How to create a shared folder on WSS NAS Click on the Server Manager icon () on the bottom left of the Windows screen. Select File and Storage Services, then Shares. Right-click in the blank area on the right side and select New Share. The “New Share Wizard” launches. For basic setup, select SMB Share – Quick, then Next. Note: […]
How to Join to an Active Directory Domain and Assign Domain Users to Shares on WSS NAS Set a Static DNS server address By default, the Windows Server NAS is set to automatically obtain an IP address and a DNS server address. Seagate recommends you set a static IP and DNS server address manually. In […]
WSS NAS Factory hard reset procedures Power down the NAS device. Locate the flash drive (key) that was originally packaged with the NAS unit. Connect the following items to the NAS device: A computer monitor (since Remote Desktop will not work) A keyboard The USB flash key Power on the NAS device. While the unit […]
How to Create a Group on WSS NAS Click on the Server Manager icon () on the bottom left of the Windows desktop. Select the Tools menu in the upper right, then select Computer Management. Expand Local Users and Groups. Expand Groups. Right-click in an empty area in the right pane and select New Group… Enter a Name and Description for […]
How to create a VMware NFS datastore on WSS Windows NAS server Add the “Server for NFS” Role Open the Server Manager and go to Configure this local server, then Add Roles and Features. Select Next until you reach Server Roles. Under File and Storage Services / File and iSCSI Services, select Server for NFS. Select Next to install Server for NFS. Create a […]
How to Access WSS storage NAS server with Remote Desktop Please follow this procedure to access the Business Storage Windows Network-Attached Storage device with Windows Remote Desktop: Press the Windows key () + D to arrive at the desktop. Press the Start button. In the Search files and folders field, type the following: remote desktop Open the Remote […]
Business Storage Windows Server NAS – How to Add Users to a Group With a large number of users, sometimes it can be helpful to add users to groups and assign permissions to those groups rather than, or in addition to, individual users. Windows Server 2012 includes numerous default groups to which you can add […]
Install Kodi on QNAP NAS in 2018 For many of us choosing our first NAS involved a number of important factors and features of the unit and the NAS brand. Currently one of the most popular uses is, of course, centralizing your media collection. Over the last two or three years the most popular applications […]
Help choosing the best IP Camera for a Synology NAS NAS Devices from the big companies like Synology and QNAP are now remarkably mainstream. Being used in homes and businesses across the world for everything from backing up network devices and playing media over DLNA, all the way through to Plex Media Servers and Virtual Machines. […]
Who are Sonnet Technologies and why should you care? After my recent posts about the BVE Expo, one brand that especially stood out (despite it being almost completely unconnected with NAS) was the largely Mac favoured brand, Sonnet. Normally I would not stray so far outside of network storage territory, but this is going to […]
Help Choosing the Right Synology NAS for you So many NAS servers to choose from. They all look remarkably similar and moreover, all seem to do basically the same thing – but some better than others. Yet for many people who are setting out to buy their first NAS from Synology, it can easily be […]
Synology DS918+ Versus a Custom FreeNAS Build Synology NAS or FreeNAS? Which should you Buy? There’s no denying it NAS are expensive devices. It’s never really been a secret that when you buy a Synology or QNAP NAS, half of what you’re paying for isn’t the hardware, but the software included. It is no different […]
Best NAS for a Plex Media Server of 2018 Many users who have large collections of media (photos, music, photos and more) will want to invest is a solid backbone to centralize their files in a single location. The most common reasons for this are to prevent file duplication, to backup sensibly and (in the […]
Playing music from your QNAP NAS to your Amazon Echo Speaker The Amazon Echo has been around for almost 3 years now and many of you out there want to be able to play the music that lives on your QNAP NAS server, simply by asking Alexa to play it for you. The Amazon Alexa […]
Why do we need different kinds of hard drives – why not make just one kind for all? Hard drives are not exactly new technology. They have existed in one form or another for over 20 years in the consumer market, all the time getting bigger in capacity and smaller in physical design. That should […]
How to Upgrade the RAM in your Synology DS918+ to 16GB Memory Back in 2017 when the Synology DS918+ was first released, many users were surprised at the maximum memory limit that the manufacturers stated ion the specifications. With the Intel J series chip that Synology DS918+ arrives with, it did seem odd that the […]
Understanding the difference between WD Blue, Red, Black, Green, Purple and Gold Hard Drives Western Digital have been in the hard drive and SSD market since the 1970s and I think it is safe to say that are one of the biggest and best storage media providers in the world. A lot of this success and market […]