New NAS Expansion for a New Decade – But Is the QNAP TL-D800S Worth Your Data? Expanding a NAS DRIVE is something that most business users that come to depend on their storage system will have to consider at some point. Whether it is because you are saving one today and/or bought small because your […]
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QNAP TS-653D NAS Hardware Review
The QNAP TS-653D 6-Bay NAS Drive Hardware Review Buying your first NAS drive can be a rather intimidating first step for many users. The advantages and bonuses’ to this kind of hardware are pretty well documented, especially when compared with pubic cloud storage and file streaming services(such as Google Drive, Onedrive and Dropbox). This has […]
Synology DS220+ NAS Plex 4K, 1080p and 720p Tests (H.264 & HEVC)
Transcoding 4K Media on the DS220+ NAS Plex Media Server Transcoding on a NAS such as the DS220+ device is the ability for a multimedia file to be changed from it’s existing format or codec to one that is better suited to the destination device. In this file access, the DS220+ NAS is the host device […]
Synology DS220+ NAS Hardware Review
The Synology DS220+ 2-Bay NAS Drive Hardware Review If you have been considering purchasing a Synology NAS for home or business in 2020, then chances are that you fall into one of two categories. The first category is is is made up of those who are aware of what a NAS can do, as well as […]
New QGD-1602P Guardian NAS+Switch with 2.5Gbe, 5Gbe, 10Gbe and 8 Core CPU
Brand New QNAP QGD-1602P NAS+Switch Revealed for Autumn 2020 We are certainly seeing some rather killer hardware be revealed by QNAP NAS in the last couple of months. Their full 2020 portfolio of storage solutions is once again making it abundantly clear that they are still the innovators of the and the latest video from […]
QNAP TS-230 NAS Hardware Review
QNAP TS-230 NAS – Is it worthy of your data? Owning a network-attached storage device used to be something only available to businesses and those with deep pockets. However, now the technology has become considerably more affordable, as well as the hardware involved becoming exceptionally more efficient, NAS drives in the home are actually rather […]
Best Synology 2-Bay NAS – 2020
Choosing the Best 2-Bay Synology NAS Drive Choosing the best NAS drive for your needs can often be a difficult or imposing job. Network Attached Storage has evolved a lot over the years to a point now where they are less like basic storage devices and more like fully functioning computers, with operating systems, applications […]
Synology DS220+ vs DS218+ NAS Drive Comparison
Comparing the Synology DS220+ vs the DS218+ NAS Drive Choosing to buy a NAS drive can often be a tricky investment choice to make. Although the development of network-attached storage in 2020 has far outgrown the rather simplistic ideas of it being a brainless hard drive you can access by the network or internet, growing […]
Synology DS920+ NAS Drive Hardware Review
The Synology DS920+ 4-Bay NAS Drive Hardware Review When the new Synology Diskstation series was revealed a few weeks ago, I think it was safe to say that it got peoples attention! The previous 18+ series of NAS had been around since September 2017 and many users were starting to get worried about choosing the […]
QNAP TS-686 and TS-886 Xeon Powered Desktop NAS for Summer 2020
New QNAP TS-686 & TS-886 Business NAS Revealed When you think about business services, you will all too often think of giant rack-mount devices or huge server cabinets that occupied large areas in the corners of buildings worldwide. However, in more modern times, server technology for business users has reduced considerably in size and most […]
Synology M2D20 NVMe Cache Card Revealed
Synology M2D20 NVMe SSD Card Coming Soon The last month or so has been an absolute landslide of new release information for Synology, generally a frightfully tight-lipped company. From the announcement and release (in Japan at least) of the DS920+, DS720+, DS420+ and DS220+, to the impending arrival of the Synology E10M20-T1 and those Synology […]
Synology DS720+ vs QNAP TS-253D NAS Drive Comparison
Comparing the Synology DS720+ vs the QNAP TS-253D NAS Drive Trying to buy the best 2-bay network-attached storage (NAS) drive used to be so simple. Just over a decade ago, NAS was (for the most part) a glorified hard drive that you access over the network or internet that you and your PC software could […]
The QNAP TL-D800C Hardware Review
New NAS Expansion for a New Decade – But Is the QNAP TL-D800C Worth Your Data? If you have been the owner of a NAS server for a few years, you know that available space will always be an eventual barrier in the end. Even in the very early days of network-attached storage it was […]
New QNAP TS-453DU, TS-853DU and TS-1283DU Rackmount NAS Revealed
New QNAP TS-x53DU 2.5Gbe Rackmount NAS Series for Business QNAP really seems to be hitting the releases hard right now, setting their stall out early for their planned hardware for 2020. The D series marks the latest generation of NAS hardware from the big Q and this newest release seems to easily be the most […]
Synology DS920+ vs QNAP TS-453D NAS Drive Comparison
Comparing the Synology DS920+ vs the QNAP TS-453D NAS Drive These days, whatever you are doing, it creates data. It is becoming increasingly hard these days not to leave a digital footprint, A trace of your whereabouts, or a few you bits and bytes of what you are doing. In fact, many of us do […]
Synology DS920+ vs DS918+ NAS Drive Comparison
Comparing the Synology DS920+ vs the DS918+ NAS Drive Buying a brand new NAS in 2020 is a lot easier than it would have been as little as five years ago. The hardware landscape of network-attached storage has changed dramatically for the better and now most modern NAS solutions are exceptionally evolved in both hardware […]
Synology DS720+ vs DS718+ NAS Drive Comparison
Comparing the Synology DS720+ vs the DS718+ NAS Drive When it comes down to it, most users buying their very first network-attached storage device will end up choosing a 2-day device. A NAS used to be a remarkable niche piece of hardware that uses would buy and hardly something that troubled the consumer market, but […]
Best QNAP 4-Bay NAS – 2020
Choosing the Best QNAP 4-Bay NAS Drive you Need If you have been looking for the right NAS to store all those valuable gigabytes of data and have even a pinch of computer knowledge, then chances are that you have been looking at QNAP NAS. Even now as you read this sentence, you have created […]
Synology 2020 Q&A with Taiwan HQ – Your Questions Answered
Synology NAS 2020 – Your Questions Answered Of all the companies in the industry of network-attached storage, few are as secretive as Synology. Whether you are an in the industry of network appliances and storage, the in-house IT guy, or a professional consumer (prosumer) who is just in the market for a new piece of […]
Official Synology DS920+, DS720+, DS220+ and DS420+ NAS Pages Go LIVE
Synology Official Product Pages for the Brand New DS920+, DS220+, DS720+ and DS420+ NAS are up Good news for those of you who are wondering about the release of the recently revealed diskstation 20+ series that we uncovered earlier this week, with synology.tw product pages for each new NAS now live on their website. Although […]