Drobo vs Areca. I need something that could be fast since I work with videos, and also could have some options like the drobo solutions, and need to be acessible by LAN. My work is video compositing and need fast comunications with image sequences. I believe that Drobo 5 bay by now are the best and cheaper […]
I prefer to run Mac these days although i do have a copy of windows too, can i install a copy of Mac on the Synology? If so how? There is a way to install MAC OS on a PC or virtual machine. For the best performance, you would need a NAS with Pentium or […]
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 […]