Heatsinks for PS5 Sabrent Rocket SSD Upgrades From the NASCompares free advice section; Which SSD Heatsinks Are Compatible with Sabrent Rocket for PS5? There are numerous NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the market that can be used in the PS5 Storage Bay. However, some are more suited than others and although one heatsink might […]
Heatsinks for PS5 PNY CS3140 SSD Upgrades From the NASCompares free advice section; Which SSD Heatsinks Are Compatible with PNY CS3140 for PS5? There are numerous NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the market that can be used in the PS5 Storage Bay. However, some are more suited than others and although one heatsink might […]
Heatsinks for PS5 Patriot Viper VP4300 SSD Upgrades From the NASCompares free advice section; Which SSD Heatsinks Are Compatible with Patriot Viper VP4300 for PS5? There are numerous NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the market that can be used in the PS5 Storage Bay. However, some are more suited than others and although one […]
Heatsinks for PS5 MSI SPATIUM M480 S70 SSD Upgrades From the NASCompares free advice section; Which SSD Heatsinks Are Compatible with MSI SPATIUM M480 S70 for PS5? There are numerous NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the market that can be used in the PS5 Storage Bay. However, some are more suited than others and […]
Heatsinks for PS5 Crucial P5 SSD Upgrades From the NASCompares free advice section; Which SSD Heatsinks Are Compatible with Crucial P5 for PS5? There are numerous NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the market that can be used in the PS5 Storage Bay. However, some are more suited than others and although one heatsink might […]
Heatsinks for PS5 Corsair MP600 Pro SSD Upgrades From the NASCompares free advice section; Which SSD Heatsinks Are Compatible with Corsair MP600 Pro for PS5? There are numerous NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the market that can be used in the PS5 Storage Bay. However, some are more suited than others and although one […]
Heatsinks for PS5 Addlink SSD Upgrades From the NASCompares free advice section; Which SSD Heatsinks Are Compatible with Addlink for PS5? There are numerous NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the market that can be used in the PS5 Storage Bay. However, some are more suited than others and although one heatsink might fit […]
Heatsinks for PS5 ADATA XPG Gammix S70 SSD Upgrades From the NASCompares free advice section; Which SSD Heatsinks Are Compatible with ADATA XPG Gammix S70 for PS5? There are numerous NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the market that can be used in the PS5 Storage Bay. However, some are more suited than others […]
Heatsinks for PS5 SSD Upgrades From the NASCompares free advice section; Which SSD Heatsinks Are Compatible with PS5? There are numerous NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the market that can be used in the PS5 Storage Bay. However, some are more suited than others and although one heatsink might fit well in a […]
How to set up a single HDD on its own as a separate volume? You can create a storage pool separately, or through a volume creation wizard.
Comparing the WD Red SN700 vs Seagate Ironwolf 525 SSD – Which Should You Use in Your NAS? Utilizing NVMe SSDs inside your Network Attached Storage (NAS) drive is the opulent and business-only option that it once was! Many new and existing users are looking at the performance benefits of populating dedicated available NVMe SSD […]
RS2821RP+ compatible RAM upgrade Official RAM upgrade: D4EU01-4G4GB – UK USA DDR4 ECC Unbuffered DIMM EAN: 4711174724048 Applied Models: 21 series:RS2821RP+, RS2421RP+, RS2421+ D4EC-2666-8G8GB – UK USA DDR4 ECC Unbuffered DIMM EAN: 4711174723522 Applied Models: SA series:SA3200D UC series:UC3200 21 series:RS3621xs+, RS3621RPxs, RS2821RP+, RS2421RP+, RS2421+ 19 series:RS1619xs+ 18 series:RS3618xs 17 series:RS4017xs+, RS3617xs+, RS3617RPxs D4EC-2666-16G16GB – […]
All right – what I think I learned is that in the NAS/Plex hierarchy world – the king of the mountain is the Xeon processor because it can do 4K software transcoding without the need for a PCI GPU. This Xeon vs. “some other” chip would be because I want to do 4K transcoding without […]
How long will DS920+ run with APC SMT1500 UPS before it shuts down? Thanks again for your help purchasing the 920+ and the APC SMT1500. The APC has allowed me to shut down safely 2 times after power outages since purchase. I can keep the internet, NAS going for about 50 minutes but as soon […]
Review of the Seagate Ironwolf 525 M.2 NVMe SSD for NAS Drives When Seagate first announced the Ironwolf 525 SSD, the reception was definitely warmer than when NAS server optimized SSDs were first raised back in 2017/2018. The idea of an SSD that is specifically targeted towards NAS use is something that many are starting […]
Synology DS3617xsII RAM First off, let me say I love your informative videos! Thank you! I am thinking of getting a Synology DS3617xsII and I am looking at the genuine Synology RAM prices and was hoping for an alternative that was less expensive but 100% reliable. Thats why I thought I’d turn to the experts… […]
Switches for Asustor Nimbustor 4 2x 2.5Gbe Trying to find a decent but not expensive switch that has link aggregation that’s able to pair with the Nimbustor 4 NAS. Been looking at QNAP QSW-2104-2T $290 AUD not sure if this can be aggregated for this use, Also looked at Ubiquiti Switch Flex XG $499 AUD. […]
Ironwolf 525 vs WD SN700 vs Firecuda 530 These are very similar spec and endurance M.2 SSDs. Things to look at MTBF and TBW. The best between these three is Ironwolf 525 Second place to Firecuda 530 And a third place to WD SN700 But again, they all are very similar. Ironwolf […]
BTRFS compatible Synology models The table below shows the Synology NAS models supporting the Btrfs file system: Series Models FS-series FS6400, FS3600, FS3400, FS3017, FS2500, FS2017, FS1018 SA-series SA3600, SA3400, SA3200D 22-series DS3622xs+, DS2422+ 21-series RS4021xs+, RS3621xs+, RS3621RPxs, RS2821RP+, RS2421RP+, RS2421+, RS1221RP+, RS1221+, DS1821+, DS1621xs+, DS1621+, DVA3221 20-series RS820RP+, RS820+, DS1520+, DS920+, DS720+, DS420+, […]
Review of the WD Red SN700 M.2 NVMe SSD for NAS Drives Why should you put the WD Red SN700 SSD in your NAS? It’s a fair question. Western Digital (WD) has been in the SSD market for quite a few years now, with a lot of in-house R&D at their disposal and their past […]