steveyg777

Thanks. Ok. I didn't actually understand what you meant about my situation with my 3x 8tb hard disks. Are you suggesting that i could only add a fourth dish if it was a larger disk (not a disk with the same size capacity again = 8tb on fourth disk)? Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk

Thank you so much to both of you. Tbh i found this forum a bit confusing in terms of its organisation and had also got to the point where i just want a freaking nas instead of reading lots more stuff. Good to know the experience with xpenology. If there was some kind of usb image to just install all of this in one go then if be tempted to use it on some kind of pc us build (i can build ocs but can't be bothered to learn a ton of new stuff and don't have the time at all). What drew me to Synology was the fact it has a lot of apps written for it (third party), seems stable and especially the dsm part of it because i was getting the idea of be best off to use the shr with btrfs or ext4. Shr is only for Synology right? Did qnap have a similar thing to shr? Is shr really all that or is there an alternative setup that is just as stable, easy, self healing, etc that i could use? I was thinking it needed to be Synology or at the least qnap. Is this a good idea? -if like the apps availability and stability for my nas and especially filesystem from a brand. I've seen bad reviews for terramasters, a shame cos it provides more bays for cheaper but the os let's it down. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk

Hi there guys, I've been trying to understand the whole NAS thing etc, etc. Very vast and confusing! Please help. I decided on Synology but it's really expensive! I don't know much about xpenoligy at all. Question: Should i buy Synology 920 with 4 bays it should i go with another brand that is cheaper that has 5 or 6 bays and install xpenology? (And if it's an alternative which do you recommend?) i'd ideally like 5 bays NAS (or 6). i like the sound of synology - simplicity, it handles everything, DSM sounds the dogs doodars. Problem - The price! i can only afford the 4 bay 920, although i'd like the 5 bay. i could afford a qnap or terramaster 5 bay and still have change. i could install xpenology right? whats the deal with that? it is the FULL synology OS and apps right? i can install all 3rd party apps, use docker, update to future version without problems or lots of geeky coding crap right? I AM A TOTAL NOOB and trying to figure this all out. is it much hassle putting xpenology on? is it as stable as using synology NAS? any other problems I don't know about/thought to ask? If I have to go for 920 in the end (depending on the answers for the above) I have 3x 8tb hdds. I will buy a 4th. i want SHR, BTRFS (or EXT4 - which one is best/best for my situation?) can I sintall the 4th clean drive and set up as SHR on its own? then move 3rd drive data to it, add 3rd drive (reformatted)? apply same principle to the 1st and 2nd drive with data on so that I get all my data onto the 4 drives setup as SHR WITHOUT any data loss? Thank you, Ste