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Should I use NVME SSD for Cache or Storage space?

Should I use NVME SSD for Cache or Storage space?

Should I use NVME SSD for Cache or Storage space? Best practice for NVME in QuTS Hero (TVS-h1288x) First and foremost, thank you for excellent guides and YouTube videos about NAS. I’ve been learning a lot from them. Recently I have purchase h1288x. This is my first QuTS hero NAS. Since this does not support […]

Compatible 2.5GbE USB adpater for Qnap NAS

Compatible 2.5GbE USB adpater for Qnap NAS

2.5g usb for qnap nas hi do you know any 2.5GbE usb brand that can work with qnap nas? Qnap have made their own 5GbE USB adapter QNA-UC5G1T. It is backwards compatible and will also support 1GbE and 2.5GbE network switches, cables and computer PCIe cards. QNA-UC5G1T  in   UK  and USA But if you prefer […]

TVS-672N RAM upgrade and compatible M.2 SSD cache

TVS-672N RAM upgrade and compatible M.2 SSD cache

TVS-672N RAM upgrade and compatible M.2 SSD cache I would like to get your opinion before I set it up. I am mainly planning to use this as a Plex media server. I would only have a maximum of 2 users accessing my Plex media via the network at a time, One possibly needing transcoding. […]

Smart UPS that will turn the NAS OFF and ON

Smart UPS that will turn the NAS OFF and ON

Could you recommend a smart UPS that will turn the NAS off, about 15 min, after the loss of mains power? then turn the NAS back on again once main power is established. Sometimes I am away from my home office for long periods of time and need to be able to access the NAS […]

How to set up Plex on Synology and move files from external drives

How to set up Plex on Synology and move files from external drives

How to set up Plex on Synology and move files from external drives   First of all, you need to go to Package Center and install Plex app Then you can open File Station and Plex shared folder. Create a Movies and TV series folder to keep things separate. If you can no see Plex […]

Which Qnap support VMWare and Hyper-V backups?

Which Qnap support VMWare and Hyper-V backups?

Which Qnap support VMWare and Hyper-V backups? Hyper Data Protector currently only supports x86-based (Intel or AMD) NAS with QTS 4.4.3 (or later) ; or QuTS hero NAS with QuTS hero h4.5.0 (or later).

8 Bay DAS Enclosure (USB 10Gbit or Thunderbolt 40Gbit)

8 Bay DAS Enclosure (USB 10Gbit or Thunderbolt 40Gbit)

8 Bay DAS Enclosure (USB 10Gbit or Thunderbolt 40Gbit) I’m a fan of your work. I think you’re doing a great job. You just cut through all the marketing speakers and deliver the facts. You seem to be in tune with the NAS industry so I have a question for you. I’m currently looking for […]

Cheapest smart ups for a NAS

Cheapest smart ups for a NAS

Cheapest smart ups for a NAS just to let you know the information. I just went and buy budget UPS PowerWalker VI 850 SHL and it works normally with my DS-418play. The NAS recognize it. Tested and it shows it can run around 57 min in battery mode. I have two disks curretnly in my […]

How do you setup/initialize Cache on Synology

How do you setup/initialize Cache on Synology

DS920+ NVME SSD Cache DS920+ with 4x WD 14TB Drives and 2x Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB Do these SSDs work well as cache drives? How do you setup/initialize them? DS920+ or any other model will require the steps to enable cache.       To mount SSD cache: Install the SSDs into your […]

Slow USB copy on Synology- how to fix?

Slow USB copy on Synology- how to fix?

I know you’re not the support people for Synology NAS but I thought I’d run a problem I have by you, just in case you’ve seen it before. I bought the DS1618+ and it’s great, apart from one big problem; backing up to an external USB HDD is extremely slow (like a lot slower than […]

Expandable hardware RAID based Thunderbolt 3 hard drive

Expandable hardware RAID based Thunderbolt 3 hard drive

Need help with DAS planning I’m planning on building a new DAS for migrating current hardware RAID 10 with WD 4TB × 4 in QNAP TR-004. Wanted specifications below. Hardware RAID with write speed gain (Enclosure or RAID card) RAID 6 and 10 Expandability up to 8 drives Capability of adding new drives to the […]

WD My Cloud compatible hard drives

WD My Cloud compatible hard drives

WD My Cloud EX2 Ultra I have a diskless WD My Cloud EX 2 Ultra which I want to put two 4TB cmr drives in. The Hard Drive Compatibility List is very small on the WD support page (https://support-en.wd.com/app/products/product-detail/p/130). I ordered two WD40EFRX and was sent two WD40EFAx drives which I have sent back. I […]

Which hard drives (HDD) DS220+ and other NAS models support

Which hard drives (HDD) DS220+ and other NAS models support

Is WD20EFRX supported by DS220+ Would you know if WD20EFRX is supported by DS220+? This is my existing hardisk and would want to reuse it in DS220+ Yes, since WD was taken to a court because of changing existing WD Red line with different architecture drives without telling anyone, people are more cautious when choosing […]

Can I use any 3.5″ WD Gold HDD drive in an external enclosure

Can I use any 3.5″ WD Gold HDD drive in an external enclosure

WD Gold HDDs Hi, I am confused about something. I am interested in using a WD Gold 4TB drive in an external hard drive enclosure to back up my data from my PC. I thought these would be best in class for this purpose. I thought they might be better than the SeaGate Iron Wolfs. […]