https://nascompares.com/podcasts/weekly/week34-2025.wav This week’s tech digest explores major advancements in storage, edge computing, and AI-driven hardware. Highlights include Unraid OS 7.2.0 Beta.2 introducing long-awaited ZFS RAIDZ pool expansion, Phison’s unveiling of a massive 122.88TB PCIe Gen5 SSD, and Kioxia’s innovative high-bandwidth flash architecture for edge servers. GEEKOM’s Ryzen AI-powered mini PC marks a step forward for […]
Western Digital has just upped the ante in the world of PlayStation 5 storage solutions by launching an 8TB version of its WD_Black SN850P NVMe SSD, officially licensed for the PS5. While the idea of having 8TB of storage space on your PS5 sounds like a dream come true, the price tag of $1,000 […]
A Sincere THANK YOU from NASCompares! As 2022 draws to a close and many of us prepare to spend some long overdue time with our families and friends, myself* and Eddie the web guy wanted to take this opportunity to thank you from the bottom of our I.T enthused hearts for taking the time to […]
The Best Free Channels for your Plex Media Server NAS Maybe you are a smart home user, a wireless media buff, or merely looking for an easy way to manage all of your boxsets, movies, music and general media, Plex Media Server for NAS is still one of the best solutions out there. The app […]
The latest Synology 2017 Series arrives with the RS217 NAS Rackstation It’s that time of year again! Like all technology companies, Synology have begun to unveil and gradually release their devices for 2016/17 and I (like many of you sitting on the fence trying to decide whether to buy what is currently available or holding […]
Latest Update to the QNAP TVS-882ST2 2.5″ 8-Bay Thunderbolt2 NAS Designed for small offices with limited space, the TVS-882ST2 is designed to be lightweight and yet powerful; the Intel 6th generation Core i5 quad-core processor and AES-NI hardware encryption engine provide Thunderbolt 2 / NAS / iSCSI SAN 3-in-1 application with support for Thunderbolt 2 […]
The latest Synology 2017 Series arrives with the RS217 NAS Rackstation – But how does it compare with the RS214 Synology RackStation RS217 is a compact and cost effective 2-bay rackmount NAS with outstanding performance, providing a smart entry into rack-level storage for small, growing businesses to effectively manage, share and sync data. Synology® RackStation […]
Can the new combined DAS and NAS QNAP TS-251A compare with the popular Synology DS216+II? Today at NASCompares we will be looking at two NAS devices that have really caught your attention in these closing stages of 2016. The two big NAS brands, Synology and QNAP have locked horns many times. How could they not, […]
Thinking of buying your first NAS on a budget? Say hello to the TS-231P QNAP NAS Often over looked in the NAS community, the low end and budget friendly NAS devices are always held with a certain degree of contempt by many hard-care IT and network professionals. More geared with things like Plex Media Servers, […]
Have QNAP NAS made their strangest NAS yet in the 5.25″ enabled QNAP TVS-882BR NAS? As previously mentioned here at NASComapres, QNAP made quite a splash at CES 2015 with their announcement of some really innovative and exciting NAS Server devices for 2017. However the one that really made me stop and think was the […]
Why buy the Synology DS3617xs or the DS3615xs for your Business Class NAS server? The DS3617xs same as the DS3615xs is made by Synology. People often choose Synology because of user friendly interface as well as being suited for Mac and Windows based environments. It is relatively easy to set up and use, and those […]
Why you need the AKiTiO Thunder3 PCIe Box with Thunderbolt 3 The Thunderbolt 3 PCIe expansion box provides an additional PCIe slot for Thunderbolt 3 computers (e.g. laptop computers) where installing an internal expansion card is not an option and for systems where there is not enough space for more PCIe cards. The Thunderbolt 3 […]
The most Powerful Synology Ever Built, the Synology FS3017 24-Bay NAS The Synology FlashStation FS3017 is an All-flash NAS solution for the most demanding environments SAS/SATA to 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10,000 Mbit/s) 64GB RAM DDR4 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 – Six Core 2.4 GHz 5yr Warranty In addition to explosive data storage growth, enterprises are […]
WD Release their Plex Specialized NAS with the WD My Cloud Pro PR2100 NAS The core of team collaboration, with space to keep virtually everything, the My Cloud Pro Series offers your creative team the network storage to edit, save and share production files from anywhere with an internet connection. Compatible with both Mac and […]
Does the Synology DS716+ or the WD My Cloud PR2100 NAS deserve your data? Both these two Quad-Core Intel NAS devices from the giants of Western Digital and Synology are really peeking your interest for you next Plex NAS or ideal NAS server. However which one deserves your data? Both the Synology DS716+II NAS Server […]
USB Direct Attached ability vs Linux based Dual OS – the QNAP NAS comparison with TS-453A or TS-451A Interested in buying a QNAP TS-453A NAS or the QNAP TS-451A NAS but cannot decide? What is more important to you, that wonderfully new Directed Attached Storage ability via USB 3.0? Or the fantastically innovative Linux Dual OS […]
Something new and exciting is coming from QNAP NAS later in 2017 with the TS-253B and TS-453B Just when I thought the snow storm that was CES2017 had blown over for me and I was getting ready for CeBit 2017… the TS-x53B series chucks up on my desk. Very little is know at this stage […]
Synology are set to release the Synology DS1817+ and DS1517+ NAS Great news for those who have been waiting literally years now for the release of an update to the 2014 released DS1815+ and DS1515+. At a recent ‘ITPartners Expo’ in France, synology were present and had on display the latest releases for 2017 – […]
More information on the QNAP TS-253B 2-Bay Fully Featured NAS More images have emerged of the elusive QNAP TS-253B NAS from the guys at QNAPClub in Germany (full credit goes to Christian @ forum.qnapclub.de for these images below). And with it more information about the hardware. Already we can see several new details and confirmation of things […]
More information becoming available on the Synology DS1817+ and DS1517+ NAS Just when you are getting comfortable and want to watch the Rugby (dear oh dear – Half time and Ireland do seem to be taking us to the cleaners a bit) then a little bit more information is spreading on the New and Exciting […]