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’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 […]
Space-efficient design for 4K Video Editing NAS – The Terramaster U8-450 NAS TerraMaster, a professional brand that focuses on providing innovative storage products for homes and businesses, released a new model of U8-450 8-bay short depth rackmount NAS with high-speed dual SFP+ 10GbE ports and dual RJ45 2.5GbE ports providing up to 20Gb transmission bandwidth […]
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 […]
Case: – Project types and workflow – Professional film and TV productions, weekly location shooting for documentary series, HD/4K editing, VFX compositing, graphics and grading, data collaboration with external providers, customer screenings and file distribution for publishing. – Two offices in separate towns – Office 1: Medium sized office with 3 separate rooms for editing. […]
I currently run an old TS-809 Pro and one of the fans is faulty. The fan is no longer available so I’m looking for a new QNAP. I got this device second hand and it has served me well. I only used 4 bays of it. Therefore, I’m only looking for a new 4 bay […]
I have taken your advice onboard and are now upgrading my network to 10gbe. My question today is regarding qnap ts 963x (or equiv 9 bay from them) as a photographer and video editor I feel this is the nas for me due to the nas having 10gbe built in (1 less 10gbe thing to […]
First of all sorry for my bad english, I will try to make it simple. The main reason I was looking for NAS is to find alternative of google photo storage which will end in June 1, 2021 (It is a big topic now, maybe you can do a video for this :)) I am […]
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I use just for local NAS, to do 3 things: 1/ backup my sizeable photo library from a dedicated computer; 2/ full disk image backup of a separate computer using SuperDuper app; 3/ Time Machine backups of several computers. Do either of these 2 devices let me format the NAS device as 2 different disks […]
I want to build a storage for home. I want to use it as a backup for our 2 computers (we have mac and laptop as well), to store our movies and music. I want to have at least 4 bays and I do not know if it is possible to be able to use […]
I would like to enquire for a NAS server drive that will be capatible to handle 12 video editors to edit directally of the NAS server simultaneously. The read and write speed for each editor preferably over 100MBps. So I am assuming 10Gb ethernet. Is there such a solution available? You will need to […]
I am looking into getting a NAS Hard Drive, I like the TVS-473e, TS-453Be, and TS-563. The TVS I like due to its dual PCIe expansion ports The TS-453Be is very consumer looking, I worry about the plastic trays picking up vibrations. (I was planning on using HGST 8TB helium Enterprise drives) I like the TS-563 due […]
NAS for video editing. We have a small video team consisting of 3-4 people working mainly on PC/Adobe Premiere pro but we also have the occasional freelancer working on mac. We need a NAS that we can work from instead of having workfiles and footage files locally and moving them around. We mainly do short productions […]