Independent Australian storage and infrastructure guides. Real AU pricing, honest verdicts.
How to install Portainer on a NAS and use Docker Compose to deploy and manage containers. The foundational skill for running self-hosted apps on Synology or QNAP hardware.
How to install Jellyfin on a NAS using Docker. Covering Synology and QNAP setup, library configuration, hardware transcoding via VAAPI, and client setup. The open-source Plex alternative.
How to install Immich on a NAS using Docker Compose. A self-hosted Google Photos alternative with AI face recognition, smart albums, and mobile backup. Covers Synology and QNAP setup.
How to install Nextcloud on a NAS using Docker Compose. Covering setup on both Synology and QNAP, MariaDB configuration, HTTPS with a reverse proxy, and trusted domain configuration.
How to install Plex Media Server on a QNAP NAS. From App Center install through library setup, hardware transcoding configuration, and remote access. Includes which QNAP models can hardware transcode and which cannot.
QSync is QNAP's built-in file synchronisation tool. The equivalent of Dropbox or Synology Drive, hosted on your own NAS. This guide covers setting up QSync Central on your QNAP, installing clients on Windows and Mac, creating sync pairs, and managing remote access.
Container Station is QNAP's built-in Docker and Docker Compose environment. This guide covers installation, creating your first container, using Docker Compose, managing persistent data, and the most useful self-hosted apps to run on your QNAP NAS.
Upgrading to a new Synology NAS? Drive migration and the DSM Migration Assistant let you move your entire storage pool, configurations, and data with minimal downtime. This guide covers both migration methods. Moving physical drives and network migration via Migration Assistant. With Australian context on models, retailers, and ACL protections.
Synology's Container Manager lets you run Docker containers directly on your NAS. Self-hosted apps, home automation, media servers, and more without needing a separate server. This guide covers installation, pulling images, composing multi-container apps, and the hardware requirements that trip up Australian users.
Synology Drive turns your NAS into a self-hosted Dropbox. Syncing files across Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS with version history and selective sync. This guide covers installation, client setup, team folder configuration, and the settings that trip people up in Australian home and small business deployments.
A Synology NAS can serve as a macOS Time Machine backup destination over your local network. No Apple Time Capsule required. This guide covers enabling SMB/AFP Time Machine shares on DSM, configuring macOS to use the NAS, setting storage quotas, and the common setup failures to avoid.
Synology Active Backup for Business lets you back up Windows PCs, servers, VMs, and Microsoft 365 data directly to your NAS. No per-device licence fees. This guide covers installation, PC agent setup, backup task configuration, and recovery, with Australian context on NBN upload and storage sizing.
Synology Photos turns your NAS into a self-hosted Google Photos alternative with AI face detection, shared albums, and automatic mobile backup. No subscription required. This guide covers installation, configuration, and the settings that matter for Australian users.
Setting up NAS-based surveillance in Australia? This guide covers camera selection, NVR vs NAS-native recording, storage sizing, and which NAS models suit home and SMB CCTV workloads in 2026.
S.M.A.R.T. tests are the first line of defence against surprise drive failures in a NAS. Learn how to run them on Synology, QNAP, and Asustor, what the results mean, and when to act before you lose data.
You can run Ollama on a Synology NAS using Docker via Container Manager. But only on x86-based models with enough RAM. This guide covers compatible hardware, setup steps, model selection, and what to expect from local AI inference on a NAS in Australia.
UGREEN NASync devices offer serious hardware for video editors in Australia. This guide matches each model to solo and small team workflows, with real AU prices and honest advice on where UGREEN fits. And where it doesn't.
Choosing the right hard drive for your UGREEN NASync is more important than most buyers realise. This guide explains the real differences between NAS and desktop drives, which models work in Australia, and what to expect from current pricing.
UGREEN NASync devices make home backup straightforward. Here's how to choose the right model in Australia and set it up for photos, files, and phone backups.
Running Plex on a UGREEN NAS in Australia? This guide breaks down which NASync models handle direct play and hardware transcoding, with real AU prices and honest advice on what each unit can and can't do.
Hardware transcoding on a NAS lets Plex convert video in real time without killing CPU performance. This guide covers which NAS CPUs support Intel Quick Sync, what Plex Pass costs, 4K requirements, and the best models available in Australia right now.
FCP library corruption on a NAS is almost always caused by the same small set of configuration mistakes. And almost never by a faulty NAS. Here is why libraries corrupt on SMB shares, which storage patterns are safe, and how to configure your NAS so FCP works reliably.
Putting Premiere Pro on a NAS and immediately hitting Media Pending is the most predictable setup failure in shared video storage. Here is the correct Productions folder structure, where every cache file actually belongs, and a step-by-step fix for every Media Pending scenario.
Most editors assume collaborative DaVinci Resolve editing means putting a project file on the NAS and having everyone open it. That causes database corruption. Here is how Resolve's actual collaborative model works. PostgreSQL, file placement, path mapping, and multi-user setup done properly.