A few months ago, we started our $800 TrueNAS build competition. In a nutshell, Brian, Ben, Kevin took $800 and built their own NAS system leveraging TrueNAS CORE as an OS. Thanks to Western Digital, the guys didn’t have to worry about storage, WD provided a bevy of SSD and HDD options for the guys
Today QNAP Systems Inc. released the latest beta to its NAS operating system, QNAP QTS 5.0 Beta. Part of the beta release is an upgraded Linux Kernel 5.10. The other features the beta will be bringing are improved security, WireGuard VPN support, and enhanced NVMe SSD cache performance.
We really like the HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Plus that came out a little over a year ago. The idea was to pack the capabilities and power of a server into a tiny form factor that can be used in edge locations or just in offices that don’t have spaces for an entire rack setup. We
The QNAP TVS-872XT is an 8-bay, Thunderbolt NAS designed primarily for video and media applications. It’s part of QNAP’s x72XT lineup of NASs that offer both dual Thunderbolt 3 ports as well as 10GbE on board for cross-platform collaboration between macOS and Windows users. Today, we’re going to be looking at how I use this
The Synology DiskStation DS1821+ is an 8-bay NAS solution designed for SMBs looking for an effective way to store and protect their data. Like others from the line, this 8-bay NAS solution features an AMD Ryzen CPU and two M.2 2280 slots for NVMe Cache, which helps to drive its solid performance. Businesses can also
The Synology DiskStation DS1621+ is a compact, power-driven NAS designed to give smaller businesses an effective way to store and protect their important data. This 6-bay NAS solution features an AMD Ryzen CPU and two M.2 2280 slots for NVMe Cache to highlight its focus on performance. It also can be equipped with two DX517
Today Synology Inc. launched two new RackStation units powered by AMD processors, the RS1221+ and RS1221RP+. Both of the new devices are 8-bay NAS, that as the name implies, are rack-mounted. The units are 2U and aimed at the small-business sector.
The Synology DiskStation DS1621xs+ was launched in mid-September of this year as an update to Synology’s line of high-end business NAS in a desktop form factor. The DS1621xs+ offers six 3.5″ drive bays, though it is expandable to 16 total bays via two 5-bay DX517 JBODs.
Today Synology Inc. announced yet another 6-bay DiskStation NAS with the DS1621+. This particular NAS leverages a quad-core, AMD Ryzen processor to deliver twice the processing power. This DiskStation is designed for high-performance data storage and management for SMB that need a bit more on the performance side of things.
QNAP has announced the TS-x32PXU series Rackmount NAS designed for SMB IT staff who need to deploy high-performance hybrid-cloud environments for digital transformation projects. Available in 4-bay, 8-bay and 12-bay models, the TS-x32PXU comes equipped with a PCIe Gen2 x2 slot for flexible SSD caching with a QM2 card or adding network ports. It also
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