NAS / IP Surveillance Recommendations Hello from the US – I hope you continue to remain healthy in the UK during the current COVID-19 crisis. I have recently discovered your NASCompares channel on Youtube – I have found it to be very informative. I had a circa 2006 Infrant ReadyNAS NV that died a few […]
High-end enterprise solutions (potentially with video editing capablity) First of all love your Youtube channel and the info provided has been hugely helpful! My question is in regards to outfitting a large production studio with a NAS solution that will provide both huge capacity and fast speeds. Though I’ve done tons of research on the […]
HDD Question Hi there, I am looking at getting a new NAS soon as an update to my old QNAP 219P. I am looking at the Synology 718+ and bringing in 2 x 6TB HDD’s. I read with interest about the WD Reds being suitable for NAS, but have also been told that the WD […]
Looking at the DS918+ is it worth waiting for the DS920+ or is not that much of a difference If you plan on using virtual machines DS920+ will be a better choice since CPU and RAM is faster. But if you need it for multimedia DS918+ will do a better job. DS920+ has worse […]
I am looking at adding a 10gbe card to the NAS. I am assuming the original giga port will remain functional?! What I am wondering is can I have my main 10gbe lan connection run into the 10gbe port, then use the 1gb original port to go to a switch and run all my 1gb […]
PCI Express 2.0 graphics card (GPU) with directx 11 GeForce GT 620 – US UK GPU Engine Specs: 96CUDA Cores 700Graphics Clock (MHz) 1400Processor Clock Tester(MHz) 11.2Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) Memory Specs: 1.8 GbpsMemory Clock 1024 MBStandard Memory Config DDR3Memory Interface 64-bitMemory Interface Width 14.4Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) Feature Support: 4.2OpenGL PCI Express 2.0 […]
I have a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R motherboard and I have just upgraded the CPU to a intel core i7 x990 which shows as 3.47Ghz with 12 cores and upgrading the RAM to 24Gb DDR3 1600Mhz. I currently have 2 x Nvidia GeForce GT 610 graphic cards installed and I am running Win 10. I can’t run […]
Backing up my files to NAS (docs/photos/music/audio files) from more than one place on my laptop. I’d also like one or two folders to be encrypted to keep sensitive files secure – I don’t think the Synology Drive app can store stuff in an encrypted folder – can I do that with something else? Yes, […]
I am considering replacing my Macmini2018 Drobo5D combo to run Plex which is far from ideal to aQNAP TS473 or an equivalent Synology soup. it would be preferable to play 4k files, if it’s possible within my budget. what would you recommend? thank you very much indeed. Big thanks for the coffee supply. This keeps […]
1st Plex NAS Build I built a regular desktop to act as a Plex server a few years ago and am looking to move Plex to a dedicated NAS but have zero experience in this. I’ve been watching your videos and researching all over the internet but am getting conflicting advice depending on the source. […]
NAS with PCIe GPU graphics card slot GPU pass-through is currently only supported by the below NAS models. The graphics card must also be installed in a compatible PCIe slot. NAS Model Maximum number of graphics cards Compatible PCIe slots TS-X80U/TVS-ECX80U/TS-ECX80U/TVS-EC1580MU 2 1, 2 TDS-16489U 1 1 TES-X85U 4 1, 2, 3, 4 TS-877XU/ TS-1277XU/ […]
SMR v CMR – Which drives to add to Synology DS416Play Thanks for your useful videos. It would be great if you could help me with the following : The use case : I have had a DS416Play for just over 3 years and bought it with 2 WD60EFRX drives (CMR). I use it as […]
VP9 and other open standards? Why is there no mention of the VP9 video codec? Any modern TV supports it, and it has become the de facto standard for high res Web video for the past 3 years (while we are still waiting for AV1 to replace everything. Furthermore, playback of VP9 requires less processing […]
DS211 upgrade to? I have a DS211, now out of support… Running DSM 6.2.2 It has 2x SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB drives. Using SHR RAID. Performs well, just a little slow now. If I get a new DS220+ when it comes out, what is best way to migrate? Remove 1 drive from 211, power up 220+ […]
RAM-1GDR3L-SO-1600 DDR type: DDRⅢL(204 PIN) Capacity: 1GB Spec: SAMSUNG 128M X 16 Manufacturer: ADATA Frequency: 1600 Form(PIN): 204PIN Manufacturer P/N: ADDS1600X1G11-BSS(X) Power Supply: 1.35V Temperature: 0℃~85℃ Environmental Regulation: RoHS Note: When installing two memory modules, please refer to the hardware specifications of the NAS models. Some may require using the same size of RAM for […]
Qnap QuickAccess Port I am looking for a NAS that I can directly connect to from a PC and of course I am on a budget. I am looking at the Qnap TS-451+ and the 453Be, both with a QuickAccess Port. Qnap is now calling these “USB Copy” instead of QuickAccess. Are they the same? […]
DS620Slim v. DS920+ for “Future-Proof File Server” Thank you so much for such a wonderful and insightful forum/site. I find your comparisons and deep dives really useful! A question regarding currently available Synology DiskStations for home use. I have four Samsung DCT 983 SSD’s – each 1.92 TB, and am looking to replace my old […]
Best apps for accessing files from ios and android devices. Synology Diskstation DS218+ There are several ways to connect. You coun mount a network drive on your mobile device or computer. But if you want to access data also while away from home then you can use Synology DS file app. Here is more about […]
Mixing ECC with none ECC Ram DS3617xs+ I have a DS3617xs+ Nas, Can I mix the RAM ECC with none ECC? The one that comes with the unit has 16CC Ram if I buy the none 32gig ECC ram recommended on this site, will it work my mixing both rams? Thank you and keep up […]
NAS – home user – photographer / designer Hey there i was wondering if you could give me a little advice. I watch your youtube channel quite regularly and have found it really helpful! so thank you for constantly uploading new videos. Im finding it hard to decide what the best solution for me would […]