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Setting Up Your Synology Surveillance NVR1218 NAS In Just 20 Minutes – A Hardware Installation Guide

How to setup your Synology Network Video Recorder NVR1218 Surveillance NAS Well done on purchasing a Synology Network Video Recorder (NVR1218). NVR combines the network-attached storage (NAS) with PC-less configuration, operation, and local display of the network video recording package – Surveillance Station. Before setting up your new NVR, please check the package contents to […]

Unboxing the Synology NVR1218 Surveillance NAS for 2018

Should you Buy the Synology NVR1218 Surveillance NAS   Synology Network Video Recorder NVR1218 is an all-in-one, energy efficient private surveillance solution with HDMI output for PC-less management and live monitoring. NVR1218 is your All-in-one, stand-alone surveillance solution Offering an effortless surveillance experience, Synology Network Video Recorder NVR1218 has the ability to display and record […]

New SSDs: WD Green SN350 and 4 TB for WD Black SN750 and P50

New SSDs: WD Green SN350 and 4 TB for WD Black SN750 and P50

With the WD Green SN350, Western Digital has a new M.2 SSD with PCIe and NVMe in its range. With 240 GB to 960 GB storage space and up to 2,400 MB / s reading and 1,900 MB / s writing, the series marks the new NVMe entry in the WD SSD family. In parallel, new 4 TB models […]

New Samsung SSD 870 EVO 2.5inch

New Samsung SSD 870 EVO 2.5inch

  Available capacities: Samsung SSD 870 EVO, 4 TB, 2.5-inch Samsung SSD 870 EVO, 2 TB, 2.5-inch Samsung SSD 870 EVO, 1 TB, 2.5-inch Samsung SSD 870 EVO, 500 GB, 2.5-inch Samsung SSD 870 EVO, 250 GB , 2.5-inch Around 5% performance increase     Category Samsung 870 EVO Interface SATA 6Gbps Form Factor 2.5-inch […]

KIOXIA unveils XG7 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD

KIOXIA unveils XG7 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD

All-new KIOXIA XG7/XG7-P Series Raises the Bar for PC OEMs adding to KIOXIA’s Complete PCIe 4.0 Product Portfolio SAN JOSE, Calif., November 9, 2020 – KIOXIA America, Inc. (formerly Toshiba Memory America, Inc.) today unveiled the PC OEM focused KIOXIA XG7/XG7-P Series, the company’s first PCIe® 4.0 client solid-state drive (SSD) series for notebooks, desktops, and workstations with […]

PlatStation 5 (PS5) Compatible M.2 NVMe SSD

PlatStation 5 (PS5) Compatible M.2 NVMe SSD

PlatStation 5 (PS5) Compatible M.2 NVMe SSD LIGHT UP YOUR STATION WITH RGB Enhance your gaming station with fully customizable RGB lighting, controlled through the WD_BLACK™ Dashboard (Windows® only), designed to match your style. WD_BLACK™ SN850 NVMe™ SSD from Western Digital Next-gen PCIe® Gen4 technology optimized for top-tier gaming ■ Irrationally fast read/write speeds up […]

WD Announces SN850 PCIe 4 SSD, AN1500 Dual-Drive Add-in Card, D50 Game Dock

WD Announces SN850 PCIe 4 SSD, AN1500 Dual-Drive Add-in Card, D50 Game Dock

WD Announces SN850 PCIe 4 SSD, AN1500 Dual-Drive Add-in Card, D50 Game Dock SN850 PCIe 4 SSD Capacity 500 GB Interface PCIe Gen4 x4 Dimensions (L X W X H) 3.15″ x 0.87″ x 0.09″ Sequential Read Performance 7000MB/s Sequential Write Performance 4100MB/s Next-gen PCIe® Gen4 technology optimized for top-tier gaming ■ Irrationally fast read/write […]

Synology® Adds 3.84 TB SAT5200 to SSD Lineup And Updates Active Backup for M365

Synology® Adds 3.84 TB SAT5200 to SSD Lineup And Updates Active Backup for M365

Synology® Adds 3.84 TB SAT5200 to SSD Lineup And Updates Active Backup for M365. The new SSD is designed for reliability in high-capacity all-flash arrays Bellevue, Washington — September 29, 2020 — Today, Synology Inc. has launched the 3.84 terabyte SAT5200 2.5″ solid-state drive. Designed for Synology users requiring high capacity and reliable storage arrays, all […]

Editing PC RAID is slow, will SSD improve things?

Editing PC RAID is slow, will SSD improve things?

hdd raid vs ssd raid I’ve watched a few of your videos and they have been really helpful. Currently I’m encountering some issues and had a question for you regarding a RAID 0 volume from 6xHDDs vs 6XSSDs. My current volume of 6xHDDs has slowed down considerably as I filled it (about %65). I shot […]

Difference between the Synology SNV3400-400G and SNV3500-400G Synology SSD

Difference between the Synology SNV3400-400G and SNV3500-400G Synology SSD

Synology SSD Can You tell me the difference between the Synology SNV3400-400G and SNV3500-400G SSD except the size? I saw in the specifications only one thing, the “Power Loss Protection” What exactly is this? The only difference between these is the size. SNV3400 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD, tailored for Synology Desktop NAS with built-in M.2 […]

DS920+, DS420+ And DS720+ Compatible M.2 NVMe SSD

DS920+, DS420+ And DS720+ Compatible M.2 NVMe SSD

DS920+, DS420+ And DS720+ Compatible M.2 NVMe SSD     The most popular M.2 cache SSD for DS920+, DS420+ And DS720+ is Samsung EVO PLUS : 256GB  –  US   UK  512GB  –  US   UK  Determining the SSD Cache and Monitoring SSD Cache Performance The aggregate size of hot data and appropriate cache size can be determined […]

MAX SSD Cache size on Synology

MAX SSD Cache size on Synology

MAX SSD Cache size with MD218 I have Synology ds1618+ with 6 10TB drive in RAID 5. I have 32GM memory. Now I’m thinking of buying MD218 to add SSD Cache. There are two slots in MD218. What is the maximum size NVMe SSD I can add in each m.2 slot? Is there a maximum […]

Fanless (SSD) NAS, w/10GbE

Fanless (SSD) NAS, w/10GbE

Fanless (SSD) NAS, w/10GbE WTB: Fanless NAS, with at least 1 10GbE port (can be SFP+). Would intend to start at 4 GB RAID5 and only needs to scale to 8 GB. Want all SSD drives. Thx. The only fanless NAS with 10GbE is HS-453DX. You can not have RAID5, but you can have two […]

Can extra RAM or eSATA SSD improve Plex transcoding on Synology ds218+?

Can extra RAM or eSATA SSD improve Plex transcoding on Synology ds218+?

I recently got a synology ds218+ which will mainly be used as a plex server with some minor backup functionalities. I want to use plex to share it with family members who live far away. From what i have read i need to get the premium version of plex to enable hardware transcoding. This is […]