I’m thinking of buying a Synology DS218+ for better performance and upgradability – when compared to models DS218 and DS218play. But my only reservation before going ahead with the purchase is the slight difference in the hardware transcoding engine specs, which I’m a little confused about. The hardware transcoding engine specs for the DS218+ model […]
New to NAS’s, will be my first one. I’m mainly interested in the ability to play 1080 vids through plex, perhaps 4K one day. Would not streaming more than 3 files at a time, most likely. Recommendations? I feel like some of the Plex recommended NAS may be more than I need, as far as […]
I currently have a Synology DS214. I plan to upgrade to something much, much more current. My plan is to use the NAS for: (1) easy backup solution to NAS and once more to Amazon or another online; (2) transcoding–perhaps using Plex once I can figure out how to make it work; (3) music server […]
I would like to use a NAS for DLNA streaming to my TV for movies, data storage using Backblaze B2 and surveillance for my two security IP cameras. I was going to get a 4 bay nas with 2x 3TB surveillance drives for the cameras and 2x 6GB drives for data. I would suggest DS418play from Synology. […]
I need some help purchasing preferably a qnap nas (I already own a qnap ts 453a and it would be alot easier for me). I have 29tb’s of movies, tv shows, documentaries and more. Majority of which are in full 1080p and i am upgrading the rest. I eventually would like 4k. My current nas […]
I have a 2 bay Synology now that is really old (DS212J) used for photo backups and very little else. I’ve dabbled with DS Video etc but it’s too low powered to be of much use. Also tried hosting a website which was only half succesfull. So looking to upgrade but I cannot afford to […]
MUST haves: budget consc., 10GBE direct to PC (10 meters), + 1GBit., 1-2 SSD cache (2.5 or m2 sata/nvme) , min 4 bays 3.5′ , HDMI. generally also 8GB desirable i guess. current setup: i7 PC, OS nmve, 500 GB nvme current work files, 8 TB internal HDD for data. currently +1 TB pa, perhaps […]
I had a 4tb seagate nas drive. and it lasted just over 2 years. i have done some research on both brands and have seen your you tube clip on both brands. im aware on the pros and cons. still im unsure. i dont need it for camera surveillance, basic use will be streaming videos […]
Hi, Id like to know do 418play with Dual Core compare with a Quadcore in 918+. Since the two have the same Intel HD Graphics 500, how does the Dual core and Quadcore work with transcode? Both of these NAS will transcode media equally good. You will notice the difference only I multi-user environment. When […]
I wanted some advice on an easy to use and set up NAS for home. I have a bunch of drives I want to give a once centralized home. I would love some HDMI ports, the ability to plug drives via USB to transfer, ability to use a folder as an iTunes server, and stream-ability. […]
h.265 (HEVC) NAS for streaming and transcoding via video station and/or PLEX New Realtek processors are tailored to new generation h265 video encoding format. It will transcode it even with higher frame rate than other NAS. The disadvantage of Realtek CPU is that they struggle with the 4K h264 format. If you have 1080p movies this CPU will […]
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 […]
I need to speed up my transfers speeds between my NVMe thunderbolt 3 pc set up and my future NAS [plex server] I thought about 2 scénarios : 1 – 10gb networking for my pc and NAS without Thunderbolt support [ds3617xs cooked up with ISCSI files system using Seagate NAS pro 12tb drives] 2- using […]
I would like: * a secondary NAS backup solution which handles versioning, and RAID * a way to access my photos from anywhere, even when not near my laptop * a way to show my videos via smart tv or chromecast in hotels etc. ** I’m guessing this means plex. As for transcoding, no idea […]
I have an Archer c7 router connected to a nvidia shield with an usb 3.0 1TB hdd attached. The limiting factors on my system is the router that doesnt have usb 3.0 (therefore cant host 4k hdr content properly) and the shield which doesnt allow me to torrent directly some file to it and, doesnt […]
I already have 11TB in Drives. I have been running a Linux Server box with an FM1 A8-3850 since 2010. But now that I am ready to upgrade, I am considering switching to a NAS. I run an Emby Server for my family. I serve up to around 3-4 streams at the same time. I […]
I am looking for a NAS for music and movie playback primarily but I will put documents/photos and other things on there and use it as a storage device as well. All my music is FLAC and movies in HD so pretty large. Looking into the future and my data usage I’m naturally considering 16TB, […]
We have two iMacs, two iPads, and a Sonos system. We currently have our music on two different external hard drives, and continue to have issues connecting and finding the Sonos system. I’m thinking about a NAS as a solution but am still confused as to which would be better, Qnap or Synology. We are […]