Comparing the Seagate Ironwolf 510 vs WD Red SN700 SSD – Which Should You Use in Your NAS? Over the last few years of NAS Drive releases from brands like Synology, QNAP and Asustor, we have seen most Prosumer and SMB releases arriving with support of either M.2 NVMe SSD bays, or PCIe slots that […]
Drivestor vs Synology DS220 vs DS220J Which NAS? Looking at picking up a NAS for the first time. I plan on using mainly for backup. I don’t use Plex right now, but if I could see using it for some movies. We have 4 computers total each has 1 TB drives in each with some […]
ts-464u,ts-464u-rp,ts-1264u-rp CPU Intel® Celeron® N5105/N5095 4-core/4-thread processor, burst up to 2.9 GHz CPU Architecture 64-bit x86 Graphic Processors Intel® UHD Graphics Floating Point Unit Encryption Engine (AES-NI) Hardware-accelerated Transcoding System Memory 4 GB SO-DIMM DDR4 (1 x 4 GB) Maximum Memory 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) Memory Slot 2 x SO-DIMM DDR4 When […]
Toshiba 18TB MN09 NAS drives Unveiled Toshiba’s MN series of 3.5-inch 7,200 rpm hard disk drives (HDD) deliver up to 18 TB of storage capacity, making it a suitable storage solution for home and SOHO NAS applications. To address NAS-class requirements, MN series provide up to 1.2 million hours MTTF, 180TB/year workload rating and support […]
FS2500 Synology 1U rack 12-bay 2.5″ SATA SSD CPU CPU Model AMD Ryzen V1780B CPU Quantity 1 CPU Architecture 64-bit CPU Frequency 4-core 3.35 (base) / 3.6 (turbo) GHz Hardware Encryption Engine (AES-NI) Memory System Memory 8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM Memory Module Pre-installed 8 GB (8 GB x 1) Total Memory Slots 2 […]
QSW-M5216-1T Qnap 25GbE fiber managed switch with 10GbE QSW-M5216-1T Management Type Web Managed Number of Ports 17 25GbE SFP28 16 10GbE BASE-T (RJ45) 1 Management Port 1 x 1GbE RJ45 Power Supply Description Internal Power Supply Unit Max. Power Consumption 35W Input Power Type AC Input Voltage Range 100-240VAC, 50/60 Hz MAC Address Table 32K […]
The QNAP TS-364 NAS Drive Review QNAP are now very much in the process of slowly rolling out their new Prosumer and SMB series for 2022, but when it comes to the unit that they are slowly releasing, you can definitely see that they are being a great deal smarter (tactically) than previous generations. Alongside […]
Home NAS Build I’m building a home NAS for multi pc home use. I want it to be able to back up my families different pc’s and to run there gaming libraries off of them as well. That means steam, origin, uplay, epic, blizzard, and rockstar games. I already have a x470 mobo, ryzen 3700x, […]
Review of the Synology 2022 Event – Everything Synology Revealed It’s that time again, almost as regular as clockwork, with the return of the annual Synology event. Synology has been extraordinarily business and enterprise-focused throughout this year, with numerous significant updates in services on their C2 cloud platform, Cloud assisted services and (of course) the […]
NAS model TV model Internet speed/ upload File – format (mp4,mkv) / size GB / FPS / 720-1080-4k/ Bitrate Mbps/ Encoding h245-h265 (HEVC)/ Audio AAC Results working/not working Open up movie in Plex on a TV, click more and choose File Info. Share this with others. What works and what doesn’t.
New Synology DVA1622 2-Bay NVR NAS Revealed Synology revealed quite a few interesting hardware and software plans in their recent 2022 and Beyond event, with quite an impressive amount of focus being given to their planned updates for the Surveillance station and a new piece of AI-powered NVR hardware, the DVA1622. This is by no […]
Information on Synology DSM 7.1 Revealed During the Synology 2022 Event An interesting part of Synology’ recent keynote speech, during the brand’s ‘2022 and Beyond’ event that did not get anywhere near the attention it deserved, was the details that were shared on DSM 7.1 and numerous individual applications and services that will see improvements […]
Synology FINALLY Reveal a new WiFi 6 Router – The RT6600ax with 802.11ax and 2.5GbE Yes, you read that correctly. After what seems like forever, the Synology router series is finally receiving its first WiFi 6 enabled solution in the RT6600ax Mesh router system. This, along with the announcement of bigger updates to the Synology […]
New RT6600ax Wifi6 mesh router from Synology What we know so far: Comes with 6 antennas for a better multi coverage WiFi6 technology, that can serve multiple devices simultaneously unlike WiFi5 Two WAN ports (one can switch between LAN and WAN) 4x 2.5 GBE ports (or maybe 1×2.5GbE + 3x1GbE – something to clarify) […]
Go to Qnap App Center and download nConnect 2. Install the Mobile Pro app on your smartphone 3. Install Client app nConnect on your computer (on Windows it will show a warning. Click advanced options and Run Anyway). 4. Create an account on a mobile app 5. Tap on a dataRide tab and then nConnect> […]
Join meetings with SIP systems Flexibly join a multi-point video conference launched by a SIP system (such as Avaya, Polycom, and others). What SIP systems are compatible with KoiBox? Multi-point communication supported models: Avaya Scopia XT4300/ XT5000; Polycom Group 310/ 500/ 700 Easily join meetings (including Zoom®, Skype™, Microsoft Teams®, Cisco Webex®, and […]
Can I run a GTX 1050 TI on a 230w power supply Qnap x73A series? Yes, there are several cards on the compatibility list for Qnap. MSI GTX1650 4GT LP OC ZOTAC GAMING GeForce GTX 1650 LP 4GB ASUS PH-GTX1050TI-4G But all mention 300W requirements. GPU specs mention this power requirement based on modern CPU […]
WD vs Synology vs Qnap I need help in deciding which HD to get. After reading your article https://nascompares.com/wd-my-cloud-nas-versus-synology-qnap-nas it’s a little clearer, but not really… I need to be able to access my photos and files from both home and the store. I need to have a backup of everything, and I need it […]
NAS file system, will it work with MAC and Windows PC? Yes, people are often confused about NAS. What kind of file system it has and will it work with my MAC or PC that has its own file system such as FAT32, NTFS on Windows and APFS, exFAT on MAC. NAS is like a […]
Synology DS220j Black Friday Deals The Synology DS220j NAS is not the most powerful NAS drive, or the most fully-featured NAS drive – but the point is that it is not trying to be! Synology has held an exceptionally good reputation in the world of network-attached storage for a decade and if a new NAS buyer wanted […]
