Buying Your First NAS? Here Are Five Things EVERYONE Gets WRONG! If you are buying a NAS for the first time, it is very easy to focus on brand names, bay counts and discounts while overlooking practical issues that will shape your experience for the next 5 to 7 years. New buyers often underestimate noise […]
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100 Reasons DIY NAS (TrueNAS, UnRAID, Proxmox) are BETTER than Turnkey (Synology/QNAP/etc)
Why Many Users Choose TrueNAS, Unraid, Proxmox, OMV or ZimaOS over Synology QNAP, Terramaster and More – 100 Reasons Plenty of people who start with Synology, QNAP or other turnkey NAS boxes will quietly admit that they keep hearing the siren call of DIY platforms like TrueNAS, Unraid, Proxmox, OpenMediaVault and ZimaOS. They see the […]
100 Reasons Turnkey (Synology/QNAP/etc) are BETTER than DIY NAS (TrueNAS, UnRAID, Proxmox)
Why Many Users Choose Synology/QNAP/Terramaster/UGREEN/etc, over TrueNAS and/or UnRAID – 100 Reasons I think most users who use out-the-box NAS solutions (also known commonly as ‘turnkey‘) will admit that, although they hear alot of good things about TrueNAS and UnRAID (as well as Proxmox, OMV and ZimaOS) – there are plenty of reasons why they […]
Why is 10GbE STILL NOT Everywhere (especially on NAS)?
Why are NAS Systems not 10GbE as Standard Right Now? It is 2025, yet the majority of NAS systems on the market continue to ship with 1GbE or, at best, 2.5GbE networking, leaving many users questioning why 10GbE has not become a standard feature. Over the past decade, the cost of 10GbE networking equipment, including […]
Why is 10GbE STILL NOT Everywhere (especially on NAS)?
Why are NAS Systems not 10GbE as Standard Right Now? It is 2025, yet the majority of NAS systems on the market continue to ship with 1GbE or, at best, 2.5GbE networking, leaving many users questioning why 10GbE has not become a standard feature. Over the past decade, the cost of 10GbE networking equipment, including […]

