I like to have advise for my new NAS, the Synology DS918+ or the Qnap TS-435B unless you have a better suggestion. 1-Most important is prevent data loss. A very solid way to install a replaced faulty drive and copy the data to it has my highest priority. How can I access my data if […]
I need to buy a NAS that will serve as a PLEX SERVER only. We will never use a HDMI output as we will use Apple TV 4K’s as clients/players. Many times we will have 3 or 4 videos streaming from the PLEX SERVER at 1 time. Most of the time they will be original […]
Best NAS Solution for small video production company. I’ve read a lot of your articles and watched a lot of your different videos around the best NAS solutions for video editing. Still, I’m not 100% certain which is the best for me, so I figured I’d ask and see if you can help! Here are the […]
NAS for Multimedia and Surveillance. I am looking at buying a NAS for my house. We are using Mac, both computers, tablets and phones. I will mostly use it for multimedia (Plex for now), backup and surveillance in the future with 10+ cameras. I don’t want to buy something now and then realize in a year […]
Encrypted Backup Speed. I am currently using a DS416j as my master NAS device and a DS115j as my offsite NAS backup. The 416 shares are unencrypted while the 115 shares are encrypted, as they are offsite. While syncing the 115 on my local network before I deployed it, I noticed that I was getting […]
If unwanted a dual nic that supports proper LAG and not load balancing which would you recommend for a desktop to a NAS.? Load balancing is the cheapest way to increase the transfer speeds from a NAS. If you own a Synology NAS – it will turn any switch into a semi-smart switch and enable […]
First Nas advice. I am looking into buying a Nas to store my movie and TV show library and I have been doing some research but I am not sure what a good choice would be. I know quite a lot about computers, networks etc as I used to work in this area but since […]
NAS choice. I intend to buy a NAS 8 bays, essentially as mediacenter and to manage my home cinema (projector and 4K TV). This NAS 8 bays has to be a tower and I want it to be able to : – read 4K, even 8K videos – to assure conversion of video files – […]
Synology NAS 2019 update vs 2018. I am looking to by a Synology NAS, maybe the Synology NAS DS218 or DS218+. I look at the new 2019 model but I don’t know If this line (DS218 or DS 218+) will be updated in 2019 version. Do you know if I need to wait later or I […]
Beginner’s NAS. I’m new to this and want a way to back up multiple computers and large media files (approximately 1.2 TB). I would like at least 4 drives so I can have redundancy in case of failure (I want to minimize my chance of losing my media). I also want CPU power to be able […]
So far I am storing all the family precious content (photos and videos) on my desktop PC HDDs (setup in Raid 1). But I am fed up with one thing and that’s the need of plugging any devices (phone, camera, camcorder) via cable to download the content. When its time to present any of the […]
I’m a music composer and I use a lot of virtual instruments (and a lot of RAM…). Since I am upgrading my studio I was wondering if NAS could be used instead of SSDs. Here’s the case: I will have two PCs, one with the DAW (I use Cubase) and the other one with the […]
I am in a process of buying my first NAS, I watched a lot of your videos on youtube and so far I have selected DS218+, so far so good, but I am not sure if the dual-core Intel celeron will be good to enough to handle my needs. Here is what I am planning […]
NAS for plex. All my videos is 1080p. Now I have brought Philips POS9002/12 new TV. I will be using this nas for watching movies only, and I think over the Plex. Another thing is, that I planned to add my brother to this media nas also, his tv is also OLED 4k. So I […]
Synology Surveillance Station. Hi there, just bought A Synology 4 bay NAS from you, is there a surveillance station alternative, trying to avoid paying for licences as i have 7 cameras at the moment. Yes there are quite few open source solutions like: ispyconnect zoneminder shinobi kerberos There is no easy way to install it – […]
shared documents storing/streaming audio library (4300+ songs) storing/streaming pictures library storing/streaming video / DVDs library backing up computers (4 desktops, 2 laptops, 2 tablets, 2 phones, etc) surveillance (7 to 15 cameras; event/alert only recording) RAID 6 or 5 Prefer extra/empty slot for future growth Is it okay to do surveillance and streaming on same […]
Need help and recommendation from you on which Nas could accommodate Plex and possibly VM. If you want something with a processor made for virtualization, then ds1618+ and ds1817+ will be a good choice in this price range. It will also allow you to run local Plex server. And also transcoding is possible up to […]
I am looking for a backup solution with Video options i.e. plex & Kodi & M-TV. I have narrowed down to the what i think may be the best two and would like your advice with pros and cons of each. Synology 918 vs qnap 253be. Both are about the same money and i plan […]
Active Backup for Server. I found your video on Active Backup for Server and was hoping you could clear some things up for me. I’m trying to back up a drive on my local pc to my Synology NAS. I just set up an incremental backup to do this. The two questions I have are, […]
What I’m trying to accomplish is streaming my movies with the best quality with a price range around $1,200. – I have always used small portable hard drives for watching movies, – With the NAS will the internet speed have a big impact on the quality of my movies? – I have several 1080 BR […]