I’m looking for a NAS to keep and edit my work on, as well as to sync images between computers on different locations. I’m currently a photography student so my budget isn’t what it should be. I currently have my files on a 4TB drive in my computer tower, but it’s filling up fast. I’d […]
The primary need is to remotely dump and access photos and to be apple to organize a couple of terabytes of videos and photos over a long term. The end goal is to use the NAS as a stock image/video database that any media team member can access anywhere in the world while also having […]
My goal is: Storage solution for personal files, Storage solution for Plex, Capable of handling transcoding to 1-3 people simultaneously (rarely do my family and I overlap watching plex, but it has happened – and I want to accommodate that possibility, however rare) My original plan was just to buy the QNAP TVS-882, but the price kept […]
I want to build a storage for home. I want to use it as a backup for our 2 computers (we have mac and laptop as well), to store our movies and music. I want to have at least 4 bays and I do not know if it is possible to be able to use […]
I own a Synology DS918+ NAS. I want to use security cameras with the device to store videos, live monitor via local and remote access. I live in a six storied building and currently, need four security cameras for surveillance purpose. My Budget is around 350 ~ 450 US dollars for the cameras. Two Security Cameras […]
I am looking for a NAS that can download torrents easily and remotely, I have been using a Zyxel NSA 325 v2 with Transmission and have been relatively happy with the set up. I had this hooked up to Kodi and played my content over the network. What I would like is something similar, a […]
I have a question about the best network storage solution for a small research group. We are looking for fast and secure storage (>40 TB, but that is the minimum requirement) for scientific data that has to be regularly accessed for data analysis. We recently experienced a break down of our university file server, which […]
I’m looking for a NAS to store and stream 4K video on and from. This will be home made material or MKV movies. My wifi is very fast so that is not the issue. I need as low latency as possible. Another demand would be copying files to and from my NAS from laptop via […]
Hi, I’ve currently got 4 different NAS devices kicking around stretching back about a decade (a now pretty ancient Buffalo Linkstation LS-WX4.0TL/R1, two Thecus N3200Pro‘s and a more recent Lenovo IX4-300d – the LinkStation turns on and off with my desktop PC, the others turn on and off on a schedule) between them proving around […]
Hi. I am a photographer/creative professional who works primarily with Adobe Lightroom on a late 2013 iMac. I also dabble in video (little bit of 4K video editing). I am new to the NAS game, and have recently put together the following setup: Synology DS218+ with 2x Western Digital Gold 4TB hard drives (setup in […]
NAS for running Plex DVR service and downloading movies to watch Looking for a NAS to run Plex DVR service and stream HD Movies. 200-450$ 2terr The NAS you are looking for is TS251B. It has HDMI supporting streams up 4K. And also Decent CPU for HD and 4K transcoding if you want to watch videos even […]
I have installed a E10G18-T1 into my ds1618+. I have installed an asus XG-C100C into my win 10 desktop. Both installations appear successful. I have connected the two cards via a 4meter cat6A cable. Synology Assistant finds the NAS connected via this cable. It has a mac address only, status is offline, WOL is off. […]
I just ordered a DROBO solution from Amazon… but now thinking that I made a mistake and need to switch it over to a Synology NAS… so that I can have access to my information via the internet on my laptop. My major usage is for Photography and Video work I do for Family… putting […]
I am a small print and advertising company and work from my home and shop. I do drone video and photography in addition to printing and design. Therefore I need a NAS to place in one location and be able to access from anywhere. I would also like to have access to a large collection […]
I have been looking at getting a NAS to run Plex and also be able to run VM’s mostly the VM’s would be off and turned on when i want to play around for Linux or run PlayOn in order to be able to stream more content via Plex. Synology plus series or Qnap plus […]
I’ve been a subscriber to your youtube channel for sometime now, thanks for the great videos and the good advice. In the past I used a Qnap 229II pro. Now I am stuck and some sensible advise from you would be very welcome. Do I buy a TS 328 with 3 WD red 8TB = […]
Looking for 4K nas that will stream at 60FPS. I also have an old audio kit that can only receive 1.2 1.4 HDMI. Looking to stream 2.0 video to the TV and 1.4 to the sound processor. Hoping to use a NAS a bit like an Oppo player. I have Roon installed on a NUC […]
Which HDMI 2.0 NAS connected to my TV (and to my Amplifier via SPDIF) would enable me to use a handheld remote (either TV/Amp remotes or NAS remote) to view/listen to my media on Plex server via HDMI (ie. bypass the router latency/bottleneck)? Since 2005 I’ve been running a Windows Media Center PC connected directly […]
What is the Cheapest TV that can access your files via NAS? Any smart TV will be able to stream any video from your NAS. The easiest way to tell whether TV is smart – look for a network port (very same that you use for a PC or Laptop). The only question is what kind of […]
What’s a good cheap Media player that can access your files via NAS? If you have any kind of smart TV – it will see the NAS as DLNA or PLEX server and will let you stream any video from it. Alternatively, you can turn any TV into a smart TV using one of the […]