What I’m trying to accomplish is streaming my movies with the best quality with a price range around $1,200. – I have always used small portable hard drives for watching movies, – With the NAS will the internet speed have a big impact on the quality of my movies? – I have several 1080 BR […]
I am already a user of a DS414 4x10TB. a) The Base use is for a family of 3, backups or front end with local backup. All documents including video and photos. b) the more intensive use giving the bottlenecks is semiprofessional photography : raw (86mb/pic) + jpeg (14/pic), editing with capture 11 one pro, […]
NAS with a RAID recoverable from a PC. Min ARM CPU needed second hand. ($200) I want to buy home nas that will be used as: 1. primary – backup of pictures, camera videos 2 DLNA – old movies for kids 3. compatible/reliable – as it will be used as backup for pics(personal ones) it […]
The New DS119j or the Old DS115j? Which Budget NAS deserves your data? With Network Attached Storage (NAS) being so popular these days, it is completely understandable that in order for everyone to buy one, some more affordable NAS solutions need to be developed. As much as you want a NAS that can do EVERYTHING, it […]
I have seen various of your youtube videos on Synology and Qnap which are the 2 competitors. I have also seen both of their operating systems…I am an Apple user…therefore, its seems that Synology is best suited…Basically I will be saving information in the cloud with a NAS setup in the USA and my son […]
The New DS119j or the Old DS115j? Which Budget NAS deserves your data? With Network Attached Storage (NAS) being so popular these days, it is completely understandable that in order for everyone to buy one, some more affordable NAS solutions need to be developed. As much as you want a NAS that can do EVERYTHING, it […]
QNAP 731 with surveillance HDD’s. Useing NAS for Using and Surveillance in HOME USE. I’m looking to populate the Qnap TVS-731 with HDD’s and would like to know would it be okay to use a combo of two surveillance drives and two NAS HDD’s in two different storage pools? Or would four NAS drived be okay? […]
FS1018 with HDD. I recently installed an FS1018 with 4x SSDs in RAID F1; and a DX1215 expansion unit with 12x 10TB HDDs RAID5. I am very pleased with the speed/capacity tradeoffs using this combination. Synology’s compatibility chart indicates that there are NO compatible HDDs, so I didn’t consider trying a 2.5″ HDD in the […]
Is the New Budget Synology DS119j NAS enough for you? With the release of the new DS119j NAS, when it comes to buying your first network attached storage device there are several reasons why the Synology range appeals to many. With a diverse range of hardware and storage options across a wide series of uses, […]
I was set to purchase the Synology DS218+ with a couple of Seagate Iron Wolf Pro 6TB Drives, on the advice of the IT manager at my workplace. This was to replace (instead of expanding) my current cobbled-together system of a 3TB Seagate Central (my first foray into NAS) and 2TB Toshiba external drive, and […]
NAS & Google drive harmony. I need a recommendation for a good, reliable system for my small business. We film weddings. I want a on-site storage that will easily sync with google drive. My editor is overseas so I want a copy on site at my home office and one in the cloud for safety […]
Recently my company wants to have an offline server for easy storage and file sharing. However, we are extremely conscious about network security and wish to find a NAS that heavily secures and encrypts our files from hackers. We are torn between choosing a Synology or Qnap NAS. Which NAS has up-to-date security to prevent […]
QNAP TVS-882BRT3 I7 32 The NAS I’m interested in, is the QNAP TVS-882BRT3-ODD-I7-32G-US. It didn’t make your best top 3 list, nor is it on the list of QNAP NAS devices that can hardware transcode, so I’m hesitant to buy it before asking a few questions. So my question is: 1. Can the QNAP TVS-882BRT3-ODD-I7-32G-US, […]
QNAP TVS 871 Please, can you let me know the largest size discs I can install in my QNAP NAS? Currently, I have 6 x 4TB WD used for my Plex media server. However, I am running out of room. The other two disc spaces have been put aside for my CCTV The largest HDD […]
Probably the most complicated task I am looking to be able to do with a NAS is to use iTunes Match. In order to continue to use that service I have to have iTunes installed on a Mac or a PC. My understanding is that if I use a distribution like Ubuntu and a WINE […]
Hello am looking to purchase a 4 bay nas that has the following characteristics 10gbe connection (network is 10gbe) play 4k able to connect with -udp-203 from oppo and play 4k through there Also we want it to utilize m2 ssd to push data faster We picked this TS-453BT3 so far, what do you think? […]
I’m looking for a NAS to keep and edit my work on, as well as to sync images between computers on different locations. I’m currently a photography student so my budget isn’t what it should be. I currently have my files on a 4TB drive in my computer tower, but it’s filling up fast. I’d […]
The primary need is to remotely dump and access photos and to be apple to organize a couple of terabytes of videos and photos over a long term. The end goal is to use the NAS as a stock image/video database that any media team member can access anywhere in the world while also having […]
I want to build a storage for home. I want to use it as a backup for our 2 computers (we have mac and laptop as well), to store our movies and music. I want to have at least 4 bays and I do not know if it is possible to be able to use […]
I am looking for a NAS that can download torrents easily and remotely, I have been using a Zyxel NSA 325 v2 with Transmission and have been relatively happy with the set up. I had this hooked up to Kodi and played my content over the network. What I would like is something similar, a […]
