Hi, I am looking to centralise all of my files and media, with the highest protection. I especially want to protect against “bit-rot” and other hardware errors that could cause silent corruption of my data files. I am looking to use 2x6TB HDDs for my storage. I am comfortable with the command line and happy […]
NAS with USB direct connectivity and directly accessible like C: drive NAS for a home cloud server that can be accessed outside by internet First of all thank you for doing these advice’s, so what i need is a NAS device that can do the following: 1- able to be accessed as a normal drive […]
First NAS Having used a mac mini now of over 8 yrs it time to move this to a full NAS media storage setup. I will be using this for 1080p Media using NzB etc and I’m not the most techie, can you share some advice, please Synology NAS comes with a built in app […]
synalogy nas as web app server? I look for the best solution for running a series of web app on my home server. I have already developed a series of web apps with the following technologies, that I want to transfer on another server. My apps are currently using the following: ubuntu 18.04 / python […]
Hi! I just recently discovered your site while looking for info on the DS920+. Great work! So I am more or less a happy camper when it comes to NAS drives, but have had a few issues that I did not find an article about on your site. Reliability. My first NAS was a Netgear […]
Quietest NAS HI, could you recommend a NAS that is quiet in operation The NAS will only be used to store music that will be played on my DAC streamer The NAs will be situated in the lounge so low noise is important NAS itself do not generate noise. The drives inside do. If you […]
NAS in Rack Looking for a Rackmounted NAS for my use of Video surveillance and Docker containers. I m currently running the following on my QNAP TS-453A (X86?) – Home assistant – Influxdb – Grafana – Node-red – MQTT Broker It seem to be a problem finding one using ARM or X86 processors. This creates […]
Nas connected to both iMac and network-switch via different ethernet cable Message Body: I would like to know whether I can connect my (to be purchased) Synology NAS to my (to be purchased) iMac (with to be purchased 10GBe-thunderbolt dongle) via a 10GBe cable CAT6a (for photo/4K video editing) AND at the same time connect […]
NAS for Lightroom photo editing Hi, love the videos, very helpful. I edit files in Ligthroom on an Mac and need a lot of robust storage. My current solution using USB drives is not working. My priority is not to have lag opening large RAW files to edit with lightroom or browsing large file structures. […]
data recovery of deleted files I have a 2-bay QNAP TS-251 NAS, with two 4TB hard drives setup on a RAID1 configuration. I accidentally deleted all the files in the multimedia shared folder and have switched off the NAS, to avoid any new data being written on the disks. The shared folder was in an […]
Scalable NAS for video editing I manage a small video editing/distribution company and am looking for budget conscious solutions for a scaleable NAS solution starting with 800TB. We need to be able to have the NAS fast enough to for multiple editors (up to 5) to work off the NAS in Premiere, and encode multiple […]
What is the benefit of a 4-bay NAS vs 2-bay ? I will be buying either a Synology DS 720+ OR a 920+ as soon as they become available. The overall cost difference does not appear too great, once the disc cost is added. But if I only buy 2 discs (which can easily meet […]
RAM upgrade for Qbap NAS TVS-682 ,TVS-882 , TVS-1282 These are official RAM sticks for x82series NAS. I will add compatible Crucial RAM bellow. RAM-16GDR4-LD-2133 UK USA DDR type: DDR4(288PIN) Capacity: 16GB Spec: 1G x 8 Manufacturer: TRANSCEND Frequency: DDR4-2133 Form(PIN): 288PIN Manufacturer P/N: TS2GLH64V1B Power Supply: 1.2V Dram Organization: 2048M*64 Temperature: 0℃~85℃ Environmental Regulation: […]
1. I saw an advisory table on the QNAP site, which insinuated the TS 251d had a bay capacity of 10tb. I’ve seen your glowing review videos of this unit and I think you advised it would be possible to take advantage of the Ironwolfs that go beyond 10tb – 12 and 14tb for example. […]
I am very new to the world of NAS so i’m sorry if this is a silly question but I am trying to set up a NAS so my family have a centralized place for phone back ups. I have looked all over for a few days now and it seems that I tunes needs […]
I am currently running Nextcloud on my raspberry. I would like to acquire a brand new NAS but I don’t know which one suits me… I would like to run Nextcloud, Kodi (wich will list the movies and music available within the NAS) and I see you made a tutorial to implement retroarch so why […]
NAS with SFP+ port I have a Netgear Nighthawk X10 r9000 wireless router that has an SFP+ port on the back for connecting a NAS. It also has Link Aggregation connectivity. Can you recommend a 4 bay NAS that would take advantage of the SFP+ port? Or would connecting via Link Aggregation be just as […]
1u with 10gb option I really enjoy the website and the youtube videos talking about NAS’s im fairly new and have built a rack for my gear, and looking for a nice short depth 1u NAS that works as good as my DS918+ i am currently using. im not particular on the brand as i […]
How long will my NAS live? I am very concerned about the SMR/CMR dilemma that we are currently embroiled with. I have a Synology DS218+, 1 1/2 years in service, fitted with x2 4TB WD Red CMR drives. My stockist still has 4TB CMR drIves on offer. Should I buy two more CMR drives now […]
NAS supported SMR hard drives (HDD) Asustor have updated their HDD compatibility list for SMR drives from WD. Western Digital 3.5” SATA III Hard Drive WD60EFAX-68JH4N0 6 TB NAS Red SMR All Western Digital 3.5” SATA III Hard Drive WD60EFAX-68JH4N0 6 TB NAS Red SMR AS 6004U Western Digital 3.5” SATA III Hard Drive […]
