Synology rt2600ac/mr2200ac router multi-brand connectivity and do I need base station. I tried to add Deco mesh routers to a synology network and found that I had a double nat situation that rendered the network almost useless. I hoping to get a synology mesh router soon but dont want to run into that problem again. […]
I am kind, lost between Netgear Orbi, and Synology mesh system. Which one is a true Wifi mesh system? Which one is the best performance when it comes to Wifi speed, and coverage? Is there a huge difference, between 2ac2200 vs ac3000? I was planning to get: 1x Synology Router RT2600ac. (£200) 2x MR2200ac. (£400) […]
What’s the best availability equivalent of Hitachi HGST NAS drives. Hi there. About two years ago I decided to get into NAS and buy my first system. I populated it with 4 x HGST DeskStar NAS 3.5″ 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB HDD at the time the seemed to be the best drives around with low […]
If upgrading the Synology 1019+ from 8GB to 16GB, can I use either of the Crucial (8Gbx2) 1600 MT/s or 1866 MT/s version? Also, would the same Crucial (8Gbx2) kit work for the DS918+? DS1019+ just like DS918+ feature exactly the same CPU and therefore supports exactly the same RAM. I would suggest Crucial […]
I need to know what is the dongle Wi-Fi compatible with DS418 Asus USB-AC56 adapter Wi-Fi Dongle Synology products can join an existing wireless network or turn into a wireless access point (hotspot) by simply plugging a USB wireless dongle into your Synology products. The wireless dongles that have been tested on the Synology […]
Can the Synology DiskStation DS218+ NAS be attached to the new Synology MR2200ac Mesh Router to eliminate the need for a 3rd party USB wireless network adapter? I want to give my Synology DiskStation DS218+ NAS wireless capability without the necessity of purchasing a potentially unreliable USB wireless network adapter that might not be compatible […]
DS918+ Wifi Dongle I’m trying in vain to find a wifi dongle that will work for the 918+ – had no luck from Synology! I tried the D-Link DWA-182 with no luck. Do you have any ideas as what will work? Asus USB-AC56 adapter Looks like Synology have not tested any of 2018 […]
QNAP file transfer speed. Got a QNAP TS-251A with two WD 4TB HDD, have connected it with a single LAN to the router and set up various folders as mapped network locations. When transferring files from my wifi connected desktop over to the NAS via cut and paste function I’m getting transfer speeds of about 0.5 – […]
Apple TV & NAS I am looking to purchase a NAS mostly for the purpose to taking my movies and TV shows that are purchased in iTunes offline. I use an Apple TV to watch this content. Do I even need something like Plex or Emby or can I just direct the Apple TV to […]
Hi, I´ve got a Synology DS218, 2x 4TB NAS and I would like to play all my media all around the world. I managed to get it working (allowed some ports on router) but every time I want to connect to my NAS, a popup comes by: “Direct play is not available” and so the […]
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combination of remote backup and snapshots What would you suggest on using as a data protection policy a combination of local snapshots and on top of that a remote backup? That is, taking on a scheduled basis snapshots and then on a remote backup scheduled task copy all the data along with theirs local snapshots […]
Perhaps i don’t grasp yet all the concepts: Direct play means the player does the hard work if there is format compatibility, stream (local or remote) means the server will transcode accordingly to player’s capabilities (format compatibility and bandwidth) A player, capable of direct play might fallback to stream if the media is incompatible or […]
I’m looking to purchase a NAS. The main utility will be for having access to my movies, musics & other files. Around 300 4k movies that I will have to rip. The second thing would be able to use it for surveillance (8 cams at 4k). The third thing would be for backing up my […]
How many VMs do you think that 873 can handle? My goal is to build a Windows 2016 or 2019 server and then in the server user Hyper V and build a WSUS server and a Deployment server for imaging and also have a few Win 10 VMs for testing the various server features. TVS-873e […]
Netgear Readynas 526x Netgear replaced my readynas 516 with a 526x under warranty the 526x doesn’t seem to be as fast as the old 516 I use a 316 as a back up nas and was thinking about buying a 626x to replace the 526x downgrade that to the back up nas get rid of […]
music streaming I’m looking for a NAS that is able to stream flac files through usb cable to my USB dac (Cambridge CXN). Is that possible, and if so, what software to use? Is Logitech server an option with orange squeeze as remote an my phone? It would be recommended to connect your NAS via […]
I did not quite understand what you said about hot spares & DSM version 7: I am still at DSM 6.2.2. Would it be OK to use a SHR configuration 3 out of the 44 drives and a hot spare with this version? Is it beginning to be the trend now to use hot spares? […]
Which NAS – Video Production 2 separate locations Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have a side business producing reality type content for a roofing company. I am not tech savvy. I have a camera guy who captures around 500 – 750 Gigs of data a week. Both he and I need to edit […]
I love your videos and have been watching recently. I run a production company down in here in Melbourne, Australia and we’ve been meaning to severely upgrade our storage solution for many months now. We’re after 24 bays, and at least 100-150TB useable storage. What would you recommend for us with these requirements? We also […]