Yes. Using most common RAID types simplifies things later. Make sure you move drives from your old NAS to the new one in exact order they were. Qnap will recognise the RAID and guide you through the migration wizard. If it doesn’t come back to me. Please note: The destination NAS should contain enough drive […]
What is AfoBot II from QNAP and IEI? After previously unveiling their new QNAP AfoBot in late 2017/18, giving us a full preview at CeBit last year, QNAP has once again been showcasing their new personal robot and assistant at this year’s Computex 2019. Designed to provide a smart artificial assistant and the follow up […]
Areca v QNAP Message Body: Photographer / videographer here. Looking for the fastest unit available that can solve both large storage + up to 8K editing needs. Looking for an all in one solution really. Speed is my biggest concern. Would prefer something that can be used DAS over TB3. Want to run whatever unit […]
pcie slot advice on the qnap tvs-872xt Message Body: PCIe Slot that is available not compatible with 40Gbe cards -so what speed are the tb ports on this device? -Are pcie cards that will give me 40gbe speeds? – to get tiered storage with ssd , what configuration will you recommend?- or would you simply […]
Outdoor wifi camera light I am looking to an outdoor WiFi light with camera do you know one which works with the Synology NAS The easy way to find out is camera will be compatible with Synology or Qnap is to look at the specs. If there is a mention about FTP compatibility, then […]
I recently saw a video where someone was using the TVS-472XT to have two editors access the same media at the same time through thunderbolt 3. Since each thunderbolt port creates a new IP address, they had to relink media every time they switched ownership of a project file because somewhere in that metadata the […]
Synology DS218j vs QNAP TS-228A NAS Budget NAS is actually quite big business. Although there are many expensive or overpowered NAS drives out there, there is still a big demand for low end and modestly powered network. Whether this is because of emptier wallets or because of the 24×7 nature of NAS, big brands like […]
Qnap TS-653a (253a / 453a) compatible memory upgrade I am aware that my unit comes with 8gs of memory,can I expand further to 16gs without harming my unit and if so what brand should I get for compatibility? A maximum capacity is 2x8GB (16GB) of RAM. That is 8GB per slot. Qnap will not […]
Things to consider when you buy a Synology or QNAP NAS When you buy your first network attached storage device, it can be an incredibly daunting task. If you have a less technical background, or heard about NAS servers from Synology or QNAP, but are still not quite certain what a NAS is or what to […]
Synology DS119j vs QNAP TS-128A Budget NAS Comparison When it comes to buying your first NAS Drive, you would be forgiven for wanting to save a few quid. Alongside big and expensive NAS that promises insanely high performance, hidden there in the background are a number of much more, admittedly lower powered, budget-friendly NAS servers […]
Synology DS218+ vs QNAP TS-251B NAS Buying your first NAS is always going to be tough. If you are new to this kind of technology, it can be pretty confusing and it isn’t helped when some NAS drives arrive at very similar price points and seem near identical at a casual glance. Two very popular […]
10GbE Switch Between Netgear Nighthawk R9000 and QNAP HS-453DX My set-up, 1Gig cable internet service coming into home, attached to Motorola MB8600 DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem connected to Netgear Nighthawk R9000 X10 router. I’m looking at purchasing a MikroTik CRS305-1G-4S-IN 10GbE Switch (w/ 4 10Gtek for Cisco SFP-10G-T-S Compatible 10GBase-T SFP+ 10 Gigabit RJ45 Copper […]
Play Arcade and Retro Games your QNAP NAS One of the most interesting and entertaining ways in which you can take advantage of the HDMI port on your QNAP NAS, is to turn your NAS drive into an arcade gaming emulation device. It is no secret that there is a big community of freeware and […]
I would love to put a 4 port NIC card into the Qnap. Do you have any recommendations? I’m not wanting to pay an arm and a leg, but I do want something that will work. You will need to look at PCIe specs inside the Qnap. The 872XT for example feature two slots. Slot […]
Upgrading from Seagate NAS to Synology or QNAP I’m looking for replacement of my old (6+ years) Seagate Home network drive. Some of the features that I’m looking in the new NAS: Storage redundancy RAID 1 (don’t need more than 2 disks) Backup both Mac/PC Photos backup for phones (to replace google or Amazon) Sharable […]
Qnap vs Synology vs HP/Dell – storage, backup and application I would like to have a cpmaprason betwwen these to NASs regarding storage and backup and segment and application. plus QNAP VS HP/Dell EMC. HP/Dell EMC are not comparable with Qnap and Synology. These big boys are made for simple data storage functions, storage for […]
How to connect to my Synology or Qnap NAS directly via LAN/Ethernet cable? If you are planning to connect directly- this is probably because you want to have a: private connection to a NAS do not have a switch want to maximize the potential data transfer speed First of all, you will need to make sure […]
We are a wedding photo/video company. We currently do about 100/125 weddings per season and are looking to do about 200 next season. Each wedding on average we will yield about 200-500 gigs of data. I have been doing a lot of research on the NAS systems but still can’t seem to find or know […]
Play Arcade and Retro Games your QNAP NAS One of the most interesting and entertaining ways in which you can take advantage of the HDMI port on your QNAP NAS, is to turn your NAS drive into an arcade gaming emulation device. It is no secret that there is a big community of freeware and […]
Memory Upgrade I’m trying to upgrade the memory component of the NAS model QNAP TS-677. They list 2x different memory modules on the QNAP website with the only difference I can see one being A0 and the other A1. I really would like to pay for non QNAP memory because I believe it is highly […]