I am very new to the world of NAS so i’m sorry if this is a silly question but I am trying to set up a NAS so my family have a centralized place for phone back ups. I have looked all over for a few days now and it seems that I tunes needs […]
I am currently running Nextcloud on my raspberry. I would like to acquire a brand new NAS but I don’t know which one suits me… I would like to run Nextcloud, Kodi (wich will list the movies and music available within the NAS) and I see you made a tutorial to implement retroarch so why […]
NAS with SFP+ port I have a Netgear Nighthawk X10 r9000 wireless router that has an SFP+ port on the back for connecting a NAS. It also has Link Aggregation connectivity. Can you recommend a 4 bay NAS that would take advantage of the SFP+ port? Or would connecting via Link Aggregation be just as […]
1u with 10gb option I really enjoy the website and the youtube videos talking about NAS’s im fairly new and have built a rack for my gear, and looking for a nice short depth 1u NAS that works as good as my DS918+ i am currently using. im not particular on the brand as i […]
How long will my NAS live? I am very concerned about the SMR/CMR dilemma that we are currently embroiled with. I have a Synology DS218+, 1 1/2 years in service, fitted with x2 4TB WD Red CMR drives. My stockist still has 4TB CMR drIves on offer. Should I buy two more CMR drives now […]
Currently, I have a 3TB Apple Time Capsule. With 2 – 2TB disks attached. This is all getting a bit old. I can not replace with Apple Product. They have discontinued the Time Capsule. So I guess I have to go with a small NAS & WiFi Firewall Hub. Maybe as separate units. Needs. – […]
NAS supported SMR hard drives (HDD) Asustor have updated their HDD compatibility list for SMR drives from WD. Western Digital 3.5” SATA III Hard Drive WD60EFAX-68JH4N0 6 TB NAS Red SMR All Western Digital 3.5” SATA III Hard Drive WD60EFAX-68JH4N0 6 TB NAS Red SMR AS 6004U Western Digital 3.5” SATA III Hard Drive […]
TS-251B on Amazon QNAP TS-251B-2G SOHO Intel dual-core NAS system, PCIe slot, white Seagate IronWolf 4 TB HDD, NAS interne Festplatte (8,9 cm (3,5 Zoll), 5900 U/Min, 64 MB Cache, SATA 6 GB/s, silber) Modellnr.: ST4000VNZ08,
I’m following the pre build NAS world for a while now and I’m a bit stunned how pricey they are compared to what’s available in terms of hardware and software today. So for a while now a NAS is not just used for storage via a network nor is it advertised as such. It’s becoming […]
System requirement Firmware: QTS 4.1 or newer version Virtualization Station – System memory requirements [1]: >= 2GB Download Virtualization Station Product Inquiry Supported NAS models 2-Bay Models Memory module pre-installed Recommended number of simultaneously running VMs [2] (and maximum memory capacity) HS-251-2G 2GB x 1 1 (2GB) [3] TS-251/ TS-251-4G 1GB x 1 2GB x 2 2 (8GB) TS-253 […]
1- I would like to have 4 Bay NAS (name the disk on the drive A, B, C, D) . I want first to have two NAS hard drives inserted in slots A and B as RAID-1 ( Content A = Content B 100%) however after 1 week , I will remove B and insert […]
Which RAID for read/write cache on Qnap? I can except I cannot allocate SSD cache independently on 2 – apologies but start at the bottom screen shot and go up. I go through what happens for 1 ssd and then what happens for 2. Hope it helps otherwise I need to go read write on […]
I follow you in your youtube channel and here at nascompare.com I want to buy a nas for program, photos, music storage and windows backup. I f can create virtual machines would be a great. I been thing on QNAP TS-453Be NAS or new Synology DS920 that hasnt been release what would you recommend? […]
Hi liked reading your article. I have currently a ubuntu server with ZFS raidz 2 6 drives wd red 4Tb. The server is aging and I am really thinking if I should build or buy a NAS, As for NAS LOOKING AT DS1019+, So here are its cons in my mind, 1 you cant have […]
looking for NAS 218+ or 718+ (220+ would be great) Hi! I found your page and was happy to see how good you compare the hardware! (excellent, if you ask me) Well I want to use my NAS for all devices PC, IPhone and Laptop and as a cloud for my family (3 users at […]
I want to be able to video edit 4k footage with a NAS device I have roughly 1000$ US to spend what are your recommendations? The cheapest option would TS-253Be or TS-251D with a 10GbE card and 5GbE/10GbE Qnap adapter on your computer. If you need more storage then TS-453Be / TS-451D would and option […]
Does Qnap supports gif and live photos The Photo Station supports the following file formats: Image bmp (Intel-based NAS only), jpg, jpeg, gif, png, tif, tiff, RAW (arw, srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, 3fr, erf, mef, mos, orf, rw2, dng, x3f) Video MP4 (H.264). For other formats […]
Hello, After much research and watching your videos I decided to buy this NAS. It worked yesterday but today my computer does not find the NAS using Asustor Control Center. I shut down and restarted everything but still no luck. As a test I used a wireless computer and it DID find the NAS. […]
Choosing a NAS or HTC for PLEX Which is better? 1. A HTC (Home Theater Computer) running as a PLEX server and player, mainly for digitizing music CD collection to playback through home network, adding a few available 1TB drives 2. A new 4 bay NAS central PLEX and data server for a number of […]
ES1686DC to replace out SAN Hi! I have watched several of your videos and really appreciate all that you do. We currently have a 3-host (with failover) ESXI 6.5 setup (with vsphere 6.5) with about 25 VMs running on it. Only a few of the VMs are high volume traffic of large case files of […]