How to Install TrueNAS Scale on a QNAP NAS Drive – Step-By-Step Guide If you are reading this guide on making the switch inside your QNAP NAS from QTS/QuTS to TrueNAS Scale, then chances are that you are well aware of what exactly this impressive piece of open-source software is capable of! TrueNAS Scale is […]
The Synology DS923+ vs DS1522+ NAS Comparison Synology Diskstation NAS in the 2022/2023 generation saw a surprising overhaul in the traditional hardware specifications of the brand’s 4-Bay and 5-Bay series, ditching Intel Celeron processors and deciding to make the switch to AMD’s Embedded Ryzen series of CPUs. This change, along with it’s effect on the […]
A Guide to the Best Surveillance NAS Drives to Buy Right Now When you consider investing in a NAS drive in your home or business environment, you always want to maximize your investment in this new kind of technology. Systems are designed to do many different things at once and each top-tier NAS brand includes […]
Best Photo app for a NAS (Synology, Qnap etc) that includes photo editing, smart object search and more. The answer is mylio app. Map View your geotagged photos pinned to a map. Quickly add location data to untagged photos by dragging and dropping them onto the map individually or many at the same time. Life […]
The TerraMaster T12-450 is a 12-bay NAS (network attached storage) device powered by an Intel Atom C3558R processor. With a quad-core 2.4 GHz frequency and 64-bit X86 architecture, this processor provides strong performance for the T12-450. The device also features a hardware encryption engine, ensuring the security of your data. In terms of memory, the […]
A Guide to the Best 4K Plex NAS Drives to Buy Right Now If you have been looking at buying a Synology or QNAP NAS drive in 2023 for use as a Plex Media Server, then chances are you are doing this because you are sick of paying for a bunch of online streaming services […]
A Sincere THANK YOU from NASCompares! As 2022 draws to a close and many of us prepare to spend some long overdue time with our families and friends, myself* and Eddie the web guy wanted to take this opportunity to thank you from the bottom of our I.T enthused hearts for taking the time to […]
A Guide to the Best 8-Bay NAS Drives to Buy Right Now If you have been looking at getting a NAS for your business, then I think it is safe to say that 8-Bay is where things get SERIOUS. Up until this point, most NAS system can typically fall into home use, budget use, small […]
A Guide to the Best 4K Plex NAS Drives to Buy Right Now If you have been looking at buying a Synology or QNAP NAS drive in 2023 for use as a Plex Media Server, then chances are you are doing this because you are sick of paying for a bunch of online streaming services […]
TerraMaster T9-450 9-bay NAS The T9-450 is powered by an Intel Atom C3558R quad-core processor, with main frequency of up to 2.4GHz. It is also equipped with a 8GB DDR4 dual-channel memory (expandable up to 32GB); dual SFP+ 10GB fiber interfaces; and dual 2.5GbE ports, providing up to 20Gb transmission bandwidth through Link Aggregation. In […]
A Guide to the Best Surveillance NAS Drives to Buy Right Now When you consider investing in a NAS drive in your home or business environment, you always want to maximize your investment in this new kind of technology. Systems are designed to do many different things at once and each top-tier NAS brand includes […]
How to set up Terramaster time machine backup First Step: To Set Up Time Machine 1. Go to TOS desktop> Backup > Time Machine > Settings 2. Check “Enable Time Machine Service” 3. Set “Backup Path” 4. Enter the storage space limitation for Time Machine. If you need more space, you can enter 0 (indicating no limitation); 5. […]
Qnap TVS-h874X NAS with i9 CPU, Gen4 lanes and UHD Graphics 770 TVS-h874X-i9-64G (By Request) CPU Intel® Core™ i9 16-core (8P+8E) /24-thread Processor CPU Architecture 64-bit x86 Graphic Processors Intel® UHD Graphics 770 Floating Point Unit Encryption Engine (AES-NI) Hardware-accelerated Transcoding System Memory 64 GB SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 32 GB) Maximum Memory 64 GB […]
Terramaster U4-211 4-Bay rackmount NAS Processor Processor Model Realtek 1619B Processor Architecture ARM V8.2 Cortex-A55 64-bit Processor Frequency Quad Core 2.0 GHz CPU Single-Core Score / Hardware Encryption Engine √ Hardware Transcoding Engine / Memory System Memory 2 GB Pre-installed Memory module / Total Memory Slot Number / Maximum Supported Memory 2 GB Note TerraMaster […]
Choosing the NAS for Photo Viewing, Sharing and/or Editing Photography of the Year Many users first time hearing about NAS drives will often be when the limitations of their 3rd party cloud storage space (from the likes of Google, Apple or DropBox) start to become clear, with few groups feeling this pinch more than keen […]
Synology DS723+ or Terramaster F2-423 NAS – Which Should You Buy? For such a long time, the general hardware that all the NAS brands were offering was generally comparable (Celeron CPU, 2/4GB Memory, coupled of 1GbE and USB) and it was only when you delved into the software that you could see the big differences. […]
A Guide to the Best 8-Bay NAS Drives to Buy Right Now If you have been looking at getting a NAS for your business, then I think it is safe to say that 8-Bay is where things get SERIOUS. Up until this point, most NAS system can typically fall into home use, budget use, small […]
The QNAP TVS-h874 NAS Drive Review Labelling the QNAP TVS-h874 as the ‘ULTIMATE NAS’ is quite a big claim, right? I mean, we are still talking about the same formula as another desktop NAS right? Well, yes and no. I think it would be fair to say that I have seen ALOT of different NAS […]
Asustor AS6702T Lockerstor 2 Gen 2 NAS Hardware Review – Worth Your Data? When it comes to brands that I discuss here on the NASCompares when discussing NAS, one brand that always seems to have always existed (yet doesn’t get the same level of online fame as its peers) is Asustor. Founded in 2011, they […]
NAS for archives that are ransomware proof (WORM technology) I am after the right choice NAS for my use case. I have JBOD through a Terramaster box at the moment and it is so limiting. I am making a consolidated set of media (video, audio, images), documents (pdf, Word, Excel, Powerpoint) ex my computers selected […]
