This video covers everything you need to know when buying a Synology NAS! #SynologyNAS #BuyingGuide Hire Me! Get Early Access to Videos! Top Synology Picks: Affilate Links: Synology Recommendations: Cheapest you can buy: Most powerful 4 Bay: 6 bays, with performance overhead: Insane Performance!: 12 Bays in a Desktop!: Drives: Hard drives that I use: SSD I use with Synology: Going 10GbE: Synology 10GbE (RJ45) Card: Starter 10GbE switch: 10GbE ethernet to Thunderbolt 3 adapter: *These are affiliate links, which means that if you purchase a product through one of them, I will receive a small commission (at no additional cost to you). Thank you for supporting my channel! Tutorials: Link Aggregation on Synology NAS: BTRFS vs EXT4: M.2 AND 10GbE card: How to use Docker on Synology: SHR vs RAID: My DS1819+ Review: Get Better Performance with Jumbo Frames: Upgrade RAM on Synology: SSD Cache on Synology NAS: %% Chapter Marks %% 00:00 Introduction 1:55 Model Types 6:36 Synology Model Naming Convention 10:40 What to look for in a NAS 11:12 2.5" vs 3.5" Bays 12:48 How many bays do you need? 20:18 BTRFS vs EXT4 21:10 What networking ports do you need? 27:14 Do you need SSD Cache? 29:50 What CPU do you need? 31:43 How much RAM do you need? 33:20 Docker and Virtual Machines 33:55 Extra things to note 38:15 Conclusion