD, then sync files back to your NAS (I script my backups, e.g. w/ rsync, but there are backup apps out there). For faster over-the-wire throughput, look for HW that supports link aggregation/bonding. Of course your routers must support it, as well. I've used Synology for ages, but there are many decent NAS vendors out there. For the bold, you can usually configure your NAS to act as a 'cloud', directly accessible from anywhere in the world, e.g., via OpenVPN, but if you're not IT-savvy, best to use the vendor's 'cloud' mirroring services, otherwise you might inadvertently open up your NAS to the world.

[pocholofelix]

Needed this video right now! Thanks, Matt! You have any 2023 cloud storage suggestions? Looking at storing raw footage at the cloud on top of my hard drives.

[ABokeh]

I have 3 separate hard drives. Works for me and I believe costed less

[ErikPelyukhno]

Right in the knick of time, I’m about to run out of storage on my RAID 5 112TB Thunderbay 8 and I’m strongly considering getting a NAS.

[rbunpat]

I think if you got some time and likes DIY, use Truenas instead. It will be much cheaper and you can customize the specs to your liking.

[Myview]

Something you did not cover Matt is .... what you do when you have to add capacity. Does QNAP have software that allows you to just add larger hard drives over time, and it will reconfigure like Synology? For me, that's a deal-breaker as every time I get a hard drive set up and sorted out, I quickly realise that I'm running out of space in no time. I'm at 27TB, and this year I think I will get close to 40TB. Real shame Drobo has gone under as that was the perfect solution for a DAS that you back up to Backblaze for no extra cost (NAS normally cost more to back up to cloud services) Great video as ever.

[AndrewRMontoya]

What do you do for health insurance? I might be making the switch over to full time this year, and that’s something that I have to think about

[zephyrkhambatta]

Wait a sec did you say SSD like speeds? Even with let’s say a Synology 414 if I’m buying it second hand?

[jorgecheco]

Hi Matt, end of year discounts are coming up and I would like to get your opinion on editing equipment recommended by you for this year 2023 please.

[Drrezzin]

What's the difference between a NAS and simply installing platter drives right inside the pc case, as long as the case has the space it needs?