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    What would be my best approach

    I have a Synology 216, with just one 4TB - plenty for what we need. But recently I have had a couple of mechanical hard drives fail (not in the NAS but various other computers) and that has left me a little nervous. The disks I lost weren’t that important and I did not lose any data but made...
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    Mixing HomePlugs (Powerline Adapters)

    Hi, The FAQ on the TP-Link website says that you can mix their AV and AV2 Powerline adapters but stresses that it will only work at the lowest speed. That much seems obvious but what it does make clear is whether it is the connection segment that will run at a lower speed or the whole adapter...
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    Powerline/HomePlug Advice Sought

    Hi, I currently use TP-Link AV 500 home plugs. Never questioned the performance until recently I tried to stream from my new Synology NAS and found that I get stuttering. This is streaming uncompressed Blurays, I have tried a few that have been compressed with Handbrake and they stream fine...
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    DS116 or DS216j

    I am about to retire my very old 500GB Buffalo LinkStation. Another LinkStation would be the cheapest option - I could get the 4Gb 510 for just under £200 - on paper it seems just as fast as the Synology entry range. But I feel the Synology should be the better technology but which one. It is...
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    Synology 216j with Single Disk

    Some beginners questions. Can I begin with a 216j with just one disk? Then a a later date could I add another disk and set it up as a separate volume. Not really interested in RAID. And would this be sensible or would this be a poor way to set it up, or a waste, paying for functionality that...
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    USB 2.0 vs 3.0

    Hi, Looking at replacing my old Buffalo Linkstation - it's only 500GB but I don't need that much. Thinking of going to 2TB which is loads or maybe as much as 4TB which is ginormous. So figure I only need a single drive NAS with an attached USB drive for backup. So have been looking at the...
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    Buffalo Linkstation - What HDD do they use?

    Hi, Does anyone know what make/model drives Buffalo use in their single disk LinkStations? Cheers, Nigel
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    Upgrade from very old Linkstation

    Hi, I currently have an old Buffalo Linkstation - think it is a version 1 LS-CHL and it is just 500GB. Looking to replace it because 1) It is pretty much full 2) It has had a few wobbles where it has failed to start up It is only used as a centralised file store - documents, photos. I don't...
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    Help: WD MyCloud Overnight Backup Using Cron

    I need to replace an aging Buffalo Live 500GB. I don't need anything fancy or fast and looking around the WD MyCloud looked to fit the bill. But I would also like to backup the contents to an external USB drive. Looking at the WD MyCloud, whilst there is a backup utility you have to...
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    USB Enclosure/Drive with Spin Down

    Hi, What I would like to do is have an external USB drive that is permanantly connected to a NAS so that the NAS disk can be backed up as a scheduled task. I don't to to be plugging/unplugging the drive and issuing commands everytime I want to do a backup - just want it to happen in the...
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    Scheduled Backup to USB Drive

    Is there such a NAS that does this. Intelligent scheduled backup to an external USB (3.0 Preferable). That is I can leave it connected and each night it will back up to USB. Intelligent in that the first time it will copy a lot but the next night only what has changed that day. I only...
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    What Should I Replace Aging Linkstation With?

    I have an elderly Buffalo Linkstation. It is a LS-CHL V1 many years old and just 500GB. Only use it as a central document store for the family. It gave me quite a fright today. Was in EM Mode and everything suggested that I was going to lose everything. To my relieve using the firmware...
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    Another LinkStation or Something Else

    I have an old Linkstation Live on my network - has worked (and still is) worked faultlessly for many years. Trouble is it is only 500GB which was huge when I bought it. We don't store movie collections or anything but it has come close to full before and I trimmed out the junk - now it is...
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    Wireless Router as Repeater ?

    I have a Netgear 834GT with DGTeam firmware that I'd like to try as a wireless repeater. I have found the WDS options which allows me to select it to operate as a repeater but I'm not sure what else I need to do. I have turned off the firewall (on the repeater, not the AP). I have entered...
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    Need a NAS upgrade - Some recommendations please

    I currently have a 500GB Buffalo Linkstation live on my home network and I have decided I need an upgrade for two reasons (i) The Buffalo is beginning to fill up so I need something bigger (ii) I don't have a backup, and I have just found out that my wife has been using it to store a lot...
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    LinkStation Live - How Does AUTO Power Work?

    I have just purchased a Linkstation Live BitTorrent for my home network and am experiencing difficulty with the AUTO power function. If I put the NAS in AUTO, when I power up my PC the NAS comes to life. But after that it behaves exactly as the manual states when you are not running...
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