I would love to put a 4 port NIC card into the Qnap. Do you have any recommendations? I’m not wanting to pay an arm and a leg, but I do want something that will work. You will need to look at PCIe specs inside the Qnap. The 872XT for example feature two slots. Slot […]
I have a High-End Audio Business that I run out of my home. I have systems in six different locations and would like to be able to stream to different electronics in the different locations. I have been reading a lot about Synology but a lot of reviews that I have read people have had […]
1st NAS choice. I’m looking to buy my first NAS, primarily as a source for digital music files in FLAC format ripped from CDs, but also to store digital photos (JPEG & RAW), and of course to store MS Office files and the like. I’ve a Win10 desktop and an aging Win7 laptop and a […]
Hi, I like to find out more about Synology NAS Digital Audio. I’m reading conflicting information about its ability to play lossless audio. Can it play loseless audio via the ios app and via the DSM on the(Chrome) browser? My music is in Apple Lossless format. Yes, there will always be conflicting information, because different […]
I’m looking for a NAS that’ll stream my FLAC-Music-Collection without problems. I just stumbled upon Plex a few months ago, looking for music players and started running it on my PC. What really sold me was the ability to sync music with my phone, so that I could listen to it offline as well. Up […]
Hi, I would like to install an Intranet (wired RJ45 connection) between my 2 computers and my Synology NAS DS216j in my home office. Is it as simple as adding a router and three RJ45 cables? I would like a fast connection, not slowed down by WiFi to work large files. If this switch is […]
10Gbe for QNAP NAS Surveillance We have already purchased a TVS-672XT for media storage for our property in Baja, Mexico. One of the main uses for which we purchased the NAS is for a multi-camera surveillance system, and the QNAP option seemed an excellent choice. My query is about the suitability of a 10GBe switch […]
Thank yo for doing the review. I purchased the TBS-453DX 4GB version. I upgraded the ram to 16 GB with a pair of 8GB modules, so I can confirm that worked great. I purchases 4 of the WD Blue 2TB SSDs when they went on sale on Amazon for a great price. WD Blue 3D […]
What is the best RAID configuration for speed? All of the data is replaceable from CD/DVD and I’m looking for speed of delivery through a Plex Media Server. The fastest RAID will always be RAID0 which means that all drives in the array will be combined as one. So the writing operations will be really […]
Qnap vs Synology vs HP/Dell – storage, backup and application I would like to have a cpmaprason betwwen these to NASs regarding storage and backup and segment and application. plus QNAP VS HP/Dell EMC. HP/Dell EMC are not comparable with Qnap and Synology. These big boys are made for simple data storage functions, storage for […]
So currently I am looking to use my NAS that is used as accessing data and stream the data from my windows computer/ Android phones and ps4, having authentication so that no one else can access my NAS/ I would like to stream movies and read document such as pdf and doc document over my […]
How to connect to my Synology or Qnap NAS directly via LAN/Ethernet cable? If you are planning to connect directly- this is probably because you want to have a: private connection to a NAS do not have a switch want to maximize the potential data transfer speed First of all, you will need to make sure […]
I’m very new to these stuff, would you mind tellling me how to choose one or another IP.?? The only way of keeping the same ip is with link aggregation, but its possible only with LAN ports. This means – you will merge all LAN ports together and connect via the switch. Then everyone would […]
I’ve been using an Nvdia Shield as Plex Media Server for 2 years now. On top of the limited space, the overall limited experience for Plex Server on the Nvidia, the experience is slow and comes with a buggy Android TV OS. I’m not even talking about the crappy remotes. It’s not all that bad […]
NAS in a Motorhome I will be living in a motorhome and traveling around the US. I want to move my extensive video collection to a NAS and I am looking at the QNAP HS-453DX connected directly to the TV. Noise is an issue because of the confined space, but not a deciding factor, and […]
NAS for large amounts of files. an interesting question for You, probably even worth a YouTube video. I can barely find any information about it. I am in need to consolidate 15 years of my digital life. I literally have a box of harddrives – ide, sata, ssd, CD’s and even floppy disks that I […]
Mobile NAS I am looking to have a mobile NAS for an RV. I have a QNAP 4 bay for home. The purpose is to store photos and video along my long term travels (6 months to a year). The NAS will also serve stored video to one or two users. I have an AC […]
We are a wedding photo/video company. We currently do about 100/125 weddings per season and are looking to do about 200 next season. Each wedding on average we will yield about 200-500 gigs of data. I have been doing a lot of research on the NAS systems but still can’t seem to find or know […]
Best NAS after Transporter EOL I’ve been using the Transporter which has fit the bill for me to a ‘T’…. But it’s now the “End of Life” for that system and before it’s too late, I’m lost as to what would be the best follow on for myslef and my company. I’m really the only […]
Hi, maybe u can give m addvice to the rs1619xs+ from Synology. We need to replace the 7 year old and still bravely running servers in the company. We got 2 Xeon single socket machines and configured them to a small failover-cluster-system (i know, realy small 🙂 ). That tiny cluster hosts a win2003 Server, […]