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, […]
DiskStation DS1618+ Thunberbolt 3 possibility. Hi, I have a question. I DiskStation DS1618+ and want a pci card with Thunderbolt 3 interface? You have a video couple of month ago that Synogoly will release a Thnuderbolt nas. Normally it’s a pci adapter with an intel processer. My question is is there a Thunderbolt 3 pci […]
Reformat harddrives for Btrfs. I upgraded recently from a Synology ds213J to a ds218+ by just moving my harddrives and run the migration. My question: Is there any way I can reformat the harddrives to Btrfs? Can I reformat one by simply removing one of them and reformat the other. Put them back and copy […]
Synology DS119j or LinkStation 210. I currently own a Synology DS108j that is about to die on me. The main use is for storing and playing movies on my smart tv and Android devices, I may look into setting up a personal cloud later on. I like the interface of my current device but it […]
NETGEAR ReadyNAS RN214 OR Synology DiskStation DS218+ Curious to see if you have any advice to offer on these two NASs… -NETGEAR ReadyNAS RN214 -Synology DiskStation DS218+ It would be for personal use Video, Photo and Document Storage ReadyNAS is not a very popular choice among home users. The fact it comes with Dual LAN […]
Synology Drive vs QSync – max number of hosted files. I’m looking for a Dropbox alternative solution, so QNAP QSync or Synology Drive. In my case, I have a larger number of small files and see that Synology Drive has some serious limitations in the “Maximum Number of Hosted Files” which even for the most […]
ram, for qnap-nas – other brands. I am wondering about, if G.skill, Corsair (value-select) or Kingston (value ram) will also work? My concerns are, is the NAS-bios will recognize these other brands – even if timing etc. is the same ? (I am thinking of 2×4 or 2×8 GB) The keywords you need to focus […]
Can I mesh only RT2600ac Synology routers instead of mixing with MR2200ac? I have big area to cover. Yes, new SRM update came out with extra functions added – including mesh support. If you have much bigger area to cover, you may consider mashing together RT2600ac. Synology mesh system is more attractive because of its […]
NAS/Router. Hi, Im a happy user of an Synology DS216 Play NAS since a couple of years. Im looking to buy a Synology RT2600 or MR2200. Will any of these units replace my NAS or is there any advantage to continue using the Synology NAS going forward? I see in the spec of at least […]
I have a house with an out-building that also requires internet. Currently, I have just upgraded my primary WiFi router to a Synology RT2600ac, which has only served to show that my second access point is also too old. Were I to add a MR2200ac as the second access point (they are connected by wired […]
I prefer to run Mac these days although i do have a copy of windows too, can i install a copy of Mac on the Synology? If so how? There is a way to install MAC OS on a PC or virtual machine. For the best performance, you would need a NAS with Pentium or […]
Synology NAS 2019 update vs 2018. I am looking to by a Synology NAS, maybe the Synology NAS DS218 or DS218+. I look at the new 2019 model but I don’t know If this line (DS218 or DS 218+) will be updated in 2019 version. Do you know if I need to wait later or I […]
Synology Surveillance Station. Hi there, just bought A Synology 4 bay NAS from you, is there a surveillance station alternative, trying to avoid paying for licences as i have 7 cameras at the moment. Yes there are quite few open source solutions like: ispyconnect zoneminder shinobi kerberos There is no easy way to install it – […]