A Guide to Buying the Right USB Drive for Shucking Right – First Time If you are looking at making a significant saving on larger capacity HDDs or picking up much faster NVMe SSDs for a bargain price, then shucking will likely be one of the first methods that you have considered. For the uninitiated, […]
Is External Drive Shucking Still Worth It? As long as there have been ready-made USB external hard drives, there has been shucking. Hard Drive Shucking (and in recent years, even SSD shucking) is the process of purchasing an external HDD/SSD enclosure, such as WD My Book or Seagate Backup Plus drive, and then cracking open […]
DS423+ release date Synology DS423+ Released (4-Bay Plus Series NAS) Synology, a global leader in network-attached storage (NAS), is set to release their latest model, the DS423+. This powerful NAS device is packed with features that make it perfect for both home and business users alike. With a release date set for March 15th 2023, […]
How Noisy Are Seagate, WD and Synology Hard Drives? If you have ever been in close proximity to any modern large-capacity hard drive, you will be well aware that despite their attractive high capacity, that they generate a fair amount of ambient noise. Hard drives have changed substantially over the last decade or more and […]
If you’re in the market for a new hard disk drive (HDD) to use in your network-attached storage (NAS) setup, then you’re probably facing a barrage of technical jargon and specifications that can be overwhelming. But fear not, as we’re here to help you make sense of HDD spec sheets and find the right drive […]
Synology DiskStations are powerful devices that can be used as centralized storage solutions for personal and business use. They support various types of storage pools and volumes, including HDD, SSD, and NVMe SSD. However, the Synology DSM (Disk Station Manager) interface only allows the NVMe SSDs to be used as cache. If you want to […]
Choosing the Best Hard Drive for Price per Terabyte or Gigabyte One question that storage users who are more concerned about the longevity and future-proofing of their storage ask us is: “HDD Price per TB (best cost Hard Drives). Is it better to get bigger size drives or smaller drives but more of them to […]
Choosing a WD SSD – Get it Right First Time When did SSD technology become so complex? Choosing an SSD was once very easy – they were all SATA and they were all ROUGHLY the same price per terabyte. But in the last few years, SSD technology and development have evolved incredibly rapidly and now […]
Prime Day Bargains on NAS, Hard Drives, SSDs, Cameras and Network Equipment ANOTHER Amazon Prime Day in 2022? Yep, just a month before Black Friday kicks off and Amazon has decided to host an impromptu 2nd in-house sale event beginning on Tuesday 11th Oct until midnight on Wednesday 12th Oct (in 15 countries; Austria, Canada, […]
Choosing a WD SSD – Get it Right First Time Solid State Drive (SSD) technology is something that, though once considered out of the reach of the average consumer, is now very, very common. Considerably faster than the much older HDD technology, SSDs are now featured inside almost every commercial technology device that we use […]
What HDD is best for NAS? Yes, this is a popular question. Especially when your NAS has a different number of bays or even bays size. The basic rules for NAS-compatible drives is as follows. 1-Bay and 2-Bay NAS = You can use any drives you want. This can […]
Choosing Between Synology HAT5300 and WD Red Pro NAS Hard Drives When it comes to populating your NAS system with hard drives, it has long been established that for a 24/7 system, you need hard drives that not only perform but also endure. Recently, Synology released their new range of NAS hard drives that are […]
Choosing Between Synology HAT5300 and Seagate Ironwolf Pro NAS Hard Drives Choosing the right hard drive media for your NAS system used to be so simple! The choice when populating your NAS could be narrowed down to Seagate Ironwolf, WD Red and Toshiba N300. Then enterprise drives were growing in popularity with WD Gold, Seagate […]
Why are there Hardware Shortages in HDDs, SSDs, NAS, DAS and more If you have been trying to purchase any kind of hardware in the last 12 months, then you will be acutely aware that there have been reported shortages in practically all kinds of business and commercial technology. Indeed, for many this has felt […]
Seagate Ironwolf or WD Red or Synology HAT5300 HDDs – Best for your NAS? Choosing the right hard drive media to go inside your Network Attached Storage (NAS) server can be a lot more complicated than you might think. A long time ago (about 20 years at least) buying hard drives was much easier, as […]
Why are there Hardware Shortages in HDDs, SSDs, NAS, DAS and more If you have been trying to purchase any kind of hardware in the last 12 months, then you will be acutely aware that there have been reported shortages in practically all kinds of business and commercial technology. Indeed, for many this has felt […]
Seagate Ironwolf or WD Red or Synology HAT5300 HDDs – Best for your NAS? Choosing the right hard drive media to go inside your Network Attached Storage (NAS) server can be a lot more complicated than you might think. A long time ago (about 20 years at least) buying hard drives was much easier, as […]
NAS vs the Cloud – Should you choose between them or go for both? We, as a species, produce so much data! There is no sugar-coating it, we are producing as many megabytes and gigabytes as we are popping out babies. All those bits and bytes have to go somewhere. How much data do you think […]
Synology HAT5300 Hard Drives – Worth Your Data? When Synology first announced that it was entering the hard drive market, I think it would be fair to say that reactions were mixed. On the face of it, the idea that one of the biggest brands in network-attached storage (NAS) was going to start producing their […]
Choosing the Right Rackmount NAS – Understanding the Importance of Depth There was once a time when owning any kind of rackmount based storage and/or computer equipment was squarely aimed at high-end business and data centres. Unlike the desktop PC, laptop keyboard or touch screen device that you are likely reading this on, a rackmount […]