Quiet NAS. Right now I have a My cloud NAS with a single bay 3TB, working good and zero problems. I would like to upgrade it, mainly because of security backup. I actually tested a Synology DS218+ (2x ironwolf 6TB) but it was too noisy. Here is what I’m looking for from most important to lowest: […]
I am a 3D animator and video editor and have 2 Projects with a few questions I would like some advice on. Projects A (Video Speed) I have a 1618+ RAID 5 with 4 X WD Pro 10TB HHD’s, this leaves 2 slots available for some SSD caching. I work alone but when rendering an […]
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 […]
Decide to go with 1817+ for a 16TB raid 10 storage. Use will be as file server-photoserver. 10-12 users on local lan. No internet access. Main consider is speed Both write and read. That’s why no raid 5 or 6 is used. Question is, what offers me more speed? 8 x 4TB disks or 4×8 […]
I ended up ordering the new qnap switch for my house but realize I probably would have been better off with a managed switch with link aggregation. This is for my home drive and speed is important. I am hoping to connect through 10gbe and a drive with link aggregation. But I also realize that […]
I am looking for a NAS for home use. I create lots of drone footage (100GB in a weekend) which I want to store / back-up until I have a chance to edit it. To edit, I need to transfer to a laptop with a small SSD (256GB), than edit, than transfer back and back-up […]
I need to speed up my transfers speeds between my NVMe thunderbolt 3 pc set up and my future NAS [plex server] I thought about 2 scénarios : 1 – 10gb networking for my pc and NAS without Thunderbolt support [ds3617xs cooked up with ISCSI files system using Seagate NAS pro 12tb drives] 2- using […]
It is for home use. The two most important things to me are 1) speed (RAM, I assume)- I am very impatient and have little time so quick access to data is imperative. 2) back up- this will house all of our data, including irreplaceable pictures and documents, so we want a secure backup (RAID? […]