NAS for home photos and videos. I am looking to buy a NAS to centrally store photos and videos using RAID 1. I think a 2 bay is sufficient. I currently don’t want to use it for a media center but I may in the future but it’s not crucial. I require the ability to […]
I have no idea what I need to build a solid NAS set up that suits my needs. My current set up is as follows: 2017 MBP 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7 16GB DDR3 Radeon Pro 560 4096 MB Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB The above is what runs my PMS. My actual content […]
Best NAS for Plex server. I’m currently planning to purchase the QNAP TVS 871-i7 and want to ensure I’m making the correct choice. Aside from streaming my large library within my own home, I very often stream outside of my home network and may also want to share my library with 1-2 friends. Would the […]
I’m interested in setting up a NAS for my home. Here are my goals: 1. to consolidate and organize all of my data from my windows laptop, MacBook pro, and several random old hard drives, 2. digitize and store my CD/DVD collections, 3. Plex Server/DVR for OTA programs, 4. Manage and store video from 4-6 […]
First NAS. I’m new to the NAS market and need something for storage of family docs, Apple Timemachine plus potentially PMS. SD card is also useful but not a necessity. I’d definitely like to go the RAID route though so I’m prepared for the 4TB noted above to become 2TB in actual use. I’ve no […]
NAS and drive recommendation. I am looking at Synology 6 to 8 bay NAS for photography and general storage and possibly some virtual machines and maybe some limited video editing at a later date. I am looking to use iron wolf 3tb drives with one or two skywalk drive for surveillance station and maybe for […]
We are a Team of two working in the postroduction industry working with lots of sequences. We have been using the synology 1815+ so far. We never had problems with it. But lately we are running out of storage and since 10GBE connection is out we are looking for a new NAS giving us the […]
I am looking to get myself a NAS and have found it to be quite the jungle and would be thankful for any advice in the matter. I have eyed the QNAP and Synology NASes a little bit due to all the nice features they appear to have. However, I find it hard to sqeeze […]
NAS Drives. I have an older Thecus N4100Pro NAS (4 Bay) that I am retiring and going to a 6 bay Synology DS1618+ which I already have and loading it to 32 GB RAM. I currently have three WD RED Enterprise drives and a Seagate Desktop drive that I will replace when it dies. All […]
Best NAS for Plex Server I need the ability to stream via HDMI to TVs in my home and also to stream remotely with Plex to iPhone, iPad, Amazon Fire Stick, and Roku. My movies are .mp4 with max resolution of 1080. I do not need 4k capability. My music is .mp3. and my photos […]
Dynamic LACP Compatible Network Switch Here you talk about what switches to buy in 2018, and was found when searching for a 24 port rack mountable switch capable of true LACP dynamic link aggregation. You talk about its use and the need for a managed switch, but at the end your recommended switches do not […]
Wired POE IP Camera for ts-453be I’m looking for a Wired POE IP Camera for ts-453be Are there any here you suggest. Its for an office and we have a ts-453be that will sit idle about 23 hrs a day that I’d love to use for more than just daily backups. Its for a hallway […]
Racked Synology NAS + NVMe Cache Is there currently a racked Synology NAS 3.5″ 12+ disk product with NVMe SSD cache support, Xeon processors and 10Gbe? The answer is no unless you get one with an expansion. Synology has two models with NVMe SSD card support and 10GbE built in, but CPU will be Atom: RackStation […]
Best cloud backup provider for Qnap/Synology NAS We bought a NAS and your website helped us a lot in making all the decisions, for which we are grateful! We bought a QNAP TVS-1282T and have around 28TB netto. Currently only 4TB in use. We want to back this up to a cloud service, but we […]
4K UHD. Hi. I’m thinking about buying a NAS to store my movies. I have approx 400 DVDs and 200 blu-rays. Also 40 4K UHDs. I’m trying to decide between the 418play and the 918+. Of course, I don’t want to over spend, nor do I want to under spend. I’m just trying to get […]
NAS for home. After watching some of your youtube videos it was clear to me that I want a TS-228A due to this one being in my budget and cheaper than a comparable Synology model like a DS218+. So after all the nonsense above, here is why I am writing to you in a brief […]
Best 2 bay NAS for hyper backup vault I have a synology DS415 Synology to hybperbackup locally to another NAS. The receiving NAS would be just used to run Hybperbackup Vault, that’s all. It will not need to do anything else. Which Synology is best for that purpose please? Hyper Backup Vault allows another Synology server […]
I also have to say at the start here that I use to use FreeNAS for many years and build my own setups for that over the years. Kind of getting sick and tired of constantly fooling around with that as I don’t have as much free time anymore and would like to find an […]
ReadyNas RN214. I am looking at the Ready NAS RN214(diskless) I use the NAS for general storage and streaming media, music and video etc none of which is 4k etc i use readynas duo v1 currently but have exceeded the 2tb limit i was given 2 3tb ironwolf drives (which won’t work on the duo […]
NAS and Switch on a 10 GBE network. My wife and I are amateur photographers who work on 1 Gbe network. I would like to set up a 10 Gbe network at our private office. We work with photo and some video editing. We will buy 2 iMac pro and need recommendations for switch and […]
