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Synology SSD vs other brands (SNV3400 & SNV3500)

Beelink Android TV box or NAS?

Consumer NAS Product Hi, follow your channel. Wish I did before I purchased a Netgear NAS – tis done though. Watched a video on a consumer/android NAS – was wondering if you had thoughts on it for a future episode. The pricing looks good for what it is, home use for mainly media playback and […]

NAS with PCIe GPU slot for Video Hardware Transcoding

My setup I have a newly purchased QNAP 872xt .. I have 8x10tb hd Raid 6 and. 2x1tb nvme .. I have upgraded the memory to 32 and installed a gpu gt 1030 .. but I had to remove the thunderbolt card( too wide) .. ok My questions .. when I connect the hdmi cable […]

Direct read or write on NAS – animation on Toon Boom Harmony

First of all thanks a lot for your amazing content, I watched and read hours of your incredibly informative reviews, and decide to get a NAS for my small team, we mainly do animation on Toon Boom Harmony, and I was thinking if it’s possible to read and write directly on the NAS I mean […]

Cheapest NAS with ECC RAM

Budget NAS with ECC RAM? Hi, could you tell me if there is such thing as a budget 2 or 4 bay NAS with ECC RAM without having to build one? Synology? Qnap? Buffalo? Anything? Buffalo TeraStation 5210DN (£394)and TeraStation 6200DN (£550) are the cheapest ECC RAM based NAS. Cheapest ECC […]

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 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 […]

Mesh extenders for staff who are working remotely

My boss wants me to recommend universal extenders with good reviews, 1200 mbs and mesh smart roaming that preferably are under $150. These would be used by our staff who are working remotely and likely will be for some time. Would the NetGear wifi mesh ex6100 be a good recommendation? What about the TP-Link Deco […]

NAS / IP Surveillance Recommendations Q&A

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 for 4K-8K

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 […]

Best drives for 2-bay NAS

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 […]

DS920+ vs DS918+

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 […]

Can I use 1GbE LAN port on a NAS while 10GbE port is connected?

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

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 […]

Graphics card (GPU) for XPlane and new Microsoft flight sim

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 […]

How to backup a folder on a computer to a NAS encrypted shared folder

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, […]

MAC mini PLEX server vs NAS Plex server

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 […]

Qnap NAS with GPU slot for Plex 4K HDR transcoding

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

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

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 […]