I spent few hours on QNAP website and on yours. I bought a Thecus 5200Pro in 2007 for my home. I ran it for more than 10 years, almost 24×7. I had recently HDD crash (5xWD Re entreprise 500GB disks). I would like to change my NAS for several reason like the lack of support/software, […]
I need to replace an existing LenovoEMC px4-400d NAS (2x1Gbps ports, 4x2TB WD Re2 HDDs) used as a storage for existing VMware 5.5 cluster (2xHPE ProLiant DL360e Gen8 servers). Want to provide faster and more reliable solution, ready to finally switch to 10Gbps NICs/switch. Was thinking of getting something like Synology FS1018 with 5 or […]
We’re looking to upgrade an older 20TB Fiber channel XSAN environment: – Promise Vtrack – 2 Qlogic SANbox 5200 Fiber Channel switches – 2 MDC servers (Mac minis with Promise SanLink2 to Fiber SPF) – 4 iMac Clients with Promise SanLink2 to Fiber SPF) – macOS 10.11 running on MDCs and clients – Most content […]
Hello, i am looking for some advice on a NAS solution. What i am looking for the NAS to do is. Integrate with my 4 ip cameras to provide a DVR surveillance system, Plex media server able to transcode 1080P multiple streams. Host a web server running apache or nginx. I would like to have […]
Home user with may 3 people using Me & (son & Daughter) I am stuck on the Qnap TS 251 This has a HDMI Port (no eSata) I like all the features it has. Then Their is the Synology new DS 218+ which has an eSata port(no HDMI) (The Ds 218 has no eSata port) […]
I am about to install a Synology FS1018 (purchased via your link to Amazon). It will have 24GB RAM. The FS1018 will host a RAID F1 SSD array (4x Samsung 860 PRO 240GB SSD drives) that holds about 100MB of performance-critical PHP apps and associated data caches – along with about 70TB of low-activity archived […]
I purchased a Zyxel NAS a few years back and it has never worked the way it should have, buggy and hard to set up. so after trying to get it to work for 2 years I give up and am looking for a new NAS. I run Mac desktop and laptop, apple tv and […]
Mac & Windows Synchronization My question is why is the best way to setup a NAS that plays nicely between Mac and pc in near enough all areas. For instance…. 1 Able to share the same documents such as word and excel in the same folders for both Mac and PC. 2, Not limited by […]
I’m moving from a Syn 1815+ to a RS3618xs and upgrading network to 10GBe as well. Our workstations are USB-C, so I went with Sonnet SOLO adapters, but the nic for the Syn is SFP+. If you had to buy a switch with both RJ45 and SFP+, what is your first choice? I’ve been looking […]
Rackmount NAS for Plex. I’m wondering if there are any rackmount NAS with HDMI 2.0? If not, what is the best rackmount NAS that I can transcode 4K with using Plex? You are probably interested in HDMI 2.0 because this is a requirement for 4K HDR streaming. But the answer is – none. There is […]
I am looking for a NAS to use it with Kodi (over HDMI), ideally with HDMI 2.0. I understood that Kodi will not be supported anymore but can be used unofficially. Actually I think a QNAP– or Asustor-NAS could match my needs. Maybe a normal NAS and a additional media-player could be a better solution, […]
So I currently own a Freenas server that I built myself and it generally works pretty well, probably struggle.to transcode 4k/compressed 1080 but mostly ok. What I mainly dislike is the maintance required when upgrading etc, can be a nightmare.to maintain if you break permissions etc. This is why I would like to move to […]
Currently torn over Qnap and Synology (Surprise surprise) To start off my rough requirements are the following. – NAS 4 bays min. – Plex media server. – Videos mostly in 1080p streamed in a home with a max of 2 users. – Potentially 1-2 VRM’s most likely running a flavour of Linux – $600-$1000 AUD […]
Thinking to get a NAS storage for media files (Plex) and PC backups and cannot decide between this two: Synology DS918+ and Qnap TS-453BE planning to get 4 X 10TB WD drives Could you advise which one is better? Can this devices connected to wifi router if I don’t have PC network? Both NAS models […]
I am looking at a QNAP or Synology NAS to run my VSphere setup. I currently have one host with internal storage but I am looking to setup a shared storage network. I am looking at the QNAP TS-932x as the unit so that I have room for expansion, ssd capability and 10 Gbit speed. […]
So, I’m looking to finally make the move to a proper NAS as all my IT buddies have been suggesting for YEARS, and consolidate the mess of data that is spread across 10 externals that could probably fail any day. Between years and years of digital photography (all RAWs), a re-ripping project of my 2000+ CD […]
I am looking at acquiring a NAS to serve as a multi purpose server at home – Plex Media Server (+host library) – VM running HomeSEER 3 (home automation, lots of small operations) – Photo Station / Backup from multiple devices (android, iphone, etc) – Backup (local) + Offsite backup of important items – Possibly […]
Best NAS for easy backup and access? Hi — I have maybe 2 or 3 TB of stuff (video, audio, Photoshop files, pix, documents, etc) that I need to backup with a (nearly) worry-free system. Even better if it can back itself up to the cloud (Internet) for added security (or is that not available […]
Currently having a DS414 (4*3TB WD30EFRX, 38500 Power on hrs, in RAID5) and a b+ (2*2TB Samsung HD203WI, 45000 Power on hours in RAID0) Using the 414 mainly as: Backup station (time machine for my mac’s @home, remote backup friends and family), Photo station (storing foto’s, expose photo’s), Web Station (Website development.. Sites are hosted […]
I’m a first time NAS user and wanting to get my first NAS for plex. so far reviews point to a WD PR series and I’m thinking a 4 bay in case my storage requirements grow. here in lies my question. if I were to purchase this can I run 2 initial drives in raid […]
