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How to protect your NAS – keep your Qnap, Synology or other NAS Secure

How to protect your NAS – keep your Qnap, Synology or other NAS Secure

Again, I understand that exposing access to the NAS has risks involved though I’m sure there’s a good list of minimum things that you do or a way that you would recommend to minimise these risks. QNAP and Synology instructions would cover a huge amount of your audience.   If you want to make sure […]

QNAP NAS for plex & GPUs

QNAP NAS for plex & GPUs

I’ve read through a number of posts on the QNAP forum as well as on the Plex forums to find out recommendations and suggestions on which graphics card to use with the TVS-872XT. On the Plex forums they point out you need Plex Media Server v1.15.1.791 or newer ( https://support.plex.tv/articles/115002178853-using-hardware-accelerated-streaming ). In that article there’s […]

Most secure NAS – WD, Qnap, Synology

Most secure NAS – WD, Qnap, Synology

Hi hope you had a lovely Christmas and that your safe during this mad time. The reason I am contacting you today is because now I work from home as a freelance 3D visual artist its high time I had a NAS back up solution. I really only need a NAS to back up my […]

Enabling DLNA Media Server on Qnap

Enabling DLNA Media Server on Qnap

Enabling DLNA Media Server Go to Control Panel > Applications > DLNA Media Server. Select Enable DLNA Media Server. Optional: Specify the following information. Field Description Service Name Specify a name for the DLNA Media Server. Select default user account Select the user account that will be the directory for the DLNA Media Server. Click Apply.         How to enjoy […]

From Zyxel NSA325v2 to Zyxel NAS542 or QNAP TS-251D

From Zyxel NSA325v2 to Zyxel NAS542 or QNAP TS-251D

I’ve been using Zyxel NSA325v2 about six years without problems. But naturally it is at the end of its career pretty soon. I am considering between these two modells – should I continue Zyxel because it’s familiar or should I try to learn to use QNAP. Mainly my NAS serves as storage of music, movies […]

How to Mount remote folders from another NAS in QNAP

How to Mount remote folders from another NAS in QNAP

Remote Mount   https://docs.qnap.com/nas-outdated/4.3/cat2/en/index.html?file_station.htm File Station The remote connection mount service allows you to easily manage files across local devices, external devices, cloud services and remote devices from a single interface. You can easily carry out file management tasks such as copying and moving from remote to local devices or vice versa. The remote connection […]

Can I Daisy-chain QNAP Thunderbol NAS?

Can I Daisy-chain QNAP Thunderbol NAS?

Thunderbolt™ 3 Expansion Card Usage Scenarios   Daisy-chain up to 6 QNAP Thunderbolt™ devices A NAS with a Thunderbolt™ 3 expansion card can be daisy-chained with up to 6 QNAP Thunderbolt™ devices, including other QNAP Thunderbolt™ NAS and Thunderbolt 3 to 10GbE Adapter (QNA Series).     Connect legacy devices When used with an Apple […]