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Lumaforge Jellyfish Tower alternative

Lumaforge Jellyfish Tower alternative

  6 Video Editors at 4k  Right now were looking into a video solution for 6 video editors to work on Macs with 4k footage simultaneously. Were a small video team in a large company and would like to keep out footage and workflow locally, hence the need for a NAS I have been looking […]

Trying to put together a NAS/PVR setup

Trying to put together a NAS/PVR setup

trying to put together a NAS/PVR setup Message Body: Good afternoon, Thanks for all the videos – it’s been really useful to be able to see so many comparisons and reviews. I think that I know what I want, but am not entirely certain… I want to have a NAS that allows: • family backups […]

HS-453DX noise and heat test

HS-453DX noise and heat test

We will be conducting noise and heat tests later this month, along with full Plex performance tests to give you a full breakdown of the performance of the HS-453DX, but for now, I can say that this could potentially be my favorite NAS of 2018.   This NAS really surprised us with its performance. Slightly bigger […]

High speed and durable field NAS solution

High speed and durable field NAS solution

I’m looking for a field NAS solution where I can hook up multiple “Ingress Stations” (2-3 MacBook Pros running Thunderbolt 3 -> 10GBE Adapters) via a 10GBE switch. Speeds are extremely important, looking for approx 500mb/s read/write. Needs to be a solution that is fairly durable and can be transported in the field – similar […]

Slow 10GbE- how to speed it up!

Slow 10GbE- how to speed it up!

qnap tvs 1282t3 slow 10Gbe speeds I bought a QNAP 1282t3 turbo nas and I’m experiencing slow 10gbe transfer speeds. My NIC is an Asus ROG AREION 10gbe adapter using the Aquantia AQN107 controller. I cant seem to get consistent transfer speeds. PLEASE HELP!!!! There are few things s you need to check when you […]

NAS for Amazon fire stick with Kodi

NAS for Amazon fire stick with Kodi

I am using an Amazon fire stick with Kodi on it to watch movies on my netgear wndr4700. This has been working great, I’m able to drag and drop files via file explorer from either my win 10 or win 7 machine, and can watch everything on my TV. My wndr no longer seems to […]

Connect between 10GbE and 1GbE devices

Connect between 10GbE and 1GbE devices

I co own a small photo/video studio with one other person. We want to centralize all our files and have them in one place to store and work off of. We would need to use an adaptor for direct connection to our laptops from 10gb ethernet to thunderbolt on out laptops, though we don’t both […]

Best VM server for 4-8 virtual machines

Best VM server for 4-8 virtual machines

I’ve been watching@robbieonthetube for a number of months and have learned a great deal but as I come down to finally pulling the trigger, is like some final guidance and/or reassurance. I’m looking to get into archiving my DVD/Blu-Ray collection. Additionally, this will become the primary target for all files. While in use I may […]

65,000 song limit Sonos / Plex workaround

65,000 song limit Sonos / Plex workaround

NAS/Sonos/Plex I could use a little advice on my upcoming NAS purchase. I am a hard core Sonos via Synology DS213j+ (Ds213j+ has been great, but time for an upgrade). The reason for my upgrade is my music library is so massive that I am encroaching upon the 65,000 song limit that Sonos allows to […]

Video editor NAS for 12 users

Video editor NAS for 12 users

I would like to enquire for a NAS server drive that will be capatible to handle 12 video editors to edit directally of the NAS server simultaneously. The read and write speed for each editor preferably over 100MBps. So I am assuming 10Gb ethernet. Is there such a solution available?   You will need to […]

Qnap, Synology or Asustor for photography +failure rates

Qnap, Synology or Asustor for photography +failure rates

I am a photographer and web designer. I am looking for a solution to backup my computer (loads of large files, up to 15 GB a pop) plus my families files (total of 4 PC’s in the house) and potentially also using the NAS as a media server to our projector. The ability to run […]

Finally MR2200ac Synology mesh router price and stock Available

Finally MR2200ac Synology mesh router price and stock Available Why should I get one? MR2200ac is the only router out there with brand new WPA3  Wi-Fi security standard. This is nothing like Netgear or similar Wifi-range extenders or WiFi Access points. This is a mesh router, which means- no more confused phones and other mobile devices […]

Thunderbolt 3 USB-C to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter

Thunderbolt 3 USB-C to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter

Lacie 6big with Imac late 2015 I recently bought a Lacie 6big with Thunderbolt 3 for my iMac 27″ late 2015. I wasn’t aware of the lack of incompatibility. At the moment I am connected via the USB 3.1 (in the lacie) and the regular USB port in the mac (with the usb 3.1 cable […]

Link aggregated 2x speed over the 10GbE connection

Link aggregated 2x speed over the 10GbE connection

I currently have a QNAP TS-469 Pro, but would like to upgrade to a 10GbE equipped NAS probably next year. In the meantime I’d like to make the most of what I have already. I’d like to use link aggregation to connect the QNAP TS-469 Pro to a switch using two standard ethernet cables. I’d […]

Synology 718+ FAN accessory +LAG

Synology 718+ FAN accessory +LAG

You inspired me to set up my own NAS. I went with a Synology 718+, upgraded with a Noctua fan and 8 GB Ram. For storage, I went with a pair of 6TB WD red pro 256mb. I want to setup in a raid 1 Need advice on setup. I am all new to the […]

QNAP 4 Bay with i7 Processor 16 GB RAM

QNAP 4 Bay with i7 Processor 16 GB RAM

QNAP 4 Bay with i7 Processor 16 GB RAM I am looking for 4 Bay QNAP NAS with i7 Processor and 16 GB RAM for Virtualization and work as wireless router 2.4 /5.2 GHz. Can you please let me know if any QNAP can be customized with this configuration. There have been many pioneers trying […]

NAS for Logitech Media Server for a Squeezebox Radio

NAS for Logitech Media Server for a Squeezebox Radio

Today I own a Synology Ds211j and a Mac Mini mod 2010. The Synology I use for Surveillance Station and a small number of backup files. The Mac Mini I use for a Logitech Media Server for a Squeezebox Radio and for Plex. It seems to me that I need to replace both of these […]

2-bay HDMI 2.0 NAS +powerline adapter

2-bay HDMI 2.0 NAS +powerline adapter

I am looking for a recommendation on a NAS drive with HDMI output, I don’t need more than 2 bays really, but probably a minimum of 4 and ideally 6 terabytes of storage in RAID1 set up. Unconventionally, I am looking at setting this up near my TV to play 4K content direct via HDMI […]

backup from one disk to another on the NAS +off-site backup

backup from one disk to another on the NAS +off-site backup

I have really appreciated all of the information that you have posted on this site – it is very helpful. I am looking to perhaps set up a NAS environment within my home. I use 3 Windows 10 PC’s (and phasing out Windows 7), various iphones, ipads, and android tablets, as well as apple TV […]

Qnap 12-bay HDMI 2.0 multimedia NAS

Qnap 12-bay HDMI 2.0 multimedia NAS

The 1282 looks like a solid option. I would go for it as I like the features but I really want 12 bays to maximise storage and not have to upgrade in the near future. It’s frustrating that with so many NASes to chose from it’s almost impossible to find a NAS that has all […]