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Q. I currently have a non-QNAP NAS with disk configured as RAID 5 and I see the QNAP NAS also supports RAID 5 so if I purchase the QNAP is there a way for me to migrate the physical RAID disks over to the QNAP without losing the data? A: Every NAS vendor uses its own disk partition layout therefore the RAID configuration on your other NAS can not be used on QNAP directly by swapping the hard drives even though both NAS support the standard RAID disk configuration. In order to reuse your hard disks currently installed on the non-QNAP NAS and not losing any data stored on them you will have to transfer all the data to a temporary storage location, such as the PC or the USB external disk. Once the data transfer completes, setup your QNAP NAS with these hard disks as RAID then copy the data back from the temporary locations. Q: Which brand or what type of hard drive should I use on my QNAP NAS for delivering the High Definition videos contents (1080p) across my home network? A. Most of the Hign Definition video contents obtained from the Internet have already been re-encoded to a smaller size and with less bitrates (1~3 MB/s on average) which is far from reaching the maximum speed of reading files from the hard drives (30~60 MB/s on average). For the best outcome just ensure all the devices run in a wired and gigabit network environment. Q: Does QNAP NAS support HD video streaming to common DMAs via NFS protocol? A. Yes, all QNAP NAS are built-in with NFS server version 3 and are able to serve high definition (HD) videos (with average bitrate 8-10 MB/s) to various DMAs found on the market. Q: Does QNAP support HD video streaming to Microsoft XBox installed with XBMC via Samba protocol? A. Yes all QNAP NAS fully support serving high definition videos to Microsoft XBox installed with XBMC via Samba protocol. Q: Does QNAP NAS support SATA port multiplier via its eSATA port? A. No, QNAP NAS do not support expanding SATA ports using the SATA port multiplier via the built-in eSATA port. Q: I currently have a non-QNAP NAS with disk configured as RAID 5 and I see the QNAP NAS also supports RAID 5 so if I purchase the QNAP is there a way for me to migrate the physical RAID disks over to the QNAP without losing the data? A. Every NAS vendor uses its own disk partition layout therefore the RAID
configuration on your other NAS can not be used on QNAP directly by swapping the hard drives even though both NAS support the standard RAID disk configuration. In order to reuse your hard disks currently installed on the non-QNAP NAS and not losing any data stored on them you will have to transfer all the data to a temporary storage location, such as the PC or the USB external disk. Once the data transfer completes, setup your QNAP NAS with these hard disks as RAID then copy the data back from the temporary locations.
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