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Best way to move drives and data from a broken NAS to a new one

Best way to move drives and data from a broken NAS to a new one

So for the last 10 years I have been using the QNAP TS-212. Then tragedy. the plug must have dislodged and it started melting in the socket. Goodbye TS-212. (I put the waft of burning plastic down to a neighborhood yard fire – silly me) The interior wasnt burnt and I have yet to test […]

Disk upgrade in single drive NAS

Disk upgrade in single drive NAS

Disk upgrade in single drive NAS Again first off thanks for your Channel – It’s been a great help so far. I’ve a DS118 with a 4TB WD Red installed working away with the RC of DSM 7.0 I’m using this primarily as a backup for my main DS720+ (SHR with 2 x 4TB) but […]

Is my NAS supporting Windows 11 virtual machine?

Is my NAS supporting Windows 11 virtual machine?

Is it possible to run WindowS 11 as a virtual machine on a ds1621+ the reason I ask is that I see windows 11 check for a tpm chip. Before you choose a NAS, you need to make sure its CPU support VMs. In Synology range, those will be all plus series and XS series […]

New U24-612 24-bay NAS from terramaster

New U24-612 24-bay NAS from terramaster

New U24-612 24-bay NAS from terramaster High Scalability Configure four DDR4 slots to support up to 16GB of memory modules with total memory up to 64GB; configure three PCI-E3.0 8X expansion slots for expansion of 10 Gigabit network cards (2 SFP + ports) and hard array RAID cards. Fast and stable Equipped with four network […]

Before you buy Seagate Ironwolf NAS drives

Before you buy Seagate Ironwolf NAS drives

In appreciation of your assistance in your below email, I thought I’d update you with some information I learned about Seagate Iron Wolf NAS drives that might be helpful to your user-base. I learned this information in connection with researching the drive I just purchased – an 8TB Iron Wolf.   The specs for the […]

Can I move my old HDD drives to a new and bigger Asustor NAS?

Can I move my old HDD drives to a new and bigger Asustor NAS?

Can I move my old HDD drives to a new and bigger Asustor NAS? Upgrade form 4 to 8 bay nas I have been watching your videos for a good while now. Keep up the good work I hope that this is not a stupid question. I have the 4 bay Asustor NAS AS6404 with […]

Qnap release TVS-672X and TVS-872X core i3 NAS for Plex and video editing

Qnap release TVS-672X and TVS-872X core i3 NAS for Plex and video editing

Qnap release TVS-672X and TVS-872X core i3 NAS for Plex and video editing TVS-672X-i3-8G   – 6 bays TVS-872X-i3-8G   – 8 bays   CPU Intel® Core™ i3-8100T quad-core 3.1 GHz processor CPU architecture 64-bit x86 Graphics processor Intel® UHD Graphics 630 Floating point arithmetic Encryption engine  (AES-NI) Hardware acceleration System memory 8 GB SODIMM DDR4 (1 […]

QNAP (QNAP) launches TVS-675 2.5GbE NAS, using Zhaoxin’s first 8-core processor

QNAP (QNAP) launches TVS-675 2.5GbE NAS, using Zhaoxin’s first 8-core processor

  QNAP Technology (QNAP) today released a new TVS-675 NAS, equipped with Zhaoxin Kaixian KX-U6580 eight-core 2.5 GHz x86 architecture processor, providing two 2.5GbE network ports, equipped with M.2 SSD dual-slot can enable cache acceleration, support PCIe flexible expansion, multi-cloud backup, and 4K HDMI 2.0 output. Storage space and App applications can be expanded flexibly, […]

Soundproof cabinets for NAS

Soundproof cabinets for NAS

soundproof cabinet Hi there, been trawling through your videos, came across the one about noise, which I hadn’t considered. I have no choice but to plonk the NAS right next to my TV so was wondering if you’ve ever done a video on cases? If not, could you recommend a good one?Preferably wall mounted or […]

QNAP (QNAP) launches tvs-h875u 2.5GbE NAS, using Zhaoxin’s first 8-core processor

QNAP (QNAP) launches tvs-h875u 2.5GbE NAS, using Zhaoxin’s first 8-core processor

PROBABLY CHINA ONLY TVS-h875U-8G CPU ZhaoXin KX-U6580 8-core 2.5GHz processor CPU Architecture 64-bit x86 Graphic Processors ZhaoXin C-960 Graphics Floating Point Unit Encryption Engine  (AES-NI) System Memory 8 GB UDIMM DDR4 (2 x 4 GB) Maximum Memory 64GB (4 x 16 GB) Memory Slot 4 x UDIMM DDR4 For dual-DIMM configuration, you must use a […]

Does Qnap NAS allow HDD spin down (hibernation) when not in use?

Does Qnap NAS allow HDD spin down (hibernation) when not in use?

On my Lockerstor 4, there is an option to let the HDs stop spinning after there has been no activity for some time. Do you know whether the QNAP also has a function like that? In my situation, I need centralized storage for my PCs and laptops, but the disks definitely don’t need to be […]

Maximum size I can expand limits on a NAS

Maximum size I can expand limits on a NAS

upgrading the amount of storage I have. Hi, I have a QNAP 453-be server & it had 4 x 2tb drives in a raid 5 config. I wanted to up my storage & from what I read, the way to do it was to replace drives one at a time then expand. I did this […]

How to migrate from old Synology NAS to a new one?

How to migrate from old Synology NAS to a new one?

I currently have a DS211J with two 2TB drives in RAID 1 and am upgrading to a DS920+ with two 4TB ironwolf drives (after watching your videos and reading your web pages..). I am concerned about the best way to transfer my data between the two. I plan to use the 4TB drives as well […]

Compatible 2.5GbE USB adpater for Qnap NAS

Compatible 2.5GbE USB adpater for Qnap NAS

2.5g usb for qnap nas hi do you know any 2.5GbE usb brand that can work with qnap nas? Qnap have made their own 5GbE USB adapter QNA-UC5G1T. It is backwards compatible and will also support 1GbE and 2.5GbE network switches, cables and computer PCIe cards. QNA-UC5G1T  in   UK  and USA But if you prefer […]

3 different Ways to connect your NAS

3 different Ways to connect your NAS

I want to connect both router via ethernet and Nas, but my computer only have one ethernet port, is it possible to connect the Nas to the router and router to pc? NAS is a network storage device that connects to the router. After that, you can connect to your NAS from your computer or […]

How to set up a Qnap Nas – Qnap First Time Installation

How to set up a Qnap Nas – Qnap First Time Installation

Qnap First Time Installation           To locate the NAS, you can: a) Install the Qfinder Pro utility, b) Scan the QR code, or c) Go to the myQNAPcloud website and manually enter the Cloud Key       Log into the admin account using your specified password or use the default […]

New TS-h2477XU-RP Qnap ZFS AMD Ryzen based NAS with built-in 10GbE

New TS-h2477XU-RP Qnap ZFS AMD Ryzen based NAS with built-in 10GbE

New TS-h2477XU-RP Qnap ZFS AMD Ryzen based NAS with built-in 10GbE TS-h2477XU-RP-3700X-32G CPU AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700X 8-core/16-thread 3.6 GHz processor, Turbo Core 4.4 GHz CPU architecture 64-bit x86 Floating point arithmetic Encryption engine  (AES-NI) System memory 32 GB UDIMM DDR4 (2 x 16 GB) Maximum memory 128 GB (4 x 32 GB) Memory slot […]

New TS-h1677XU-RP Qnap ZFS AMD Ryzen based NAS with built-in 10GbE

New TS-h1677XU-RP Qnap ZFS AMD Ryzen based NAS with built-in 10GbE

New TS-h1677XU-RP Qnap ZFS AMD Ryzen based NAS with built-in 10GbE   TS-h1677XU-RP-3700X-32G CPU AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700X 8-core/16-thread 3.6 GHz processor, Turbo Core 4.4 GHz CPU architecture 64-bit x86 Floating point arithmetic Encryption engine  (AES-NI) System memory 32 GB UDIMM DDR4 (2 x 16 GB) Maximum memory 128 GB (4 x 32 GB) Memory […]

Qnap can not upload to the NAS invalid path

Qnap can not upload to the NAS invalid path

Qnap can not upload to the NAS invalid path The problem I have is I don’t see the USB drive in my filestation or as an option to backup to. EG. When I try to create a backup or sync job, I can choose the source files and then when I click the target destination, […]