New QNAP Attack Emerges in the last 24hrs, the Deadbolt Ransomware Yesterday (25/01) it has been reported on official QNAP forums that several users have been attacked by a new ransomware (actioned with the name Deadbolt) that, if successful in its intrusion, encrypts the content s of your NAS and demands 0.03 bitcoin (about $1000-1100) […]
Bless you for doing this work, so those of us just looking for a few HDDs don't have to learn the hard way
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Just bought one. It's pretty damn nice device for a home user. I just wish it had a little more RAM like 4Gb...
Actually - anyone dared to solder new RAM C
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I just got my elecgear, delivered today and it came with an aluminum heat pipe! anyone else get this? it is advertised as Aluminum but i never noticed befo
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Hi, I'm trying to install roon for Synology. Gets the error message wrong file format. Grateful for help, Fredrik
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What is the difference between Synology Video Station and Synology Media Server? Reading the Synology descriptions they pretty well do much the same it app
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[…] – Isn’t there anything like Synology SHR on Windows […]
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After seeing the video I have ordered Crucial CT16G4SFD8266 16 GB and have upgraded my Synology DS220+ . Thanks for the tutorial and a massive KUDDOS to y
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Synology Launch the Surveillance Station 9.0 Beta for Public Testing Good news for any Synology users who have been waiting for an update to the popular enterprise-level NVR platform, Surveillance Station, with the release of the Beta for Version 9.0. With many of its new features revealed in the Synology 2022 event last year, many […]
What is the Best Netgear NAS for a Plex Media Server? Plex has fast become the most popular media server software for home users in 2021/2022. With a slick user interface, smart organization, relevant media images and descriptions sourced from many online sources applied automatically and clever show recommendations and watched records, it is easy […]
FULL Current PS5 Compatible SSDs to Upgrade Your Storage Please find below the full list of SSDs that have been tested/mid-testing for PS5. If the official/inclusive heatsink from the brand (eg the WD Black SN850 and its in-house SSD heatsink) fit inside the PS5 SSD expansion slot comfortably, it will be highlighted as such. Additionally, […]
The PNY XLR8 PS5 SSD Heatsink Review When PNY announced they were releasing a PS5 designed SSD heatsink for their gamer XLR8 range, they did so into a market that just half a year ago would have been completely devoid of competition! It has been quite an educational period for many PS5 owners in the […]
PS5 SSD Expansion Testing with the Sabrent Rocket Q4 SSD Modern SSD are not cheap! It’s super annoying that despite Solid State Drives being commercially available for more than a decade, that they are still expensive. Part of that is because the storage capacities have got bigger and another big reason is that they are […]
Asustor Drivestor 4 Review – Cost-Effective Cloud? Asustor’s latest NAS release, the Drivestor 4, certainly has a very specific target audience in mind. Making the jump from public and 3rd party cloud services can be a fantastically intimidating move! Cloud services such as OneDrive, DropBox, Google Drive and more present you with internet-based cloud space […]
Comparing the Seagate Ironwolf 510 vs WD Red SN700 SSD – Which Should You Use in Your NAS? Over the last few years of NAS Drive releases from brands like Synology, QNAP and Asustor, we have seen most Prosumer and SMB releases arriving with support of either M.2 NVMe SSD bays, or PCIe slots that […]
The QNAP TS-364 NAS Drive Review QNAP are now very much in the process of slowly rolling out their new Prosumer and SMB series for 2022, but when it comes to the unit that they are slowly releasing, you can definitely see that they are being a great deal smarter (tactically) than previous generations. Alongside […]
Synology Surveillance Station 9.0 – Everything New that is Coming Many users who purchase a Synology NAS hardware solution, do so because of the wide variety of software services that are included with it. Although Diskstation Manager has a large number of key applications that range from file management, communication and backups, to multimedia, server […]
