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  Reolink RLC-410 IP Camera Hardware Review
Posted by: Enquiries - 02-28-2020, 03:37 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

Discuss: Reolink RLC-410 IP Camera Hardware Review <br><iframe width='560' height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/v_spR9Z9-tw' frameborder='0' allow='accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture' allowfullscreen></iframe>

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  Re: interested in getting a NAS drive with thunderbolt?
Posted by: Enquiries - 02-28-2020, 03:37 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (2)

Hi, love your YouTube videos they are very helpful.

I’ve recently started my own business
https://www.goldenmomentmedia.com/

Not going to great at the moment sadly (haha/slowing dying on the inside) as no events have been happening thanks to COVID.

So I am media creator making professional films/videos for people and businesses.

I’ve been thinking of a large NAS drive to store my files and work on my video projects from.

Will be handling a lot of 4K files and in high frame rates too 4K 120p

One of the reasons I was thinking a NAS is better, is So I can share finished video with people and get them to download it from my personal cloud rather then having to pay a file sharing site like weTransfer for their large file transfer service.

How does this file sharing work? Can I just select a file right click and generate a link to that file to share with someone via an email message similar to google drive?

I would highly appreciate if you could suggest to me some relevant devices for my needs also please tell me what internal hard drives are best to get too for the NAS.

I have no idea on the best raid setup to use and why?

Which NAS has the best phone apps and Mac software?
I use Mac computers.

If you would like to know anything else I would love to speak with you either zoom or FaceTime me. My number is on my website if you need to call me.


Hope to hear from you soon,
Ali

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  QNAP TS-453D Upgrades?
Posted by: Enquiries - 02-28-2020, 03:37 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (2)

I just purchased a TS-453D from Newegg for $429 along with 4x 4TB WD Red Hard Drives. I'd like to know if I can/should upgrade the memory and whether I should add any other extras (M.2 SSDs, PCIe add ons, etc). I won't say money is no object, but I have some room to make some upgrades. Finally, I was thinking RAID 5; is this a good choice for this use?

FYI, I have a 24port unmanaged switch running all the ethernet drops I put in early in 2020. I have additional room on the switch to allow extra connections to the NAS (which will probably sit on a shelf right next to the switch).

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  Budget/basic NAS for file sharing/backups?
Posted by: Enquiries - 02-28-2020, 03:37 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (2)

Hi i am considering purchase of QNAP TS-230 with ST4000VN008.
Estimated usage - 1) stockpile for our family , 2) first tier backup from 2 laptops.
Question 1: Will it work if I initially purchase just the NAS with one HDD of 4Tb - start using it and during the year add another 4Tb to create RAID 1 ?
Question 2: I want to use a usb HDD to attach to the NAS as 2 tier backup - is it any good of a strategy? Could You advise on particular hardware?

P.S. Thanx 4 those reviews on Youtube - these are quite good for a newbie.

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  UPS for QNAP TS-453D-4G?
Posted by: Enquiries - 02-28-2020, 03:37 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (2)

Hello. Thanks for many good articles helping me to choose my first nas: QNAP TS-453D-4G
I realized that I should use a UPS in case of power cut.
Which one should I go for?
It only has to have battery to give the nas time to shutdown. The shutdown feature should also be supported.
Thanks

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  New Nas ?
Posted by: Enquiries - 02-28-2020, 03:37 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (2)

Hi,

Would like to advise on what to buy. I currently have a very old DS 1010+ with 2x 4Tb drives 2x3tb drives and an old 2tb drive. I have had this for the last 5 years now and done well for me.

I'm a photographer and store images and videos on the drive. I back up my computer to the NAS

I back up 3 iphone pictures to the NAS,

Thats pretty much all I use it for

I noticed recently one of the fans stopped and restarted therefore I'm thinking its got an issue somewhere and think I need to upgrade before it fails.

I was thinking the DS1520+ but its over my budget and do I really need it. Or is it worth considering an older NAS.

I look forward to hearing from you.





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  Which NAS TO GET ?
Posted by: Enquiries - 02-28-2020, 03:37 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (2)

Hey Robbie
I believe I have watched almost every single video you have posted.
Finally, I have bought Asustor nimbustor but will send it back due to unreliable and unfinished HDMI Asustor Portal interface and no possibility for NVME caching. I know I can use the extra two remaining bays ( i have started with 2 X 8TB Ironwolfs, still waiting for delivery), but I also saw your video on SATA SSD and nVME SSD caching and guess SATA would not be much efficient?
Moreover, I really want a powerful enough CPU and caching / RAM so that when I want to look through and scroll over thousands of photos ( could be up to 10 MB each), I don’t need just to see empty thumbnails and wait for pictures to load correctly.
I also want to play 4K on my 4K TV (not necessarily on my mobile devices) but really with 60 Hz.
2.5 Gbe ethernet would make it future proof, I believe. I look at the QNAP TVS series, but when I look at CPU benchmark test sites, I figured out the margin between AMD Embedded R-Series RX-421BD and the new Celerons (for example, Celeron J4105 @1.50GHz built-in Asustor and Synology, etc.) are just too narrow!!! But people call it powerful nas!

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/
3302 vs. 2964 CPU Mark, does it mean that this Asustor Nimbustor is VERY CLOSE TO THAT so-called powerful QNAP TVS NAS?
I am baffled ?‍♂️ plsssss help

Many thanks
Saeed

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  NAS?
Posted by: Enquiries - 02-28-2020, 03:37 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (2)

Hi,
Happy New Year. hope it will be a smashing one (the bar is low compared to last I guess! haha).
I used to have a home theater PC with about 2-300 movies and because of Windows not supporting the media centre anymore, I need to move onto a NAS. I also still have dvds that I need to burn.
I am looking for simplicity and not too many &quot;boxes&quot;. The QNAP TVS-872N with a DVD drive seems the best available as I wouldn't need anything else to burn my movies as well as use the two hard drives I have on my old HTPC. what is the alternative? a NAS (most like QNAP as I need HDMI) with an external drive or a NAS with a mini PC (I think there are no mini-PC with disc drive right)?
hope this all makes sense
Stay safe
Cheers
Alex

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  Home NAS for $1500?
Posted by: Enquiries - 02-28-2020, 03:37 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (2)

The NAS is purely for storage of movie media, with a focus on 4k.

This will stream no more than 2 movies at a time

I plan on running a 4 bay, and starting out with 4 TB drives, running Raid 5

Recommendations?

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  Annke C500 i51DK Dome PoE IP Camera for NAS Overview
Posted by: Enquiries - 02-28-2020, 03:37 PM - Forum: Before you buy Q&A - Replies (1)

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