Hi everyone–I’m getting ready to setup a new QNAP TS-877-1700-16G with the following specs:
4x Western Digital Red Pro WD4003FFBX 4TB 7200RPM SATA3/SATA 6.0 GB/s 256MB Hard Drive (3.5 inch) (HD-W43FFBX)
2x Samsung 860 EVO Series 500GB M.2 2280 SATA3 Solid State Drive, Retail (Samsung V-NAND 3bit MLC) (MZ-N6E500B)
2x SilverStone Technology Aluminum Alloy Heatsink with Multiple Thermal Pads for PCIE NVME M.2 or SATA M.2 (TP02-M2)
1x Samsung 860 EVO 1TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E1T0B/AM)
Can anyone tell me if my steps below are logical? This is on the QNAP box listed above, so I truly hope I’m posting this in the right place.
[1] Unbox & install 2.5" SSD - initialize and install QTS on drive.
[2] Power down& install 2x M.2 SSD drives, boot and then use Settings to allow read/write cache acceleration on these two drives in a RAID1 ( Is RAID1 the best choice for making the most out of cache acceleration here?)
[3] Power down & install 4x HDD drives and reboot, configuring these as RAID5.
I’m guessing that QTS will want to create the initial Shares on the Step 1 drive (2.5" SSD) since that’s what was initially setup. I read earlier today how to point Plex to using different shares than the QNAP provided Shares, I just to make sure I don’t configure things in such a way that the NAS–as a whole–isn’t communicating well with itself.
First, I want to say that Chuck–you’re my hero. You do so much for this community. Thank you.
Should I setup the M.2s in RAID1 and install QTS to them? Is Plex actually going to benefit from having SSD cacheing enabled (transcodes, etc?) or is that overkill?
Finally, you say you ‘migrated’ Plex to the 2.5". If I install Plex directly on the M.2 would there be a need for migration? Also, is downloading the latest qpkg a better idea than using the App Center version for my box?
It doesn’t “sound” like I’d benefit from adding a GPU unit just yet, but I’m following your threads on that as well!
I am always rebuilding with each version. Therefore, I put Plex on the 2.5" SSD because. I don’t want to pull the machine out and tear it down should I overuse the SSD.
In the case of my TVS-1282, its far easier to replace the 2.5" when I need to. My CACHEDEV1 is 2x 1TB Samsung 860 EVO (RAID 1). I write at normal device speed but read at 2x single device speed because QNAP auto-stripes on read.
I find that it’s not necessary to put Transcoder temp on SSD. HDDs are more than fast enough.
That said, I recommend doing in the CACHEDEV sequence I wrote above (1,2, and then 3)
Thanks for your input. It sounds like your suggestion is the best for what I’m trying to accomplish.
QTS on M.2 SSD volume (2x 500GB set in RAID1) (CACHEDEV1_DATA) [This is where QTS will then create it’s standard Share volumes such as Multimedia, USB, Recordings, etc, right?]
Main HDD storage on 4x 4TB HDD set in RAID5 (CACHEDEV2_DATA)
When I start to move everything from my older TS-212P to the new NAS, will USB-C to USB-3.0 be the fastest transfer method, as opposed to trying to setup a Cat6 link between them or is there a fairly easy way to do the latter? I need to migrate about 3TB of data, so not a huge amount.
USB 3.0 transfer speed and Gigabit transfer speed are so close to each other that it’s not worth fussing with. Go with whichever is easiest to connect this one time.
This is a temporary connection, not something permanent.
FWIW: I am running 10 GbE on cat 5 so the “Cat6” and other terminologies don’t mean anything without knowing the deployment environment
Thanks Chuck–yes, this would certainly be a temporary connection.
If I connect two initialized NASs (old 212-P and new TS-877) via USB, am I going to get an option to mount the old Raid Volume as a drive? I’ve read forum posts (and QNAP’s manual) about rtrr or using File Station, but it’s not quite clear to me.
