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. […]
A Guide to the Best 4-Bay NAS Drives to Buy Right Now For professionals transitioning from cloud services to private servers, the 4-Bay NAS market is often the preferred starting point in 2023-2024. With NAS hard drives reaching capacities of 22TB and soon 24TB, combined with enhanced redundancy features for data safety, these 4-disk servers […]
The Ultimate Guide to Selecting Top 2-Bay NAS Drives for 2023-2024 In the quest for a new data storage solution, a 2-drive NAS often emerges as an ideal balance of cost and storage, particularly for beginners or first-time personal server owners. Overcoming the initial limitation of a 50% storage reduction (due to RAID 1 across […]
Choosing the Best Hard Drives for your NAS If you’re considering a NAS server for your home or business, selecting the appropriate hard drive is crucial. Just as each utensil in a cutlery set serves a unique purpose, NAS drives are designed for specific scenarios. Using unsuitable drive media in your NAS can significantly affect […]
Choosing the Optimal Data Backup Method Data’s significance in our lives and businesses cannot be overstated. If you’re reading this, you probably recognize the pivotal role that data plays in our daily lives. Simply having copies of your data on multiple devices, whether at home or in the office, is not sufficient. Centralized backup might […]
Choosing the Optimal Data Backup Method Data’s significance in our lives and businesses cannot be overstated. If you’re reading this, you probably recognize the pivotal role that data plays in our daily lives. Simply having copies of your data on multiple devices, whether at home or in the office, is not sufficient. Centralized backup might […]
Best NAS for $100-$150 of 2023 It would be an understatement to say that the sheer range and affordability of private server devices that even the most cash-strapped user can buy have grown exponentially over the last few years. It seems almost insane to think that you can pick up a NAS device from some […]
The Best NAS for Under $500 of 2023 – Synology, QNAP, Asustor and Terramaster We are now halfway into 2023, and even though this is an odd-numbered year, traditionally a quieter period for hardware releases in the tech industry, we have seen an enormous number of new NAS devices released by the big brands in […]
Asustor Flashstor 12 Pro FS6712X NAS Hardware Review The sheer range of solutions available to home and prosumers who want to store their data in their own personal NAS server is genuinely staggering! It’s easy to forget that it wasn’t that long ago that most home users really only had about 3-4 different profiles of […]
Asustor AS5402T and AS5404T HDD+M.2 NVMe NAS At the annual Computex technology exhibition in Taipei this week, storage solutions brand Asustor revealed its latest offerings to the market: the new AS5402T 2-Bay and AS5404T 4-Bay NAS (Network Attached Storage) solutions. These compact yet powerful devices come packed with features that are designed to provide efficient […]
Asustor Flashstor 6 and Flashstor 12 Pro SSD NAS Review – Worth Your Data? Asustor has made its mark in the data storage sector with their recently launched Flashstor 6 and Flashstor 12 Pro M.2 SSD NAS devices. These devices are packed with features and an attractive design that aims to cater to the needs […]
Asustor FLASHSTOR 6 and 12 Pro – ASUSTOR’s first all-M.2 SSD NAS The speed at which compact server development moves can be pretty groundbreaking, as hardware that even a 2-3 years ago though impossible/unthinkable, can suddenly become comparatively pedestrian. That said, one area of server storage that has still yet to genuinely see consumer or […]
Best Alternative to WD My Cloud NAS? Which Brand Should You Buy Next? Although Western Digital still is an absolute powerhouse in the world of general storage media for several decades, I think it would be fair to say that in the last few years, their NAS systems (My Cloud, My Book Live, etc) have […]
Best Alternative to WD My Cloud NAS? Which Brand Should You Buy Next? Although Western Digital still is an absolute powerhouse in the world of general storage media for several decades, I think it would be fair to say that in the last few years, their NAS systems (My Cloud, My Book Live, etc) have […]
How to Install Proxmox on an Asustor NAS Drive – Step By Step Guide There is no denying that when it comes to ‘turn-key’ NAS solutions, that Asustor NAS are still easily the best bang for buck out there! Arriving with a hardware price point that is often 20% or more lower than comparable solutions […]