thanks for suggestion...will look up for it!

Good day to all,

Could anyone recommend me a NAS for Media Storage and editing, mainly photos and videos. Needs to be able to work with both Windows and Mac OS.

Thank You.

For ease of use, and if budget permits - synology

As lurker said, sinology is best for you.

Easy to configure and plenty of apps in their OS. Suitable for media.

Makesure you get the 2 bay and above. For safety and space.

Thank you all. What kind of drives should I get? Any reliable drive brand you all can suggest? Budget 1.5k for NAS + 2 Drives

This post has been edited by 5p3ak: Apr 13 2016, 10:31 AM

I m using WD red.

It is for NAS.

If others brand, makesure it is for NAS.

How long have you been using it for? good?

Almost a yrs.

As Long as it no problem, it is good.

Have another NAS using Samsung 2TB. 7yrs no problem.

http://paulstamatiou.com/storage-for-photographers-part-2/

For photographers

Yesterday suddenly the NAS cannot communicate with the PC.

Upon check, the NAS LAN light doesn't have any activity and remain OFF.

I have confirm the NAS LAN port spoil by
1) Plug into another router LAN port
2) Plug in direct to PC LAN
3) Plug in to another router which in currently running another NAS.

Is there another way to communicate with the NAS beside the LAN port ? How can I takeout the data in the HDD ?

The model is Synology DS409+.

This is the back of the NAS.


This post has been edited by ozak: Aug 10 2018, 03:13 PM

Remove the HDD from the NAS and put it into your machine directly? If not then buy one of this:

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3931344/all

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1358447/all

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Apr 30 2016, 03:10 PM

Thanks for the suggestion.

It is raid 5 with 4hdd. With 1hdd, it can't read.

Would the data still be read able if insert into another Synology nas? But different newest model?

Yes. The HDD must be inserted in the same order as the original NAS.

This post has been edited by nitehawk: May 3 2016, 08:59 PM

do update us if u managed to solve the problem u facing now

If your USB still working, try plug in an usb h.drive and transfer file over to the usb drive.

I haven't try this. My sequence try will be

1) put the HDD into the new NAS.
2) using USB

But I doubt the USB can use as the NAS need to configure to USB before it can see. (Need to try to confirm)

First make sure your usb not fried also

Hope not. So far 2usb, only 1 is using. 😓

hv you consulted with synology support?

I post it at Synology forum. So far no reply.

And I asking local support. When they heard this model, don't keen on repair. Costly.