NAS for Backups Looking for a NAS system to use for backups. I’ve been looking for either Synology or QNap. QNAP TS-832X-8G QNAP TS-873-4G-US Synology 8 Bay NAS Diskstation (Diskless) (DS1819+) My main concerns are support, ability to rebuild arrays after a failed drive. One thing I’ve read is people complaining that they are being […]
4k multi 2.0a and super powerful processor I need to download movies, pictures and music from iphones and ipads and play them on all devices including smart tv’s. I also download all of the above from the internet. Everything I own is newer so it plays all HDR. I own a hi res music system […]
TS-230 Qnap NAS More specs to follow as we find out more. Based on their P and P2 series it will as follows: Realtek RTD1296 64-bit Quad Core 1.4 GHz 2GB DDR4 USB2.0 and USB3.0 Alternative products with same spec: DS118 DS218 DS418 TS-328
my wife and me are both photographers, and we have hundred of thousand of multi megabyte image files (and as many few kilobytes XMP files, which sometimes may be modified at 40,000 in a single operation or, more often, 500 in a single operation). Currently they are stored on a Synology DS213j with 2 6TB […]
NAS 8k support I have a Samsung Smart TV QLED 8K 900Q 65 inch And I want to have videos at maximum performance of the TV I looking for NAS That have also 8K support Have a surveillance Station. And I think the best way for have max performance and max speed for video (movie) […]
Google Photos Sync with Qnap NAS I’ve been watching your videos on how to best set up my QNAP TS-453Be. Your videos have been very helpful. Thank you. I am at the point where I would like to sync my Google Photos and my NAS. I’ve watched you syncing videos with Google Drive, but I […]
Qnap or Synology NAS vs custom build server Firstly, I watch your YouTube channel all the time and think it’s great! I’m in a bit of a bind and I’m hoping you can advise me on this. I currently have a VERY loud old JBOD living in the wardrobe in my bedroom, hooked up to […]
High res audio – Can NAS take 24 bit/96 kHz audio and convert it or transcode it to 16 bit/44.1 kHz for Sonos I’m still new to NAS and understand a bit about video transcoding. Is a NAS able to take a music file that is a 24 bit/96 kHz and convert it or transcode […]
What’s the best availability equivalent of Hitachi HGST NAS drives. Hi there. About two years ago I decided to get into NAS and buy my first system. I populated it with 4 x HGST DeskStar NAS 3.5″ 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB HDD at the time the seemed to be the best drives around with low […]
I need to know what is the dongle Wi-Fi compatible with DS418 Asus USB-AC56 adapter Wi-Fi Dongle Synology products can join an existing wireless network or turn into a wireless access point (hotspot) by simply plugging a USB wireless dongle into your Synology products. The wireless dongles that have been tested on the Synology […]
Can the Synology DiskStation DS218+ NAS be attached to the new Synology MR2200ac Mesh Router to eliminate the need for a 3rd party USB wireless network adapter? I want to give my Synology DiskStation DS218+ NAS wireless capability without the necessity of purchasing a potentially unreliable USB wireless network adapter that might not be compatible […]
Apple TV & NAS I am looking to purchase a NAS mostly for the purpose to taking my movies and TV shows that are purchased in iTunes offline. I use an Apple TV to watch this content. Do I even need something like Plex or Emby or can I just direct the Apple TV to […]
Snapshot Replication compatible NAS Snapshot Replication is an expert of data backup and recovery with the point-in-time copy mechanism. Businesses need data protection to prevent data loss from accidental deletion, application crashes, data corruption, and viruses. Applied Models 20 series:FS6400, FS3400, RS820RP+, RS820+, DS620slim, SA3400 19 series:RS1619xs+, RS1219+, RS819, DS2419+, DS1819+, DS1019+, DVA3219 18 series:FS1018, […]
I’m looking to purchase a NAS. The main utility will be for having access to my movies, musics & other files. Around 300 4k movies that I will have to rip. The second thing would be able to use it for surveillance (8 cams at 4k). The third thing would be for backing up my […]
How many VMs do you think that 873 can handle? My goal is to build a Windows 2016 or 2019 server and then in the server user Hyper V and build a WSUS server and a Deployment server for imaging and also have a few Win 10 VMs for testing the various server features. TVS-873e […]
Netgear Readynas 526x Netgear replaced my readynas 516 with a 526x under warranty the 526x doesn’t seem to be as fast as the old 516 I use a 316 as a back up nas and was thinking about buying a 626x to replace the 526x downgrade that to the back up nas get rid of […]
Which NAS – Video Production 2 separate locations Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have a side business producing reality type content for a roofing company. I am not tech savvy. I have a camera guy who captures around 500 – 750 Gigs of data a week. Both he and I need to edit […]
Can I create multiple RAIDs with different size drives on Synolgy NAS. Think I am wanting to use the same mirroring setup as I have at the moment ie second drive mirrors the first. With the Ds918 having 4 drives, I assume I can make drive 2 mirror 1 and drive 4 mirror 3 but […]
Hello! I have just found your site and this free advice option is really a cool stuff. Well, I already own a qnap ts219PII (6Tb+1.5Tb without block, raid etc.) I use this nas only for intern media support, downloads. I have another nas- thecus N5550 with 4x3Tb in raid for 9Tb. I use this as […]
Hello, and thank you so much for your help. I need some solid advice on what NAS to choose, either the Synology 8 bay NAS DiskStation DS1819+ OR QNAP TS-873-4G-US. I plan on filling each bay with 10TB. When I purchase them, I plan on starting with 4x10TB at first in RAID5/SHR then add more […]
