NAS vs RAID explained simple - Complete Beginners Guide

Understand why you need your own cloud storage created with a NAS (Network attached storage). A NAS is the perfect and probably the best storage solution for all your media, videos and data you have.
In this guide and tutorial, I explain what a NAS is and why you need a NAS.

When you have decided to invest in a NAS for your data storage, you need to decide what RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) level you should use for your NAS.

There are many different RAID types like: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, SHR (Synology Hybrid RAID), and SHR 2. And its very important to know what RAID to choose so you don't select the wrong RAID when you are setting up your NAS. In this video, i have a RAID comparison for the most commonly used RAID options.

In this video, I'm using a Synology DS923+ NAS.

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0:00 - Intro why you need a NAS
1:23 - What is a NAS?
2:38 - What is RAID?
3:48 - Different RAID levels
4:39 - RAID 0
5:28 - RAID 1
5:53 - RAID 5
6:10 - RAID 6
6:35 - RAID 10
7:01 - SHR (Synology Hybrid RAID)
8:13 - SHR 1
8:46 - SHR 2
9:00 - NAS is not a backup

[GeloNegron]

SMFH 😑😒 Hi, regular guy here whos cursed with being an educated consumer / shopper / buyer…

This shit is overwhelming and whats annoying is everywhere you go people swear by or hate NAS, RAID & weather its SSD & HDD — nothing is ever enough!!!

I just need to save some shit somewhere permanently thats reliable so whenever I feel like it I can time travel; Im okay with backing up my back up, im also okay with having a 8TB Memory with 64GB RAM laptop and not using it even though I paid extra for it and instead using an external portable drive (this shit makes no sense for regular people).

… I like your accent, keep up the great work, bud. Happy holidays and thanks for tryna make sense of all this nonsense.

[FreakMC]

Hey thanks for making this! I definitely want something a bit less janky than just multiple external drives I keep swapping out, so RAID seems like the fit for me, and from these explanations I think (to start with at least) I might go with SHR1

[donovang]

Really well done / explained. Thank you.

[zephyrkhambatta]

Hey thanks for this. Wow it's complicated LOL. I think I might go with a NAS versus all these multiple drives on my desk right now, 4 and counting.... but the RAID system sounds pretty complicated to understand for someone like me. I'm getting a friend to help with it locally and maybe buying his 2nd hand Synology 414. Think it's ok for a beginner like me?

[beyoutifulportraits]

thanks for your videos! Can I ask a question? My 213J is finally full, so I just bought a 723+ ( 2x4TB) thinking I can still use the 213j to access those files AND use the new storage on the 723+. can I have 2 NAS work simultaneously? Or should I have bought a 4 bay and transfer the full drives into two of the bay with 2 extra bays? Can you please help? I am so confused! THANK YOU!!!!

[darrelljones]

Is there a way to plug an external drive in the back of most Synology drives to backup a hard copy to put in a safe?

[jackburton]

9:46 Deez NAS!

P.S.
it had to be done ...

[Multrakiller]

5:24 I think you meant TB instead of GB.

[Rubiel]

Is the Synology 923 Plus good for 1080p/ 4K transcoding ?

[SavageSeven-edxd]

"Cloud storage" Means someone elses computer. NAS is "cloud storage" but it's your computer instead of someone elses.

[maurindenouden]

You Don't need at least 2 drives. It depands on the raid you choose. Raid 5 needs at least 3 and 6 at least 4 for example. Also your title doesn't make sense cause you wanna compare a nas to raid. Nas is the physical device that uses a technology called raid. There is nothing to compare. Also you said a disk is the same as raid. Which is also not true and weird to say. The whole video is wrong.

[maurindenouden]

Nas vs raid? What the fuck. That doesn't make sense. A nas is a physical device and uses a technology called RAID. There can be no comparison 😅

[GrantSR]

You lied in your video title. An external HDD is NOT a RAID, and i suspect you know that.

[platypusozy]

Pretty Awesome!!! The solution that we exactly need it!