I’m thinking 4 bay. To raid over 4 bays , and maybe upgradable of HD’s for future. To have access online when im not about Have direct access when in the office and over the network. Is it also possible to have a NAS that works to enable my client to see a proof with […]
RAID5 WD Red & Gold. I currently have 2 WD Gold series 10TB drives in a Mobius 5-Bay Thunderbolt 2 Enclosure (which has SOFTRAID). I want to purchase 3 more drives to set up a RAID 5 configuration. Can I add/mix the WD 10TB Red PRO NAS with the two Gold Series drives I currently […]
The new NAS would serve the same purposes, plus: – I foresee the number of photos growing much faster soon due to personal circumstances – I’ll add syncing of some cloud-based storage (Dropbox, google drive e.g. I have a holiday photo–shares with friends & family, in addition to personal) – sharing photos from the NAS […]
I am looking for a new NAS solution. I have two older NetGear ReadyNASes, both equipped with 6x4TB HGST disks, and it is getting to slow for me and I am running out of space – both are running X-Raid w. single disk redundancy. I am a photographer, and I want to move to editing […]
I’m helping my wife get set up with a NAS for her established photography business. I’m a software developer myself, and although data management isn’t my strongest area I feel that I can manage some of the more involved setups, if there’s reason to go with one. I’m trying to get an idea from her […]
I currently have a Synology DS-410 as a personal NAS, and it has worked well for years, but it is limited to DSM 5.x, and only 4 drives. I’m looking for a new NAS that will be used for both personal (data storage/computer backups/media server/anti-virus (active BitDefender subscription available)/personal cloud) and business (data storage/computer backups/VPN […]
I’m looking to find a good solution that is used strictly for file sharing and backup. I had a Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220 that gave up after running for a little over 10 years using WD Black 2TB drives that were RAID 0 as I needed the space. So i’m looking to expand to more […]
Need help on the best nas for plex to play 4k movies 10bit I want to buy a NAS for my plex setup, so it will stream 4k 10bit movies to (My Tv, model LG 55EG960V ) OLED 4K TV using the inbuilt Plex apps and also using Xplay app on the LG tv which […]
Looking at 4+ bay so I can move all my data over to the one NAS. Life span of device before upgrading again is approx 5 years Wishlist Access as a mapped drive(s) 4k HDMI – I suspect 1.4 will be good enough 4 bay minimum USB 3.0 Surveillance 4+ licence Plex/Kodi options Relatively quiet […]
NAS Bargains this Black Friday 2018 If you have been looking for the right time to buy your first NAS this 2018, then you would be hard pushed to find a better time than Black Friday 2019. The event is going to last for the next 24 hours (continuing all the way through the weekend […]
So, I’ve installed the QM2-2S card and Crucial SSD’s and I am wondering what I have to do next? Find cache settings under Storage & Snapshots. Then click on Cache Acceleration. It is a very simple process. Just follow the Qnap wizard and it can be set up in seconds. Also, keep in mind […]
NVME nas Are there any NAS’s that use nvme ssd’s instead of the the usual sata interface? I realize nvme are far faster than any ethernet or wifi can support butI have a few nvme sitting around that aren’t be used right now. I saw that QNAP came out with the TBS-453DX but the specs […]
Cloud storage? I presently have a couple of old two drive Netgear NAS units that I’m looking to upgrade, mainly because of their limited storage capacity (2T). The replacement must have the safety offered by RAID mirroring so if a disk fails my data remains intact. I’m a photographer and keeping files safe is huge. […]
QNAP HS-453DX Silent NAS Dolby Atmos and DTS:X I have a large collection of movies (MKV) with Dolby Atmos and DTS:X audio. Will I be able to play these files thru to my Receiver which is Atmos and DTS:X capable thru the HDMI, DLNA or Plex? Just want to make sure I can enjoy the […]
Portable NAS advice. I am looking for a light, portable NAS – think something like Drobo mini, but available and as a NAS, ethernet connectivity. My use case is as the backing storage for a Software Defined Data Centre – which is portable as carry on luggage, currently a Supermicro SYS-E200-8D I have several SATA […]
I’m considering the TS-228A because it’s within my budget and allows four surveillance cameras. Most NAS come with only two licenses, and additional licenses are rather expensive. I’m concerned that only 1G of memory in the TS-228A might be an issue using up to four cameras. I also wonder if the Realtek RTD1295 is up […]
I am about to purchase a mac mini to replace and old Mac and have been going down the rabbit hole of storage options, learning about SSD, HDD, RAID, NAS. Here are a few things that I’m hoping to accomplish: 1. Store and backup my family photo and video library – this is priority #1. […]
NAS Server for Plex. I have a very large collection of DVDs, Blu Rays and 4K movies. I have at least three thousand of them. I also have close to 100 TV series and and a couple of terrabytes of music. As I’m running out of space for all of the disks, I began inquiring […]
NAS for security cameras, backup and Emby/Plex Looking to setup 4 security cameras with notification and such. They would also like to have backup and media server abilities. I need a box, drives and camera solution. Up to 600usd for the box. Please select the cameras and drives to best match the setup. For a multi-purpose solution […]
Hallo. I am looking for a NAS that allow me to store lightroom CC photos (from mbook pro mid 2010 which is OK with lightroom cc) (I have 20-30mb raw files when I shoot) plus the possibility to use drag and drop for iOS files app in ipad so I can easily email attachment from […]
