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 […]
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 […]
DIY NAS Mobo+CPU Combo Black Friday Deals Black Friday 2025 has turned into an unexpectedly strong year for NAS-oriented CPU and motherboard combos, with some of the most capable low-power and mid-range processors finally dropping into impulse-buy pricing. Boards built around the Intel N150, N305, and even the Ryzen 7 8845HS are now appearing with […]
DIY NAS Mobo+CPU Combo Black Friday Deals Black Friday 2025 has turned into an unexpectedly strong year for NAS-oriented CPU and motherboard combos, with some of the most capable low-power and mid-range processors finally dropping into impulse-buy pricing. Boards built around the Intel N150, N305, and even the Ryzen 7 8845HS are now appearing with […]
How to Install Proxmox on an Asustor NAS Drive – Step By Step Guide There is no denying that when it comes to ‘turn-key’ NAS solutions, that Asustor NAS are still easily the best bang for buck out there! Arriving with a hardware price point that is often 20% or more lower than comparable solutions […]
How to Install Proxmox on a Terramaster NAS Drive – Step By Step Guide There is no denying that when it comes to ‘turn-key’ NAS solutions, that Terramaster NAS are still easily the best bang for buck out there! Arriving with a hardware price point that is often 20% or more lower than comparable solutions […]
How to Install Proxmox on a QNAP NAS Drive – Step By Step Guide If you have been looking into server-based virtualization or high-efficiency container deployment, then there is every chance that you are well aware of Promox, the open-source alternative to enterprise/premium VM platforms such as VMware, Citrix or Redhat hypervisors. A hypervisor is […]
How to Install Proxmox on an Asustor NAS Drive – Step By Step Guide There is no denying that when it comes to ‘turn-key’ NAS solutions, that Asustor NAS are still easily the best bang for buck out there! Arriving with a hardware price point that is often 20% or more lower than comparable solutions […]
How to Install Proxmox on a Terramaster NAS Drive – Step By Step Guide There is no denying that when it comes to ‘turn-key’ NAS solutions, that Terramaster NAS are still easily the best bang for buck out there! Arriving with a hardware price point that is often 20% or more lower than comparable solutions […]
How to Install Proxmox on a QNAP NAS Drive – Step By Step Guide If you have been looking into server-based virtualization or high-efficiency container deployment, then there is every chance that you are well aware of Promox, the open-source alternative to enterprise/premium VM platforms such as VMware, Citrix or Redhat hypervisors. A hypervisor is […]
