Choosing the Best Hard Drives for your NAS Note – this is the 2024 update of the rolling ‘best HDD for your NAS’ article (Cheers Clayton!) When choosing a NAS server for your home or business, selecting the right hard drive is essential. Just like every tool in a toolbox has its role, NAS-specific drives […]
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NAS Hard Drives – Which Should You Buy?
Choosing the Best Hard Drives for your NAS Note – this is the 2024 update of the rolling ‘best HDD for your NAS’ article (Cheers Clayton!) When choosing a NAS server for your home or business, selecting the right hard drive is essential. Just like every tool in a toolbox has its role, NAS-specific drives […]
Synology to introduce HAT3300 Plus Series Hard drives
Synology PLUS NAS Hard Drives – The HAT3300 Series For those who have been following the world of network Attached Storage (NAS) and more precisely, the developments of Synology, it might not come as a huge surprise that the brand is now in the process of rolling out a new series of HAT3300 Hard Drives […]
A Guide to Buying the RIGHT Hard Drives for Your NAS – 2024 Edition
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 […]
Seagate’s IronWolf Pro 24TB: The Ultimate NAS Hard Drive for Businesses ST24000NT002
Seagate’s IronWolf Pro 24TB: The Ultimate NAS Hard Drive for Businesses ST24000NT002 Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ: STX) has just launched the IronWolf Pro 24TB hard drive, setting a new standard in NAS storage solutions. Aimed at SMBs and enterprise-level NAS systems, this drive is a game-changer in handling the ever-increasing data demands. The IronWolf […]
NAS Hard Drive Buyers Guide
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 […]
The Best Hard Drives for Your NAS – 2023/2024
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 […]
How to Choose the BEST Value Hard Drive and Best Price per TB – Get it Right, FIRST TIME!
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 […]
WD 22TB HDDs Released! Featuring the WD Gold WD221KRYZ, WD Red WD221KFGX and WD Purple WD221PURP Drives
Western Digital Release 22TB Hard Drive in WD Red Pro, WD Gold and WD Purple That’s Right! WD has now officially released their 22TB series of HDDs to the WD Gold, WD Red Pro and WD Purple Pro series of hard disks. So, why is this such a big deal? Well, anyone who has been […]
22TB WD Red Pro, WD Gold and WD Purple Hard Drive Released
Western Digital Release 22TB Hard Drive in WD Red Pro, WD Gold and WD Purple That’s Right! WD has now officially released their 22TB series of HDDs to the WD Gold, WD Red Pro and WD Purple Pro series of hard disks. So, why is this such a big deal? Well, anyone who has been […]
WD Red Pro 20TB NAS Hard Drive Released
WD Red 20TB NAS Hard Drives Now Available Good news for anyone looking at buying a new NAS system and wanting to max out their storage on day one, or users looking up increasing their existing storage, with the release of the new WD Red Pro 20TB NAS Hard Drive. Arriving with the same level […]
WD Red SN700 NVMe SSD Review – Does it Deserve Your Cache?
Review of the WD Red SN700 M.2 NVMe SSD for NAS Drives Why should you put the WD Red SN700 SSD in your NAS? It’s a fair question. Western Digital (WD) has been in the SSD market for quite a few years now, with a lot of in-house R&D at their disposal and their past […]
Best Hard Drives for NAS – 2021
Choosing the Best Hard Drives for your NAS For those of you that have decided to buy a NAS server for Home or business, choosing the right hard drive media to put inside can be incredibly difficult. NAS drives, much like the knives, spoons and forks in your cutlery drawer are all designed to be […]
The Synology DS216+II vs NVR216 for Surveillance – Is it worth paying more for the Best IP Camera setup?
The DS216+II vs NVR216 – Dedicated Surveillance NAS versus Versatile Multi-Purpose NAS, which should you Buy for your CCTV IP Camera Setup? Whether you are buying your first, second or 10th NAS, chances are that you have considered buying a Synology NAS server. Most people use smaller 2-Bay NAS boxes for everything from Backups, Apple […]
What is the Difference between NAS Hard-Drives and Standard Hard-Drives? Is it all a Big Con?
Why do we need different kinds of hard drives – why not make just one kind for all? Hard drives are not exactly new technology. They have existed in one form or another for over 20 years in the consumer market, all the time getting bigger in capacity and smaller in physical design. That should […]
WD Red 14TB WD140EFFX NAS HDD – Early Performance Build and Test
Testing the 14TB WD140EFFX NAS HDD Now that WD Red has entered the realms of 14TB, with the release of the WD140EFFX NAS hard drive, the competition between drive manufacturers is really beginning to ramp up. We are long since past questioning the necessity of NAS optimized hard drives (i.e. RAID suitable, random read/write, 24×7 […]
WD Red 14TB NAS Drives – WD140EFFX and WD141KFGX
The WD Red NAS Hard Drive Series hits 14TB Good news for those that are looking for the biggest and best hard drives for their NAS Drive(Synology, QNAP, Asustor, etc) with the release of a new and larger addition to the WD Red HDD series, now in 14 Terabytes of size. The WD Red range […]
Best NAS Hard Drives of 2019
What is the Best NAS hard drive of 2019 When choosing your first NAS device, as important as it seems to get the right network attached storage device, even more important is making sure you get the right hard drive or SSD Media to store your files on. Technically any hard drive (HDD) these days […]
WD Red 12TB WD120EFAX NAS Hard Drives Released
WD Red 12TB WD120EFAX Hard Drive – Worth your Data? Now with Hard Drives for NAS available in up to 12TB, the WD Red series offers a wide array of solutions for customers looking to build a high performing NAS storage solution. WD Red drives are built for up to 8-bay NAS systems and pack […]
Seagate 16TB Ironwolf and Ironwolf Pro NAS Hard Drives Revealed
Seagate 16TB Ironwolf and Ironwolf Pro NAS Drives Revealed – ST16000NE000 and ST16000VN001 Good news for those looking maximum storage in both small and large NAS drive enclosures, with the announcement that the Seagate Ironwolf NAS hard drive series is going to be available in a staggering 16 Terabyte capacity hard disk. It has long […]