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Best NAS for Roon Server

Best NAS for Roon Server

Best NAS for Roon media storage I’m planning on setting up a Roon Core server and want to store the Music Library on a NAS. I currently have a Thecus N4200PRO with 4 3TB WD drives in a RAID 5 configuration. I’m not sure Thecus is the best NAS provider for this purpose. There’s a […]

speed up computer

speed up computer

speed up computer I want to speed up my computer. I have very big files Some Tiff files are are 50mb What is the best way to speed up this computer. Mac Pro (Early 2009) 3.46 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 32 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 Radeon RX 580 8192 MB   Upgrading an internal HDD […]

HIPAA compliant uploads for my clients

HIPAA compliant uploads for my clients

HIPAA compliant uploads for my clients As a retirement side-gig, I design surgeries, and my clients need to upload optical scans (.STL) and CT scans (DICOM set and/or single file DICOM). I am using a conventional WD NAS right now, and “sweeping” files off of it soon after they arrive. But would rather be “legit” […]

DS1019+ vs DS920+ for Plex

DS1019+ vs DS920+ for Plex

Just adding that I had to buy a shield tv pro because the plex app on the TV WAS RUBBISH. Very jittery I think because the Ethernet port on the LG is 1Gbs WHICH NO GOOD for 4K. Transcoding on the gaming PC didn’t even work but shield did thankfully. Shield plays big 4K files […]

16-port POE switch with LAG

16-port POE switch with LAG

LAG Switch Unmanaged POE Love your work, you are doing a great job with helping the world better understand NASs. I am looking at buying a Synology 1621+, and was interested in your thoughts on a POE enabled 16 port switch that supports Link Aggregation. Might be a good article to share with your audience, […]

How can I get my library to another iTunes equivalent?

How can I get my library to another iTunes equivalent?

I currently have all my music on iTunes. I like to own and do not stream. It’s my cd’s and purchases from the iTunes library mainly. Some video and some films. I listen to my music through an iPad/MacBook Pro and 2 x iPods. My question is this. How can I get my library to […]

NAS that I can use on a boat without Internet

NAS that I can use on a boat without Internet

NAS Selection for a specific niche Good morning! Love your videos! I am new to the NAS world and have viewed a lot of your videos and would like your opinion on which NAS would best suite my specific needs. I work on boats for long periods of time and me and my shipmates have […]

NAS for video editing in AVID

NAS for video editing in AVID

Nas with Avid Thanks for your insights here and I will buy through your site, providing I can find the right NAS system. I have an AVID system (2020 HP Zbook Laptop PC but also an older version running on an old 2009 MAC ) and I want to use HD only footage, about 20TB […]

How to install Roon server on a Synology & Qnap NAS

How to install Roon server on a Synology & Qnap NAS

Roon Server on QNAP NAS QNAP Simply open the App Center in your QNAP adminstration web interface and launch the App Center. In the Entertainment section, you’ll find Roon Server and can install it with just one click. After installation you’ll need to specify the storage location for Roon Server’s database. Once this is done, […]

Android NAS

Android NAS

1. I want to install android apps on my NAS (e.g. watsapp/ google duo/ internet live TV app etc.) so that i can launch to play on the TV. Video calls using the webcam connceted to USB 2. install the mouse and keyboard so I can acess nas from TV (given synology has only 2 […]

What RAID should I choose on a NAS?

What RAID should I choose on a NAS?

I just purchased a Qnap TVS-672N to use for three purposes 1) primary purpose is to use as a Plex Media Server for my home theater, 2) is back ups for my personal and small business docs, 3) possibly add surveillance at a later date. My plan is to use my Nvidia shield for transcoding […]

Plex & Native transcoding compatible NAS explained

Plex & Native transcoding compatible NAS explained

Would you mind giving me a little more advice please. It’s not clear whether a Celeron CPU with a discrete GPU is better for transcoding than one with raw CPU power. I had a look on your website but couldn’t find the answer there either. I don’t suppose when you do the PLEx tests you […]

DS1621+ vs DS1621XS+

DS1621+ vs DS1621XS+

What is the difference between DS1621+ vs DS1621XS+? CPU benchmark on a DS1621+ is around 5000. DS1621xs+ CPU benchmark is around 8000. You also have more RAM on XS model.  You also get 10Gbit port built in and an option to add additional 10Gbit LAN via PCIe card. In short, XS series model is much […]

DS1621xs+ vs DS1520+

DS1621xs+ vs DS1520+

comparison DS1621xs+ vs DS1520+ although 2 different classes, it would be nice to compare the differences because shared form factor to decide if price difference would be worth CPU is almost 3 times faster. Also, Xeon is not multimedia friendly, but it’s powerful enough to cope with even 4K files. XS series have ECC RAM […]

DS1621xs+ RAM upgrade

DS1621xs+ RAM upgrade

DS1621xs+ RAM upgrade Crucial Memory just like one for DS1819+ should work. DDR4 ECC SODIMM 16GB 2Rx8 2666 CL19 MTA18ASF2G72HZ-2G6E1 DDR4-2666MT/s • 16GB Module Capacity • ECC SODIMM • 1 Rank x 4 • PC4-21333 • CL=19 • 1.2V • ECC • Speed – DDR4-2666  Warranty – Manufacturer’s 3 Year Limited  CAS latency – 19  […]

PlayStation & Xbox compatible HDMI 2.1 TVs and Monitors

PlayStation & Xbox compatible HDMI 2.1 TVs and Monitors

Despite the sales launch of the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X, there is no trace of HDMI 2.1 TVs and Monitors. LG OLED – LG OLED65CXPUA   [ UK    USA ]  Samsung QLED – Samsung QN65Q90TAFXZA   [ UK    USA ]  LG NanoCell – LG 65NANO90UNA   [ UK    USA ]    LG OLED […]

NVME NAS

NVME NAS

Would like to know about NAS drive with M.2 NVME option There are fe M.2 SATA options  HS-453DX-4G and TBS-453DX-8G. Or maybe you can still find old TS-351-4G. Otherwise you may need to get TVS-472XT and use internal NVME for storage. Or use a NVMe card and set it up for storage. I hope this helps.  

DS1819+ vs TS-873

DS1819+ vs TS-873

QNAP or Synology I have watch hours and hours of your youtube videos and thought I would ask the point straight out. I had my mind set on the DS1819+ from synology and was going to up the ram to 32 GB and add a combo m.2 and 10gbe interface and already have 8 x […]