nas

  • SNBForums Code of Conduct

    SNBForums is a community for everyone, no matter what their level of experience.

    Please be tolerant and patient of others, especially newcomers. We are all here to share and learn!

    The rules are simple: Be patient, be nice, be helpful or be gone!

  1. H

    What kind of photo and video storage and backup system should I setup

    I've got about 0.5 tb of home photos and videos right now though I can easily see it escalate to 5 tb really quickly with 4k and 360 video which I'm about to start keeping more often. I have android (Samsung note 3 and Samsung Galaxy s7) and apple phones and windows 10 pcs. Need to be able to...
  2. Flipmode11

    Feasible? Android "Media Centre TV Boxes" as Cheap Network Storage?

    G'day guys, Given NAS solutions have dropped in price and shifted from the workplace to home, has anyone tried setting up an Android Media Centre / TV Box with a network accessible NAS and has performed well? I saw Asustor v2.5 and their new Beta (so many Mac screenshots!) and work with a...
  3. Julio Urquidi

    QNAP To Secure NAS Environments Using Netgate pfSense

    QNAP NAS owners will soon be able to easily deploy pre-configured virtual appliances running Netgate's pfSense firewall services. The collaboration will combine QNAP’s own Virtualization Station virtual switching and Netgate’s open source-based intrusion prevention system, to provide a secure...
  4. S

    Hard Drive Recommendation

    Hi everyone, at home my hard drive in my old trusty QNAP TS119p II is about to give up so I'm looking for recommendations on what hard drive to replace it with. I'm looking for 3.5 inch 1tb sata drive or maybe upgrade to 2tb. Been looking at WD Reds but I can't help thinking it's a waste as...
  5. H

    Help - broken nas data recovery

    I bought an LG NAS (N4B2) about four years ago and have been running it with 4 (2TB) drives in raid 5 mode at home. It works great, but recently broke down with a "Booting Failure SVC_CODE (19_00)". Called LG and it seems they no longer sell nor support this product. They can't even tell me...
  6. thiggins

    Synology DS918+ DiskStation Reviewed

    Synology's DS918+ is a top-performing, but pricey four-bay NAS that could make good use of a 10 GbE port. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  7. Julio Urquidi

    Synology Adds All SSD FlashStation, Diskstation and Virtual Machine Manager

    Synology has announced all-flash 12-bay desktop and 2 bay SOHO NASes and a VM manager. Synology’s all-flash 12-bay desktop NAS, the FS1018, runs on Intel’s Pentium D1508 dual-core CPU and 8GB (expandable to 32 GB) of DDR4 EEC memory. Networking is provided through four GbE ports, with expansion...
  8. Julio Urquidi

    QNAP Announces Ryzen Powered TS-x77 NAS Series

    QNAP has announced three AMD Ryzen based NASes. The TS-x77 series includes the 12-bay TS-1277, 8-bay TS-877 and 6-bay TS-677. All are based on AMD’s Ryzen multi-core processors, use DDR4 memory, support two M.2 SSD modules for internal cache, and have eight USB (six 3.0 and two 3.1) ports...
  9. thiggins

    QNAP Releases QTS 4.3.4 Beta

    Taipei, Taiwan, October 30, 2017 – QNAP Systems, Inc. today released the QTS 4.3.4 beta for ARM-based QNAP NAS. As data security is a fundamentally essential requirement for NAS, QNAP makes snapshots a standard feature to help mitigate the growing threat of ransomware. QNAP has been working...
  10. Julio Urquidi

    Synology Adds Three New DiskStation NAS For SOHO

    The three new models, including the DS218play, DS218j and DS118, are updated versions of previous small office/home office DiskStation products, and run Synology’s DiskStation Manager web-based operating system. The dual-bay DS218play follows up on the DS216play and is powered by a 64-bit...
  11. LoneWolf3574

    NAS as DHCP Server

    I’m trying to setup my NAS as my DHCP instead of using my router, I would like to keep better track of the devices connected to my home network. I’ve got the setting the NAS as the DHCP server part figured out, basically just disable the DHCP on the router and enable it on the NAS. What I...
  12. Julio Urquidi

    QNAP’s Budget Thunderbolt NAS Gets Quad-Core CPU And 10 GbE Adapter

    The 4-bay QNAP TS-453BT3 is a Thunderbolt NAS designed for performance minded creatives on a budget, and is powered by a 1.5 GHz Celeron Apollo Lake processor and 8 GB of DDR3L RAM. The NAS provides access to its storage via its two Thunderbolt 3 ports, or over the network via its single 10...
  13. Julio Urquidi

    Seagate Adds 12 TB Drives To Barracuda Pro, IronWolf, and IronWolf Pro Line-Ups

    Optimized for desktop computing (Barracuda) and NAS (IronWolf and IronWolf Pro), these new 12 TB drives are now shipping. All three models are 3.5”-sized SATA drives with 7200 RPM spindle speeds and 256 MB cache. Barracuda Pro drives are designed for desktop users, creatives and DAS devices and...
  14. Julio Urquidi

    Qnap Adds New Quad-Core NAS Products For SOHO and SMBs

    Targeting small and medium businesses, Qnap introduced two new tower-based NAS product lines, all powered by quad-core AnnapurnaLabs Alpine AL-314 1.7 GHz processors. Both series support snapshots for data recovery (thanks to QTS 4.3.4) and get the option to boost performance with SSD caching...
  15. Julio Urquidi

    Synology Introduces Value Series 4-Bay Multimedia Center

    The DS418play is a new addition to Synology's "Value" series positioned as a home multimedia center. It runs Synology’s DiskStation Manager OS 6.1 and is powered by Intel’s Celeron J3355 2 GHz dual core processor (with burst up to 2.5 GHz), 2 GB DDR3L RAM (expandable to 6 GB), and supports two...
  16. Julio Urquidi

    NETGEAR Introduces 1U 12-Bay ReadyNAS for SMBs

    Designed for SMBs, the NETGEAR ReadyNAS 2312 is a rack-mountable 12-bay NAS that offers several options for backup, as well as file serving, hooks to cloud storage and surveillance. Backup options include a centralized model that uses NETGEAR’s ReadyCloud to protect PC and Macs, a DR model...
  17. Julio Urquidi

    NETGEAR Insight Aims To Simplify SMB Network Management

    NETGEAR’s new network solution offers SMBs app-based plug and play setup and management, making it easier to install, monitor, and change settings on select NETGEAR products. Insight is free to download for Apple and Android and offers network managers a single-pane-of-glass view of their...
  18. Julio Urquidi

    Synology Adds Business, Pro and Value NAS Products To Roster

    Synology unveiled five new NASes, targeting businesses (DS3018xs), media professionals (DS918+, DS718+ and DS218+), and value seekers (DS418). The DS3018xs, Synology’s first six-bay NAS, is powered by a Pentium D1508 dual core 2.2 GHz CPU (boosts up to 2.6 GHz), and 8 GB DDR4 ECC RAM that’s...
  19. Julio Urquidi

    Asustor Releases Linux Center

    Downloadable through ADM’s App Central, Linux Center lets Asustor NAS owners run a virtualized Linux environment, giving them access to a variety of Linux applications, while still being able to use other apps in the Asustor NAS’ native ADM OS. Linux Center works on Asustor AS31/32, AS50/51...
  20. Julio Urquidi

    FreeNAS 11 Released Adding New Virtualization and Storage Features

    Based on FreeBSD 11 Stable, FreeNAS 11, the updated open source storage operating system includes the latest and greatest drivers and libraries available and adds four new notable features: Virtualization is provided by bhyve, an open source hypervisor that supports web-scale virtual machines...
Top