WIFI dongle Hi. I need to connect a Synology NAS to my router by wifi. I have seen your suggestions but there is no date on the article; everywhere else I find that the latest Synology NAS OS has dropped wifi support (why???). I do not want to purchase another wifi dongle (I already have […]
What are PlayStation 5 (PS5) specs Component Specification CPU x86-64-AMD Ryzen Zen 8 Cores / 16 Threads at 3.5GHz (variable frequency) GPU Ray Tracing Acceleration Up to 2.23 GHz (10.3 TFLOPS) GPU Architecture AMD Radeon RDNA 2-based graphics engine Memory/Interface 16GB GDDR6/256-bit Memory Bandwidth 448GB/s Internal Storage Custom 825GB SSD IO Throughput 5.5GB/s (Raw), Typical […]
DS920+ NVME SSD Cache DS920+ with 4x WD 14TB Drives and 2x Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB Do these SSDs work well as cache drives? How do you setup/initialize them? DS920+ or any other model will require the steps to enable cache. To mount SSD cache: Install the SSDs into your […]
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 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 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” […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
First of all sorry for my bad english, I will try to make it simple. The main reason I was looking for NAS is to find alternative of google photo storage which will end in June 1, 2021 (It is a big topic now, maybe you can do a video for this :)) I am […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
You need to choose between reliability and speed. Basic – is as fast as a single drive JBOD – also as fast as a single drive RAID0 – as fast as all drives speed combined RAID1 – write as fast as one disk, reading as fast as all drives combined SHR1 + RAID5 – write […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]