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 […]
Synology DS423+ NAS Review – Next Gen Enough? The Synology DS423+ NAS drive is a system that, in the short time since it was first revealed, has been quite a hotly debated little system. Over the last 12-18 months, Synology has been getting quite alot of criticism from home/prosumers who are looking for a compact […]
New Synology DS423 Value 4-Bay NAS Revealed Note 15/03/23 – I have updated this article to reflect new information on the chassis design Synology has unveiled a new 4-bay NAS, the DS423, in its Value Series line. The device features a Realtek ARM v8 processor, marking the latest entry in a likely expanding value range […]
Synology DS1823xs+ NAS Drive – Should You Buy It? Should the DS1823xs+ NAS from Synology be your next big tech purchase? With such a wide range of private server solutions on the market, it’s never been a better time to be a NAS buyer, looking to move your data away from a public cloud provider, […]
How Noisy Are Seagate, WD and Synology Hard Drives? If you have ever been in close proximity to any modern large-capacity hard drive, you will be well aware that despite their attractive high capacity, that they generate a fair amount of ambient noise. Hard drives have changed substantially over the last decade or more and […]
Synology Release the Synology DSM 7.2 Beta Good news for anyone keenly following the software development of Synology Diskstation Manager, with Synology releasing the beta for their next big NAS software update, DSM 7.2. Originally previewed back in November 2022 at their global launch event online, this is new update to DSM includes a number […]
The QNAP TS-462 NAS Drive Review As we begin the year 2023, the Network Attached Storage (NAS) market has undergone quite a transformation, with all the top-tier brands introducing new and exciting offerings for both home and prosumer users. Synology, for example, has been shifting its focus towards the home and business market with a […]
Synology DS1823xs+ NAS Review – Worth the Wait? In all the years that we have covered the NAS solutions of Synology, there has always been something of a glaring gap in their portfolio. A compact desktop profile system, large storage, low impact system with a decent CPU, complete DSM support, long-term expandability with high bandwidth […]
Synology PLUS NAS Hard Drives – The HAT3300 Series For those who have been following the world of network Attached Storage (NAS) and more precisely, the developments of Synology, it might not come as a huge surprise that the brand is now in the process of rolling out a new series of HAT3300 Hard Drives […]
Jellyfin on a Synology NAS – An EASY Installation Guide The benefits of using a Synology NAS to enjoy your decades of collected multimedia on all of your network client devices (Smart TV, Phones, Tablets, Console, etc) are all pretty well established. Alongside not having to pay the monthly/annual media subscription services of the likes […]
Synology RS2423+ and RS2423RP+ 10GbE NAS Rackmount Revealed To say that Synology has been active in the first quarter of 2023 would be a fantastic understatement. In just two short months, they have formally and informally revealed a series of hardware solutions, beta software updates and are now beginning the rollout of their SMB/large-scale solutions. […]
Synology DS423+ Diskstation NAS Revealed Synology is having a remarkably busy start to 2023, with several high-profile NAS solutions being introduced to the market and today we want to discuss one that many have been waiting to hear about for quite a while – The Synology DS423+ NAS. With some much of Synology’s hardware output […]
Synology DS223 NAS Drive – Does It Deserve Your Data? The DS223 NAS is one of the best Synology Value 2-Bay systems that the brand has ever released, featuring a number of series-firsts in terms, yet still maintaining largely the same price point as the other two bays in the Value/J series to date. However, […]
How to Install TrueNAS Scale on an Asustor NAS Drive – Step-By-Step Guide Not all Linux servers are built equally! If you are new to the world of private server storage, you might have heard about how “everything runs on Linux”. Now, that is not exactly true (with many other platforms out there with their […]
How Well Does the QNAP TS-262 NAS Perform as a Plex Media Server? Is the QNAP TS-262 worth it as a Plex Media server NAS? A Plex Media Server NAS is a network-attached storage (NAS) device that has the software for the Plex Media Server application installed. The device acts as a central repository for […]
Synology DS1823xs+ 10GbE 8-Bay NAS Revealed Updated 19/02/23 – This article has been improved, with further information on the CPU and architecture of the device since it was published yesterday Ever wondered if Synology would ever release a 10GbE solution that was targeted at photo/video editors? A moderate-sized NAS, maybe 8 bays or so, expandable, […]