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. […]
Qnap QuickAccess Port I am looking for a NAS that I can directly connect to from a PC and of course I am on a budget. I am looking at the Qnap TS-451+ and the 453Be, both with a QuickAccess Port. Qnap is now calling these “USB Copy” instead of QuickAccess. Are they the same? […]
MAX SSD Cache size with MD218 I have Synology ds1618+ with 6 10TB drive in RAID 5. I have 32GM memory. Now I’m thinking of buying MD218 to add SSD Cache. There are two slots in MD218. What is the maximum size NVMe SSD I can add in each m.2 slot? Is there a maximum […]
NAS with USB direct connectivity and directly accessible like C: drive NAS for a home cloud server that can be accessed outside by internet First of all thank you for doing these advice’s, so what i need is a NAS device that can do the following: 1- able to be accessed as a normal drive […]
NAS supported SMR hard drives (HDD) Asustor have updated their HDD compatibility list for SMR drives from WD. Western Digital 3.5” SATA III Hard Drive WD60EFAX-68JH4N0 6 TB NAS Red SMR All Western Digital 3.5” SATA III Hard Drive WD60EFAX-68JH4N0 6 TB NAS Red SMR AS 6004U Western Digital 3.5” SATA III Hard Drive […]
Which RAID for read/write cache on Qnap? I can except I cannot allocate SSD cache independently on 2 – apologies but start at the bottom screen shot and go up. I go through what happens for 1 ssd and then what happens for 2. Hope it helps otherwise I need to go read write on […]
I have 10’ks + of music files and I intend to load an android vm on the QNAP so I can install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fillobotto.mp3tagger which is the best tagger I have found to clean my collection. However i am at an impasse and was hoping you might be able to help. How can i get that […]
Thunderbolt3 conversion to cat5 Hi, i saw your videos on youtube, i was wondering to know IF, is possible to connect TerraMaster TD2 to a cat5 using the second thunderbolt3 port… Is this unit only a local unit?? or can i uses this one like a cloud too No, this is a DAS box. You […]
I’m looking to setup 2 8TB HDDs in a RAIDZ1 for my data files. I don’t mind any loud Read/Write or Startup noises. In fact, I find them pleasant as I find the sound a dial-up modem makes while connecting… nostalgia is most certainly the culprit. However, I DO mind any idle sounds of any […]
Which brand/model USB Keyboard with mouse tab works for TS-251D Here is what Qnap users are saying: All keyboard, mice, pointer, trackpads, and combos coming with a USB human interface device class (USB HID class) dongle are workable. Not workable are ie. pure Bluetooth devices intended to be associated with […]
Can I assume there will be no problem accessing my Drobo USB2 drive via the USB3 port on the DS218+? I currently access this via the USB port on my AirPort Extreme, but since there is no functioning USB port on the Eero Pro routers my plan is to attach the Drobo to the DS218+ […]
Photoshop NAS – Synology NAS That Supports Both 10Gbe And M.2 NVME Cache I am looking for a Synology NAS that will support both NVME M.2 cache and 10GbE that has quad core Xenon over Atom quad core with 8-12 bays. I now have a Nikon D850 45Megapixel camera that is swamping my DS215J. I […]
I’m Looking for some advice before I go purchase my Nas system to run my Plex Pass and Home Surveillance System witch I will buy after. Looking to record all 4 cameras on the nas. I’m looking to buy Synology DS418play at $599.99. I’m going to use 4 Seagate IronWolf Pro nas ST6000NE000 6TB 7200 […]
DAS for RAID-6 or SHR-2 TYPE CONFIG I am wanting to invest in an emulator system, which will require 34-40TB of disk space, and to have a local hard drive letter D: in order to install and maintain the games. Having a NAS from someone like Synology obviously will not work, as it would behave […]
I have a 216+2 and a 216J (both from you). Both coming upto 3 years old. the +2 runs 24/7 and the 216J runs once a day backing up from the +2. the +2 is in a rack in the house and the j on the wall in the garage in a locked box. All […]
Could you please recommend extention card to be able to use SSD caching for Qnap TS-453Be ? I’m in process of purchasing the NAS and I expect that I’ll installing 4 HDDs and potentionaly some M.2 SSD using extension card to improve the speed by SSD caching. I was looking at https://nascompares.com/2018/03/18/brand-new-cards-qnap-qm2-range-qm2-4p-384a-qm2-4p-342-qm2-2p-384-qm2-2p-344 and doing some […]
Cheapest UPS battery for TVS-872XT Hello, Hope you are doing well. Based on your previous recommendation I had purchased a Qnap 872-XT. I am now looking for ma UPS to ensure i don’t loose any data during a power outage. I am looking for something affordable. (Under $200 CAD) I was wondering if you can […]
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How cache works on a NAS if I get a QM2-4P-284 card, I can build in NVME speed SSDs in the normal ports for SSDs? If I use it as cache: So I copy something from my portable SSD to the NAS, is this going first to the SSDs or straight to the HDDs? I’m just […]
my wife and me are both photographers, and we have hundred of thousand of multi megabyte image files (and as many few kilobytes XMP files, which sometimes may be modified at 40,000 in a single operation or, more often, 500 in a single operation). Currently they are stored on a Synology DS213j with 2 6TB […]