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Client Accessories  ◇  Consumer

Best Budget Chia Plotting Rig

The Chia cryptocurrency has enraptured the crypto world, energizing storage nerds in a pretty fun and exciting way. While the Chia coin (XCH) doesn’t even start formally trading until next week, thousands of homelabbers and anyone with a spare SSD and patience for Chia farming have set to work. Because Chia is not dependent on

Qnap Music Station
Consumer  ◇  NAS

QNAP Music Station Review

QNAP Systems has been cranking out progressively more powerful NAS machines for about the last 15 years or so. Much like its competitors, the company has released an OS that is easy to use and has most features needed from home use up to light SME use cases in QTS. QTS is now in its

NAS Competition
Consumer  ◇  NAS

$800 TrueNAS Build Competition

Have you ever thought about building your own NAS with an arbitrary budget? And then did you think to yourself, I could surely outbuild two other chumps? Well if so, you’re at the right place. In this video, the StorageReview team will walk you through two unique DIY builds and compare them to a prebuilt

Secure NAS Steps
Data Protection  ◇  Enterprise

Get a Secure NAS in 4 Easy Steps

In the last few months, it would seem that the evildoers that leverage ransomware to make money have turned their focus to NAS devices. The most recent example we saw was with QNAP and the Qlocker attack. Though TerraMaster recently had a security fault come to light and Synology was suffering attacks a few years

LucidLink Filespaces
Enterprise  ◇  Enterprise Storage

LucidLink Filespaces: How it Works

LucidLink Filespaces is a cloud file system for distributed workloads that works with any cloud storage. The service provides remote storage streamed over the Internet but accessed as if it was in your local computer or network. In this article, we quickly overview the cloud NAS concept and the LucidLink Filespaces solution. Here we also

Enterprise  ◇  Networking

NETGEAR Orbi Pro WiFi 6 Review

Late last year, NETGEAR rolled out its new Orbi Pro WiFi 6 tri-band mesh router system. While it may not have been the first, the original Orbi made a big splash years back with its satellites that expanded coverage. This was seen as an innovative way for businesses (as well as home users) to add

HP Z2 SFF with Intel Server Side
Consumer  ◇  Workstation

Ultimate Workstation Shared Storage – Intel Optane SSDs

We recently reviewed the latest Intel Optane P5800X SSDs that can take advantage of PCIe Gen4 (outside of AMD platforms) thanks to the latest Intel CPUs.  Optane SSDs in servers make a lot of sense, the incredible performance profile makes caching and tiering exceedingly useful. For professional users with hungry applications though, purposing enterprise tech

Dell ultrasharp u3821dw
Client Accessories  ◇  Consumer

Dell UltraSharp U3821DW Monitor Review

The Dell UltraSharp U3821DW Monitor is a 38″ curved display with a huge amount of screen real estate and an immersive field of view, making it ideal for those who use several applications at once. The Dell monitor combines its WQHD+ (3840 x 1600) resolution and 99% sRGB factory calibration with InfinityEdge technology for a

Enterprise  ◇  Software

QNAP Qlocker Ransomware Update & Fix

Over the past few days, users of QNAP systems’ devices have been hit with a ransomware attack. In fact, two we discovered, Qlocker and eCh0raix. These attacks do what the usual ransomware buttholes do and encrypt users’ data while offering to give it back for a fee. QNAP is on the ball and has released

Seagate FireCuda RGB
Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

Seagate FireCuda Gaming Hard Drive Review

Seagate has expanded its gaming storage line this time with a focus on PCs with the Seagate FireCuda Gaming Hard Drive. The drive is HDD-based so that means it can be picked up for less and have a higher capacity for the tradeoff of top performance. It does come with a top capacity of 5TB