I have a small home based business with 3 people and 3 Macs. I need to make my business data more accessible to the other two people and the HDD I have attached to my WiFi router is not ideal. It’s too slow to access so I’m looking at NAS systems and realizing that they […]
I still have a question though. I will be using my storage for streaming movies, as a personal cloud (I’m a writer and a musician so now I can acces my ideas everywhere if I have wifi), as an iTunes server, a photo collection, vpn, digital administration and as a storage device for all the […]
Why is Windows Storage Server 2016 and NAS such a big deal? Windows Storage Server 2016 is an operating system, like many windows based platforms, is installed on a file server, based ideally on a group of Windows users. Especially in an environment where Active Directory is installed, it has a high utility for servers and […]
Looking to start my first media server project. My main purpose behind this project is to safely store and be able to remotely access my media files wherever I am without having to always bring along hard copies. (i.e. CDs, DVDs, or memory chip) Also redundancy is a large factor to insure that personal media […]
My Synology DS212+ is getting slow and has crashed and the WD Red drives keep showing bad sectors. I figured it was time to get a new NAS. I’ve been watching your videos (brilliant), but am still confused by what’s available. I am used to Synology, by frustrated by some of the ways they do […]
Right Synology NAS for Plex and Surveillance – DS3617xs? Will the DS3617xs run as a plex server and surveillance station at the same time? I will have 8 to 10 cameras but there will not be a heavy movie / streaming load for plex. Probably just one tv at a time. Thank you. Kip Kip […]
I’m basically swaying more towards QNAP just to have a system to actually use Plex with my Panasonic TV (which doesn’t have a plex app, and I only have a normal PS4 so no 4k output). I’m mainly wanting this to watch stuff in 4k, so I’m just wondering around this price mark is there […]
Considering buying a NAS for my home needs. I will only use it for some personal files (1 Tb), and mostly for video consumption, from only one source: my TV (i.e. no simultaneous users). I need a NAS that can manage torrent downloads, and be able to stream 4k movies to the TV (a Panasonic […]
Recommend me a rackmount NAS. below are the things I will be using the NAS for 1 Plex 2 File storage/backup 3 Streaming Videos, music, pictures 4 TV tuner (i guess Plex might be used for TV tuner) 5 virtualization 6 web server (not important) 7 databases 8 copy feature (when you insert a USB […]
I am trying to decide between the QNAP TS-251+ and Synology DS218+. I plan to have whichever one I choose for years to come and intend on using them as storage in an ESXi environment. Which do you recommend in terms of performance? When we talk about Virtual machines, I have to say Qnap is […]
Best Synology NAS for the Docker Application I was wondering if you know if the DS918+ will be good enough to run docker-containers and running plex. I want to buy a NAS since I will start filming a lot and need to save a the files somewhere, and read that Synology can run docker as […]
Choosing Between Synology and QNAP Hi Rob, firstly thanks for an excellent article and the many videos you post. I am looking to buy a nas for my home and don’t know too much about them. I’m not completely useless with tech but my knowledge is limited. I was thinking about the synology 918+ but […]
First NAS for Plex in 2018 Hi There, I’m looking to invest in my 1st ever NAS to run Plex in my home and I’m really not sure what to buy. I’m so new to this I’m really looking for someone to advise on the 2-3 best options for me. Also need to know what […]
I am contemplating purchasing the Synology DS918+ and want to know which 6Gb drives would be better. WD Red or Red Pro? DS918+ is a four-bay NAS made for living on desktops. So important factor will be noise. The quietest hard drive choice will be Wd Red NAS drives. The speed of these drives varies […]
NAS for Plex, as well as downloading from BitTorrent and subtitles, I’m now using an iMac but I will not have it in the near future. I really like the wd my cloud pr2100 but I don’t like its software and the fact that it hasn’t USB ports or HDMI. I really love the Qnap […]
I work from home and use Dropbox for my consulting business and my amateur photography and have 750GB or data now. I have 1TB space on my iMac and MacBook but want to stick to Dropbox because the sync is so good (I have a 2TB Time Capsule backing up the Macs locally, but not […]
I am a cord cutter and I’m looking to setup a NAS that’s primary use will be primarily as a media streamer to my main tv and a few other devices/phones. My biggest concern will be picture quality when streaming 4k to the main tv, the other devices I’m not as worried about. Basically, I […]
I want a Plex media server NAS. I want something with two ethernet ports so I can use link aggregation. I also want something that can transcode easily and on the fly without destroying the CPU. 4k support would be nice also, as I don’t want to have to purchase a new NAS for at […]
I am in the market for a NAS storage that really works. I bought a WD MyCloud Duo/Mirror and was vastly disappointed. I am moving from my DAS to NAS as my wife is a flight attendant and I want to build my own cloud storage as we travel. I am interested in the Drobo […]
Hi! I’m a professional photographer. I am willing to buy storage, so I found out NAS. I’d been reading A LOT, I finally found the “best” on sinology DS418J and thanks to your web apparently the best Hard Drives on WD Red drives. I have many questions, but I’ll try to be short. I need […]