Switches for Asustor Nimbustor 4 2x 2.5Gbe Trying to find a decent but not expensive switch that has link aggregation that’s able to pair with the Nimbustor 4 NAS. Been looking at QNAP QSW-2104-2T $290 AUD not sure if this can be aggregated for this use, Also looked at Ubiquiti Switch Flex XG $499 AUD. […]
Ironwolf 525 vs WD SN700 vs Firecuda 530 These are very similar spec and endurance M.2 SSDs. Things to look at MTBF and TBW. The best between these three is Ironwolf 525 Second place to Firecuda 530 And a third place to WD SN700 But again, they all are very similar. Ironwolf […]
BTRFS compatible Synology models The table below shows the Synology NAS models supporting the Btrfs file system: Series Models FS-series FS6400, FS3600, FS3400, FS3017, FS2500, FS2017, FS1018 SA-series SA3600, SA3400, SA3200D 22-series DS3622xs+, DS2422+ 21-series RS4021xs+, RS3621xs+, RS3621RPxs, RS2821RP+, RS2421RP+, RS2421+, RS1221RP+, RS1221+, DS1821+, DS1621xs+, DS1621+, DVA3221 20-series RS820RP+, RS820+, DS1520+, DS920+, DS720+, DS420+, […]
Review of the WD Red SN700 M.2 NVMe SSD for NAS Drives Why should you put the WD Red SN700 SSD in your NAS? It’s a fair question. Western Digital (WD) has been in the SSD market for quite a few years now, with a lot of in-house R&D at their disposal and their past […]
Compatible heatsink for Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus SSD on PS5 heat sink for ps5 TOP 3 Recommended PS5 Storage Expansion Compatible Heatsinks ELUTENG M.2 2280 Heatsink, Double-Sided MHQJRH M.2 2280 SSD heatsink EZDIY-FAB M.2 SSD heatsink 2280 FIND HERE FIND HERE FIND HERE QIVYNSRY M.2 heatsink 2280 SSD Double-Sided Heat […]
Heatsinks for PS5 Crucial P5 Plus SSD Upgrades From the NASCompares free advice section; Which SSD Heatsinks Are Compatible with Crucial P5 Plus for PS5? There are numerous NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the market that can be used in the PS5 Storage Bay. However, some are more suited than others and although one […]
Seagate PCIe Gen 4 NVMe for NAS on its Way – The Ironwolf 525 SSD Continuing their reputation for bringing new media releases to the market before everyone else, Seagate seemingly has a PCIe Gen 4.0 NVMe SSD in the pipeline for NAS/SAN server use in their Ironwolf series, known as the Seagate Ironwolf 525. […]
Heatsinks for PS5 Samsung 980 Pro SSD Upgrades From the NASCompares free advice section; Which SSD Heatsinks Are Compatible with Samsung 980 Pro for PS5? Additionally, here are my top 6 recommendations for heatsinks to use with your SSD inside the PS5, in order to effectively dissipate heat when the high-performance drive is in […]
Heatsinks for PS5 Seagate Firecuda SSD Upgrades From the NASCompares free advice section; Which SSD Heatsinks Are Compatible with Seagate Firecuda for PS5? There are numerous NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the market that can be used in the PS5 Storage Bay. However, some are more suited than others and although one heatsink might […]
Heatsinks for PS5 WD Black SN850 SSD Upgrades From the NASCompares free advice section; Which SSD Heatsinks Are Compatible with WD Black SN850 for PS5? There are numerous NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the market that can be used in the PS5 Storage Bay. However, some are more suited than others and although one […]
As a DIT, I am planning on having a RAID on film sets. The RAID will be transported from location to location and will be turned on/off during each production day. Would it be better to use WD RED drives for the RAID, or a WD BLUE/BLACK because it will be turned on/off multiple times? […]
NAS and M1 chip We are high volume photographers looking for a back up and work station. all of our MAcs now have the M1 processor. DO the current NAs interface well with the M1 ? I am asking because we recently discovered that our ultra fast reader does not have a driver to support […]
Upgrade / replace existing HDD with bigger hard drives on WD NAS MyCloud and other Upgrading NAS drives Message Body: I have a WD MyCloud Mirror NAS. It has 2x2TB drive running Raid 1 and it only has 2 bays. I would like to upgrade it to 4TB available space (2 x 4TB HDD’s) because […]
QNAP TVS-672XT External GPU- Hi, I purchased a QNAP TVS-672XT after having less than desired performance from other NAS’s i have tried. To deck it out i purchased an I7 8700t cpu 32 GB ram. I don’t have any of the equipment yet, should arrive today. I been trying to find a video card to […]
RS1221RP+ compatible RAM SODIMM D4ES01-4G 4GB DDR4 ECC Unbuffered SODIMM EAN: 4711174724031 D4ES01-8G 8GB DDR4 ECC Unbuffered SODIMM EAN: 4711174724055 ECC D4ECSO-2666-16G 16GB Buy in UK USA DDR4 ECC Unbuffered SODIMM EAN: 4711174723676 ALTERNATIVES: Timetec DDR4-2666 16GB Replacement for Synology D4ECSO-2666-16G DDR4 ECC ECC […]
PCIe 4 NVMe SSD Comparison – MSI Spatium M480 vs Seagate Firecuda 530 The PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD market continues to grow into the accepted standard in 2021/2022 for performance – and the usual brands are rising to the challenge. If there is only one thing that you take from these comparisons on NVMe SSDs […]
PCIe 4 NVMe SSD Comparison – Samsung 980 Pro vs Seagate Firecuda 530 One industry that continues to exceed all expectations is solid-state drives (SSD). The accepted norms of storage in terms of capacity, speed and durability have wildly eclipsed those early days of SATA and now the combined might of near-total bandwidth utilisation and […]
Should You Buy the WD Black SN850, Seagate Firecuda 530, Samsung 980 Pro or Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus M.2 SSD for PS5? If you have been considering an SSD upgrade for your Playstation 5 now that the feature is enabled (currently in beta and full support coming very soon), then chances are that of all […]
PCIe 4 NVMe SSD Comparison – WD Black SN850 vs Seagate Firecuda 530 If you have recently purchased a modern generation gaming PC, Video setup or new generation console, then chances are that when looking at optimal storage media for your system, you likely narrowed your choices down to the Seagate Firecuda 530 (released in […]
Review of the Seagate Firecuda 530 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD Few brands in the world of storage media have been smashing the first’ milestones as much as Seagate has in the last few years. Off the back of a hot run of hard drive news promising 20TB drives shortly and 50TB drives inside 4 […]