Great review of the Qnap hs-453dx! 2 questions: – If I get 2x2TB 2.5 inch SSDs + 2x2TB m.2 SATA SSDs of the same brand like Samsung 860 evo or WD blue, would the system be able to RAID them? – Would aftermarket 2x8gb memory SODIMMS work? And is memory above 8gb necessary/useful on a […]
I am looking for a new NAS that can also double as a new home theater box. Ideally, it would be able to transcode 4k material. So what is the ideal mix between NAS and home theater? Was looking at the QNAP TS-453B mini 4GB but not sure if that can handle multimedia as good […]
Qnap ts-453d vs TS-464T4 So I had looked up what would be the best nas for having a movie library for streaming and what I found was the ts-453d, which I seen a video you did on this model as well. And I was ready to go ahead with that decision but then my buddy […]
I have a nas that has 10gb-t in it already and I have a 10g sfp+ Switch Can I just buy one Transceiver Witch one do i get I am new to this The answer is very simple. You need 10GbE sfp+ adapter. It costs around 100$ but it is fairly straight forward and […]
I am looking for a NAS to use it with Kodi (over HDMI), ideally with HDMI 2.0. I understood that Kodi will not be supported anymore but can be used unofficially. Actually I think a QNAP– or Asustor-NAS could match my needs. Maybe a normal NAS and a additional media-player could be a better solution, […]
HDD Question Hi there, I am looking at getting a new NAS soon as an update to my old QNAP 219P. I am looking at the Synology 718+ and bringing in 2 x 6TB HDD’s. I read with interest about the WD Reds being suitable for NAS, but have also been told that the WD […]
QNAP or Synology I have watch hours and hours of your youtube videos and thought I would ask the point straight out. I had my mind set on the DS1819+ from synology and was going to up the ram to 32 GB and add a combo m.2 and 10gbe interface and already have 8 x […]
QNAP TR004 – RAID SINGLE DISK MODE I have 500To of internal hard drives 3TB each (7200Tr/min) exFAT partitions on all of them I work with external USB 3.0 HDD docking station (write and read): icybox rock solid from the beginning my problem is simple: migrating all this data on several costly Nas and drives […]
TVS-672N RAM upgrade and compatible M.2 SSD cache I would like to get your opinion before I set it up. I am mainly planning to use this as a Plex media server. I would only have a maximum of 2 users accessing my Plex media via the network at a time, One possibly needing transcoding. […]
I am using an Amazon fire stick with Kodi on it to watch movies on my netgear wndr4700. This has been working great, I’m able to drag and drop files via file explorer from either my win 10 or win 7 machine, and can watch everything on my TV. My wndr no longer seems to […]
I am in the need for a RAID system because of my video production. I am looking into OWC 4 bay case with thunderbolt -2. Which HD will you suggest between WD- RED PRO or WD GOLD. Video production will indeed require fastest drives like WD Pro and Gold. The truth is- they are […]
I watched your video on the best Synology models for Plex which answered my question. Less powerful units won’t be able to handle 4k even natively. I saw in another one of your videos you said the QNAP TS 877 is one of the best for Plex. The bigger one, the 1677, is a similar […]
I’m looking for a field NAS solution where I can hook up multiple “Ingress Stations” (2-3 MacBook Pros running Thunderbolt 3 -> 10GBE Adapters) via a 10GBE switch. Speeds are extremely important, looking for approx 500mb/s read/write. Needs to be a solution that is fairly durable and can be transported in the field – similar […]
I’m thinking about getting a NAS and am looking at comparing the PR4100, DS918+ and the new F5-421. Wondering which of these would be the best choice? I’m only going to be using it as a media server and backing it up to GDrive (something that all support). But I find the F5 particularly interesting […]
The use of the nas would be a personal and professional storage for me and my wife secondarily. Its main use would be as storage and access to all of my relatively large video library (16TB and continuously growing 😊 …). Some movies are more than 70 GB and reading speed is greater than 50mo […]
We’re looking to upgrade an older 20TB Fiber channel XSAN environment: – Promise Vtrack – 2 Qlogic SANbox 5200 Fiber Channel switches – 2 MDC servers (Mac minis with Promise SanLink2 to Fiber SPF) – 4 iMac Clients with Promise SanLink2 to Fiber SPF) – macOS 10.11 running on MDCs and clients – Most content […]
8 bay, 30+ tb 10GbE. – 1-2x per week, I download 100-400 gb at once (from a laptop used in the field at a horse show) – maintain 15+ gig archive of 1.5-3 million images (per year, keep 2 years active) – needs to serve up files / export files from various lightroom catalogs (stored on […]
I’m planning to build a NAS on my on. It will be used with FreeNAS and Plex. Also, it should transcode my Blue-Rays (4k) to 1080p or just play it natively. I want to use Raid Z1. Here’s my current list: I3 8350k Asus Prime Z370-A 16gb ram ddr4 500watt supply 4x8TB Seagte Ironwolf M.2 […]
Hi, I like to find out more about Synology NAS Digital Audio. I’m reading conflicting information about its ability to play lossless audio. Can it play loseless audio via the ios app and via the DSM on the(Chrome) browser? My music is in Apple Lossless format. Yes, there will always be conflicting information, because different […]
We need a NAS for a workgroup of sixteen graphic designers. We need a server for a workgroup of sixteen graphic designers. They open and store large Photoshop and Illustrator files directly on the NAS server. We are currently using the QNAP TS-269L with two 2x8TB WD RED HDD on a 1gig lan. We’ve also […]