I am looking for a suitable NAS. I'm wavering between Synology and QNAP. As a designer, I often work with very large Photoshop files (> 300 MB) and video data (4K), so I'm a bit unsure which direction I should take here. My considerations are: - Operation with SSDs only, as they are quieter in operation, but more expensive than 3.5" HDDs - Synology is much cheaper than QNAP. Does Synology generally offer fewer features and connections? - QNAP has Thunderbolt 4 connections and that should be sufficient in terms of data throughput, but the NAS can only be 2 metres away from my Mac (due to the maximum cable length of 2 metres for Thunderbolt 3 and 4) - Or should I go for 10GbE, as longer cable lengths are possible here and I don't have to place the NAS directly at my desk? But do I have to accept slower speeds? - 25GbE can be retrofitted on Synology (and QNAP), but the adapters for Mac (Sonnet) are too expensive - In general, I think Synology has the slightly more user-friendly interface with the DSM - QNAP, on the other hand, allows more technical settings for RAID (storage pool etc.) What are your experiences? Thank you very much for your input.