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I am an owner of EdgeRouter X. The EdgeRouter X is a good little work horse but it does require a bit more configuration up front before you can use it. It is definitely not a consumer level router. It is meant to be used in small to mid sized business but there is no reason why you couldn't use it at home. I am not trying to steer you away from it. I just want you to know that it is not a user-friendly router, and it takes time to get all the configuration right. It is a wired router so if you need WiFi then you will need to either 1) buy an access point or 2) buy another router and run it as an access point or simply using it as a different subnet. Setting QoS in EdgeRouter X requires usage of the command line interface using a terminal. Take a look at this website. https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/216787288-EdgeRouter-Quality-of-Service-QoS- If it reads like foreign language then you need to re-consider if you really want to get it. Good luck

I think all you have to do is to set your VM networking from NAT to Bridge so it is grabbing the IP address from your DHCP on your network.

So how much are you willing to spend on the DAC and the AMP?

I have been using the Anker Vertical Mouse for 6 years already. I originally had the wired version then switched to wireless. I did have an issue with the wireless mouse but I got a replacement through their warranty so warranty does exist. Aside from the Anker Vertical Mouse, I also have interest in the Contour Unimouse. I might get that mouse if I need in a replacement in the future. https://www.contourdesign.com/product/unimouse/

Exactly what @alatron978 said. It is because they can. Most people go by the brand name. Are you looking for recommendation on vertical mouse?

I briefly looked at private email server a year ago for a project at work. The two solutions that we saw as viable option were hMailServer and Apache James. hMailServer (https://www.hmailserver.com/) is a Windows solution while Apache James (https://james.apache.org/) can be run on any platform that Java supports. We ended up selecting Apache James.

Agree with what @Dredgy said. You can buy an entry level UPS under $100 or even $50. Configure Windows to turn off itself after 2 or 3 minutes when it is on battery power. That way, your computer will perform a graceful shutdown when power loss. It is a good investment for your electronics.

Using their VPN client just makes thing easier. You can however use the built-in Windows VPN client to connect to PIA VPN server. The instruction is available from below link https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/helpdesk/guides/desktop/windows

The first step is to identify your need then you can compare what you need with what each NAS solution offer. If you need the ability to access file then any NAS solution would work. As suggested by @BobVonBob, OpenMediaVault is one option, other options might be FreeNAS, Unraid or Xpenology

Unraid is not a raid server. The array is just a collection of hard drives that you can configure and create network share. To provide fault-tolerance, a designated parity drive is needed. The parity drive must be a drive that is bigger than or the same size of your largest drive in your array. You can have up to 2 parity drives in an Unraid server. With one parity drive, you can recover your array if one drive failed. With two parity drives, you can recover your array if one or two drives failed at the same time. If your share is configured to use the cache drive then it would be used as a temporary storage. A scheduled task will be run middle of the night and move your files from the cache back to your array. The cache is used to increase I/O performance because writing directly into the array with parity check can be slow. My explanation is probably not as good to what's in the Unraid Wiki. I suggest you to read section 1 What is Unraid? 1.1 Network Storage Storage 1.1.1 Parity-Protected Array 1.1.2 User Shares 1.1.3 Cache https://wiki.unraid.net/UnRAID_Manual_6#Network_Attached_Storage

First thing first, you are mixing a 500GB and a 120GB SSD in your cache pool. When mixing different size of hard drives for your cache, the smaller drive wins so essentially your cache is only 120GB large. If you need read/write performance then you should put your VM outside of the array. You should install the unassigned device plugin on your Unraid server so that you can save your VM image to a drive outside of your array.

If you want something like GitHub, you can try GitLab. https://about.gitlab.com/

I use "ES File Explorer" connect to my NAS from my Andriod phone when I am on my LAN.

okay, here's a mini checklist that I just came out with on-top of my head Identify the QNAP NAS model that you want to purchase Whatever QNAP NAS you purchased, it will be connected to either a switch or a router A static IP address will need to be assigned to your QNAP NAS from your router A network share drive requires account to log into the NAS, if you have 8 individual in your office then you probably want to create 8 user accounts on the NAS or connecting it to an Active Directory or a LDAP if one already exist You do not want to create one share account and have everyone to use it, highly not recommended On the QNAP thru its web interface, you will need to create SHARE and enable it to be network accessible Map the network drive on each Windows machine in your office I probably miss a step here and there but what I listed are common steps. You should also consider an offsite backup. The RAID configuration really ensure your data is still available when one drive failed but it doesn't prevent you such as accidental file deletion or catastrophic event such as office burned down. An offsite backup is critical if data on the drive is important

Seems like you have an answer already. ?