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  Use 14tb in Desktop
Posted by: Enquiries - 04-15-2023, 07:30 AM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Hello
i have one hard drive with capacity 14tb
it's seagate ironwolf pro 14tb NAS

when m trying to use in my desktop cpu unit
hard drive can't run
so please help about this
how can i use seagate ironwolf pro 14tb NAS in Desktop?

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  NAS Upgrade Recommendation
Posted by: Enquiries - 04-15-2023, 06:30 AM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Hello! I am a big fan. Found you guys on Youtube and cannot thank you enough for the help. I currently have a 8TB WD MyCloud Home which is starting to fail. I am now looking to upgrade/pivot. I am hoping you could help me with a recommendation?

My biggest use cases are:
1. PLEX
2. Client Data (Graphic Design, Raw Video Files, etc.)

For PLEX, nearly my library is either 720p or 1080p. I rarely deal with 4K. However, I do have a decent amount of HEVC (H.265) and MKV files, and want the playback to be snappy and efficient.

For clients, I am looking primarily to store and share files with guest users to view/download.

Other features or capabilities (like mobile app ease of use) are nice but not as critical.

The NAS I seem to be gravitating towards currently are the Synology DS220+ (with upgraded ram) and the QNAP TS-253 but open to any thoughts or suggestions.

Love you guys! And thank you so much.

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  Setting Up DaVinci Resolve with QNAP NAS
Posted by: Enquiries - 04-15-2023, 01:00 AM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

I would like to know how to find a specialist to help me set up DaVinci Resolve on my QNAP YVS-h1288X. I am in New York City and any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.

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  Newbie - 4K Plex Server
Posted by: Enquiries - 04-14-2023, 11:30 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

First and foremost, you guys are awesome! Love the site. I'm a total newbie that has been running a Drobo 5N for a decade. I have decided to make the move to a new NAS. My wish list is a NAS that can handle most 4K, including transcoding, maybe a couple of streams at at time., hot swap drives, and I do like Drobo's ability to utilize different sized drives.

I was leaning towards the QNAP TS-464, but your comments that the learning curve is steep on the software OS side scares me a bit. However, you don't have a single Synology on recommended, which was surprising.

SO..... do I take the plunge on the QNAP and hope I don't F-things up too bad?

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  Drives for DS423+
Posted by: Enquiries - 04-14-2023, 09:00 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Hi. Can You please help me decide which drives would be compatible with Synology DS423+ (I never had NAS before) and better to use?
Drives are:
TOSHIBA Enterprise MG07ACA14TE 14TB (272,98€ -cca 240,38£)
WD GOLD WD102KRYZ 10TB (294,74€ - cca 259,54£)
Seagate Exos X18 512E/4KN 10TB (280,14€ - cca 246,69£).
None of them is on official Synology compatibility list and if I can I would go with most space since all of them are about same price (local prices).
NAS will be used for file sharing and multimedia sharing and local backup of 4 PC and 1 laptop.
Thank you for all help You can give me.

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  New to NAS - too many options...
Posted by: Enquiries - 04-14-2023, 08:30 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Hello

Ive recently been looking to get into buying a NAS however im overloaded with choice...

Im mainly looking for one to store all my media files on and watch with plex

I do like to watch 4k movies + tv shows

And i will want to be able to watch them at home or at my friends house (whilst my NAS is at my home)

Im mainly wondering with my budget will i be able to buy a NAS capable of that?

Thanks for any advice

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  Video Idea: NAS + Nvidia Shield TV Pro + Plex
Posted by: Enquiries - 04-14-2023, 08:30 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

NAS + Nvidia Shield TV Pro + Plex AND video idea
Most of my home videos are MP4 files but I would like to have some 4k video files to stream. Would it help if I added the Nvidia Shield TV Pro to my NAS in order to stream 4k videos over DS Videostation or Plex? Would this extra piece of equipment help to transcode since the DS1522+ doesn't have integrated graphics? Or would it be pointless to have an Nvidia Shield TV Pro (pros & cons to adding this to my NAS)?
Thanks,
Rob Smile

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  Western digital outage
Posted by: Enquiries - 04-14-2023, 07:00 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

6tb wd MyCloud died - bought 20tb MyCloud home duo android os unimpressive, found a cheap MyCloud on eBay 8tb use for media svr dlna
Wd outage confirmed my doubts about duo - no access to files, so I have been watching your yt vids to seek a better san - could build one or buy purpose built. Former job in IT gives me some hardware and knowledge- thinking Synology or Asus or unraid based on dell xps 870 tower.

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  3rd party enclosure
Posted by: Enquiries - 04-14-2023, 06:30 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Will this enclosure work with a lockerstor 6704t want to add 2 drives from the enclosure and create raid 6. Can you confirm that upgrading from raid 5 to 6 works without formatting drives?

Like you try to get the best bang for my dollars

ORICO 5 Bay USB 3.0 5x16 tb amazon canada $245

If you have other suggestions by all means add your 2 cents

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  Cameras
Posted by: Enquiries - 04-14-2023, 05:00 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (3)

I'm setting up a video surveillance NAS for my home. Many, if not most, of the information I am using to make decisions is coming from information you are putting out. I am now looking at cameras. I know you prefer Reolink but I have also been looking at others such as Amcrest in addition to Reolink. I prefer to use Turret style cameras as they are less noticeable but they seem to be more costly and have lower specs than bullet style, can you offer some advice?

I am also looking at the Reolink Duo Floodlight for 1 camera. You did a video on the Duo 2 wifi version but all of mine will be poe. how do the 2 compare?

Thanks for your help!

Ryan

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