A Guide to Buying the Right USB Drive for Shucking Right – First Time If you are looking at making a significant saving on larger capacity HDDs or picking up much faster NVMe SSDs for a bargain price, then shucking will likely be one of the first methods that you have considered. For the uninitiated, […]
A Guide to Buying the Right USB Drive for Shucking Right – First Time If you are looking at making a significant saving on larger capacity HDDs or picking up much faster NVMe SSDs for a bargain price, then shucking will likely be one of the first methods that you have considered. For the uninitiated, […]
Is External Drive Shucking Still Worth It? As long as there have been ready-made USB external hard drives, there has been shucking. Hard Drive Shucking (and in recent years, even SSD shucking) is the process of purchasing an external HDD/SSD enclosure, such as WD My Book or Seagate Backup Plus drive, and then cracking open […]
Breaking news! The new D6-320 6-bay USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps External Hard Disk Enclosure has been released and it’s set to revolutionize the storage industry! With its high-speed capabilities, the D6-320 boasts a data transmission bandwidth of 10Gbps and can achieve read/write speeds of up to 1,030MB/s when all 6 hard drives are installed. But […]
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How to install Qnap QTS OS on NVME M.2 SSD If you want to install OS on the NVMe, you should remove HDDs and keep only NVMe SSDs in there. The during the setup (will need to reset your NAS to factory defaults) you will be able to create volumes and RAID on a pair […]
Exciting news in the world of technology! Micron’s subsidiary, Crucial, has unveiled the first PCIe 5.0 SSD, the Crucial T700. This new generation SSD achieves up to 12 GB/s and 1.5 million IOPS, making it twice as fast as the previous generation with PCIe 4.0. The controller is the Phison E26, and the T700 uses […]
DS423+ release date Synology DS423+ Released (4-Bay Plus Series NAS) Synology, a global leader in network-attached storage (NAS), is set to release their latest model, the DS423+. This powerful NAS device is packed with features that make it perfect for both home and business users alike. With a release date set for March 15th 2023, […]
Are you in the market for a new SSD and looking to upgrade to PCIe Gen 5.0? You’re not alone. Many tech enthusiasts are eagerly anticipating the release of these next-gen SSDs, which promise faster speeds and improved performance over their PCIe Gen 4.0 counterparts. However, the release of these SSDs has been delayed, leaving […]
Synology DiskStations are powerful devices that can be used as centralized storage solutions for personal and business use. They support various types of storage pools and volumes, including HDD, SSD, and NVMe SSD. However, the Synology DSM (Disk Station Manager) interface only allows the NVMe SSDs to be used as cache. If you want to […]
Synology, the leading provider of network-attached storage (NAS) solutions, has recently released its latest solid-state drive (SSD) model, the SAT5210-7000G. With a massive storage capacity of 7 terabytes, this new SSD model provides users with an impressive amount of space to store their data. Compared to previous Synology SSD models, the SAT5210-7000G boasts significant improvements […]
best nvme for Synology NAS (Synology, Samsung 990 Pro, FireCuda 530, FireCuda 520 and WD Red SN700) How do Synology NVMe compare with other brands? In order to choose SSD for caching consider the size of the NVMe required, as this will impact the amount of data that can be cached. The Synology NVMe M.2 […]
What are the updates since the news broke out? UPDATE 14th Feb 2023 Samsung has been investigating customer inquiries about anomalies related to the SMART of the 990 PRO SSD. These anomalies were found to be caused by issues with the 990 PRO SSD’s firmware. Accordingly, a firmware update was released today, February 13, 2023, that […]
UPDATE 14th Feb 2023 Samsung has been investigating customer inquiries about anomalies related to the SMART of the 990 PRO SSD. These anomalies were found to be caused by issues with the 990 PRO SSD’s firmware. Accordingly, a firmware update was released today, February 13, 2023, that fixes these anomalies. (SMART values are not restored to […]
Samsung 990 Pro and 980 Pro SSD Failure Issue – Latest Update The news of Samsung SSDs reporting declining health that was covered in our previous post HERE continues to roll on and in the two weeks since our initial article and video on this, several new updates have emerged on this, some good, some […]
Exciting News: Gigabyte Unveils Aorus Gen5 10000 PCIe 5.0 SSD with Cooler and Doubled Cache! Gigabyte has just revealed its first PCIe 5.0 SSD, the Aorus Gen5 10000, a high-performance SSD that boasts a large heat sink with two heatpipes and nanocarbon coating, known as Thermal Guard XTREME. The cooler is optional and designed to […]
Introducing the MSI Spatium M570 Pro: A High-Performance M.2 SSD with PCIe 5.0, 12 GB/s, and Vapor Chamber Technology The world of technology is constantly evolving and pushing the boundaries of what we thought was possible. The latest advancement in storage technology comes in the form of the MSI Spatium M570 Pro, a high-performance M.2 […]
Qtier vs SSD Cache which one to choose Yes, this NAS is all-in-one solution. And it is great for multimedia. Qtier is a combination of HDD and SSD volumes. But it is more useful in business environment. Based on your schedule Qnap will move data to SSD volume. So you will only see speed improvement […]
My current thoughts and questions are currently: Purchase the Synology DS1821+ Purchase 2/4 x HAT5300 Series 3.5” SATA HDD and get more when needed How do exactly do I upgrade it to 10GbE support? How do SNV3400/3500 Series M.2 NVMe SSD work? How do I install them? And how do SAT5200 Series 2.5” SATA SSD work? How do […]
Samsung 990 PRO vs WD Black SN770 and WD Black SN850 NVMe SSD 990 Pro specs 1TB (1,000GB*) MZ-V9P1T0 Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB Warranty Statement MZ-V9P1T0BW MZ-V9P1T0B/AM 2TB (2,000GB*) MZ-V9P2T0 Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB Warranty Statement MZ-V9P2T0BW MZ-V9P2T0B/AM 980 Pro specs SN770 specs SN850 NVME™ SSD specs […]