Best Synology NAS for the Docker Application I was wondering if you know if the DS918+ will be good enough to run docker-containers and running plex. I want to buy a NAS since I will start filming a lot and need to save a the files somewhere, and read that Synology can run docker as […]
Choosing Between Synology and QNAP Hi Rob, firstly thanks for an excellent article and the many videos you post. I am looking to buy a nas for my home and don’t know too much about them. I’m not completely useless with tech but my knowledge is limited. I was thinking about the synology 918+ but […]
I work from home and use Dropbox for my consulting business and my amateur photography and have 750GB or data now. I have 1TB space on my iMac and MacBook but want to stick to Dropbox because the sync is so good (I have a 2TB Time Capsule backing up the Macs locally, but not […]
I am in the market for a NAS storage that really works. I bought a WD MyCloud Duo/Mirror and was vastly disappointed. I am moving from my DAS to NAS as my wife is a flight attendant and I want to build my own cloud storage as we travel. I am interested in the Drobo […]
Hi! I’m a professional photographer. I am willing to buy storage, so I found out NAS. I’d been reading A LOT, I finally found the “best” on sinology DS418J and thanks to your web apparently the best Hard Drives on WD Red drives. I have many questions, but I’ll try to be short. I need […]
Synology or QNAP? Which would be good should I want to use as media server (music primarily but possibly also video) Thanks for the help! $200 – $500 Best NAS for music For music only you can get cheapest NAS possible like: Synology DiskStation NAS DS115J 1-Bay Qnap Desktop NAS TS-128 1-Bay Qnap Desktop […]
Looking for best Plex media server that can do 4K transcoding. I currently have an older Synology DS412+ that I am happy with but need more horsepower and storage. I have no need to directly attach NAS to the TV. Looking for advice in qnap vs the synology option above (QNAP TVS-473e vs Synology DS918+ […]
Synology DS918+ Versus a Custom FreeNAS Build Synology NAS or FreeNAS? Which should you Buy? There’s no denying it NAS are expensive devices. It’s never really been a secret that when you buy a Synology or QNAP NAS, half of what you’re paying for isn’t the hardware, but the software included. It is no different […]
Synology DS1618+ Synology have lined up a new release of DS1618+ for May 2018. It seem to be replacement for DS1517+ with added extra bay allowing it to be expanded to 16 drives in total using two expansion enclosures. The DS1618+ will allow you to have mixed RAID solutions like RAID5+RAID5 or RAID5 + RAID 1. Having […]
Synology DS118j would probably be the model number for long waited DS115j replacing NAS. It has been more than 2 years since budget 1 bay NAS has been released. It is very similar to WD network enabled drives. Not very powerful, but still is capable of few interesting NAS functions. New Synology drive is a great app […]