Synology Reveal the Budget DS420J 4-Bay Diskstation NAS Solution Another new piece of kit revealed at CES 2020 and this time it just before the show fully kicked off, at Pepcom 2020 (technically the CES launch event). This new and highly affordable Synology solution is one we have covered here on the blog before, the […]
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New QSW-M408-4C and QSW-M408-S Affordable Managed 10Gbe Switch Revealed at CES 2020
New QNAP QSW-M408 10Gbe Switch Uncovered at CES 2020 More new tech is being revealed at CES 2020 in vegas and the latest piece of 10Gbe equipment that QNAP wanted to show off was their latest affordable 10G Switch. Arriving hot on the heels of the QSW-308 range, these newer QSW-M408-4C and QSW-M408-S are sure […]
Asustor LockerStor 10 Pro Revealed at CES 2020
New Xeon Powered AS7110T LockerStor 10 Pro NAS Revealed at CES 2020 If there was one brand that really shook things up last year in the world of NAS, it has to be Asustor. Always a brand that popped up throughout 2019 here on NASCompares, they have seemingly been challenging the bigger brands at their […]
Brand New QNAP QGD-1602P NAS+Switch Combo Reveal
New QNAP QGD-1602P NAS+Switch Device Revealed at CES 2020 After the early success of the QNAP NAS + Switch combination of the Guardian Switch in late 2019, it wasn’t a huge surprise that QNAP was going to do more with this product series. However, I did not expect a reveal so soon into 2020 in […]
Best 2.5Gbe and 5Gbe NAS Drive of 2019 – 2020
Top 3 NAS for 2.5Gbe and 5Gbe of the Year Data is getting bigger! There is no avoiding it, the size of the data we generate every single day is constantly increasing and with worldwide access to the data getting more straight forward, the speed at which we want that data is growing too. The […]
QNAP QVR Face Recognition Beta Released for QVR Pro
Facial Recognition and Identification for QNAP QVR Pro – QVR Face and Tiger Released in Beta QNAP and their ever-evolving QVR Pro Surveillance NAS software has long been established one of the best CCTV and NVR platforms included with your NAS drive purchase. With most QNAP NAS drives arriving with 8 camera licenses, a range […]
Synology DSM 7.0 Beta – How to Register and Access
How to Get Access to the Synology DSM 7.0 Beta Synology are getting ready for the launch of their Diskstation Manager NAS software, version 7.0, and the good news is that they are asking users if they want to put it through it’s paces. Much like previous releases, the newest release of DSM is going […]
Best Rackmount NAS Server to Buy
Top 3 Rackmount NAS of the Year Making the jump from small to big business can be a fantastically intimidating one and with increasing laws about data protection and GDPR (urgh!) to take into account, choosing the right hardware for your data storage can be both a fantastically dull and complicated one. One a business […]
Synology FS6400 FlashStation NAS Hardware Review
The Synology FS6400 FlashStation, Innovation or Overkill? When Synology first released their first entry into the flashstation NAS range (now almost 2 years ago, I have to admit I was a bit dubious. I did genuinely believe that SSD and NAS go together very well, however, more and more we are finding that NAS devices […]
Synology SA3200D RackStation NAS – Specifications and Data Sheet
Maximize Service Availability, Minimize Downtime – The SA3200D RackStation NAS Synology SA3200D features a dual controller architecture to ensure operations and core business functions are not severely impacted by a disaster or unplanned incident that take critical systems offline. The hardware redundancy mechanism leverages controllers, power supplies, and fans to prevent a single point of […]
NAS Offers in the Boxing Day Sale
NAS Bargains this Boxing Day 2019 If you have been looking for the right time to buy your first NAS this 2019, then you would be hard pushed to find a better time that Boxing Day Sales 2019. The event is going to last for the next 36 hours, so fast shopping is going to […]
Best Surveillance NAS Drive of 2019
Top 3 NAS for Surveillance of the Year The popularity of using a NAS drive for surveillance purposes has really grown over the last 12 months. Perhaps it is the fact it lets users maximise their investment in 2019 in a network-attached storage device beyond that of backups and streaming media, or maybe it’s the […]
Best 10Gbe NAS Drive of 2019
Top 3 NAS for 10Gbe of the Year The importance of 10-gigabit ethernet (10Gbe) in 2018 cannot be understated. With advances in affordability and the utility of this kind of hardware, many users are now making the jump into this faster more efficient means of improving their workflow. Not so long ago, most companies/businesses that […]
QNAP JBOD External SAS Expansions TL-D800S, TL-D1600S, TL-D400S, TL-R400S and TL-R1200S-RP
Brand New QNAP JBOD External SAS Expansions Revealed for 2020 QNAP has announced new desktop and rackmount expansion units. Not only you can expand your NAS but you can also use it is as a very fast direct-attached storage (DAS). To connect you will need included SAS cable and a card for a NAS or […]
Best Plex NAS Drive of 2019
Top 3 NAS for Plex of the Year If you are looking to upgrade your multimedia setup in 2019, chances are that you have already heard of the great multimedia application, Plex Media Server (PMS), that allows you to access all your movies and boxsets anywhere in the world, on almost any device! Plex is […]
Most Powerful NAS Drive of 2019
Top 3 Most Powerful NAS Drives of the Year When buying brand new technology, there are many factors that we will use to make the final decision. Buying factors such as price, efficiency, value and brand support are always going to be very high on our list when making that final click on the Buy […]
Best 4K and 1080p NAS Drive of 2019
Top 3 NAS for 4K and 1080p Media of the Year One of the most popular uses for a NAS drive in 2018 continues to be for multimedia. Whether it is 4K and 1080p movies, smooth playback of albums and playlists, or easy cataloguing and viewing of last photo albums, a NAS drive is a […]
Most Data Secure NAS Drives of 2019
Top 3 Safest and Most Secure NAS of the Year Data is precious. This is pretty much an understood fact and whether it is your personal photos, your movie collection, your audio collection, business data or backups, the majority of data is important in some way. One of the biggest reasons that companies make the […]
Best Photographer NAS of 2019
Top 3 NAS for Photographers of the Year Professional photographers all around the world can all agree on one thing when it comes to their data – BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP! Every photographer has a story about themselves or a colleague who lost a whole lot of data because they didn’t create a good enough backup […]
Best SSD and HDD Combination NAS of 2019
Top 3 NAS for Hard Drive and SSD Media of the Year Network Attached Storage has long been established as one of the best ways to store large amount of data for access easily over the internet and network. Whether you are a home user with pictures of your family, a business user with a […]