Asustor FLASHSTOR 6 and 12 Pro – ASUSTOR’s first all-M.2 SSD NAS The speed at which compact server development moves can be pretty groundbreaking, as hardware that even a 2-3 years ago though impossible/unthinkable, can suddenly become comparatively pedestrian. That said, one area of server storage that has still yet to genuinely see consumer or […]
How to Upgrade the RAM in your Synology DS923+ to 32GB and 64GB RAM Officially/Unofficially The Synology DS923+ NAS is a NAS system that arrives with an impressive middle ground between Power, Efficiency and Price, thanks to that AMD Ryzen R1600 CPU, flexibility in a 10GbE upgrade, storage expandability and (of course) arriving with ECC […]
HexOS, Linus Investing in a New NAS Software and What is it? – Let’s Discuss! ==== Last Updated June 2024 ===== Dedicated HexOS article discussing what we know (and what we don’t) HERE on NASCompares It’s been the story in the world of NAS that has been bubbling around in the background for a little […]
Best Alternative to WD My Cloud NAS? Which Brand Should You Buy Next? Although Western Digital still is an absolute powerhouse in the world of general storage media for several decades, I think it would be fair to say that in the last few years, their NAS systems (My Cloud, My Book Live, etc) have […]
A Guide to Buying the Right USB Drive for Shucking Right – First Time If you are looking at making a significant saving on larger capacity HDDs or picking up much faster NVMe SSDs for a bargain price, then shucking will likely be one of the first methods that you have considered. For the uninitiated, […]
The Synology DSM 7.2 Release Candidate (RC) is Now Available (This article has been updated on 25/04/23) If you have been holding out for the full release of Synology DSM 7.2, then good news! Synology has now rolled out the official RC (release Candidate of DSM 7.2). A release candidate is generally accepted as the […]
Should You Buy the Synology DS423+ or Terramaster F4-423 NAS Drive So, comparing the Synology DS423+ vs Terramaster F4-423 NAS is easier said than done – we are talking about two brands that have very different priorities when it comes to the solutions they provide. But, I am getting ahead of myself. If you have […]
Synology Certified Refurbished NAS – DS920+ and More Made Available Again I think it would be fair to say that some Synology NAS hardware ends up being more popular than others. Despite the bulk of Synology Diskstation and Rackstation solutions arriving with the same DSM software onboard, there is definitely a few items in Synology’s […]
WD Hit By Cyber Attack. WD My Cloud Offline, WD Shop Down – What Happened? It has now been 20 days since WD initially identified that it was hit by a massively impactful cyber security incident on March 26th. Although further details on the nature of the incident, the impact in terms of data loss/theft […]
Is External Drive Shucking Still Worth It? As long as there have been ready-made USB external hard drives, there has been shucking. Hard Drive Shucking (and in recent years, even SSD shucking) is the process of purchasing an external HDD/SSD enclosure, such as WD My Book or Seagate Backup Plus drive, and then cracking open […]
How to Install Proxmox on a QNAP NAS Drive – Step By Step Guide If you have been looking into server-based virtualization or high-efficiency container deployment, then there is every chance that you are well aware of Promox, the open-source alternative to enterprise/premium VM platforms such as VMware, Citrix or Redhat hypervisors. A hypervisor is […]
Everything you need to know about Upgrading Synology NAS Memory Perhaps you have purchased a new Synology NAS system and want to future-proof it a bit? Perhaps you have an older generation Diskstation/Rackstation NAS that is now showing the occasional signs of slow down in your day-to-day processes? There are lots of reasons why you […]
QNAP Release the QTS 5.1 Beta Update – Early Impressions Most people who own a NAS drive, for business or for pleasure, will realise very early on that the software that these systems arrive with is more than just simple file/folder storage access. In particular, the QNAP QTS system software and services is one that […]
The Storaxa NAS Kickstarter – A New Kind of Solution? Note – This Article is being updated Monthly, so scroll ahead a couple of page lengths to the latest updates. Alternatively, use the chapters above to skip directly ahead. Last Update, Nov 2023. What is the Storaxa Kickstarter NAS and why is it a big […]
World Backup Day – Get Your Data in Order! ALERT – This is your reminder that it is World Backup Day and you should have your backups in order! It may seem like a slightly contrived event, but the motivations behind World Backup Day are arguably more generally positive than alot of manufacturer celebration days. […]
The QNAP TS-262 NAS Drive Review The NAS market at the start of 2023 has really been shaking things up, with moves by all the top tier brands attacking the home and prosumer tier of private server buyers with very different wares on offer! Whilst Synology have been shifting the home/business point of a number […]
Seagate EXOS Mach.2 HDD – Should You Buy It? Seagate revealed the dual actuator EXOS Mach.2 series of HDDs way back in 2019 at CES, promising that this new kind of HDD for enterprise could smash the current performance benchmarks set by optical HDDs. Fast forward to 2023 and they have been hard at work […]
CWWK AIO-T6 NAS Review – Cheap and Cheerful? Who doesn’t love a bargain? Arguably one of the earliest hurdles that many NAS buyers will encounter when making the jump away from 3rd party cloud to hosting their own server is the PRICE! For some users (especially those of a PC literate background who built a […]
Synology Release the BC500 and TC500 NAS IP Cameras for Surveillance Station It’s been over five months since Synology revealed that they were in the process of releasing their own NAS surveillance cameras for use in conjunction with Surveillance Station, but today is the official release date for the Synology BC500 bullet camera and TC500 […]
Terramaster Officially Release the TOS 5.1 NAS Software It’s been in beta for a while, but Terramaster NAS have now fully released their latest big update for their NAS software, TOS 5.1. This update builds on top of the significant improvements seen in TOS 5.0 (you can catch up on that in the article HERE […]