NAS for Music Storage. I plan to rip CD’s and purchase hi-rez music files. I have a CD player/streamer and use Roon to access music at Tidal. Below is a system my friend has that someone put together for him. Might that be a good way to go? Again, any direction you can provide is greatly […]
Synology DS119J vs DS218J I’m new to NAS, wanting mainly to backup 2 users over WIFI. Is the processing better on the 119 vs 218? What’s a better value for money? 119 is about $100 USD, the 218 is on sale for $135USD on Amazon. Ds119 is a very slow model. If the price difference […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New Synology devices. I am looking into a 4 bay NAS for home use, repurposing 4 WD Red drives I have in my FreeNAS. The reason I want to buy a new Synology NAS is because my FreeNAS causes issues – disconnected at random times, and requires reboot (which not always works). I am a DIY […]
There is a good quality installed video camera that has a range of high end, high–definition video output connections. They would like to record the video output for seminars that are held for remote viewing post the seminar event; I like Synology DSM and if I could get the video in via a USB adapter […]
I was wondering what the price and availability of the Synology DS1819+? What features will it have? What is best encryption for a Synology NAS? DS1819+ is available for ex.VAT £789.00 or £946.80 with VAT from SPAN and probably later from Amazon. It is not any different than previous ds1817+. It does have newer CPU but it performs […]
I’m thinking about buying a Reolink RLC-422 and I have a question about the camera, that you maybe are able to answer. Is the RLC-422 fully compatible with the Synology Surveillance Station over ONVIF? Most importantly: do the multi-streams and the movement detection work on the Surveillance Station? I’m asking because I have a WansView […]
I need my NAS to basically store and stream movies, mainly 1080p but eventually, 4K would be nice. Only a couple of users one on a MacBook and the other my Sony TV via Firestick. I will use the NAS to store Time Machine for three Apples. I’m torn between the WD PR2100 and the […]
Synology mesh router setup – add Wi-Fi Point. Open Wi-Fi Connect app Choose Wi-Fi Point tab Click Add Wi-Fi Point Synology will search for available mesh routers in the network If you had a network cable connected, please unplug it before you continue. Then select which mesh point you want to add and click Next. […]
I’m was pretty much sold on the QNAP TVS951X for my new NAS investment, but I have since been made aware of the Synology DS918+, which is actually a little cheaper but seems more powerful and feature rich out of the box. For standard NAS activities (ISCSI/Virtual machines) and more advanced activities such as Plex […]
Upgrade from AS-304T (5 year to old 4 bay). My AS-304T has a 32bit kernel limit of 16 TB volumes. It’s running 4x4TB in Raid 5 so it’s about 11 TB. Swapping drives (to 8 or 10 TB) won’t make it, as with the 16 TB limit there is not that much to gain. There […]
I’ve looked into the DS218+ & DS718+. I’ve also looked at the Drobo, and briefly the WD. I’m now strongly thinking of the Asustor AS4004t. In your old vs new video with Eddie, you mentioned that your favorite brand might not be the top two. I’ve scoured most of you content on both channels, but […]
How do I stream movies to a Macbook? I assume I will need to set up a desktop icon to the URL for the NAS folder within Synology Video Station? Do I then need to install a video player on the MacBook to play the video? I’ve been used to Netflix to date. Same for the […]
I run a small office at home and use a NAS for office backup, photo archive and a 300 CD collection (all FLAC files used on a home wide SONOS). After 8 years the WD World Book Dual Bay Raid 1 NAS has died. Will not power up (and also lost several other powered stuff […]
I have the option between Qnap TS-231P, Asustor AS1002T V2 and Synology DS216se They are on the same price where i live. I would mainly use it for Plex media server. Which Nas server would you choose? All of these NAS models will allow you to set up a PLEX server. It will work just […]
Best NAS for simple work. I’m looking for a 1 or 2-bay Synology NAS for serving media (MP4 & MP3) files to my Samsung smart TVs, iPad and Windows PC and also for data backups (I keep an off-site backup in a safe deposit box using a WD element 2TB drive). Nothing fancy, but I […]
What are the Synology Moments supported photo/ video file formats? The supported image formats are as follows: BMP, JPEG, GIF, RAW (arw, srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, raw, 3fr, erf, mef, mos, orf, rw2, dng), TIFF, PNG The supported video formats for playback are as follows: 3G2, 3GP, […]