Apple TV & NAS I am looking to purchase a NAS mostly for the purpose to taking my movies and TV shows that are purchased in iTunes offline. I use an Apple TV to watch this content. Do I even need something like Plex or Emby or can I just direct the Apple TV to […]
Snapshot Replication compatible NAS Snapshot Replication is an expert of data backup and recovery with the point-in-time copy mechanism. Businesses need data protection to prevent data loss from accidental deletion, application crashes, data corruption, and viruses. Applied Models 20 series:FS6400, FS3400, RS820RP+, RS820+, DS620slim, SA3400 19 series:RS1619xs+, RS1219+, RS819, DS2419+, DS1819+, DS1019+, DVA3219 18 series:FS1018, […]
I’m looking to purchase a NAS. The main utility will be for having access to my movies, musics & other files. Around 300 4k movies that I will have to rip. The second thing would be able to use it for surveillance (8 cams at 4k). The third thing would be for backing up my […]
How many VMs do you think that 873 can handle? My goal is to build a Windows 2016 or 2019 server and then in the server user Hyper V and build a WSUS server and a Deployment server for imaging and also have a few Win 10 VMs for testing the various server features. TVS-873e […]
Netgear Readynas 526x Netgear replaced my readynas 516 with a 526x under warranty the 526x doesn’t seem to be as fast as the old 516 I use a 316 as a back up nas and was thinking about buying a 626x to replace the 526x downgrade that to the back up nas get rid of […]
Which NAS – Video Production 2 separate locations Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have a side business producing reality type content for a roofing company. I am not tech savvy. I have a camera guy who captures around 500 – 750 Gigs of data a week. Both he and I need to edit […]
Can I create multiple RAIDs with different size drives on Synolgy NAS. Think I am wanting to use the same mirroring setup as I have at the moment ie second drive mirrors the first. With the Ds918 having 4 drives, I assume I can make drive 2 mirror 1 and drive 4 mirror 3 but […]
Hello! I have just found your site and this free advice option is really a cool stuff. Well, I already own a qnap ts219PII (6Tb+1.5Tb without block, raid etc.) I use this nas only for intern media support, downloads. I have another nas- thecus N5550 with 4x3Tb in raid for 9Tb. I use this as […]
Hello, and thank you so much for your help. I need some solid advice on what NAS to choose, either the Synology 8 bay NAS DiskStation DS1819+ OR QNAP TS-873-4G-US. I plan on filling each bay with 10TB. When I purchase them, I plan on starting with 4x10TB at first in RAID5/SHR then add more […]
Hi there, big fan. Thanks for all your information. I just purchased the Synology DS418play. I am building a home office database for my photography business. I currently use several 3TB drives in docking stations for my archive process, no raid system, just individual drives duplicated over time. I’m wondering what your best advice is […]
My name is Manuel, Post Production Supervisor Berlin, Germany. We also have an office in Düsseldorf which is part of the reason I am sending you this message. First of all, I would like to purchase a fast storage solution that every machine on our network in Berlin can connect to and work from (currently […]
What to do when the nas is full I am a working commercial photographer with a lot of images coming in every month. I recently bought a synology ds918+ currently running on raid 5 with 4x4tb disks in it. That is currently my main storing place for my images and there is a second backup […]
Choosing the Best NAS Drive for Home on a Budget Let’s get straight to the point. There are a whole bunch of options for you, but the budget you have in mind will make it a little tough, as although you require a moderately capable CPU, your budget means taht you need to make economies […]
Best NAS Drive for Home and Family I have gone through tons of your WD / QNAP / Synology videos and I still have no idea what the best option is for me. Your videos are extremely helpfull and detailed, but I am brand new to all of this. Based on what I have heard […]
Adding Storage to a QNAP NAS Drive Can you tell me the best way of adding two more WD 4TB Red drives to a qnap TS-453Be that already has two of the same drives configured as RAID 1. Looking at possibly changing to RAID5/6. Also do you add drives with the qnap already running, or […]
DIY Frankenstein NAS Drive Build I’ve been watching a number of videos, and a few scratched the surface for me, but don’t get at the heart of the issue. Constraint number 1: I’m a long-time Linux user, and have a very strong preference for running my own. I want to be running a vanilla unix-like […]
NAS Drive that is Specialized for Audio Question time from the Advice corner. Today it is about the right NAS for those in the audio industry: I’m trying to find a NAS for music production. I have a large amount of samples and virtual instruments I’d like to store on the NAS and work off […]
Upgrading Buffalo LS220D – How to replace existing drives with bigger HDD in Buffalo NAS? I purchased a Buffalo LinkStation 220D with two 1TB drives. I use them to be a backup of another larger Buffalo network drive. I should have purchased a larger capacity and wonder if I can simply pop larger drives in […]
upgrade Ram NAS Synology DS414 Message Body: HI. I buy Synology DS414 with 1 Gb Ram , i wold upgrade Memory 2G or 4G Have you a link where i can buy the upgrade? Sorry but RAM is not up-gradable on this model. To increase the performance, consider replacing one or more […]
So, can you tell me if I can plug directly a nas to my smart TV with ethernet to watch movies? Because I don’t have an ethernet network at my home… If I can do that it will be great. If I can’t, I was thinking about a device like QNAP TBS-453DX but it’s very […]
