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 […]
https://nascompares.com/podcasts/weekly/week39-2025.wav This week’s digest covers the debut of Wi-Fi 7 routers from D-Link and Zyxel, powerful tape-based surveillance systems from MagStor, UniFi’s long-awaited entry into the NAS market, and innovative microSD Express cards from Transcend. Whether you’re a home user, media creator, or IT admin, this roundup spotlights the bleeding edge of storage, networking, and […]
https://nascompares.com/podcasts/weekly/week44-2025.m4a This week’s edition of the Weekly Tech Digest brings together the most important developments across storage, networking, and AI-integrated edge computing. We cover QNAP’s latest flash NASbook, Unraid’s 7.2.0 stable release, and a new AI NAS powered by 36 TOPS of compute. Highlights also include breakthroughs in DDR5-7200 RDIMM, TP-Link’s Wi-Fi 8 field tests, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Best NAS You Can Buy Right Now for Under $249 at the end of 2025 As personal data storage requirements continue to rise in 2025, many users are moving away from cloud platforms and monthly subscription services in search of something more private and cost effective. A dedicated NAS, or network attached storage system, allows […]
Black Friday 2025 NAS Deals – UGREEN NAS Black Friday has brought some of the strongest discounts yet on UGREEN NASync systems, making it an ideal time for new users and homelab builders to step into the NAS ecosystem or upgrade to a more powerful and future proof setup. This year’s lineup ranges from compact […]
Best NAS You Can Buy Right Now for Under $249 at the end of 2025 As personal data storage requirements continue to rise in 2025, many users are moving away from cloud platforms and monthly subscription services in search of something more private and cost effective. A dedicated NAS, or network attached storage system, allows […]
Best NAS You Can Buy Right Now for Under $499 at the end of 2025 By late 2025, the under 499 dollar NAS segment has become far more crowded, with multiple vendors offering systems that combine capable hardware, established operating systems, and multi bay storage at a relatively accessible price. Home users, prosumers, and small […]
Black Friday 2025 NAS Deals – UGREEN NAS Black Friday has brought some of the strongest discounts yet on UGREEN NASync systems, making it an ideal time for new users and homelab builders to step into the NAS ecosystem or upgrade to a more powerful and future proof setup. This year’s lineup ranges from compact […]
TerraMaster Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2025 TerraMaster officially launches its 2025 Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotion! The sale runs from November 20 to December 1. We’ve handpicked a wide range of NAS and DAS storage devices with exclusive discounts of up to 30%, catering to every user’s needs—from entry-level models for home and personal use, […]
1. Introduction High end NAS and AI workloads have reached a stage where consumer grade hardware is no longer enough. Local LLMs demand wide PCIe bandwidth and large memory pools, NAS arrays now rely heavily on NVMe for metadata and hot storage, and modern media workflows expect multigig transfers as a baseline. At the same […]
UnifyDrive UP6, UC450 PRO and UC250 NAS Revealed UnifyDrive has expanded its NAS portfolio with three new systems designed to cover mobile, desktop, and entry-level deployment scenarios while maintaining a consistent software experience across all models. The flagship UP6 continues the company’s focus on portable NVMe-based hardware by adding a touchscreen interface, six PCIe Gen4 […]
Synology NAS compatible RAM FAQ Can any NAS be upgraded? Most NAS devices can be upgraded to some extent. Common upgrade options include adding more RAM, expanding storage capacity by adding more hard drives or SSDs, and upgrading the network interface cards (NICs). However, the extent of upgradability may vary depending on the specific […]
UGREEN Reveal Two New 4-Bay NAS – The DXP4800 Pro and DXP4800S UGREEN has expanded its desktop NAS lineup with two additional models, the DXP4800S and the DXP4800 Pro. Both systems appear in regional listings alongside the existing DXP4800 and DXP4800 Plus rather than replacing them, which suggests a parallel product structure rather than a […]
Jonsbo N6 9-Bay NAS Case Coming Soon The Jonsbo N6 is the latest entry in the company’s NAS oriented chassis range and introduces a more conventional tower layout while keeping the compact profile that has defined the N series. It offers space for nine drives, a choice of ITX or micro ATX motherboards, and support […]
Beelink ME Mini Pro, ME S, ME X and ME Max NAS Series for 2026 Note – Original Beelink ME Mini from June ’25. Written Review HERE and YouTube Video Review HERE It has been around a year since Beelink made a major impact in the NAS sector with their $200+ 6-bay flash-based system, the Beelink […]
Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 delivered another intense set of device breakouts, including multiple successful attacks against Synology and QNAP kit. Below I have taken the contest results and turned them into a NASCompares style update, with a short summary for each exploit, an engineer friendly plain English explanation of how the bugs worked, the immediate impact, […]
Is RAID 5 or RAID 6 Best For You and Your NAS? When setting up a NAS, one of the most important and long-lasting decisions you’ll make is choosing the right RAID level. This choice directly impacts how much protection you have against drive failures, how much usable storage space you retain, and how long […]
UniFi UNAS Series of NAS Devices – 12 Months Later, Should You Buy One? It has now been one full year since Ubiquiti made its formal debut in the NAS market with the launch of the UniFi UNAS Pro, a 7-bay rackmount storage system designed to integrate seamlessly within the existing UniFi ecosystem. At launch, […]
