Synology DS1522+ NAS Review – And Now for Something Completely Different, sort of… Many who have been following the release strategy of the popular network-attached storage brand, Synology, have been noticing something of a shift towards premium business products this last few years. The brand still features numerous solutions that are targeted toward home, value […]
Synology RS422+ NAS Review – The Compact Ryzen Rackmount Synology has really been hitting the enterprise and high-end business market hard of late! With the brand clearly making moves to try and occupy a place in the highest hybrid cloud and service level storage providers, some have been concerned with Synology’s continued commitment to the […]
Synology DS1522+ NAS 10GbE RAID Testing with the WD Red Pro 22TB HDDs Technology is moving FAST! Yet one of the most overlooked fast-moving areas of technology in the market is data storage! In the last decade we have seen data storage averages used by consumers and businesses hugely multiply in volume and frequency, with […]
QNAP TS-464 NAS 10GbE RAID 0/5/6 Testing with the WD Red Pro 22TB HDDs When you buy a new NAS and drives, one of the most important long-term decisions that you will make is choosing your RAID level. A RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is the process of combining multiple media drives together into […]
Is KIOXIA ECERIA M.2 NVME SSD good for Synology caching? These SSD seem to be a qood value for money. But one year later one after another started to show warning messages. Short answer to this one is a NO. When choosing NVMe for caching you need to look at reliability ratings such as […]
What are Synology HDD label drives originally? SAS HAS5300-8T = MG06SCA800E HAS5300-12T = MG07SCA12TE HAS5300-16T =MG08SCA16TE If there is 18TB SAS drive = MG09SCA18TE SATA HAT5300-4T = MG06ACA400E ? HAT5310-8T = MG05ACA800E HAT5300-12T = MG07ACA12TE ? HAT5300-16T = MG08ACA16TE ? (later could be MG09ACA16TE) HAT5310-18T = MG09ACA18TE ? 20TB = https://nascompares.com/news/toshiba-announces-20tb-mg10-series-hard-disk-drives/
How Much Does it Cost to Run a NAS 24×7? QNAP TS-453E The growing cost of electricity and how much you need to factor this into your budget is quite a valid concern. Due to any one of about a hundred different global factors (local conflict, slow renewable energy uptake, monopolizing energy companies with powerful […]
The Synology DS223j NAS Rumoured for Q4 2022 / Q1 2023 Update (28/09/22 UK) – The CPU that will be featured in the Synology DS223j, DS123 and DS223 will be the Realtek RTD1619. The articles have been updated. The release date is looking like Q1 (Jan-March) 2023. If you want to be the first to […]
How Much Electricity Does A Synology DS2422+ NAS Use and How Much Does it Cost to run 24×7? Let’s talk BIG STORAGE! Have you been considering the Synology DS2422+ NAS for your business storage? Alongside having an impressive 12 bays that you can populate with HDDs upto 22TB in scale (at the time of writing), […]
How Much Does it Cost to Run a NAS 24×7? QNAP TS-453E The growing cost of electricity and how much you need to factor this into your budget is quite a valid concern. Due to any one of about a hundred different global factors (local conflict, slow renewable energy uptake, monopolizing energy companies with powerful […]
How Much Electricity Does A Synology DS1522+ NAS Use and How Much Does it Cost to run 24×7? In this energy-aware climate, it can be appreciated that a NAS drive (a 24×7 appliance) seemingly has its cost to the end user in terms of electricity as something of a vague number. With so many kinds […]
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The Synology RS1623xs+ NAS – A New and Long Demanded NAS in the Works! ANOTHER new Synology uncovered! It really is bloody RAINING Synology NAS lately and the freshly uncovered RS1623xs+ is another business class solution that is the follow-up to an often hugely overlooked great rackmount server! This latest NAS that will likely be […]
The Synology DS123 NAS Rumoured for Q1 / 2023 Note – This article was written 05/10/22 (UK) and I will strive to update it as much as I can, so if you want to be the first to know, you can get alerts on this SPECIFIC page by entering your email address at the bottom […]
How Much Electricity Does A Synology RS422+ NAS Use and How Much Does it Cost to run 24×7? When it comes to choosing a NAS for your home or business, I think it kinda goes without saying that rackmount server’s are the ones that are often the most power-hungry. Due to their larger metal enclosures […]
How Much Electricity Does A Synology DS1621+ NAS Use and How Much Does it Cost to run 24×7? “The Bigger the NAS, the BIGGER the electricity bill!” – THAT was what a fellow visitor of a trade show I attended back in 2019 said to me as I waxed lyrical about the hardware of a […]
How Well Does the QNAP TS-453E NAS Perform as a Plex Media Server? The QNAP TS-453E NAS Drive serves as an interesting desktop release in the brand’s portfolio. Arriving with a hardware architecture that is similar to the slightly more expensive TS-464, but with the hardware inside geared less towards expandability and more towards day […]
How Well Does the QNAP TS-410E NAS Perform as a Plex Media Server? Today’s article is about how well the new QNAP TS-410E 4 Bay Silent NAS performs as a Plex Media Server when confronted with a range of 1080p and 4K multimedia. The appeal of accessing all the movies, boxsets, music and home movies […]
How Much Does it Cost to Run a NAS 24×7? QNAP & WD If you are looking at buying a HIGH CAPACITY but COMPACT NAS drive in 2022/2023, then you will likely also be wondering just about much power it is going to use. The growing cost of electricity and how much you ned to […]
One thing I can’t seem to find an answer to anywhere, including in your videos is, what is the difference between Video Station and Synology Media Server? I have an admin account that I upload movies and TV shows into the shared Movies and TV Shows folders and access them via Video Station on the […]