Love the videos! I currently have an asustor 3204t running sabnzbd, sonarr, and radarr all in docker with a 12TB RAID 5. Plex is running on an recent i7 optiplex with the media stored on the NAS. I want to get something newer mostly for fun, and have 4 10TB drives sitting on my shelf. […]
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 […]
I am looking to take the dive into getting my first NAS device. I plan on using it to store music, movies, photos, and backups of my MacBook (using TimeMachine) and my Linux/Windows desktop (dual booted). I am planning on continuing to sync my iPhone with my Music library (rather than streaming music), so I […]
I have been looking at the DL3617xs and other units and I have a technical question that relates to this unit and others in general. I would like to use a mixture of 2.5″ SSD’s and 3.5″ SATA HardDrives. SSD for being silent and fast. Plus 3.5″ HardDrives for the reducing the cost of bigger […]
There are many different ways you can connect to your NAS. Mount it as a network drive Access using Web browser with QuickConnect Connect using FTP software Mount it as a WebDav drive on the internet Connect via VPN Synchronize folders via Synology Drive (Dropbox alternative) Map network drive Most of the people will mount […]
Mesh Network I have been trawling through your videos on mesh networks. I am trying toe decide between the Wifi 6 Asus RT-AX92U and the Synology RT2600ac with MR2200AC. My house is 2500 sq ft brick built and seems to block wifi transmission very well. I do have LAN in every room in the house […]
DS1019+ wireless solution on 802.11ax network the project is to build a fammilly NAS to sync all Mobiles documents & photos & Videos in a centralized archive ( +15 Smart phone and +7 PCs ) ethernet ports are limited to 1Gb/s and would like to connect to Netgear Nighthawk RAX200 (Ax11000) Yes, dual LAN […]
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 […]
TS-230 vs DS218play I can’t decide between QNAP TS-230 and Synology DS218play. Synology is about $50 more ($200 vs $250), but from the specs it looks like the HW encoder is better. I’m not planing to use Plex, but Video station on both devices. I found some conflicting information on TS-230 – it should have […]
Qnqp 231k vs synology ds218play What’s the difference between the qnap 231k and the Synology ds218play. Is one of these better than the other or faster? Do they both do on-the-fly transcoding. Is the interface easier on one of them? DS218play with 64-bit Quad Core 1.4 GHz versus 231k with Alpine AL-214, ARM v7, 32-bit, […]
WD My Cloud Pro Series PR2100 Do you have a link to a video describing how to correctly install the WD My Cloud Pro Series PR2100 device? I am a graphic designer and a webmaster but I am not good at computer hardware and software. I have posted here some most important steps of […]
Hi, I am looking to centralise all of my files and media, with the highest protection. I especially want to protect against “bit-rot” and other hardware errors that could cause silent corruption of my data files. I am looking to use 2x6TB HDDs for my storage. I am comfortable with the command line and happy […]
Iron Wolf 6tb In 12 Drive Areca Hey there, I hope this message finds you well. A while ago I purchased 7x 6tb IronWolf drives from New Egg due to a decent deal. It was my intention to put them in an 8 bay QNAP. I’ve since changed my mind and am now looking at […]
Good for 4k transcoding? Price? Hi, I’m looking to buy a fast NAS to transfer files quickly and to transcode 4k video on Plex. I’ve seen that Synology just introduced 720+. Will it be capable to transcode 4k easily? How much would be the price in diskless version? You can transcode 4K easily using Synology […]
I thought Synology might be the better choice not only but as well due to some of your video comparisons. Not as good from a hardware perspective but easier to handle for me as I want to set everything up myself. Or did I get your recommendation regarding Synology (in your videos) wrong? Synology is […]
NAS with USB direct connectivity and directly accessible like C: drive NAS for a home cloud server that can be accessed outside by internet First of all thank you for doing these advice’s, so what i need is a NAS device that can do the following: 1- able to be accessed as a normal drive […]
First NAS Having used a mac mini now of over 8 yrs it time to move this to a full NAS media storage setup. I will be using this for 1080p Media using NzB etc and I’m not the most techie, can you share some advice, please Synology NAS comes with a built in app […]
technical quastions about compability I want to know before buying the NAS WD My Cloud EX2 Ultra (diskless) 1. If the power goes off and on again, are all settings become disturbed or are setting have to do again? (because one of the users experienced this issue) 2. I have 2.5 SATA HDD, can I […]
synalogy nas as web app server? I look for the best solution for running a series of web app on my home server. I have already developed a series of web apps with the following technologies, that I want to transfer on another server. My apps are currently using the following: ubuntu 18.04 / python […]
QNAP TBS 453dx memory upgrade Can you suggest how to choose memory for the QNAP TBS 453dx? I’d like to go from 8G to 16G with two identical sticks. I bought G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM CL16, but that failed. Yes, you will need 2400 SO-DIMM DDR4. The best is to choose Crucial memory sticks. Those […]