nas

I'm looking for a some advice regarding building and setting up a DIY NAS which may also get used for PLEX. I'm complacently new to this and could do with some advice on components / getting everything working. I have put together a rough component list below. I'm not sure if I should spend a...

Been weighing up getting a Synology or similar, versus building my own NAS/home server. Decided to DIY it and be able to use some existing components that way. Got the server chassis first of all - important for me that I was able to use a spare SeaSonic ATX PSU I have, plus have plenty of...

Hello. I have a Synology 718+ with the 16gb ram upgrade. When I try to upload something from my Surface tablet I get very slow speeds fluctuating between 70Kbps and 150Kbps. But when I upload from my PC I can get a stable 4.5Mbps. Help me work out what is throttling the Surface. Both are...

Despite paying for a cloud service, I've run out of space. My Google cloud service is great - I can choose what folders to back up from my Android device (including the SD card), and it even organises them into folders based on the year and month! One Drive is another good service that lets you...

So, I'm building a home server to replace my ageing Proliant microserver G7. It's going to have it's work cut out for it, as it's going to be doing the following NAS CCTV (BlueIris) PLEX HomeLab Docker Kubernetes Jenkins Whatever I need it to be! I'm thinking of getting a dedicated raid...

Hi I'm currently speccing a nas which will be for home use, for keeping general media on. I'm thinking of using freenas, and i'm just looking at the requirements which recommend specific NAS hard drives such as WD red. I was going to use 4x 3tb drives with the ZFS feature to provide raid, to...

I currently have an aging Synology DS212 DiskStation NAS that I want to replace with something not so expensive but fast ideally. I do photography so want to move my photos to NAS storage but I really need it to be fast. I haven't been following the NAS market much lately so have no idea...

I have both of these devices, but use the DS916+ for most of my content due to it being much more powerful, modern and supporting better media streaming. However, the 916+ is 70% full so I am thinking off adding a Synology DS513 unit and moving the drives from the DS410j into that device and...

Looking for some advice on a new NAS as current setup needs to be replaced. Existing setup; 3TB WD MyCloud NAS with personal files (backed up to USB drive) 5TB Seagate Personal Cloud NAS for movies (dead, but backed up to USB drive) 5TB USB drive with movies on (not backed up) Want to have...

Hi, sorry if this is not the best board, I wasn't really sure where this fit so we can move it if need be. I am trying to find the best solution for my home media centre plus backup. I've done some research but I am not convinced in any one solution so hoping someone/some people could point me...

So just a Branding/Name change by the looks of it. Been using Nas4Free (and originally FreeNAS before the fork) for years and it's always served me well. Heads up for folks upgrading to 11.2.0.4.5746, the line was lost one me and caused headaches: The Hostname you may have customised under...

What I am after is as follows: Let's say it's a 4 bay NAS box. In bays 1 and 2 I have 4TB drives in RAID 1. I'll store my docs and photos there. Maybe get them backed up and synced there from my devices automatically. In bay 3 I stick an 8TB drive. Here I put, software & game...

Needed a NAS box and found the current micro/mini servers or a Qnap/Synology a bit rich for me, so am putting together my own and thought I would post up here for anyone in a similar position. Spec CPU: Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core with HT (Kabylake) 3M cache, 54W TDP HSF: CM Hyper 103...

Hi Chaps Following a couple of recent BIOS updates from ASUS for the X399-A I've lost my RAID array twice in a month, I've got backups so its not the end of the world, but its highlighted that having one massive rig with everything in it is not necessarily the best plan... I'm also planning on...

Hi all, It seems I only really post on here when I need help with a build, but i'm a bit of a part time enthusiast and there's always the best advice on here, in fact, to find my various builds over the years, you probably only need to look at my post history :D Anyway, now the polite...

I purchased a Netgear Gigabit switch because I was getting buffering on some large video files when streaming to my LG TV which is downstairs. I am using cat 6 ethernet cables and 1 cable connected from my gigabit switch to my router (BT Home hub 5) and the rest connected to the switch, however...

Hello. I work for a construction company using a satellite office adjacent to site. We rent the office space which has provided us with a wireless network connection (as wired was charged per port!). So we have 5 towers with wireless dongles connected to the internet. We need all 5 PCs to...

Hi All, I am trying to consolidate my network storage and reduce my energy consumption at the same time. I have a 5 year old Hp proliant microserver Server with 10TB of storage but with a ****** processor so useless for transcoding only use the storage option. I have a software drivepool...

Anyone got any good suggestions for a case to build a NAS in? I would be aiming for 4-6 3.5" drives. Ideally would want it to be as compact as possible for portability!