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 […]
Can I create multiple RAIDs with different size drives on Synolgy NAS. Think I am wanting to use the same mirroring setup as I have at the moment ie second drive mirrors the first. With the Ds918 having 4 drives, I assume I can make drive 2 mirror 1 and drive 4 mirror 3 but […]
DS114 vs DS119j I love my DS114, that I’ve had since it was released, and it has served me well for home use. I’m ready to upgrade, to a more recent single-bay Synology NAS. Ideally I’d go for the DS118, but I was wondering what you think instead about the comparison between the DS114, and […]
SSD caching Is it possible to buy a QNAP 4-bay NAS, populate 2 bays with NAS HHD’s, then throw in say a 250gb SSD into the third bay and set it as an SSD cache? Also, to do caching does it take two memory modules or can you set it up with one like my […]
Hello! I have just found your site and this free advice option is really a cool stuff. Well, I already own a qnap ts219PII (6Tb+1.5Tb without block, raid etc.) I use this nas only for intern media support, downloads. I have another nas- thecus N5550 with 4x3Tb in raid for 9Tb. I use this as […]
I have been watching a lot of your videos about upgrading to 10gbe network for the Synology 1618+. I purchased the Synology (E10G18-T1) card and a Aquantia (AQN-107) for an older desktop computer. I also purchased a NETGEAR Nighthawk S8000 8-Port Gigabit Smart Managed Plus Gaming Switch (GS808E), but the best transfer speeds I get […]
DS1819+ or wait for DS1620XS ? I currently have around 60tb of media files. movies, tv shows etc. Looking to expand over to a NAS. Have been watching your very informative YouTube videos and had just about decided on the DS1819+ with the m.2 ssd cache with Samsung 970 pro 1tb (does the 1819+ handle […]
Hello, and thank you so much for your help. I need some solid advice on what NAS to choose, either the Synology 8 bay NAS DiskStation DS1819+ OR QNAP TS-873-4G-US. I plan on filling each bay with 10TB. When I purchase them, I plan on starting with 4x10TB at first in RAID5/SHR then add more […]
The use of the nas would be a personal and professional storage for me and my wife secondarily. Its main use would be as storage and access to all of my relatively large video library (16TB and continuously growing 😊 …). Some movies are more than 70 GB and reading speed is greater than 50mo […]
Hi there, big fan. Thanks for all your information. I just purchased the Synology DS418play. I am building a home office database for my photography business. I currently use several 3TB drives in docking stations for my archive process, no raid system, just individual drives duplicated over time. I’m wondering what your best advice is […]
My name is Manuel, Post Production Supervisor Berlin, Germany. We also have an office in Düsseldorf which is part of the reason I am sending you this message. First of all, I would like to purchase a fast storage solution that every machine on our network in Berlin can connect to and work from (currently […]
I ‘m a videographer (in my spare time) and I am enquiring about whether to archive my old video files (18-20TB) into AWS cold storage or put them on a NAS. At the moment they are on 10+ hard drives, both external and portable. My AWS cold storage enquiries seem to suggest it will cost […]
10 GBe home environment I recently bought a NAS TVS 673e 4G and i would like to benefit of 10 GBE environment in my home. I would like to know what i need to have to enjoy 10GbE. Until know I found that I need to have a network adapter for 10 GB installed in […]
How to access Qnap outside the network You can access your NAS through the following methods: Using SmartURL If you have enabled UPnP port forwarding in myQNAPcloud, you can enter your personal SmartURL on a remote desktop or mobile web browser to log in to QTS and access all your apps and data. To enable […]
Unofficial M.2 SSD cache card Hi, I own a Qnap 253be with 16GB ram and was wondering if I could use this PCIe card: ICY BOX PCI Express Card, M.2 NVMe SSD to PCIe 3.0 Adapter, Radiator, LED Lighting, M-Key, 2230, 2242, 2260, 2280, Black With this SSD storage: Crucial MX500 CT250MX500SSD4 250GB (3D NAND, […]
What to do when the nas is full I am a working commercial photographer with a lot of images coming in every month. I recently bought a synology ds918+ currently running on raid 5 with 4x4tb disks in it. That is currently my main storing place for my images and there is a second backup […]
