Best NAS for 500 to Buy of 2024 (SO FAR)

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Video Chapters
00:00 - The Start
00:28 - What this video is about
01:02 - Flashstor 6
02:56 - Terramaster F4-424 and Pro
04:59 - Synology DS423+
07:44 - QNAP TS-464
10:24 - Lincstation N1
13:28 - UGREEN DXP4800 PLUS

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[irokese]

You got rid of seagulls but now your chair makes their sound😂😂? As usually great video👍‼️

[john_in_phoenix]

A word to the wise, be sure to budget for a UPS when you purchase a NAS (as I sit here with no power, thought I would throw that in). Mine shuts down the NAS immediately, to save power for the cable modem and router.

[ToolWrangler]

I just caught the quiet sound in the background... LOVE the old reference to "Are You Being Served"!

[ivanmalinovski]

Glad to see the F4-424 mentioned! I've got the Pro, and running it with Unraid, and it's great. I would probably recommend the non-Pro for most people, especially as N305 tends to get hotter and the N100 in non-Pro is perfectly competent.

[Jason-ygcy]

Appreciate all the reviews. I almost went with Lincstation N1 but wanted cold storage for the 2.5 inch sata bays which are extremely difficult to find in high capacity. I ended getting Asustor AS5402T which gives effectively same hardware (4 nvme bays and 2 sata bays) except full 3.5 inch bays for large cold storage. Also provides dual ethernet as well.

[bradw]

I really like videos like this. It shows you've done a lot of work and research, and I appreciate your sharing the info. Much appreciated.

[mzeeshan]

Great informative video as usual! Would you be kind enough to make a video about how to configure UGREEN with QNAP or Synology softwares on it please ?

[mcauleyrj]

Right now B&H in the US has the Synology 923+ for $479. That’s a nice deal.

[davejones]

After my disaster terramaster 😂 I brought a qnap and it's great 👍

[jodajackson]

New studio, very nice, very nice indeed. Fingers crossed those seagulls don’t move with you.

[LowRichard]

Can you do a comparison of the Terramaster F4-424/424 pro and the Asustor As5404T. Thanks

[denverag]

16:00 All great choices. If i hadnt just built my NAS i might have gotten the ugreen.
Slight note, in some places, it is not legal for a company to deny a warranty claim for the sole reason of using after market parts and services.
In many regions including the US and much of europe, companies are supposed to prove that the aftermarket part and service is the reason for the failure.
The problem is that many governments do not enforce their various rules which means the laws are often meaningless unless you have alot of money to fight it in court.
This is the real reason why you see this problem so often in sub $20K products, because the manufacturers know that most people are just going to eat the loss, rather than spend 15k on legal fees and months or even years in the court system.

[mrdali]

I kinda like the Ugreen, mainly because of the decent 16gb ram and 10gb + 2, 5gb network, but what would you recommenfor the 2 4x4 Nvme slots, a mirror array for "important" data (since you have possible 10gbe uplink to a 2, 5gbe switch, or use it for cache usage for the main sata raid ?

[joaomiguelxs]

Are the seagulls moving too? Aint the same without them birds...

[moejahid]

Man, any tips for someone in the market who just wants something that works fine out of the box, reliable and good performance. I will only use it for storage and backup of important projects/assets i have. Backups will made once dailly, ease of use software to set that up would be nice as well. I want 4 drives because well i figured the more drives the more reliable hehe, small change to have them all fail?

[ZacharyLagrutta]

The Asustor is now $799 on amazon, only took a couple months and price spiked like crazy

[StardustOneReviews]

Synology ist a nice choice, but be aware all Synology systems are crawling slow with backup and restore. You will need a lot of time for syhronizong with rsync or when doing full backups to external drives.

[naftoliherz]

Noticed a mistake in your description it says teremaster f f464 instead of f 424 the link is correct tho

[nlrz]

I still wonder if it isn't more interesting, and safer, to use your NAS only for storage, and to have a separate, more powerful server. Besides, in this case, what would be the most profitable NAS? I just realized that an N100 is more efficient in electricity than the j4125 of my TS-453D.

[DataHoarders]

high pass filter....just to get rid of the low rumble every time you bump the table....just roll it off at the bottom. please? we with really good speakers just hear rumbles when you interact with the table.