4K UHD. Hi. I’m thinking about buying a NAS to store my movies. I have approx 400 DVDs and 200 blu-rays. Also 40 4K UHDs. I’m trying to decide between the 418play and the 918+. Of course, I don’t want to over spend, nor do I want to under spend. I’m just trying to get […]
NAS for home. After watching some of your youtube videos it was clear to me that I want a TS-228A due to this one being in my budget and cheaper than a comparable Synology model like a DS218+. So after all the nonsense above, here is why I am writing to you in a brief […]
Best 2 bay NAS for hyper backup vault I have a synology DS415 Synology to hybperbackup locally to another NAS. The receiving NAS would be just used to run Hybperbackup Vault, that’s all. It will not need to do anything else. Which Synology is best for that purpose please? Hyper Backup Vault allows another Synology server […]
Except the price, what are the difference between Barracuda Pro, Ironwolf and Ironwolf Pro 12TB? Those Are Desktop, NAS and NAS Pro drives. Barracuda is made for desktop computer use or as an external drive for non-frequent use. Ironwolf is a standard energy efficient and fairly quite drives for 24/7 use in a NAS Ironwolf pro is […]
I also have to say at the start here that I use to use FreeNAS for many years and build my own setups for that over the years. Kind of getting sick and tired of constantly fooling around with that as I don’t have as much free time anymore and would like to find an […]
ReadyNas RN214. I am looking at the Ready NAS RN214(diskless) I use the NAS for general storage and streaming media, music and video etc none of which is 4k etc i use readynas duo v1 currently but have exceeded the 2tb limit i was given 2 3tb ironwolf drives (which won’t work on the duo […]
NAS and Switch on a 10 GBE network. My wife and I are amateur photographers who work on 1 Gbe network. I would like to set up a 10 Gbe network at our private office. We work with photo and some video editing. We will buy 2 iMac pro and need recommendations for switch and […]
I am currently running a DS415+ that I’ve had for three years. It has served me very well and I have no issues with it. I am also running a Dell tower server (T610) that manages my domain and runs my network routing functions. I have grown tired of paying for all of the electricity […]
Great review of the Qnap hs-453dx! 2 questions: – If I get 2x2TB 2.5 inch SSDs + 2x2TB m.2 SATA SSDs of the same brand like Samsung 860 evo or WD blue, would the system be able to RAID them? – Would aftermarket 2x8gb memory SODIMMS work? And is memory above 8gb necessary/useful on a […]
Codec advice for H.265 transcoding on home NAS. I am interested in getting a home NAS for various uses, one of which is to serve as a media server for all of my home’s devices. As a means of future-proofing, I’d like to ensure that this NAS can handle real-time hardware-based transcoding of H.265 video […]
Plex & NAS that can handle 3 streams away from home without breaking up. I need a good operating system so I can put Plex on it as easy as I can get it I’m not really computer illiterate but I would like to have the NAS that can handle three streams away from home […]
Thunderbolt 3 NAS/DAS. I’m a music producer. I want to upgrade my studio and keep all my files on a NAS/DAS, preferably TB3, as I heard its supposed to be the fastest way of data transfer. I need frequent access to the files as well as using the NAS/DAS as a backup. Are there devices […]
New Synology devices. I am looking into a 4 bay NAS for home use, repurposing 4 WD Red drives I have in my FreeNAS. The reason I want to buy a new Synology NAS is because my FreeNAS causes issues – disconnected at random times, and requires reboot (which not always works). I am a DIY […]
1U and ack mount NAS storage for plex media server. Hi there, I’m currently running Plex using a desktop 4Bay HDD enclosure connected to a 2012 Mac mini. I’m updating our home setup with Ubiquiti’s unifi products for networking and looking to install a 1U 4bay rack-mounted NAS storage device. Can you give me […]
There is a good quality installed video camera that has a range of high end, high–definition video output connections. They would like to record the video output for seminars that are held for remote viewing post the seminar event; I like Synology DSM and if I could get the video in via a USB adapter […]
NAS for SOHO and media server/HTPC replacement. This all began from simply attempting to upgrade my backup storage solution. I’ve been using a USB Hard Drive for backup and reached the point where I needed more capacity. I bought a Seagate 8 TB USB drive. I have always had good luck with Seagate products in […]
I would like to know a few things. a) which NAS for using multimedia streamer and home/office backup from 2 people (iPhones, iPad, Mac and a windows laptop) in RAID configuration. Plus I would like to use it as a network server to access files etc from anywhere. b) can I run iPTV off a […]
Well a few days ago there were still some TS-453B’s available in the U.S., but they seem to be all gone now… A few in Europe, but at the $1000 price point which is the same as the new TS-453BT3. So what’s the second choice? TS-453A‘s are still available at $770 TVS-471 at $950 TS-473 […]
I’m thinking 4 bay. To raid over 4 bays , and maybe upgradable of HD’s for future. To have access online when im not about Have direct access when in the office and over the network. Is it also possible to have a NAS that works to enable my client to see a proof with […]
I’m looking at a QNAP TS-873 and am going to add a 10gbe card to it. The QM2 card is overkill as the NAS has M2 slots and the QXG-10G1T card is out of stock everywhere that doesn’t have inflated prices. In your opinion would this Asus card from Amazon work. Qnap is very open […]