Next-Gen NVMe Seagate Firecuda 530 SSD Released Great news for anyone who has been looking at purchasing the fastest possible solid-state drive for gaming and video editing in 2021, with the long-awaited reveal of Seagate’s brand new Firecuda 530 NVMe SSD. Although previously alluded to in tech articles featuring the Phison E18 controller, this is […]
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WD Red Pro vs Gold – user reviews

Comment on https://nascompares.com/wd-red-pro-vs-wd-gold Two reasons I choose WD Gold over WD Red Pro. (1) WD Gold runs about 10 deg F cooler – may lead to longer drive life. This is from having them in the same enclosure for months before I fully switched over to Golds. (2) In a RAID5 array, which is probably […]
Seagate and WD Hard Drives to Buy this Prime Day 2021
Hard Drives Deals to Look Out for This Prime Day 2021 – Seagate & WD Many people will be flocking to Amazon this Prime Day 2021 and a decent number of them are doing it so that they can finally upgrade their storage. Of all the components in a modern computer, few are as easy […]
Which Synology models are locked/support only Synology HAT5300 HDD hard drives?

Seagate ironwolf vs HAT5300. I have project of taking user backup of around 10machine max data is 160TB. so which synlogy and HDD will be better to proposed. RS2421+ only compatible with HAT5300 which is shortage here RS2418+ is available which compatible with other HDD also. so kindly advise which will be best just for […]
Before you buy Seagate Ironwolf NAS drives

In appreciation of your assistance in your below email, I thought I’d update you with some information I learned about Seagate Iron Wolf NAS drives that might be helpful to your user-base. I learned this information in connection with researching the drive I just purchased – an 8TB Iron Wolf. The specs for the […]
Can I move my old HDD drives to a new and bigger Asustor NAS?
Synology HDD not hibernating

What stops my Synology NAS from entering Hibernation? Symptoms Certain conditions or factors, including volume status, services, packages, or third-party packages, may prevent your Synology NAS from hibernating or may wake up your Synology NAS from hibernation mode from time to time. Resolution Volume Status Volume degraded or crashed Volume not created Services DDNS […]
Hard Drive Noise – Seagate vs WD vs Synology and Toshiba
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 […]