Hi, with SYNOLOGY RS3617RPxs could I use 10Gbe PCIe optional card with SSD M2 cache (M2D18) PCIe optional card ? I mean use the two expansion PCIe slots, one with LAN card and the other with SSD M2 card ? is it working together ? Yes, you can install and use two cards simultaneously. […]
qnap 53b blinking red light Hi, I’ve seen a lot of your videos and I’ve noticed that you’re very prepared for NAS. I own a ts653B NAS that yesterday 12/10/2019 stopped working. Mount the latest firmware with a system of 3 hard drives in raid 5 . Flashing red every 2 seconds The manual says […]
Choosing the Best NAS Drive for Home on a Budget Let’s get straight to the point. There are a whole bunch of options for you, but the budget you have in mind will make it a little tough, as although you require a moderately capable CPU, your budget means taht you need to make economies […]
Best NAS Drive for Home and Family I have gone through tons of your WD / QNAP / Synology videos and I still have no idea what the best option is for me. Your videos are extremely helpfull and detailed, but I am brand new to all of this. Based on what I have heard […]
Adding Storage to a QNAP NAS Drive Can you tell me the best way of adding two more WD 4TB Red drives to a qnap TS-453Be that already has two of the same drives configured as RAID 1. Looking at possibly changing to RAID5/6. Also do you add drives with the qnap already running, or […]
Buying the Right NAS – Asustor or QNAP? I watch a bunch of your videos and read the reviews in this site which helped me a lot as I am new to NAS world. I am looking for a backup solution for my family to backup photos/videos mainly. I am a power user with IT […]
DIY Frankenstein NAS Drive Build I’ve been watching a number of videos, and a few scratched the surface for me, but don’t get at the heart of the issue. Constraint number 1: I’m a long-time Linux user, and have a very strong preference for running my own. I want to be running a vanilla unix-like […]
NAS Drive that is Specialized for Audio Question time from the Advice corner. Today it is about the right NAS for those in the audio industry: I’m trying to find a NAS for music production. I have a large amount of samples and virtual instruments I’d like to store on the NAS and work off […]
Upgrading Buffalo LS220D – How to replace existing drives with bigger HDD in Buffalo NAS? I purchased a Buffalo LinkStation 220D with two 1TB drives. I use them to be a backup of another larger Buffalo network drive. I should have purchased a larger capacity and wonder if I can simply pop larger drives in […]
upgrade Ram NAS Synology DS414 Message Body: HI. I buy Synology DS414 with 1 Gb Ram , i wold upgrade Memory 2G or 4G Have you a link where i can buy the upgrade? Sorry but RAM is not up-gradable on this model. To increase the performance, consider replacing one or more […]
Synology spreadsheet I’ve never owned a NAS but thinking of getting one to replace Google drive. Question: Does Synology spreadsheet support functions like importxml, importhtml, etc? If not, any third-party add-on for this? If not, what happens when that Googlesheet is imported into Synology spreadsheet? If not, any other NAS that supports these functions? Synology […]
DAS for MAC Existing system is MacBook Pro (Retina, 15 inch, Mid 2014) processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7; memory: 16 GB 1600MHz DDR3; flash storage: 251 GB running macOS Mojave 10.14.6. Automatic Time Machine back-up to AirPort Time Capsule and separate Back-up to Backblaze. I am considering the addition of external hard drive to […]
Hello, I asked this question to the folks over at QNAP but I feel it’s always good to get outside opinions. This has to to primarily with QNAP NAS: I’m trying to decide which 4-drive NAS is better suited to replace our aging PC tower server w/MS Server 2008R2 (Asus w/Intel i5, 16GB RAM): TVS-473e, […]
So, can you tell me if I can plug directly a nas to my smart TV with ethernet to watch movies? Because I don’t have an ethernet network at my home… If I can do that it will be great. If I can’t, I was thinking about a device like QNAP TBS-453DX but it’s very […]
Info on Synology RS814 I’ve got the possibility to buy it. In case, is it still a good device to store and share personal data (home usage)? Also, will it be updated to DSM 7? The RS814 is still a reliable NAS. It’s hardware is rather weak, but it should not be a reason […]
DS415play RAM upgrade I want to upgrade the RAM of my synology DS415play. Is this possible and what kind of memory do I need? Sorry, the RAM on Synology DS415play is soldered on the motherboard. So the RAM upgrade is not possible. New DS418play comes with a SO-DIMM memory and can be upgraded.
Plex transcoding Hi, Just watched your Dummies Guide to Plex video. I use Plex quite a bit, I have a HDHomeRun box which records TV – but it records enormous .TS files. Some things I record are not that important quality wise. I am a bit techie and I have created a batch file which […]
I have a nas that has 10gb-t in it already and I have a 10g sfp+ Switch Can I just buy one Transceiver Witch one do i get I am new to this The answer is very simple. You need 10GbE sfp+ adapter. It costs around 100$ but it is fairly straight forward and […]
I am wondering if the new DS 1620xs xeon processor will do plex transcoding. I currently have a DS 218+ it is a nice small nas but. I want do do more. I am also thinking of future proofing as well. New DS1620xs will transcode even 4K media just like its brother ds3018xs. But it […]
I am thinking of buying a ds418 4 bay nas. Seeing as I already have a 2 bay nas with raid 1 of 4 tb, is it possible to buy this new NAS, add two 8tb hard drives and then raid 1 them at the same time as my existing raid one within the same […]
