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USB gen2 10Gbit DAS box

USB gen2 10Gbit DAS box

I work as a freelance composer in the UK, primarily out of my home studio – but the storage needs upgrading. I’m looking to upgrade from my cluttered array of many external drives to a DAS unit, as I don’t need anything with NAS capabilities – as I’ll only be accessing and using the unit […]

How do you upgrade Synology with 10GbE LAN and NVMe SSD for caching?

How do you upgrade Synology with 10GbE LAN and NVMe SSD for caching?

My current thoughts and questions are currently: Purchase the Synology DS1821+ Purchase 2/4 x HAT5300 Series 3.5” SATA HDD and get more when needed How do exactly do I upgrade it to 10GbE support? How do SNV3400/3500 Series M.2 NVMe SSD work? How do I install them? And how do SAT5200 Series 2.5” SATA SSD work? How do […]

Synology DS923+ 4-bay 10GbE NAS now officially released

Synology DS923+ 4-bay 10GbE NAS is now officially released today. Dependable Performance Up to 625/559 MB/s sequential read/write throughput makes file operations quick and efficient Optional 10GbE connectivity to tackle more specialized, bandwidth-heavy applications Easy Capacity Expansion Add 5 extra drive bays with one DX517 expansion unit for a maximum of 9 storage drives Up […]

Orbi 960 WIFI 6E MESH (RBKE960 Series) from Netgear – 10GbE WiFi

Orbi 960 WIFI 6E MESH (RBKE960 Series) from Netgear – 10GbE WiFi

Orbi 960 WIFI 6E MESH (RBKE960 Series) from Netgear – 10GbE WiFi The Orbi Quad-band WiFi 6E Mesh System supports the new, more secure WiFi Protected Access 3 (WPA3). With 128-bit encryption, the next generation of WPA protects against weak passwords that are easily cracked by hackers. The new Orbi system also supports four separate […]

D-Link DMS-106XT 10GbE and 2.5GbE Switch Review

Review of the D-Link 10G/2.5G DMS-106XT Switch Remember when buying a network switch was something you did because it was needed for work? Or because you needed to catch a network together for a client and had to explain for what felt like the millionth time the difference between a switch and a router? That […]

WD Red Pro 22TB and Synology NAS 10GbE & 5GbE Speed Tests – RAID 0 vs RAID 5

Synology DS1522+ NAS 10GbE RAID Testing with the WD Red Pro 22TB HDDs Technology is moving FAST! Yet one of the most overlooked fast-moving areas of technology in the market is data storage! In the last decade we have seen data storage averages used by consumers and businesses hugely multiply in volume and frequency, with […]

RAID 0 vs RAID 5 vs RAID 6 – WD Red Pro 22TB and QNAP NAS 10GbE Tests

QNAP TS-464 NAS 10GbE RAID 0/5/6 Testing with the WD Red Pro 22TB HDDs When you buy a new NAS and drives, one of the most important long-term decisions that you will make is choosing your RAID level. A RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is the process of combining multiple media drives together into […]

List of Thunderbolt to 10GbE Adapters

List of Thunderbolt to 10GbE Adapters

List of Thunderbolt to 10GbE Adapters       Promise SLF2202NAA SANLink2 Thunderbolt 2 to 16Gbit/s Fiber Channel Adapter 2 Cable     Promise Technology SLE2002tNAA Sanlink2 Thunderbolt 2 to 10G Base-T Ethernet Adapter 2 Cable, Black     Akitio Thunder3 Dock Pro (Thunderbolt 3 Docking Station with 10Gbps Network, CFast Reader, and More)   […]

Qnap QSW-M2106R-2S2T managed 10GbE and 2.5GbE ports, half-rack 1U switch

Qnap QSW-M2106R-2S2T managed 10GbE and 2.5GbE ports, half-rack 1U switch

Qnap QSW-M2106R-2S2T managed 10GbE and 2.5GbE ports, half-rack 1U switch QSW-M2106R-2S2T management type web management Number of ports 10 10GbE SFP+ 2 10GbE BASE-T (RJ45) 2 2.5GbE (RJ45) 6 Power Supply Description Internal power supply Maximum power consumption 40W Input power type AC Input voltage range 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz MAC address table 16K Total no congestion […]

Cheapest VMware ready NAS with 10GbE

Cheapest VMware ready NAS with 10GbE

dyi freenas, nas devices both with 10gbe So I am looking to create fast storage for my vmware clusters in my home lab. I currently have two nas I have been using for this but they are abysmally slow. ts-212p and ts-212. I am building two freeenas boxes which will have 10gbe in them. I […]

Qnap QHora-321 (2.5GbE) and QHora-322 (10GbE) Router

Qnap QHora-321 (2.5GbE) and QHora-322 (10GbE) Router

QHora-321 Number of network ports 6 2.5GbE (RJ45) 6 CPU Marvell CN9130 Quad Core Armv8 Cortex-A72 Memory 4GB DDR4 flash memory 4MB SPI NOR Flash 4GB eMMC button Reset power supply 12V DC power consumption 36W size 166.4 x 145.7 x 29.85mm weight 0.81Kg Package weight 1.35Kg operating temperature 0°C ~ +40°C Operating humidity 5~95% […]

DS1522+ Ryzen based 5-bay NAS with optional 10GbE released today

DS1522+ Ryzen based 5-bay NAS with optional 10GbE released today

DS1522+ Ryzen based 5-bay NAS with optional 10GbE released today CPU CPU Model AMD Ryzen R1600 CPU Quantity 1 CPU Architecture 64-bit CPU Frequency 2-core 2.6 (base) / 3.1 (turbo) GHz Hardware Encryption Engine (AES-NI) Memory System Memory 8 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM Memory Module Pre-installed 8 GB (8 GB x 1) Total Memory Slots […]

TS-i410X: Industrial 10GbE 4X2.5inch SATA SSD NAS with 4K transcoding chip (silent passive cooling)

TS-i410X: Industrial 10GbE 4X2.5inch SATA SSD NAS with 4K transcoding chip (silent passive cooling)

TS-i410X: Industrial 10GbE 4X2.5inch SATA SSD NAS with 4K transcoding chip (silent thanks to passive cooling) TS-i410X-8G CPU Intel® Atom® x6425E 4-core/4-thread processor, burst up to 3.0 GHz CPU Architecture 64-bit x86 Graphic Processors Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors Floating Point Unit Encryption Engine  (AES-NI) Hardware-accelerated Transcoding System Memory 8 GB, not […]

New Synology E10G22-T1-Mini 10GbE Adapter

The Synology E10G22-T1-Mini Adapter – What is it? What IS the E10G22-T1-Mini? It is quite a mouthful of a name, isn’t it? What makes it so special? If there is one area of the network storage market that Synology has always seemed to keep at arms length, it has been 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE). At […]

Synology Compatible 10GbE NIC network cards

Synology Compatible 10GbE NIC network cards

Synology Compatible 10GbE NIC network cards     E10M20-T1 M.2 SSD & 10GbE combo adapter card for performance acceleration NVMe SSD SA series:SA3600, SA3400 22 series:DS3622xs+, DS2422+ 21 series:RS4021xs+, RS3621xs+, RS3621RPxs, RS2821RP+, RS2421RP+, RS2421+, RS1221RP+, RS1221+ 20 series:RS820RP+, RS820+ 19 series:DS2419+, DS2419+II, DS1819+ 18 series:RS3618xs, RS2818RP+, DS3018xs, DS1618+ 17 series:RS18017xs+, RS4017xs+, RS3617xs+, RS3617RPxs, DS3617xs, DS3617xsII […]

Best 10GbE NAS to Buy in 2022

A Guide to the Best 10GbE NAS Drives to Buy Right Now Data is getting big, like REALLY BIG. From the phone in your pocket taking photos at 10MB+ a go, movies arriving at 4K Ultra HD HDR as an excepted scale and internet connectivity easily breaking into greater than gigabit speeds, we are fast […]

M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD adapters with 10GbE released

M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD adapters with 10GbE released

M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD adapters with 10GbE released Main specifications model instruction PCIe and transmission interface QM2-2P410G2T Dual-port M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD with dual-port 10GbE expansion card PCIe Gen4 x8 QM2-2P410G1T Dual-port M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD with single-port 10GbE expansion card PCIe Gen4 x8 QM2-2P10G1TB Dual-port M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD with […]

What type of SFP+ 10gbe cable /transceiver do I need?

What type of SFP+ 10gbe cable /transceiver do I need?

What type of cable /transceiver do I need? Message Body: I am currently purchasing the following switch: . NETGEAR 10-Port 10G MS510TXM • The switch has 2 SFP+ ports (in addition to Ethernet ports ) ..and purchasing the following ThunderBolt 3 adapter for my PC: https://www.sonnettech.com/product/solo10g-sfp-tb3/overview.html The SonnectTech site indicates I need an LC optical […]

What is the fastest 10GbE card

What is the fastest 10GbE card

How do I determine whether the NIC I am using is delivering what I paid for”? Is there some sort of test methodology to determine NIC through put? All of the 10GbE cards listed bellow use the same chip. Very unlikely you will see performance difference between them. Aquantia AQtion AQC107 chip Synology  E10G18-T1 Asus […]