In the market of virtualization, there are a ton of options for consumers, prosumers, and enterprise users. One thing that quickly sets apart these different solutions though is cost, where you have hypervisors such as Windows HyperV or VMware ESXi being some of the most expensive, and KVM, Proxmox, and others being effectively free with
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
Today Samsung released yet another client drive with the Samsung SSD 980. While the name can be a bit confusing as the company typically releases both a PRO and an EVO version of a drive and currently have a 980 PRO. The new 980, sans any follow-up name, is the company’s first DRAM-less client SSD.
Last year, with the launch of Veeam Backup & Replication v10, the company announced the general availability of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure. Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure delivers enterprise-ready Azure backup, so customers can protect their workloads and overcome any risk of data loss. This solution was an excellent achievement for Veeam, which gradually
The ADATA SE900G is the company’s latest portable SSD. The drive leverages USB 3.2 Gen2x2 for the interface which bumps its performance up to a potential 2GB/s read and write. A big selling point here is that the drive is compatible with just about anything, so if a user has Android, macOS, or Windows, they
Synology DSM is a nice NAS operating system. We have lots of nice things to say about it over the years. It is probably the easiest OS for the average jane or joe to pick up and be used with little training (note: we know that some NAS users prefer the more in-depth operating systems
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
As an engineer who is new to homelabs, networking, and software configuration, one of the first and simplest improvements to my quality of life was setting up a Pi-hole! In this Pi-hole install guide, we’ll go through the basic steps one needs to do to lower the number of advertisements in their life. This Pi-hole
Intel has released a new model in its end-user QLC SSD line with the Intel 670p. A step up from the Intel 665p, the new SSD is based on the company’s 144-layer 3D NAND and leverages an NVMe interface. Much like its predecessors, the Intel SSD 670p is a single-sided M.2 form factor and comes
Thin Clients aren’t known for their gaming performance, at least when running a game locally, but compared to the classic consoles such as the Atari, SNES, DOS, N64, etc. Lakka makes hosting a retro-gaming console easy with out-of-the-box support for joypads, LAN multiplayer, and an original PlayStation-Esque GUI. Lakka is a Linux distro built on
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