Having trouble deciding on whether to purchase the QNAP TS-653A/TS-853A or the newer TS-653A – all options would be 8gig. I need lots of storage so it needs to be a minimum of 6 bays. I’m not that overly concerned about real time transcoding as I have a 4K Apple TV with Infuse that can […]
– I shall be able to access my files in my home from every device DLNA (two TVs, two smartphones, two iPads, two windows laptop and a couple of raspberry pi) whether it is my pdfs, hi-res music files, 1080p movies or simply pictures. I want my tv to access and read files that it […]
Thinking about using the NAS as an email/web server to eliminate the service I currently rent. Also to house all of my audio files of some 200 + album to access. In addition, backup and restore all my programs and data should my computer drives fail. I also use Carbonite. Thought a 4 bay unit […]
I currently own an iMac, and want to back up to a raid system. So store my home moves, pictures and files. I would like to work off the server. I mainly do word documents but also work on adobe in design and photoshop. I was first looking at the Synology ds218+ and then to […]
I am looking at picking up a TS-253B. I am mainly interested in the ability to run a home NAS, PLEX server, and VM’s simultaneously from the same device. I would like to upgrade the RAM of the 253B to 16GB. However, I have read some forum post that say that this type of processor is unable […]
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’d like to build the most powerful QNAP Tower that can sit on a desktop, sans the need for a rackmount. Please send me what you believe to be the best cards, accessories, and hard drives to create the largest and most powerful QNAP literally possible at this time. Cost is not a limitation. Fiber […]
Hi, you know what the port’s data transfer rate is? NAS TS-453B USB-C QuickAccess port NAS TVS-473 USB QuickAccess port Does this connection only replaces network access or works as a DAS? Theoretical speed would be USB 3.0 speeds, but in reality Qnap themselves have claimed achieving around 100MB/s. It must be something to do […]
I would like to use it for: Storing Photos centrally and streaming them to various devices. Storing a few files and recording CCTV off 2 IP cameras (possibly 4 in the future) The cameras would be recording on motion only so I estimate between 1-2GB would be plenty for CCTV. I would also like some […]
My goal is to have a Plex Server capable of transcoding 10bit 4K and hosting 3-4 Virtual Machines without having performance issues. Currently I have several devices, HP DL20 Gen9 Xeon E3-1200v6 48GB RAM 10GB Ethernet Server running VMWare, DS1817+ 10GB ethernet, a handful of Windows/Ubuntu VMs, and a Plex Ubunutu VM. Currently Plex is […]
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. […]
I’m looking for a NAS to store mainly video files (to feed to my tv) and also back up my photos and the other occasional important files. Videos are all currently just HD but when I have funds for a 4k tv I would like to be able to stream 4k files from the server […]
I will be hooking my media server up to my Linksys Maxstream router. If I use link aggregation between the router and my server will this improve the communication speed between the two devices, and if not what is the actual point of link aggregation? How can this be beneficial to me or anyone in […]
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 […]
I am trying to Finalize a NAS for my self. Query: – What is Thunderbolt3 and its usage, is it specific to Apple only? – What is the purpose of an SSD Cache and is it needed for my requirements and can it be used as an expansion – What is a 10GbE connection and […]
I will be placing the camera in the countryside viewing wildlife and powering with a very long Ethernet cable. purchasing from your video the RLC 422. I then need to review the images and record what I have seen ie number of birds deer etc. Once survey completed I may wish to use it around […]
We have a 24TB Promise 8 drive Thunderbolt disk array & want to share it between two 2012 Mac Pro computers with Thunderbolt like speeds. Would a mac mini work well & would it need special software? A fast GPU or CPU etc?. We’d like to see a the same drive on each Mac that […]
I am trying to get the technical setup needed to build a data source and then host a web app on it. I have a series of scripts that need to run daily and append to the data source database, and will also need an environment where I can build the web app, test it, […]
Hi – I would like to set up a home NAS and would be grateful for some advice. I have a number of computers in different physical locations, approx. 3TB of data (photography) and +100 DVDs. I would like to set up a central system that can backup my computers (RAID), be accessed remotely and […]