Synology DS CAM not working with H.265 cameras

I tried to access my Synology camera on my phone and i can only see live view. When trying to check what happened 2 minutes ago I ger Error message “Unable to Play H.265 stream, check the format”. Whats the point of surveillance if i dont see who tried to break into my house! People […]

Best 6-Bay NAS of the Year – 2022/2023

A Guide to the Best 6-Bay NAS Drives to Buy Right Now In the last 5 years or so, the popularity of 6-Bay NAS systems has skyrocketed! Up until that point, most users in the home/small-business market who were looking at desktop solutions would either settle for the modest 2/4 Bay scale of system, or […]

Terramaster F2-423 NAS Review

Review of the Terramaster F2-423 NAS Drive The Network Attached Storage industry (NAS) unlike many areas of the tech world is actually surprisingly small in terms of the companies that fight for market dominance. With less than 10 big players and less than 5 of those being real marketing recognized, choosing a NAS solution is […]

Best 2-Bay NAS of the Year – 2022/2023

A Guide to the Best 2-Bay NAS Drives to Buy Right Now When you are looking for a new data storage solution, chances are that in terms of cost vs storage, a 2 drive solution is pretty much a solid choice – especially for tech novices or those dipping their toes into owning their own […]

Asustor AS6702T Lockerstor 2 Gen 2 NAS Review

Asustor AS6702T Lockerstor 2 Gen 2 NAS Hardware Review – Worth Your Data? When it comes to brands that I discuss here on the NASCompares when discussing NAS, one brand that always seems to have always existed (yet doesn’t get the same level of online fame as its peers) is Asustor. Founded in 2011, they […]

How to edit photo and other file timestamps/ date of creation on Synology NAS

How to edit photo and other file timestamps/ date of creation on Synology NAS

How to edit photo and other file timestamps/ date of creation on Synology NAS   You can do it graphical interface. Open Synology Photos. Select a photo and click the Info button. Then Click edit and change the date of the photo.   Change the entire folder photo creation date. Allow Terminal access Open the […]

How to enable on demand sync on MAC – Synology Drive Client 3.2

How to enable on-demand sync on MAC – Synology Drive Client 3.2 First of all, makes sure your MAC OS is 12.3 and above. You can check this if you click on Apple icon/ ABout This Mac If you already use Synology Drive Sync, you will need to date this sync tasks and create a […]

Compatible NVMe for Synology DS923+ and other models

Compatible NVMe for Synology DS923+   Compatible M.2 NVME SS for caching When choosing NVMe for caching you need to look at reliability ratings such as DWPD/MTBF. Here are a few on the list https://nascompares.com/answer/nvme-m-2-list-with-endurance-dwpd-mtbf/ Caching means a lot of read and write operations, unlike regular storage situation. You would need to look at models […]

Asustor AS6704T Lockerstor 6 Gen 2 NAS Review

Asustor AS6706T Lockerstor 6 Gen 2 NAS Hardware Review – Worth Your Data? When was it that six-bay NAS devices became so popular? It’s hard to pinpoint, isn’t it? When it comes to buying/building your own private server, to get away from subscription cloud services, there is always a balance of three key factors for […]

Synology SHR not using all available space

Synology SHR not using all available space

  When I use Synology RAID calculator it shows I should get 26TB of storage space, but my Synology NAS only shows 23.6TB.  Why Storage Pool not using all available space? The storage pool shows less available space than there is.   How do I find the actual hard drive size? The hard drive capacity […]