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Is the Qnap TS-251B The Answer To Your Media Needs? Today, we are looking at the Qnap TS-251B which is more than just a dumbed down file storage appliance. There is always a need to store data locally that you can access with every system in the home or office. …

Introduction The Seagate Guardian Series brings a massive 10TB of storage space in the 3.5’’ form factor. The Guardian Series from Seagate features a total of four lines of products targeted at various marketing segments: the Barracuda Pro for gamers, the Skyhawk for surveillance systems, the FireCuda for the mobile …

Introduction QNAP has always been one of the companies in the NAS industry that is quick to adopt new technology and offer different products than other manufactuers. The company is the first to incorporate AMD SoC into their NAS devices (TVS-x63 NAS) and also delivers the first Android NAS (TAS-268). …

A NAS today is much more than just a place to store your data. In fact, if that is all you need then cloud storage is probably enough for you. No, a NAS today offers a lot more opportunities and features compared to just a dumb storage device. Whether is …

Introduction Western Digital is a company with deep roots in the storage industry, with products that span virtually every customer and business need. Western Digital is also considered one of the most trustworthy brands that users look to when purchasing a new drive or drives, thanks to their reputation and …

ASUSTOR has released the latest ASUSTOR Data Master (ADM_ 2.6 beta for all ASUSTOR NAS users. The latest firmware brings variety of enhanced core function and smoother ASUSTOR Portal multimedia applications. With the ADM 2.6, ASUSTOR has updated the ADM’s GNU C library and Linux kernel which provide additional flexibility and …

Seagate launches NAS HDD 8TB for the small business, personal cloud, and the NAS drive. The drive is specifically designed for one to eight bay NAS devices and RAID applications. The 8TB drive is the largest capacity NAS drive on the market. The 8TB drive comes in 3.5 inch form …

QNAP shows off the first portable NAS, the TBS-453A, at CES. The latest NAS is powered by Intel Braswell N3150 quad-core processor with the 4GB or 8GB of RAM. Inside the NAS will have four M.2 2280/2260/2242 connectors that supports SATA 6Gb/s SSDs. Sadly, no NVMe support so the transfer …

Introduction Not too long ago ASUS decided to get into Network Attached Storage (NAS) by launching its ASUSTOR brand.  Now the NAS market is relatively well established with its group of brands, so we were a bit surprised when the ASUSTOR entered the race in 2011. This market has become …

INTRODUCTION Breaking into the network attached storage (NAS) industry is no easy task these days, as competition for users’ data storage is fierce. Thankfully for ASUSTOR, they entered the industry in 2011. With the NAS industry growing by leaps and bounds, the products that a company must offer to potential …

ASUSTOR has announced their latest 10 series NAS. The latest addition, the AS1002T and the AS1004T, features the first ASUSTOR NAS that utilizes ARM architecture. The 10 series models are powered by Marvell 1.0 GHz dual-core processor with 512MB of memory. The unit features hardware encryption engine with rated read …

INTRODUCTION Outside of typical PC components like CPUs, motherboards, and video cards, it seems like the fastest growing segment of PC-related consumer electronics is the network attached storage (NAS) field. NAS units are often found performing the duty of their namesake; storing files that are accessible via either a LAN …

The ASUSTOR has launched the AS62 and the AS61 series of NAS. Both models are designed for high-performance and mainstream market with the latest Intel Braswell processor. The AS61 comes with dual-core Intel Celeron N3050 CPU while the AS62 comes with the quad core Intel Celeron N3150. Thus, it is …

QNAP continues to deliver high performance NAS with the latest addition, the Turbo vNAS TVS-871T, to the NAS family. The TVS-871T combines direct attached storage (DAS), network attached storage (NAS), and iSCSI-SAN into one. What makes the TVS-871T unique is the inclusion of the Thunderbolt 2 that delivers 20 Gbps …

Seagate kicks off CES 2015 with two new NAS drives. The company launched Personal Cloud and Personal Cloud 2. The Personal Cloud is a 1-bay NAS whereas the Personal Cloud 2 is a 2-bay NAS that features RAID functionality for data protection. Both devices are designed to be the central …

As some may know we are very fond of the Synology series of NAS-storage here at Bjorn3D.com. In fact I have several Synology-NAS-units working together in various places handling backups, media storage and other tasks. Synology now have expanded their Plus series of high.end NAS-units with the DiskStation 1515+ and …

QNAP has released Qfix v1.0.2 that is aimed to fix Shellshock for those who are still using the older firmware. QNAP adds the fix to the latest QTS 4.1.1 build 1003 firmware which the company has urged users who owns one of the NAS from QNAP to hit the update …

Thecus has released new line of NAS that uses Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Essential. The new NAS features data protection, remote access, cloud service with support for Office 365 integration and Microsoft Azure backup. Based on the Microsoft OS means that it comes with features that is found on …

Synology has announced the DS415play. This is a 4-bay version of the DS214play giving anyone who has a big media-collection even more space to store it on. The idea with the “play”-versions of their NAS:es is that they are geared towards working as best as possible as a media hub offering to stream multiple …

Synology has a nice wide product portfolio with products for all sorts of customers. Their j-level NAS’s are the entry-level products aimed at homes and small businesses while the non-j and the +-products are for more professional home- and business users. Today Synology is announcing and releasing the new Synology …

I’m not sure why but it seems that you never can have too much space in your NAS. Seagate is coming out with a 5 TB drive, the Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5” 5TB HDD, and today Thecus is confirming that their NAS-units will be able to handle these new huge drives.  We …

Seagate entered rackmount NAS market with the new 8-bay and 4-bay 1 U rackmoutn. The rackmount will be compatible with Windows PCs and Apple’s Time Machine. The rackmount will come with a new version of the Seagate NAS OS that has integrated Wuala cloud service and business-focused apps for PC, …

ASUSTOR launched a new A3 Series NAS that features Intel Atom 1.6 GHz dual-core processor. The NAS also equipped with 1GB of DDR3 memory, USB 3.0, Audio Jack, HDMI output, and IR Receiver. The included IR receiver turns the NAS into a powerful media player when paired up ASUS remote …

Thecus’s latest 5-bay NAS, the N5550, is designed for small and medium size businesses (SMB) or home users who need a powerful data file server to centralize all of their digital content. The N5550 Has some excellent specs on paper which happen to match our recently reviewed N4800 with the inclusion …

Thecus’s latest 4-bay NAS, the N4800, is designed for small and medium size businesses (SMB) or home users who need a powerful data file server to centralize all of their digital content. The successor to the Thecus N4200, the new unit has much beefier specs, using Intel Cedar Trail Atom D2700 …

CyberPower showed off a very interesting 2-in-1 PC at CES 2012 called the Black Mamba Fang III. Its a combination of a High-End Gaming system and a Server based system in one single case.

Today we are looking at one of Synology’s newest NAS units: the DS212. With a host of possible usages this looks to be a great value and with a great visual appearance.

The TS-219P II is the latest NAS from QNAP, featuring a speed bump in the processor and a bunch of new features. We took a closer look at its new features such as QMobile, MyCloudNAS, and tested the unit to see well it performs.

The Thecus N2200XXX NAS is a great network attached storage system for home and small businesses. Keep reading to find out how well this versatile NAS system performs.

Patriot Memory just announced their new Javelin S4 Media Server NAS, capable of up to 12TBs of storage for a massive home theater movie/music/photo collection.

The QNAP TS-259 Pro is one of the best NAS we have tested, due to its use of the Intel Atom processor. The low power consumption, great features, and excellent performance make this one of the best 2-bay NAS units on the market.

QNAP TS-439 Pro is a 4-bay NAS that is designed with a plenty of features yet it does not cost you an arm and leg. We compare it against the more expensive TS-809 Pro to see how much performance difference between the two units.

QNAP TS-809 Pro is a NAS packed with features. It is bundled with 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB DDR2, Dual Gigabit LAN, and five USB 2.0 ports. Up to eight hard drives can be used for RAID 0/1/5/6/5+spare, and JBOD. It offers excellent performance at fraction of …

Synology has recently launched a budget version of their flagship DiskStation DS209+ at whopping $200 cheaper in the price. Today, we are going to put it against its older brother and see how much performance hit would you expect by saving $200.