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  1. iunlock

    NAS recommendation

    If it's just you and occasionally another person, go for the Pentium all the way. It's no slouch. Especially if you won't be running VM's on it. It'll save you a good amount of euros to put toward the hard drives. I'm a huge RAID 5 fan, despite it only having one parity disk. I have two cold...
  2. iunlock

    NAS recommendation

    Let's refer back to your needs from your first post: All the things in bold require CPU power. Especially running virtual machines. If you plan to have more people streaming from the NAS in the future, you'll need more power. With the usage details you've provide, even the Pentium would...
  3. iunlock

    NAS recommendation

    For most people (99%), no. The i5 is plenty. However, for power users like myself we need all the power we can get. Just put it this way, for the things you've listed, the i5 will work wonders. Heck, even the i3 and highly likely the dual core 2.4GHz Pentium as well. All I'm saying is, if, you...
  4. iunlock

    NAS recommendation

    The TVS-671 or 871 doesn't come with the i7. They only come stock with the Pentium, i3 and i5. I swapped out my i5 with a i7-4970s. That's the highest i7 cpu you can put in the TVS-X71 line. (which is darn high = future proof). That's why the QNAP is being recommended. You don't have to change...
  5. iunlock

    How To Buy A NAS: 2015 Edition

    Hey there, welcome. There are definitely a lot of choices. From what you've stated about your usage habits, there are a lot of options. QNAP would be my first pick, but that's just my opinion. QNAP and Synology are very popular and there are many reasons why people recommend them. Picking one...
  6. iunlock

    TVS AMD based NAS and thoughts?

    It'd be fun to try (at least to me), but I don't know if the AMD G-Series can handle it. Overclocking can lead to many issues as it is nothing new.
  7. iunlock

    TVS AMD based NAS and thoughts?

    At the end of the day, that's all that matters. Glad your happy with the unit. I've never thought about this, but I wonder if the AMD is overclockable? Hmmmm...
  8. iunlock

    NAS recommendation

    The most worst to worst: The old school Synology DS412+ WD DL4100 Synology DS415+ My current NAS's: QNAP TVS-671 (Quad Core - i7) 16GB RAM- Home QNAP TVS-871 (Quad Core - i7) 16GB RAM -Office The DS415+ isn't too bad for light use and it reminds me a lot of the J1900 CPU, but it's no champ...
  9. iunlock

    NAS recommendation

    With the info and usage you have listed, an Atom based NAS won't cut it. Regardless of what anyone says trying to defend the Atom, which seems pretty silly to me given that it is what it is, I come from a similar background with your usage needs and can relate. As I've already mentioned, I...
  10. iunlock

    NAS recommendation

    I'm with you on that. For most casual users they don't need anything more than an efficient economy car. Point A to Point B.
  11. iunlock

    NAS recommendation

    That's good. As long as it's serving your needs. I am basing my recommendations based on what the OP had listed above. From the sounds of it, he needs some power that is more than an Atom. I'm assuming this to be true based on what he already has. "...an i7 with 18GB of RAM..." Buying anything...
  12. iunlock

    [Flexible Volumes & Storage Pools] Static Single vs Thick Multiple vs Thin Multiple Volumes

    Great stuff sfx2000. Thanks for sharing. My sparsebundle analogy was regarding volumes, not storage pools. The raw Hard Drive space is like the empty lot, property, land ie..total amount of real estate you have to work with. Storage Pool is like the big department structure (Blooingdale's...
  13. iunlock

    The BEST 4-Bay QNAP for ~$1000 price range? TVS-471 the Top Pick? -OR- Jump to the 6-Bay TVS-671?

    I agree. Some CPU's can be more than adequate for simple day to day use. I love the VTEC analogy as it fits perfectly for the likes of the J1900's etc... It gets good MPG (low power consumption), while being able to have the advantage of VTEC when needed. This is a better analogy than my Turbo...
  14. iunlock

    NAS recommendation

    Me personally I would not go with the Synology with the weak Atom processors. Trust me my friend. I've gone through that nightmare. If you will only be using the NAS for very light purposes than, maybe. But since you've mentioned future proofing, I'd stay away from Atom processors. They are very...
  15. iunlock

    NAS recommendation

    I've forgot to mention that with the luxury of space on a RAID5 set up (aside to having only one parity), you'll have lots of space to play around with storage pools and volumes. Just make sure to have some cold spares on tap. (I keep two hard drives on standby at all times. Ready to go "when"...
  16. iunlock

    NAS recommendation

    Fun times. Welcome back. If you need lots of space I'd go with the TVS-871, max out the RAM to 16GB, and you can always do a motor swap later if you need more power. The key here is that you have the ability to upgrade at your own will. I'm with you on future proofing and one thing great about...
  17. iunlock

    [Flexible Volumes & Storage Pools] Static Single vs Thick Multiple vs Thin Multiple Volumes

    Also... Aside to the slight performance impact of Thin Multiple Volume, I'm interested to know why it's been almost non existent coming across anyone using Thin Multiple Volumes. :?: --- The more and more I'm familiarizing myself with the different Volume types, I've come to understand it...
  18. iunlock

    The BEST 4-Bay QNAP for ~$1000 price range? TVS-471 the Top Pick? -OR- Jump to the 6-Bay TVS-671?

    I've submitted several support tickets to QNAP and have chatted with them on LIVE chat. One thing that I can tell you for sure is that talking to their support is like talking to a bag of rocks. No exaggeration. They simply don't know what their talking about. People on here know more than they...
  19. iunlock

    [Flexible Volumes & Storage Pools] Static Single vs Thick Multiple vs Thin Multiple Volumes

    Continued... For my list of use I'm thinking that I may benefit from using Thin Multiple Volumes. Right now I have 1 Storage Pool Created. (All 6 drives as RAID 5) I'm debating if I should split up the space on the Storage Pool 50/50 and create: One Thin Multiple Volume for iTunes Library...
  20. iunlock

    [Flexible Volumes & Storage Pools] Static Single vs Thick Multiple vs Thin Multiple Volumes

    This topic is all over the place and very confusing for some, therefore, I've figured it be useful to organized some of the findings. There are a lot of knowledgeable folks on here and I hope that you can chime in to make this simple for everyone to understand. I also have some questions for my...
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