The N305 M-ITX NAS Motherboard with 10GbE – Should You Buy It? If you’re considering a custom NAS or server build, the N305 M-ITX NAS Motherboard with 10GbE offers an enticing mix of performance, power efficiency, and networking prowess. Designed with modern demands in mind, it combines Intel’s Alder Lake-N processors with a robust set […]
A Guide to the Best 5/6-Bay NAS Drives to Buy Right Now In recent years, the appeal of 5-Bay and 6-Bay NAS systems has dramatically increased, particularly since 2023/2024. Previously, home and small-business users tended to opt for either modest 2/4 Bay systems or jump to the larger 8-Bay models when needing more storage capacity. […]
The Zimacube NAS, a Crowdfunded Beast of a NAS The Zimacube NAS Kickstarter Project is now LIVE and you can find out about it HERE UPDATE – We received a Zimacube NAS Prototype unit for evaluation in Nov 2023. You can read the FULL Zimacube NAS teardown and prototype review HERE, or you can watch […]
QNAP, the global leading innovator in network-attached storage (NAS), has announced the new TS-AI642 AI NAS. This next-gen offering is specifically engineered for AI-powered video and image recognition applications, boasting an efficient ARM SoC (System on Chip) processor and NPU (Neural network Processing Unit). The TS-AI642 integrates the 64-bit ARM Cortex-A76/-A55 SoC octa-core processor with […]
Breaking news! The new D6-320 6-bay USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps External Hard Disk Enclosure has been released and it’s set to revolutionize the storage industry! With its high-speed capabilities, the D6-320 boasts a data transmission bandwidth of 10Gbps and can achieve read/write speeds of up to 1,030MB/s when all 6 hard drives are installed. But […]
New Super Sized Desktop Storage – QNAP TS-1655 HDD+SSD ZFS Solution CPU Intel ® Atom® C5125 8-core processor, up to 2.8GHz CPU architecture 64-bit x86 graphics processor Intel UHD Graphics floating point operations Yes encryption engine Yes system memory 8 GB UDIMM DDR4 (1 x 8 GB) maximum memory 256GB (4 x 64GB) memory slot […]
A Guide to the Best 6-Bay NAS Drives to Buy Right Now In the last 5 years or so, the popularity of 6-Bay NAS systems has skyrocketed! Up until that point, most users in the home/small-business market who were looking at desktop solutions would either settle for the modest 2/4 Bay scale of system, or […]
A Guide to the Best 6-Bay NAS Drives to Buy Right Now In the last 5 years or so, the popularity of 6-Bay NAS systems has skyrocketed! Up until that point, most users in the home/small-business market who were looking at desktop solutions would either settle for the modest 2/4 Bay scale of system, or […]
The QNAP TS-664 NAS Drive Review When choosing a NAS drive, I think it is safe to say that SIX bay servers are when things begin to get SERIOUS. You might have looked at the 2-Bay and 4-Bay solutions in the market and thought “that’s nice, but what about all my terabytes” or “cool idea, […]
The QNAP TS-664 NAS Drive Review When choosing a NAS drive, I think it is safe to say that SIX bay servers are when things begin to get SERIOUS. You might have looked at the 2-Bay and 4-Bay solutions in the market and thought “that’s nice, but what about all my terabytes” or “cool idea, […]
TerraMaster U16-322-9100 Enterprise-class 16-bay rackmount NAS Processor Processor Model Intel CORE i3 9100 Processor Architecture X.86 64-bit Processor Frequency Quad Core 3.6GHz CPU Single-Core Score / Hardware Encryption Engine √ Hardware Transcoding Engine H.264, H.265, MPEG-4, VC-1;maximum resolution: 4K (4096 x 2160); maximum frame rate per second (FPS): 60 Memory System Memory 8GB Pre-installed […]
TS-473A (also 6/8 bay) compatible CPU upgrades Model Cores / Threads Frequency Turbo frequency Ryzen R1102G 2 / 2 1.2 GHz 2.6 GHz Ryzen R1305G 2 / 4 1.5 GHz 2.8 GHz Athlon Mobile 300U 2 / 4 2.4 GHz 3.3 GHz Athlon PRO Mobile 300U 2 / 4 2.4 GHz 3.3 GHz Ryzen […]
TerraMaster T6-423 6-Bay Multimedia friendly NAS Processor Processor Model Intel® Celeron® N5105/N5095 Processor Architecture X.86 64-bit Processor Frequency Quad Core 2.0 GHz (Max burst up to 2.9 GHz) Hardware Encryption Engine √ Hardware Transcoding Engine H.265 (HEVC), MPEG-4 Part 2, MPEG-2, VC-1; maximum resolution: 4K (4096 x 2160); maximum frame rate per second (FPS): 60 Memory System Memory 4GB Pre-installed […]
The Synology HD6500 Rackstation 60-Bay NAS is REAL and it is COMING Before I crack on and explain why the Synology HD6500 Rackstation NAS is a big deal, indulge me a little and let me tell you a story. I have been following the world of NAS (and data storage in general) for the bulk […]
NS780TB3 Desktop 16 bay Thunderbolt 3 DAS Specifications NS780TB3 Host Interface Thunderbolt™3 (USB-C Interface, compatible with Thunderbolt™4) Data Transfer Rate 40Gbps High Bandwidth HDD Interface SAS (12G/6Gbps)/ SATA (6Gbps) No. of Disk(s) Up to 16 (For 2.5 or 3.5 inch SSD/HDD & sold separately) RAID Levels Requires a RAID card or HBA card(JBOD) with […]
New Synology DVA1622 2-Bay NVR NAS Revealed Synology revealed quite a few interesting hardware and software plans in their recent 2022 and Beyond event, with quite an impressive amount of focus being given to their planned updates for the Surveillance station and a new piece of AI-powered NVR hardware, the DVA1622. This is by no […]
A Guide to the Best 6-Bay or 5-Bay NAS Drives to Buy Right Now I know, I know – it’s kind of a vague subject, but 6-Bays, 5-Bays and RAID 6 targeted machines are sudden a ‘thing’. Do you remember when buying a NAS drive was so easy? Even as little as 5-6 years ago, […]
ts-464u,ts-464u-rp,ts-1264u-rp CPU Intel® Celeron® N5105/N5095 4-core/4-thread processor, burst up to 2.9 GHz CPU Architecture 64-bit x86 Graphic Processors Intel® UHD Graphics Floating Point Unit Encryption Engine (AES-NI) Hardware-accelerated Transcoding System Memory 4 GB SO-DIMM DDR4 (1 x 4 GB) Maximum Memory 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) Memory Slot 2 x SO-DIMM DDR4 When […]
TS-364 Celeron 3-bay NAS with 2.5GbE & M.2 NVMe TS-364-4G CPU Intel® Celeron® N5105/N5095 4-core/4-thread processor, burst up to 2.9 GHz CPU Architecture 64-bit x86 Graphic Processors Intel® UHD Graphics Floating Point Unit Encryption Engine (AES-NI) Hardware-accelerated Transcoding System Memory 4 GB SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 4 GB) Maximum Memory 16 GB (2 x 8 […]
New DS3622xs+, DS2422+ 12-bay NAS and DX1222 expansion? What do we know so far? DS3622xs+ Expected specs vs Model CPU Model Cores Threads FPU Package Arch RAM Intel Xeon D-1531 Six Core 12 Yes Broadwell DDR4 ECC RDIMM 16 GB CPU Intel® Xeon® D-1531 6-core (12-thread) 2.2 GHz, turbo boost up to 2.7 […]