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The problem I'm having is that I can't find a drive selling at the moment that only has a spin rate of 5400rpm. Seems that most brands are all doing 7200rpm with the odd 5900rpm. So if I dropped in a 7200rpm it should still work but won't require full spinrate and should slow down to match the...

Hi All, I have a ds1511+ running 5 2TB Samsung HD204UI drives in a RAID 5 configuration. System has not missed a beat since setup a year ago. But, I'm a little paranoid about losing data so I tried today to buy a spare Hdd in case of drive failure to find out Samsung drives are no longer...

No havent posted the problem on the synology forum yet. Will do that now. Also have a new issue with the DSM not giving me administration rights. Only have acces the File browser and Station programs. no control panel or any other access

Hi, On occasion when I shutdown my NAS through the DSM and then start it again later using the button on the front it wont fully boot up properly. The Power button and LAN light just flash. This would also happen on occasion when NAS would start by itself in power schedual. Cant access DSM or...

Normally all PCs and Media streamers are turned off, the only signal it would be getting is from internet connection. I have everything running through a netgear 1gig switch. I tried pulling the LAN cables out of the back of the NAS last night and it still seemed not to Hibernate. Is the...

We really only use the NAS twice a day. In the morning fo about 2 hours and then at night for about 6. So it should only have to spin up and down twice a day on a normal day. Power saving is our real goal. Any ideas on what i can do to help this.

Hi, My NAS is a ds1511+. I have set up power options so HDD's Hibernate after 15 minutes of being inactive. It always seems that even if all my computers and media streamers are turned off, the hard drives still don't seem to Hibernate. Can hear them working whenever I walk past the room...

Hi guys, Just a quick one. I have a DS1511+ and I am a little paranoid about losing a drive due to overheating. I have a raid 5 setup up so I can afford to lose 1 but not 2. First got the NAS in winter and regularly checked Hdd temps at about 29 degrees Celsius on quite fan setting. I live...

Sorry guys, ive been a bit sick lately, so have been out of it for a while. Thanks for all the info GregN. Kinda lost me a bit with using the dos command line to get a dump of the state table. My brother inlaw who is an IT guy will be down soon, so I may waite for him before I do that. I...

Sorry for the late reply, had some broadband issues. Yes running Windows 7 on the HTPC, with Media Browser version 2.3.2. This version seems to run Media Browser Service in the background. It Refreshes daily at 2:00am. Have no manual Caching settings checked. Not completely sure how to...

Hi guys, I have on my home network a Synology Ds1511+ which I use to stream my Media around the house through an 8 port Gigabyt switch. For power saving reasons i want it to sleep when not in use, but wake on LAN. I have tried to set up in control panel ticking both wake on LAN 1 and LAN...

Thanks for the replys. I think I may go with the Thecus N5500 as I can get it for a really good price, and the store assures me of support if things should get confusing. Thiggins, is the new GUI you spoke of, the Version 5 update on the Thecus website. Also wondering if anyone has had...

Thanks for the reply. Really wish there were more reviews on the thecus software. Another quick quistion, is it overkill that i am looking at these NAS. Or would i be just fine with the likes of a Synology DS411j. I was looking at units with 1G or ram due to wanting to stream HD and maybe...

Hi, im currently in the process of trying to decide on my first NAS unit. I currently have 4TB worth of movies and Music, (ATM) on external hard drives. I stream these to othere computers on a network and play in Windows Media Center and Itunes. Also play them through a PS3 occasionaly. I have...