What is cheapest 2.5 inch SSD I could use in a NAS Price/TB Price Capacity MTBF RPM read/write IOPS Watt W Endurance Seagate Barracuda 120 SSD ZA2000CM1A003 2.5″ SATA 6Gb/s 2TB SSD £94.5 £189 2TB 1.8M hours MTBF SSD 560/540 90K 2.8 5yr 0.32 Samsung SSD 860 QVO MZ-76Q2T0BW 2.5″ SATA 6Gb/s 2TB SSD […]
What is SMB on a NAS, do I need to enable it? SMB The SMB (Server Message Block) protocol allows Windows, Mac, and Linux clients with SMB/CIFS support to access data stored on the Synology NAS. If you would like to browse files on the Synology NAS via Windows Explorer or mount shared folders as […]
Copying Files Mac to NAS I’m a photographer and purchases a totally expensive system because my WD NAS drives corrupted sectors and lost some important files and outdated PC for what I wanted to do. So now I have: 1. iMAC Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019 2. QNAP TVS-472XT with 4-Seagate Iron Pro 14TB drives. For […]
dyi freenas, nas devices both with 10gbe So I am looking to create fast storage for my vmware clusters in my home lab. I currently have two nas I have been using for this but they are abysmally slow. ts-212p and ts-212. I am building two freeenas boxes which will have 10gbe in them. I […]
NAS Help – Selective Sync Hey.. Thanks for any help you can provide. Im looking for a dropbox alternative. I am leaving my place of work where I had unlimited dropbox storage and I loved it. Especially the ability to have access to all my data and determine if I want it to live on […]
Permissions on NAS I’m looking for a solution of NAS. I need a NAS operating system with more permission that Read, Write/read or nothing. I want a give permission to Write and save a document but not give permission to eliminate. maybe like ACL on windows. Is this possible? Yes, Synology allows you to go […]
Synology NAS hard drive speed Firstly I’ve come across your website as I’m looking to change my NAS, thanks for a great site full of useful info. I have a DS211J which has been great but looking to upgrade to a DS218+ (probably DS220+ if it arrives) as I want to run Plex and Home […]
Best and Fastest 2.5inch SSD for NAS – how to choose Depending on a use case, SSD wears out at a different rate. In harsh environments like RAID, cache, and heavy access you need to look at endurance rating. Bigger means a longer lifespan and not a decreased performance even with a heaviest access. […]
Simple solution for network backup I need a solution to replace my WD Book Live that was wiped out last week. I want something simple, easy to use that will give me the following functionality: a) a shared directory that I can browse to using Windows File Explorer and copy files back and forth (something […]
What is the Best Netgear NAS for a Plex Media Server? Plex has fast become the most popular media server software for home users in 2021/2022. With a slick user interface, smart organization, relevant media images and descriptions sourced from many online sources applied automatically and clever show recommendations and watched records, it is easy […]
How to backup one Synology NAS to another Synology Drive ShareSync Synology Drive ShareSync is the application to sync data across multiple Synology NAS. It is automatically installed along with the Synology Drive Server package in DSM. Glossary: Local Synology NAS: The NAS on which you are operating Synology Drive ShareSync. Data on this NAS will be […]
head to Synology Login to your NAS Open Control Panel Open Network Select Network Interface from the tabs above Select LAN, click on Edit and choose manual configuration you can provide your NDS server (router IP, which you found next to IP settings earlier) Make sure you have the same IP range as the original NAS. If both NAS have only […]
Choosing the Right NAS for Home and Family We are a home with all Apple devices and need a backup solution. There is an iMac, 4 MacBooks, and 4 iPhones. There are also 4 iPads, but those have never been backed-up on the past. We have been using a Time Capsule but it is maxed […]
How to Install UnRAID on a Terramaster NAS Drive – Step By Step Guide Of all the different Network Attached Storage software that is discussed online, one the most unsung heroes of the DiY server scene is UnRAID. It was created like many software solutions—by a software engineer who was trying to solve his own […]
Qnap ts-h987xu-rp,ts-h1887xu-rp,ts-h2287xu-rp,ts-h3087xu-rp redundant supply rackmount NAS released 1. For dual DIMM configuration, identical pairs of DDR4 modules must be used. 2. 2.5-inch bays: #1: PCIe Gen3 x2 & SATA 6Gbps #2: PCIe Gen3 x2 & SATA 6Gbps #3: PCIe Gen3 x2 & SATA 6Gbps #4: PCIe Gen4 x4 & SATA 6Gbps #5: PCIe Gen4 […]
Qnap TS-262 Dual Core Celeron 2-bay NAS TS-262-4G CPU Intel® Celeron® N4505 Dual Core/2 Thread Processor (up to 2.9 GHz) CPU architecture 64-bit x86 graphics processor Intel® UHD Graphics floating point operations encryption engine (AES-NI) hardware acceleration shift system memory 4 GB built-in (not expandable) maximum memory 4GB flash memory 4 GB (dual-boot OS protection) […]
Recommended Files to Test Your Plex Media Server NAS If you are considering buying/building your own Plex Media server (or even want to test the capabilities of your existing Plex server), then you may have discovered that it is actually a lot harder to bench-test your multimedia system than it should be. Notwithstanding the fact […]
If I were to purchase a Synology NAS and connect it via USB 3.1 to my PC, will I be able to access the file system and move files to it directly using Windows explorer? I have gotten mixed responses to this from forum answers. Finally… if I were to get the DS1621+ and then […]
How to Run TrueNAS Scale on a Terramaster NAS Drive – Step By Step Guide Not all Linux servers are built equally! If you are new to the world of private server storage, you might have heard about how “everything runs on Linux”. Now, that is not exactly true (with many other platforms out there […]
How to Install UnRAID on a Terramaster NAS Drive in 15mins Of all the different Network Attached Storage software that is discussed online, one the most unsung heroes of the DiY server scene is UnRAID. It was created like many software solutions—by a software engineer who was trying to solve his own problem. In the […]