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Best Free Alternative to ShareFile – NAS

Best Free Alternative to ShareFile – NAS

40t to 60t I would like to only start with three drives and add drives as needed. I’ve been leaning towards the qnap ts 673 but it is at the top of my budget. I thought of buying a good quality 4 bay and adding a job at a later date. I’ve watched Robie and […]

Which brand/model USB Keyboard with mouse tab works with QNAP

Which brand/model USB Keyboard with mouse tab works with QNAP

  Which brand/model USB Keyboard with mouse tab works for TS-251D       Here is what Qnap users are saying:   All keyboard, mice, pointer, trackpads, and combos coming with a USB human interface device class (USB HID class) dongle are workable. Not workable are ie. pure Bluetooth devices intended to be associated with […]

Accessing my Drobo USB3 port on Synology

Accessing my Drobo USB3 port on Synology

Can I assume there will be no problem accessing my Drobo USB2 drive via the USB3 port on the DS218+? I currently access this via the USB port on my AirPort Extreme, but since there is no functioning USB port on the Eero Pro routers my plan is to attach the Drobo to the DS218+ […]

Photoshop NAS – Synology NAS That Supports Both 10Gbe And M.2 NVME Cache

Photoshop NAS – Synology NAS That Supports Both 10Gbe And M.2 NVME Cache

Photoshop NAS – Synology NAS That Supports Both 10Gbe And M.2 NVME Cache I am looking for a Synology NAS that will support both NVME M.2 cache and 10GbE that has quad core Xenon over Atom quad core with 8-12 bays. I now have a Nikon D850 45Megapixel camera that is swamping my DS215J. I […]

10GbE iMac Pro with fastest NAS

10GbE iMac Pro with fastest NAS

I am a photographer/Videographer that has a growing small business. I am thinking of getting the new iMac Pro and wanted to revisit all my data needs. I would like to get something that is fast enough to handle 4K (eventually 8K) video files along with Hi Res photos. I work with the adobe suite […]

Ds120j or ds118

Ds120j or ds118

I’m trying to decide between the ds120j and the ds118 for home use. This is what I want to do: 1) Automatic backup of home PC. I would like to automatically backup several PC folders when changes are detected. 2) Automatic Cloud upload of several “sensitive” PC folders to Google (documents) and Amazon (photos) drives. […]

ESXi compatible 10GbE cards

ESXi compatible 10GbE cards

ESXi compatibility Regarding the following article, are any of these cards compatible with ESXi? except the synology one I guess. As you understand, I want to hook one Synology and one or more ESXi servers on a 10GBe network. ESXi which I use usually 6.5 or 6.7 and I use only stock images (Dell, HP, […]

TerraMaster F4-210 vs QNAP TR-004

TerraMaster F4-210 vs QNAP TR-004

TerraMaster F4-210 vs QNAP TR-004 And last question : I planned to buy a 4 bay NAS and I don’t Know which one is better for my situation between the Terra Master F4-210  and the QNAP TR-004  I have a 250€ budget. No, you can not move existing RAID into another enclosure. This is because, […]

How to expand a NAS drive – and how it effects your existing RAID

How to expand a NAS drive – and how it effects your existing RAID

NAS Drive Expansion I have some questions relating to drive expansion on SHR/BTrFS, QTS/Ext4 and QTS-hero/ZFS. On each of these combinations, … (1) Can you begin with 1 drive without being locked into JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5? (2) Can you begin with RAID 1, and later, easily change/expand to RAID 5? […]

Promax alternative for 4K editing over 10GbE

Promax alternative for 4K editing over 10GbE

  Looking to upgrade our storage over 10GBe I run a small 3D animation studio, currently everyone is working remotely which is hard as it relies so much on my staffs own internet connection. I need some advice on storage as we’re running a Qnap TVS-871T on raid 5 over 10GBe. its been great and […]

Which NAS support the QuMagie AI feature?

Which NAS support the QuMagie AI feature?

QuMaggie AI NAS Support I’ve recently stumbled on your youtube videos and website, and have found them very informative as I am trying to figure out what NAS to purchase. One question I’ve been having trouble confirming is regarding a NAS I’ve had an eye on. After seeing your review on QuMagie’s AI tagging, I […]

Which NAS installs OS separate from HDD array

Which NAS installs OS separate from HDD array

Which NAS to buy regarding OS I keep searching online, but not very manufacturers have that information. I want to buy new NAS, What I have read that on mostly products, the NAS OS is stored on a particular partitions on HDD that you put in NAS. My question is are there any NAS that […]

How to speed up WiFi with mesh and more

How to speed up WiFi with mesh and more

I currently have virgin broadband 200Mb which on a wired connection is fast but wifi is poor with multiple devices connected. This is the main reason for upgrading now. I dont have any real need for improved range just yet but will do in the future. The virgin router has wired connections 4 devices – […]

NAS for BDR, File Server, and Cloud Access during COVID-19

NAS for BDR, File Server, and Cloud Access during COVID-19

NAS for BDR, File Server, and Cloud Access wow, great website (nascompares.com) and YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFyP17HoU-vpxhIpGXnXx2g). Thank you! We are an SMB with a small IT budget. We have an older Windows 2003 “File and Print” server. It’s out of support, and hardware-wise, on it’s last legs. Focusing on Backup & Disaster Recovery (BDR), in […]

4K editing over WiFi – DAS connected to wifi 6 router?

4K editing over WiFi – DAS connected to wifi 6 router?

4K editing over WiFi – DAS connected to wifi 6 router? I’m trying to figure out a storage solution that would be easily accessible no matter where I’m located. It makes sense to go for a NAS, but I’m interested if a DAS with a good router could be an option. I’m very interested in […]

TVS-473e / TVS-673e / TVS-873e Ram Upgrade

TVS-473e / TVS-673e / TVS-873e Ram Upgrade

TVS-473e / TVS-673e / TVS-873e Ram Upgrade I can’t find the correct memory upgrade on Qnap compatibility web site for my TVS-473e. I would like to upgrade with 2x 8Gb RAM, above the already placed 2x 2GB APACER.. Do you know where i can find the correct RAM DDR4 260Pin part number, or which compatible […]