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NAS for NLE FCP 10

NAS for NLE FCP 10

I need a NAS that can handle 12 NLE FCP 10 simultaneously working and with a plan to expands more ( 6x new workstation ) NLE in the future.   Non linear editing on Final Cut Pro 10 will require around 100MB/s bandwidth between your editing computer and a storage device. The 4K material will […]

Cheapest NAS for Hyper Backup Vault

Cheapest NAS for Hyper Backup Vault

Could you please advice me the least expensive synology NAS for running a hyper backup vault for a DS918+ 12TB its only gonna be used for that purpose. Just want to be sure that it can backup at a good speed, I don’t use encryption.   You can get DS119j. This will be the cheapest […]

Best NAS configuration for video editing

Best NAS configuration for video editing

I just purchased a new NAS TVS-872XT for our graphic design studio (15 employees). The specs of the box are below. I was wondering if you could help walk through the initial setup of RAID / Snapshots / SSD over-provisioning / Volume / QTier / etc. I would like to avoid setting up the box […]

Multi office video editing solution

Multi office video editing solution

Case: – Project types and workflow – Professional film and TV productions, weekly location shooting for documentary series, HD/4K editing, VFX compositing, graphics and grading, data collaboration with external providers, customer screenings and file distribution for publishing. – Two offices in separate towns – Office 1: Medium sized office with 3 separate rooms for editing. […]

Best video editing setup for graduates

Best video editing setup for graduates

Looking for NAS storage for my son who is a videographer. He uses a iMAC (Sep’15) with Thunderbolt2, which will probably be upgraded later in 2019. Along with a MacBook (Dec’16) Thunderbolt 3. He is in final year at University and is specialising in the creation and editing of music videos. He currently has 10TB […]

QNA-T310G1T and QNA-T310G1S Supported SFPs cables

QNA-T310G1T and QNA-T310G1S Supported SFPs cables

QNA-T310G1S – Supported SFPs We ordered QNA-T310G1S, and it didn’t come with SFP (fiber). We found that SFPs from Cisco and other manufacture are working fine, but we would like to know is there a list of supported SFPs? I sent email to QNAP but for some reason they are not responding… Why in AJA […]

NAS for photo editing, simplify digital life

NAS for photo editing, simplify digital life

NAS for photo editing, simplify digital life Been looking for a NAS for a long time, but nothing seemed ready for my needs. I have Win10 personal built 6800K 6core PC with 2X SSD R0 for cache, 6TB WD Black x2 one for photo one for media, other drives for less important storage. I use […]

SHR vs regular RAID – which one is safer?

SHR vs regular RAID – which one is safer?

In comparing SHR to, say, RAID 5 or RAID 6, you state that SHR has the advantage that the data is accessible even after a drive failure, whereas with a RAID configuration the data is inaccessible. Unless I’m misunderstanding what you’re saying, this seems wrong — even in one of your videos, you pull a […]

Why my NAS is slow – backing up small files

Why my NAS is slow – backing up small files

Why my NAS is slow – backing up small files. I reviewed the backup and identified there are ~400K files <= 1Mb. Not sure how many total files as I have not investigated. I assume the amount I have is what you mean by a lot. Is the slowness with that many small files an […]

The Best backup setup with NAS

The Best backup setup with NAS

I work out of one of two home offices 80% of the time and I travel and work in the field 20% of the time. I work with a dual SSD drive laptop, which the 2nd drive is used for virtual machines and data backups of the C drive data. My actual files on my […]

NAS for multimedia, photoshop and more

NAS for multimedia, photoshop and more

I have been looking for some time for a NAS solution and am bewildered by the terminology, features and possibilities. I stumbled across your site with much relief. I am hoping you can advise me. Primary needs: – store music, photos, documents and video – access wireless around the home via TV, laptop, tablet, phone […]

NAS for file sharing with No file size limits

NAS for file sharing with No file size limits

I have learned a lot from your videos about how to set up and use my new Asustor AS3204T NAS. One of the main uses for my NAS is to share content with relatives and friends. There are many times when I have wanted to share a large file that was too big for email […]

Nas for 2/3 video editors (working with 1080p in various formats)

Nas for 2/3 video editors (working with 1080p in various formats)

“Dual SSD would cope with 4K editing on 453dx and TBS model, but again the CPU will max out at 500-700MB/s and you need 10G upgrade.” 1a_ And what would the CUP max out on the TS453bt3 with SSD installed? 1b_ You think it could run smoothly editing 1080p from Sony’s XAVC, gopro, etc? 1c_ […]

Light weight NAS for video editors

Light weight NAS for video editors

Nas for 2/3 video editors (working with 1080p in various formats) Message Body: Hello, I’m not sure what to buy for my 2/3 editors on field video jobs, as well as my personal NAS backup drive. I want stability when doing this video jobs (most of the times 2 editors). I’m between the Synology 1517+, […]

10GbE Switch Between Netgear Nighthawk R9000 and QNAP HS-453DX

10GbE Switch Between Netgear Nighthawk R9000 and QNAP HS-453DX

10GbE Switch Between Netgear Nighthawk R9000 and QNAP HS-453DX My set-up, 1Gig cable internet service coming into home, attached to Motorola MB8600 DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem connected to Netgear Nighthawk R9000 X10 router. I’m looking at purchasing a MikroTik CRS305-1G-4S-IN 10GbE Switch (w/ 4 10Gtek for Cisco SFP-10G-T-S Compatible 10GBase-T SFP+ 10 Gigabit RJ45 Copper […]

NAS and Vectorworks – shared network projects

NAS and Vectorworks – shared network projects

8 architects on 2018 iMacs Message Body: Will think about potentional expansion in the future but need fast network speeds. I do not have 10Gig switches. They currently mainly use Vectorworks which I have no previous experience with so I’m not sure how to get the best performance from it, it looks like it does […]

Largest external enclosures you can connect to a Synology NAS

Largest external enclosures you can connect to a Synology NAS

The Synology compatibility list of external drives is pretty thin. It doesn’t appear to list any of the larger external enclosures. Are you aware of resources listing other options that are confirmed to work? Having a USB based solution for the backup is attractive on a number of levels. The biggest external USB enclosure Synology […]

First home NAS setup for Plex and storage

First home NAS setup for Plex and storage

I’m a 20+ year enterprise network IT veteran just getting into NAS for home use due to cutting the cord and falling in love with Plex and tired of buying WD MyCloud enclosures. Along with Plex, I have photos to store and setup an active mobile upload. I will also have to upload and play […]

Best Synology NAS for 4K YouTube video editing

Best Synology NAS for 4K YouTube video editing

I have been watching many of your videos on NASCompares channel and SPAN channel and they are really helpful, thanks! I have learned so much from your content already. I’m now trying to choose which Synology NAS to purchase for heavy duty 4K video editing. I run a small business (YouTube channel Bounce Patrol Kids). […]