NAS / RAID

How to configure RAID 5 in Dell PowerEdge RS240 Rack Server. I want to also install windows server 2016 in RAID5 RAID5 is safe for OS ?

I have H500p as my case and I want to upgrade my storage so I'm been wondering whether I can put a 2.5 inch HDD (from Seagate) on an SSD slot because I'm thinking of doing raid 0 set up with the two other hard drive bays. I need another HDD so I can put important documents in it without the...

Good evening, I guess my plan is a bit too ambitious but maybe someone can help, I have a Windows Desktop PC and an 13" Macbook Pro Early 2015. What I thoght about is the following, since backing up my data should be a thing, it's totally not the case at the moment to be honest. I wanted to buy...

Hello Everyone, I was running a DS218+ with only 1 disk configuration. Everything works fine. Recently while I was adding a secondary HDD as SHR, my house had a power failure and the NAS rebooted. After the reboot, the previously installed HDD (call HDD A) was not accessible anymore. The...

There is a Page for IOMeter for OSX and a link to the supposed program, however, nothing d/ls, using the back button takes you to IOMETER's code repository. This has had 3 total d/l. Anyone know of another program for testing NAS. Please don't Activity Monitor, it does not provide the info I...

How can i change sata configuration on a Asus G701vo laptop? Not an option for achi, only raid. I tried official bios update from Asus but nothing.

I'm making a little basic NAS out of a dead laptop, and one of the parts that I found broken was the ribbon cable that runs from the power switch to the main board. It's an 8-pin. I have a couple spare 12-pin ribbons, but I doubt there's any use for them here. My question is this: Is there a...

I would like to digitalise around 700 dvds and BluRay discs at home. I am looking for a program that allows me to select the subtitles and languages that I want to rip (original plus my mothertongue). I am going to watch it on an AppleTV as well as I want to make the films available for my...

I want to store 50 DVD'S on a media box for my main TV. I don't want a NAS or server. Do I need a media box such as the Zidoo X10 or the Himedia Q10 PRO where you can install a 4TB hard drive inside it. I really like the Nvidia Shield but I'm not sure if it can handle a large external hard drive...

Hello, i have recently joined my 2 hard drives into a RAID 0 Drive which resulted in a malfunction for me , in Disk management i can only see one Disk, the other is not detected, however, if i went to the BIOS screen i can see them both .my question is how i would remove this RAID 0 and go...

Hi, My laptop very suddenly died on me and I need help accurately diagnosing the problem because I'm a wee bit confused by the evidence. It is a Asus Zenbook UX301LA, which has two 128GB SSD disks, and maybe a RAID system but I'm not too sure about that. I've put a Windows 10 ISO on to a...

Hello, below is a link to an old Dell . with these specs can I smoothly run a NAS server. Thanks https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F112380226999

Hello, I bought an Alienware last years and I decide to buy Samsung Evo 960 NVMe, it's fast but I would like to know if I buy aniother Evo if I can make it raid 0. I know that it's unsafe method and I know the risk but sometime with the Evo, if I write and read at the same time and transfer...

I'm looking at QNAP or Synology to setup a NAS/home server. What I want do is be able to stream 1080/4k video to multiple sources at the same time. I have Vizio and Samsung TV's some of them are 4k. I also have cell phones,tablets. I want to be able to watch these videos from this NAS anywhere...

I'm pretty behind with the times but I just recently purchased a Rokue Express+. I'd like to eventually move away from cable once I'm comfortable with this. This post is in regards to streaming files from a 'media server'. From what I understand, I could stream files directly from my computer...

I have files on a NAS type device, (Actually just a hard drive for file storage) Ican't get MKV files to stream with Roku Media Player on my Roku. It gives me errors. But My ROKU TV in my bedroom plays them fine. Any ideas? This is being sent VIA Wi-Fi to the ROKU. They are MVK files on the same...

Hello everyone. I have 2 SSD and want to be able to combine them into a RAID 0 onto a laptop. I already have data on the 2 ssd but they were run before on RAID0 so if I put them into a laptop would it let me configure them as RAID0? If so will I lose any data? I want to be able to access the...

I connected my QNAP TS-251+ NAS (which contains movie files) to my LAN. I also connected my Samsung SmartTV to my LAN. Thus, I am able to pick and choose movies from my NAS to play on my Samsung SmartTV using TwonkyServer. The Samsung SmartTV is also connected to a Harmon AVR (which plays...

Hello everyone, I'm hoping someone here has the insight on how to speed up a data recovery thats been running since december last year... yeah im not kidding about that. Here's the scenario I've got a Synology DS114+, with 2x Western Digital 3Tb green label harddrive set up in DSM's Hybrid...

Hi, I hope someone can help me with something. I have a Desktop PC with 2x D-Link NAS connected where I keep my work, backups and some media like photos, videos, series. I have other two laptops, ipad, and iphone. I would love to be able to make the media folder available for all those...