The Best NAS of the Year – 2025 Network attached storage in 2025 has shifted from being a niche utility to a central part of how many homes, studios and small businesses manage data. Rising storage needs, more capable low power CPUs and a renewed interest in self hosted services have produced a wave of […]
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/week46-2025.m4a In this week’s NASCompares Tech Digest for Week 47 (2025), we explore major updates and product reveals across the NAS, surveillance, and enterprise storage sectors. Synology expands its surveillance portfolio with a new AI-powered camera aimed at business security, while Unraid releases a stability-focused update in version 7.2.1. Ubiquiti rolls out an overhauled […]
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 $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 […]
UniFi UNAS – 1 Year Later. Should You Buy Now? 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, the device was seen […]
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, […]
UGREEN NASync vs UniFi UNAS – Which Should You Buy? In the evolving landscape of network-attached storage, the arrival of UGREEN and UniFi (Ubiquiti) marks one of the more interesting shifts in consumer and prosumer data management over the last two years. Both brands, previously recognised for their strength in peripheral hardware and networking respectively, […]
UGREEN NASync vs UniFi UNAS – Which Should You Buy? In the evolving landscape of network-attached storage, the arrival of UGREEN and UniFi (Ubiquiti) marks one of the more interesting shifts in consumer and prosumer data management over the last two years. Both brands, previously recognised for their strength in peripheral hardware and networking respectively, […]
The UniFi UPS-Tower 600W UPS Review UPDATE – The Desktop UPS TOWER is available HERE for $159 , and the 2U Rackmount UPS-2U is available later in Q4 2025 HERE for $279 UniFi’s entry into the uninterruptible power supply market brings two distinct solutions tailored for professional and prosumer environments: the UPS-Tower desktop model and […]
The UniFi UPS-Tower 600W UPS Review – Dull, but Important! UPDATE – The Desktop UPS TOWER is available HERE for $159 , and the 2U Rackmount UPS-2U is available later in Q4 2025 HERE for $279 UniFi’s entry into the uninterruptible power supply market brings two distinct solutions tailored for professional and prosumer environments: the […]
Why are NAS Systems not 10GbE as Standard Right Now? It is 2025, yet the majority of NAS systems on the market continue to ship with 1GbE or, at best, 2.5GbE networking, leaving many users questioning why 10GbE has not become a standard feature. Over the past decade, the cost of 10GbE networking equipment, including […]
Why are NAS Systems not 10GbE as Standard Right Now? It is 2025, yet the majority of NAS systems on the market continue to ship with 1GbE or, at best, 2.5GbE networking, leaving many users questioning why 10GbE has not become a standard feature. Over the past decade, the cost of 10GbE networking equipment, including […]
The UniFi UNAS 2 NAS Review – Value vs Scale Note, the UNAS Pro 2 is NOW LIVE on the UniFi Store . The UNAS 4, UNAS Pro 4 and UNAS Pro 8 are now in the site, but are not available till October / Q4 2025 The UniFi UNAS 2 is a compact, entry-level […]
The UniFi UNAS 2 NAS Review – Value vs Scale Note, the UNAS Pro 2 is NOW LIVE on the UniFi Store . The UNAS 4, UNAS Pro 4 and UNAS Pro 8 are now in the site, but are not available till October / Q4 2025 The UniFi UNAS 2 is a compact, entry-level […]
The UniFi UNAS Pro 8 NAS Review – The Difficult 2nd Album… Note, the UNAS Pro 2 is NOW LIVE on the UniFi Store . The UNAS 4, UNAS Pro 4 and UNAS Pro 8 are now in the site, but are not available till October. The UniFi UNAS Pro 8 is the latest rackmount […]
The UniFi UNAS Pro 8 NAS Review – The Difficult 2nd Album… Note, the UNAS Pro 2 is NOW LIVE on the UniFi Store . The UNAS 4, UNAS Pro 4 and UNAS Pro 8 are now in the site, but are not available till October. The UniFi UNAS Pro 8 is the latest rackmount […]
UniFi MASSIVELY Scale up their NAS Portfolio with the UNAS Pro 8, UNAS Pro 4, UNAS 4 and UNAS 2 Note, the UNAS Pro 2 is NOW LIVE on the UniFi Store . The UNAS 4, UNAS Pro 4 and UNAS Pro 8 are now in the site, but are not available till October. Ubiquiti […]
UniFi MASSIVELY Scale up their NAS Portfolio with the UNAS Pro 8, UNAS Pro 4, UNAS 4 and UNAS 2 Note, the UNAS Pro 2 is NOW LIVE on the UniFi Store . The UNAS 4, UNAS Pro 4 and UNAS Pro 8 are now in the site, but are not available till October. Ubiquiti […]
