It is for home use. The two most important things to me are 1) speed (RAM, I assume)- I am very impatient and have little time so quick access to data is imperative. 2) back up- this will house all of our data, including irreplaceable pictures and documents, so we want a secure backup (RAID? […]
Requirements: Adobe Premiere 2017 MacBookPro 15 remote access Eero mesh network edit videos and photos directly on the server 10TB and be able to expand that to 50TB, after RAID able to watch my videos and 4K footage throughout my home and on the go I would recommend TVS-882T High-performance Thunderbolt™ 2 Turbo NAS […]
I’ve been running a QNAP TS-251+ with upgraded memory and 2 WD Red 4TB drives for about 2 years now. I purchased this as my first NAS and now I’m trying to decide what to do next. Space is getting a bit tight and I’m trying to decide whether to go with the expansion bay […]
I’m a 3D modeler and recently I lost all my data in my 4TO WD green HDD. So I was looking for safety for my professional files and also some fun. (I like to play video games on the weekend and it could be great to access it through my future NAS). In your “top 5 […]
Everything has worked flawlessly forever but recent months movie streaming to the TV’s has been a pain. We still not 100% why but QNAP saying the 410 is too low a CPU. One the one hand we agree. On the other, not sure why it just suddenly stopped one day….nothing changed. Qnap 410 is really […]
I purchased a SynologyDS215j in 2015 before my business kicked off, I shoot newborns/portraits/landscapes and have recently kicked my business off( at the ripe old age of 58) I realize my career won’t be a hugely long one in terms of time so my needs and budget will reflect on my choices. I run a […]
I’m searching for a NAS with focus on file-usage-speed: – 10GbE connection, if possible with link aggregation – can run Plex and maybe a couple of other applications – can use SSDs – is quiet 10+ TB There aren’t many 10GbE options available especially if you prefer traditional RJ45 connection. But there are quite a few single and […]
I have these 3 options available – which have more or less the same price; ZYXEL NAS326 TS-228 QNAP TS-228 ASUSTOR AS-1002T Which one would you prefer? Answer: If this is only for storing your files, get the cheapest one. But if you need some more functions than that, that Qnap TS-228 . Qnap will […]
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Ive got a few questions and wondered if you could help? Ive been relying on an ageing Lacie My Cloud 2TB (films and TV plus family photo backup) and a Lacie 3TB external drive for my work back up and storage needs but over the last 2-3 years Ive been looking to upgrade and maybe […]
Is it possible to have a 4-Drive-bay NAS, with only 2 hard drives, and two empty slots? So in the future add another 2 identical hard drives for expansion and keep existing data. If yes, can the second pair be of different capacity? Can the 4 drives act as one RAID, or it must be […]
Need Help with a Surveillance NAS, IP Cameras and an Alarm Dear Sir, 1) I want to buy one NAS system to store and back-up of myvideos/photos 2) I would like to install video surveillance system for my house. 3) I would like to put an alarm system in the house. How to combine […]
Populating a 4-Bay NAS with a single Hard drive Hi, I’m thinking about getting 4 bay DS418. I also want to get 4tb and higher disks but because of the price, I was wondering if I can just start with only 2 disks and add more disks later? Which brand nas disk do you recommend? […]
Synology and the brand new RS2818RP+ Rackstation NAS for 2018 Synology RackStation RS2818RP+ is a 16-bay NAS designed for small- and medium-sized businesses. It provides large, scalable storage capacity with affordable total cost of ownership, ideal to serve as a centralized backup destination or a file server, providing easy-to-use storage applications to safeguard company’s data […]
Could you advise which will be the best chose from Synology 4-Bay NAS – DS918+ Vs DS418play Vs DS418 Vs DS418j for small rendering farm 2-4 PC (Vray) or maybe something different from Synology family? For so specific task you will need a NAS with virtual machine support. That narrows Synology range down to plus […]
Synology DS918+ or QNAP TS-453B – Which Should you buy? NAS as an ms exchange style mail server Hi Robbie I have been researching for a small office nas to use as a file server /back up for 5-6 users and after watching a number of your spantv vids on youtube narrowed it down to […]
Best 2-bay NAS for domestic use – DS218j or DS218+ Hi, I am not IT-savvy or tech-savvy. I am looking for easy setup, management for backup and storage device. Recommended by my friend and would like to seek how best you can advise. Main purpose is for photos, video and file. What is available under […]
I’m looking at the My Cloud Pro Series PR4100 for my Plex collection. You mentioned the 2100 in one of your articles because of its transcoding ability it looks like the 4100 has the same ability, is this correct? From everything I have read on from Plex and WD, I should be able to run […]
Which QNAP NAS for Windows Virtual machines Hi, Is the QNAP TVS-673 still the gold standard in this price range (£2k with approx. 16GB RAM, 16-24TB, 6 bay)? I’m looking for both a NAS system and VM. The VM covering Win XP (don’t ask!), Win 7, Win 10 & CentOS). At least 2 VMs running […]