Quite FAN upgrade for Synology NAS How to reduce noise on Synology NAS – compatible FAN list Synology 916+ NAS fan upgrade Noctua NF-A9 FLX fan have been also working with Synology DS215j NAS Synology DE216+ II Synology DS 713+ Synology 718+ and other Synology models like DS918+ , ds1019+ and more. Here […]
Finding loud drive in a NAS Someone asked a good question about their 1817xs. One of the drives is loud. Assuming shr,what is the quickest way to identify the loud drive? The easiest way to do this will be by turning a NAS off and connecting each drive one by one to your PC or […]
How to Back Up and Restore Your Synology NAS Configuration & settings Configuration Backup Go to Control Panel > Update & Restore to immediately back up system configurations to a local computer. This allows you to save various settings (e.g. users, groups, file service settings, etc.) and restore the settings at a later date. System configurations are saved as […]
TS-464eU Short depth 1U rackmount 2.5GbE NAS with HDMI CPU Intel® Celeron® N5105/N5095 4-core/4-thread processor, burst up to 2.9 GHz CPU Architecture 64-bit x86 Graphic Processors Intel® UHD Graphics Floating Point Unit Encryption Engine (AES-NI) Hardware-accelerated Transcoding System Memory 4 GB SO-DIMM DDR4 (1 x 4 GB) Maximum Memory 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) […]
TS-864eU-RP Short depth rackmount 2.5GbE NAS with HDMI TS-864eU without dual power supply also available TS-864eU-RP-4G CPU Intel® Celeron® N5105/N5095 4-core/4-thread processor, burst up to 2.9 GHz CPU Architecture 64-bit x86 Graphic Processors Intel® UHD Graphics Floating Point Unit Encryption Engine (AES-NI) Hardware-accelerated Transcoding System Memory 4 GB SO-DIMM DDR4 (1 x 4 […]
Home NAS Build I’m building a home NAS for multi pc home use. I want it to be able to back up my families different pc’s and to run there gaming libraries off of them as well. That means steam, origin, uplay, epic, blizzard, and rockstar games. I already have a x470 mobo, ryzen 3700x, […]
Which Synology NAS Should I Buy? Before you buy you need to decide what drive failure protection you need and what functionality you want it to have. You have options starting with no drive redundancy which includes 1 bay NAS models or NAS with several bays merging together all available disk space. Or you can […]
I have (more or less) decided to go with the Synology DS920+ over the DS720+. I will be bumping the RAM of the DS920+ to 8GB with an additional 4GB module on purchase. What hard drives would you recommend for the 4-bay? The NAS that I am upgrading from has two “Seagate Ironwolf 4TB / […]
10Gbe Nas for VFX I’ve been looking for a replacement for my Drobo NAS for my home studio. I’m doing a lot of Video editing, Visual Effects, and Animation across mainly 2 computers (a Mac and a PC, both have TB3 and 10GBE connections available). The Drobo just can’t cut it for what I’m wanting […]
Can i connect mouse, keyboard and HDMI monitor to Virtual machine on Qnap NAS Yes, you can link your virtual machine to Qnap HD Station portal. This way you can control NAS apps or VM itself using connected peripherals. You can also use a NAS as NVR surveillance station using QVR Pro app and connected […]
Toshiba 18TB MN09 NAS drives Unveiled Toshiba’s MN series of 3.5-inch 7,200 rpm hard disk drives (HDD) deliver up to 18 TB of storage capacity, making it a suitable storage solution for home and SOHO NAS applications. To address NAS-class requirements, MN series provide up to 1.2 million hours MTTF, 180TB/year workload rating and support […]
NAS file system, will it work with MAC and Windows PC? Yes, people are often confused about NAS. What kind of file system it has and will it work with my MAC or PC that has its own file system such as FAT32, NTFS on Windows and APFS, exFAT on MAC. NAS is like a […]
How to enable two-way SYNC between local and remote Synology NAS with Encrypted Connection? If I am going to this extent to protect my data then I also wonder if I could kill 2 birds with one stone. I have an office at my alternative property back in Sydney that I also use as an […]
WiFi Connection only hi, I would like to know if there is a NAS that provides only the Wi-Fi connection to the web or that allows a good Wi-Fi in and out connection, in addition to that via Ethernet cable. At home I only use devices connected via Wi-Fi and in any case I don’t […]
I have narrowed my search down to the TVS-672xt (or n version). However I have just seen that there is a new TS-673a using the Ryzen cpu about to be released. The 672xt was a bit above my pain threshold, but I had convinced myself that it would be worth it. Given that this 673a […]
Which SSD cache should I use for my NAS? NVME M.2 list with endurance – DWPD/ MTBF There are two main types of M.2 SSD. One is regular SATA speed and there is NVME M.2 SSD. The difference is quite significant. SATA speed is around 500MB/s whereas NVMe is above 2000MB/s. Not all NAS […]
how do I configure a second NAS as a snapshot repository on Qnap Creating a Snapshot Replica Job Important: When running a Snapshot Replica job for the first time, all data on the volume or LUN is transferred to the destination NAS. This may take a long time, depending on the network connection speed and […]
TS-364 Celeron 3-bay NAS with 2.5GbE & M.2 NVMe TS-364-4G CPU Intel® Celeron® N5105/N5095 4-core/4-thread processor, burst up to 2.9 GHz CPU Architecture 64-bit x86 Graphic Processors Intel® UHD Graphics Floating Point Unit Encryption Engine (AES-NI) Hardware-accelerated Transcoding System Memory 4 GB SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 4 GB) Maximum Memory 16 GB (2 x 8 […]
Migrate Apple ICloud Photos to a Synology & Qnap NAS I really need some help here. we’re going to have to get creative. how can i save my apple photos library to my qnap? in addition … what is the easiest way to get photos/videos to immediately download to the qnap? The easiest way […]
3 Way Cloud Synchronisation I love your website and it is so full of great information. I have one question for which I cannot find a proper answer. I have recently upgraded from DS212+ to DS220+. Of course using BTRFS and using Snapshots. I want to set up a synchronisation between my Laptop (Windows10), the […]