Synology DS1819+ 10Gb NAS Complete Setup SHR2 Is 4K Video Editing possible over 10Gb connection?!!

I hope you found this video somewhat helpful and informative, it is a long video but I wanted to show others who may not be networking guru’s (like myself) that you can put a NAS system together over 10Gb without too much difficulty.

Yes, there is a cliff-hanger at the end.. and a Part II to follow! So please hit subscribe if you want to see the part II when it comes out in a few days to see the end results.

I’ve broken down the video into sections below, since it is longer than I expected. Part II should be much shorter!

Thank you and have an awesome day! If you have any comments or questions, I will answer them below.

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Rob

00:00 Why you might need 10GB speed to your NAS
03:05 What do you need equipment wise to run a 10GB connection to your NAS
10:41 Why I’m starting out with SHR-2 for RAID config
11:45 Synology PCIE Slot options (10GB, SSD Caching, or.. BOTH??!)
14:25 AV Closet / Switch / Router setup
18:39 Benchmark Testing : Local SSD drive performance testing on iMac Pro
28:00 Synology 10GB Card & Drives installation
31:46 Synology Website RAID Calculator Demo
35:38 AV Closet / Rack Tour (Post installation)
38:00 Synology Software (Assistant, DSM) Setup & config
44:40 Plot Twist with SHR-2 RAID testing…
48:00 Next Steps & Part II plan.

Disclosures:

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Synology DS1819+ 8 Bay NAS

Synology 10Gb Ethernet Adapter 1 RJ45 Port (E10G18-T1)

(If you want the dual-10Gb adapter):

6TB - Seagate IronWolf 6TB 7200RPM drives optimized for NAS

8TB - Seagate IronWolf 8TB 7200RPM drives optimized for NAS

10TB - Seagate IronWolf 10TB 7200RPM drives optimized for NAS

10G SFP+ to RJ45 for Ubiquiti Unifi UF-RJ45-10G Transceiver Module Copper, Cat6a/7

Ubiquiti Switch-48 (amazing switch for the price!)

High Quality Cat6a Riser Cable (best for new construction due to thicker shielding, pulling through rough walls, etc.)

If you don’t need the extra thickness for new construction, this is a great High Quality Cat6 Cable:

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[Finsterwald_]

Your video is criminally underrated sir. Thanks a lot for the excellent content!

[iEditProjects]

I watched both parts! Outstanding troubleshooting and NAS config. Easy follow 😊

[MatthewFortner]

I don’t know by how much, but I understand that adding more drives boosts the read and write speed.

[Ripdizzle]

So I watched the first few seconds a few days ago...brushed it off...
I go back and give it a few minutes...AND HE BLEW MY MIND!!!
I’m thinking OK OK he’s doing some things at some house. Then drops a nugget with the ubiquiti switch and I’m thinking “OH?!”
THEN WE GET A SERVER ROOM TOUR!!
🤯🤯🤯

[ScottBalkum]

You were expecting more performance than your drives are capable of giving. Count on each drive to give a sustained 125MBs - 175MBs no matter what the manufacturer claims. As the drives fill, the slow down. With SHR2, you are only using 3 drives for performance. That’s about what you are getting. If you want more speed, add more drives. With 8 drives in SHR, you can obtain 900MBs sustained. RAID10 will not reach your desired speed. It will be slower.

[georgeobada]

I'd install RamDrive on synology system, (only if possible), however the best option is the most expensive one, 2 separate NAS units with similar configuration, different locations, both on raid 10 and multiple disks each. So you can have both worlds.

[hajrissa]

Thanks for sharing. This was very helpful for me.

[mecan]

Good video. I've been researching this all day and know nothing about it. But watching your video I noticed at 41:29, your Network Status is set to MTU 1500, which I think is causing a bottleneck. From the videos I watched today, everyone was setting the MTU at 9, 000, otherwise there was no way to get the kind of speeds the network is capable of on the 10Gbe. But, it's all new to me so could be completely off about that.

[davewerner]

Thanks for sharing! You got me at the first sentence. Earned a subscriber :D

[DannyBokma]

Thakns for going through this! Looking into trying this as well!

[ayset.w.]

Excellent video, I have same nas so will go with this way with a smaller switch. Though one thing is unclear. How do you connect your switch to your Router? Shouldn’t it be via 10 gig port? I see you use 10 gbe ports for only PC and Nas?

[ayset.w.]

In the end, best and safest back up option is having another Synology unit. And using raid 0 configuration. In this case you have better protection, better speed and larger capacity.

[WalrusRiderEntertainment]

Considering ironwolf drives have a max read write of around 230MB/s you are rather ambitious to think you can get 1250MB/s to saturate your 10GbE link.. You would need a larger array than you have

[tomdchi]

Regarding SHR vs SHR2 - I've learned the hard way that RAID is not backup. I had a Drobo get corrupted due to a power outage and lost some of that data because I wasn't backing up. (Which brings up the importance of having your NAS on a UPC, but that's a tangent.) A main reason to run SHR2 is to maintain good availability for the users on the network by decreasing the chance that a 2nd failed drive would take down the NAS leaving users twiddling their thumbs. (Not an issue on my home network.) The extra redundancy of the reduced chance of the RAID failing while it is rebuilding onto a replacement drive doesn't matter for protecting your data because RAID is not backup. (As I learned from painful experience.) Your data needs to be backed up in 2 additional places (such as a USB drive or 2nd RAID plus cloud backup.) Once I thought this through for my own application, I'm going with single drive redundancy SHR (1) plus good ongoing backup. Thanks for the in-depth videos!

[andrewchua]

the Mac Mini can also be configured with 10GBe ethernet port

[chriswithersphotography]

I appreciate your video. You explain things very easily. Thanks! I do have a question. I not not need to hook this up to my internet to use as a personal storage and editing system do I? I prefer to keep it offline and away from possible hacks. I don't feel I have a need to hook it up to the internet router or a server (which I don't have).

[TashaProfit]

wonder why you chose the desktop solution versus a rackmount? I'm in the process of trying to design my new network and I'm leaning towards a rackmount solution. Honestly ...mainly because it looks cool as :p

[AlexPasek]

37:06 I was under impression that ISP+ in the switch will provide access to all ports so no need for wiring NAS via 1Gbe port.
Did you try to loose the NAS orange cable and run everything via SPF+ ?

[Teletha]

raid 10 with ssd cache with some ironwolf pro's and damn its awesome

[petero]

Going to set up a QNAP with SSD and WIFI 6 10 Gig router.