6 Cool Things You Can Do With Your NAS

The main motivation for most users who purchase a new network-attached (NAS) storage device is often a means to create an alternative to Cloud services, backup several devices safely and really just to make sure that there is a mean to keep their data safe and sound, but also within reach when needed. The majority of NAS brands perform this function well and if you are looking for a NAS just to do these functions, then you will always be successful, regardless of the unit you choose. However, there is actually a huge number of things that a NAS can do and with the evolution of modern NAS hardware from brands like Synology and QNAP, most users do not even realise the cool things they can do with their system to maximize their investment or simply to have a little fun. So today I want to go through some of the best things you can do with a NAS drive that are more than just using it as a simple backup storage system. Let’s go!

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[lentilgod]

0. Back-ups
1. Media Hub & Plex
2. Virtual Machines & Docker
3. Cloud Storage w/ multi-device sharing
4. Cryptocurrency (Chia) farming
5. Surveillance center (security camera footage storage)
6. Donations to science (via point 2. Docker apps)

Note: which apply depends on the specs of your NAS

[t.h.]

Wonderful story telling at the beginning.

[MountainKing]

Your videos are freaking amazing! And unbiased :)

[Elpuchungosexy]

Bro you need to record WAY higher volume.

Props for the GREAT content ! I really am enjoying it

[SavageScientist]

Great video I love having my NAS although it crashed and it was costly to recover my data. I did have a backup though.

[krico]

I'm only using my NAS for servalance only. I'm getting 4 days recording at 4k on the camera 256gb sd card on maximum settings and 6 and a half months on the NAS with 13tb.Big difference.

[GCD]

you freeked me out ... my name is Graham

[digitalhighway]

Great Video! I've been looking at the DiskStation DS720+ because you can expand it to 7 drives with the DX517. Can you expand any Qnap brand of NASes to do the same?

[zoli]

I also use my Synology NAS (beyond the already mentioned things like surveillance, cloud share) as a web server, a VPN server, an FTP server, and for running some python scripts to download data from some APIs.

[ThisisNukezZ]

isnt it sort of risky to put your data on a cloud thats running on a vm? im currently running an omv nas and would love the features of for example nextcloud. but somewhere when i learned about that whole nas topic somebody on a forum said that u shouldnt put ur data on a vm. any advice and experiences would be greatly appreciated

[adamwhite]

It would be nice if you did a specific video on vm's. Things like specific models, memory and proc. I have 2 qnaps and neither run virtual machines well at all if qsync and backups are running. They seem WAY underpowered.

[dafyddr]

I'm a small time user of my NAS mainly for media and backup. Would it be best to use Nas SSD rather than Nas Spinning hard Drives?

[agrafernando]

Hit the like button just for that intro story

[stephenrayner]

Hi Guys
With a NAS can I create password protected folders that can hold videos and photos for nominated users to download?

[chrishalle]

Cds dont fade out. My first CDs bought in the 80s still work.

[stevegeorge]

Hi! I just purchased a NAS, got it a day ago. As a newb, I’m starting small to give the tech a go. But I realised I need some kind of dock to link the Box to my laptop. Do you have a suggestion that is cheap to be a dock and link, perhaps with multiple socket options?? Thanks.

[antik]

Well, on my QNAP NAS moreover I play games in 4K 🙂 In the NAS I have GTX 1660 Super and using VM with Win10, so I don't need a gaming PC 😉

[sbphotos]

Could I install a Vegas 64 and get rid of my EGPu?

[SonPoweredLife]

Thanks for the video. I am buying the ds220+ (I know 2 bay, you are warning me against) I have been using multiple USB drives for years and am tired of multiple disks. Anyway, getting two 18tb exos drives (Seagate Exos X18 18TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 3.5-Inch Enterprise Hard Drive 2-Pack - ST18000NM000J (Renewed)) to run a raid system. I don't know anything about RAID (please help) Going for the 8gb ram (ADATA Premier 8GB Single DDR4 2666Mhz CL19 PC4-21000 260-Pin SODIMM Memory RAM Single (AD4S26668G19-SGN)) add on. I thought I saw somewhere I could also add a PCIe SSD to the board. Can I? I am planning on moving my Plex server (w/lifetime membership) to this NAS. I also am planning on using it for windows backup, a cloud storage, and other things after watching this video. Where am I going wrong or should be doing?

[brucefay]

I have an older/simpler NAS that is just used for off-device storage and backup. You keep mentioning “licenses” for surveillance cameras. Why are these licenses needed? And where do you get additional licenses if you need more than three (3) cameras? Thanks.