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Transcend Reveal Latest SSD250N 2.5″ NAS SSD
Transcend has just revealed their latest NAS drive, the SSD250N. It’s a 2.5″ solid-state drive (SSD) tailor-made for Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems. They say they’ve done this “to support rising demand for remote offices, remote education, and remote recreation brought on by COVID-19.” and that’s actually pretty awesome. It…
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Buffalo TeraStation TS6400DN 16TB SMB NAS Review
Buffalo’s TeraStation 6000 series consists of three base models, a 2-bay and a 4-bay desktop version as well as a 4-bay rack-mounted version. Today I’m taking a closer look at the 4-bay desktop version. Buffalo NAS‘ come pre-installed with drives, making them quick and easy to set up. This model…
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TerraMaster F4-421 4-Bay SMB NAS Review
TerraMaster F4-421 2-Bay NAS Review Today we are going a little bigger than we did last time I had a TerraMaster NAS in the office. The F4-421 which I’m looking at today takes everything we saw and loved in the F2-221 and improves upon it. More drive bays, a better…
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TerraMaster F2-221 2-Bay SMB NAS Review
TerraMaster F2-221 2-Bay NAS Review mall, light, and powerful, that’s the new TerraMaster F2-221. It is a 2-Bay NAS for Small Business and Personal Cloud Storage. It comes with AES hardware encryption engine, 4K video transcoding, and Btrfs file system. TerraMaster F2-221 TerraMaster continues the same design that we’ve seen…
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Seagate Launches 14TB Models Across the entire Line-Up
Seagate Launches 14TB Models Seagate Technology launched the industry’s widest range of advanced 14TB hard drives, enhancing the company’s enterprise and speciality-drive portfolio. The IronWolf and IronWolf Pro are for NAS and the BarraCuda Pro is for desktop usage. Surveillance systems can benefit from the SkyHawk while the Exos X14…
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Supermicro X11SRA LGA2066 C422 Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications, and Packaging Today we continue to our reviews of the C422-based motherboards with Supermicro‘s X11SRA (product link). The LGA2066 takes a traditional approach to the design, but while that’s true, it doesn’t lack on features. The X11SRA comes with dual M.2 and dual U.2 as well as multi-Gigabit Ethernet…
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Synology Announces RackStation RS1219+ Compact 8-Bay NAS
Synology officially announced the release of RackStation RS1219+ (Product link). This is a brand new and compact 2U, 8-bay rackmount which is aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. The RS1219+ is a great device as it is with its quad-core processor and expandable memory, but it also features storage scalability and…
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QNAP’s QSW-1208-8C 12-Port 10GbE Switch Is Here
This is great news and I almost missed it. QNAP has entered the network market with more than their awesome add-in cards for LAN and WLAN. The QSW-1208-8C is a 12-port SFP+ 10GbE switch with eight shared 10GbE RJ45 ports at an affordable price. QNAP also introduced a smaller model…
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Buffalo 5810DN 8-Bay 32TB Preloaded NAS Review
Introduction Today, I’m welcoming a new brand into our NAS review category: Buffalo. Buffalo has been on the market with storage solutions for a very long time, but this is the first of their NAS devices I have the pleasure to test and review. And what a start it is.…
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Synology DS1618+ 6-Bay High-Performance NAS Review
Introduction Synology DS1618+ 6-Bay High-Performance NAS Synology recently released their DiskStation DS1618+ NAS device and today I’m taking a closer look at just this device. The 6-bay NAS is built for high-performance usage, ideal for tackling multi-tasking challenges. It is also expandable! Base Hardware of the DiskStation DS1618+ The DS1618+’s…
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Buffalo BS-MP2008 8-Port Multi-GbE Switch Review
Introduction Buffalo BS-MP2008 8-Port Multi-GbE Switch Review If you think 10 Gigabit Ethernet is something reserved for large enterprises, then you used to be right. The reason is simple, expensive 10GbE switches. Buffalo changes that with their BS-MP series (link). The 8 and 12 port multi-gigabit Ethernet switches offer high-speed…
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Noontec TerraMaster F4-420 4-Bay NAS Review
Introduction Noontec TerraMaster F4-420 4-Bay NAS Review It has been a while since we had a look at one of TerraMaster‘s NAS devices, so it’s nice to have another one in the office. Today I’m taking a closer look at the F4-420 (Product Link) which is a 4-bay NAS powered…
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Synology DiskStation DS418 4-Bay NAS Review
Introduction Today we’re taking a look at a basic but very competent 4-bay NAS, the DiskStation DS418 (product link) made by Synology. The word basic shouldn’t be taken out of context though, it’s a NAS with good hardware specs, but it is one that only comes with the things you…
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Synology Introduces RackStation RS2418+/RS2418RP+
Synology Introduces RackStation RS2418+/RS2418RP+ Synology has officially announced the launch of the RS2418+/RS2418RP+; a 2U, 12-bay rackmount NAS for SMBs. It comes equipped with a quad-core CPU and expandable DDR4 memory up to 64GB with ECC support. It is also expandable up to 24 drives with Synology RX1217/RX1217RP and features PCIe…
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Synology Introduces RS818+ 1U 4-bay Rackmount NAS
Synology introduces RS818+ and RS818RP+ 1U 4-bay rackmount NAS devices. They come equipped with a quad-core processor, 4x GbE LAN, and optional 10GbE network adapter support. Both models provide a comprehensive solution for centralized data storage and backup. The only difference is that the RP model has a redundant power…
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