https://nascompares.com/podcasts/weekly/week25-2025.wav This week in tech saw notable advancements across memory, networking, and storage. Micron formally announced the sunsetting of DDR4, Kioxia introduced faster industrial SSDs, and Marvell unveiled the world’s first 2nm SRAM. In parallel, next-generation routers and 10GbE switches aim to simplify fast networking at home and in the enterprise. Micron to Sunset DDR4 […]
https://nascompares.com/podcasts/weekly/week9-2025.wav Welcome to the NAScompares Weekly Digest for Week 9 of 2025! This week saw major announcements in the storage, networking, and NAS industries, including lunar data centers, next-gen NAND advancements, NAS OS updates, and new high-speed SSDs. Let’s dive into the biggest news from the past week. 🚀 Phison and Lonestar Partner for Lunar […]
https://nascompares.com/podcasts/weekly/week8-2025.wav QNAP Unveils Entry-Level 10GbE Multi-Gigabit Switch QNAP has introduced the QSW-3205-5T, a full 10GbE unmanaged switch designed for small businesses, video production teams, and home users looking for cost-effective high-speed networking. With five 10GbE RJ45 ports, the switch supports NBASE-T standards, offering speeds of 10G, 5G, 2.5G, 1G, and 100M. The fanless design ensures […]
Qnap QSW-M2106PR-2S2T Half-width Rackmount 10GbE and 2.5GbE PoE++ Layer 2 Web Managed Switch QSW-M2106PR-2S2T Management Type Web Managed Number of Ports 10 10GbE SFP+ 2 10GbE BASE-T (RJ45) 2 2.5GbE (RJ45) 6 Total PoE Ports 8 PoE++ PSE (802.3bt, 90W) Port 1-8 (90W) PoE Power Output Port 1-8 (90W) Total PoE Power Budget 310W Power […]
Reviewing the Affordable QNAP QSW-308-1C 1Gbe and 10Gbe Combo Switch The QNAP QSW-308-1C unmanaged switch is quite a work of art. I know that is a grand statement for a review, but in order to understand why I think that, you have to take a moment and look at QNAP as a manufacturer. If you […]
QNAP QSW-M408-4C 10Gbe Managed Switch Hardware Review I remember as little as 2 years ago go when someone spoke to me a brand launch event about the possibility of QNAP releasing a network switch at some point. QNAP had been talking for a while about releasing a 10Gbe affordable network switch solution and have gone […]
QNAP QSW-M1208-8C 10Gbe Managed Switch Hardware Review The time and money that QNAP has been spending on fleshing out their range of switches is really quite impressive. Whilst not taking the foot off the gas on their range of NAS hardware, they have been really expanding into this area with numerous network solutions (managed, unmanaged […]
QNAP QSW-2108-2C 10Gbe & 2.5Gbe Managed Switch Hardware Review The full range of QNAP network solutions is certainly expanding fast! Staying on top of their new releases outside of NAS has been quite a rollercoaster and with newer managed switches on the way, new NAS+Switch combos and even a growing range of Wifi 6 and […]
QNAP announce a budget friendly 10GBe Network Switch for RJ45 and SFP+ this 2017 We are pleased to report that QNAP NAS, the company that has been fulfilling so many of your NAS server needs for home and business has taking the next logical step in supplying and satisfying your home and business NAS needs, […]
QNAP QSW-2108-2C 10Gbe & 2.5Gbe Managed Switch Hardware Review The full range of QNAP network solutions is certainly expanding fast! Staying on top of their new releases outside of NAS has been quite a rollercoaster and with newer managed switches on the way, new NAS+Switch combos and even a growing range of Wifi 6 and […]
What is the Best 10Gbe NIC Upgrade of the Year? With so much buzz surrounding 10-gigabit Ethernet networking (10Gbe), it is often overlooked that you upgrading to 10x regular network speeds is actually surprisingly easy and cost-effective. In fact, if you own, or are considering a Network-attached storage (NAS server that features an available PCIe […]
What is the Best 10Gbe NIC Upgrade of the Year? With so much buzz surrounding 10-gigabit Ethernet networking (10Gbe), it is often overlooked that you upgrading to 10x regular network speeds is actually surprisingly easy and cost-effective. In fact if you own, or are considering a Network-attached storage (NAS server that features an available PCIe […]
Can the NightHawk X10 Router replace a NAS in 2018 When I first found out I was getting my hands on the Nighthawk x10 for an unboxing and review, I have to admit – I was excited! There has been a number of mixed reactions to the X10 AD7200 Gaming Switch and if you wanted to […]