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Got An Old D-Link NAS Device? Dump It Just Like D-Link Has!

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:50:42 +0000

There are four models of D-Link NAS, all of which have hit end of service, which should definitely be immediately disconnected if you have them attached to anything. All four have a…

Synology Pulls Some NASty Self-Validation From Under It’s HAT 5300

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:10:26 +0000

Synology just released a list of drives with capacities of at least 4TB which will be allowed to run in their Enterprise level NAS appliances, and if you have the temerity to…

Fractal Node 804 Case Review: Companion Cube

Brett VanSprewenburg — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 20:45:02 +0000

Unlike the cake, this Fractal Design cube-like case is not a lie. Fractal started selling their Node 804 case a good number of years ago, and won the praise…

Western Digital Addresses the WD Red SMR Controversy

Sebastian Peak — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 20:43:35 +0000

In the wake of media coverage from the likes of Ars Technica on the subject, Western Digital has provided an update on the SMR (shingled magnetic recording) controversy in…

Seagate Says SMR Can Be NAS-ty

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:36:12 +0000

With the revelation that Western Digital's 2-6TB Red series of drives uses shingled drives, which causes unexpected and unwanted failures if one was to rebuild or resilver a NAS that used these…

Seagate Shipping 16 TB Exos X and IronWolf PMR Hard Drives for Enterprise and NAS

Tim Verry — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:45:20 +0000

While Seagate has been shipping 16 TB hard drives to hyperscale enterprise customers since late march, the company is finally bringing the high capacity drives to the broader retail market…

The best of storage; which is just a flash in the pan and which is here for the long term

Jeremy Hellstrom — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 23:17:03 +0000

TechSpot have taken a look at the current state of the storage market and have chosen what they feel are the best products in six different categories; enthusiast SSDs, mainstream SSDs, HDDs,…

Synology DS1019+ Review: Powerful, Capable, Restrained

Jim Tanous — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 20:20:00 +0000

Synology DS1019+ Review Synology’s latest NAS packs a lot of power but is limited by gigabit. Synology this week is launching the DS1019+, a 5-bay counterpart to last year's 4-bay DS918+. Like…

10 gigabits and 252 TB, it’s a seriously NASty peice of kit from Synology

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 02:05:27 +0000

Synology's DS 1819+ is quite the piece of NAS hardware, supporting an obnoxious amount of RAID varieties and can be specifically configured for just about any task you might want to assign…

Synology DS1618+ Review: The Right Blend of Price, Performance, and Features

Jim Tanous — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 19:36:36 +0000

Synology DS1618+ Review A 10-gigabit-capable NAS that won’t slow you down. Synology's 2018 product lineup includes a new network-attached storage device that merges a prosumer price point with an enterprise-level (albeit entry-level…

Friday storage roundup

Jeremy Hellstrom — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 22:58:08 +0000

The SSD market is somewhat daunting to a newcomer, not just the various interfaces and technology but also the huge selection of models from the various suppliers. HDDs and NAS devices are…

Hey you, get off of My Cloud! Western Digital hardwired backdoor is a golden oldie

Jeremy Hellstrom — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 22:42:18 +0000

A few years back the D-Link DNS-320L NAS device made headlines thanks to the discovery of a hardwired user and password present which allowed anyone access to your device. Western Digital seems…

Go big or go home, LaCie’s 96TB 12big NAS

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 01:57:58 +0000

The big12 NAS device from LaCie comes in 48TB, 72TB, 96TB and 120TB varieties, all having a dozen 3.5" bays for your drives. The device stands 447x161x237mm which is somewhat larger than…

COMPUTEX 2017: QNAP Unveils World’s First Ryzen-based NAS

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 31 May 2017 21:46:46 +0000

QNAP are providing a sneak peak of a new line of NAS devices, powered by AMD's Ryzen processors. The TS-x77 series will come in 6, 8, and 12-bay models with an AMD…

Western Digital Launches 10TB Red and Red Pro

Allyn Malventano — Thu, 18 May 2017 05:57:16 +0000

Western Digital increased the capacity of their Red and Red Pro NAS hard disk lines to 10TB. Acquiring the Helioseal technology via their HGST acquisition, which enables Helium filled hermetically sealed drives…

Drobo 5N2 5-bay NAS Review – Bonded GbE Made Simple

Allyn Malventano — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 01:47:29 +0000

Introduction and Packaging A new 5-bay Drobo NAS with dual Gigabit! Data Robotics shipped their first product 10 years ago. Dubbed the Drobo (short for Data Robot), it was a 4-bay hot-swappable USB…

ioSafe Launches 5-Bay Xeon-Based ‘Server 5’ Fireproof NAS

Allyn Malventano — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 07:58:32 +0000

ioSafe, makers of excellent fireproof external storage devices and NAS units, has introduced what they call the 'Server 5': The Server 5 is a completely different twist for an ioSafe NAS. While previous…

What exactly is QNAP’s NASbook for?

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 01:21:06 +0000

Network Attached Storage is nothing new, but a NASbook certainly is. When you think of a NAS device you might picture a box with at least two network connections and limited controls…

Thecus Announces N4810 4-Bay NAS with 4K Video Output

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 21:19:42 +0000

Thecus has announced their newest NAS with the N4810, an 4-bay design based on the existing N2810PRO 2-bay model. The N4810 offers up to 40 TB of hard drive storage support, and…

Coming up on electronic hoarders, the Seagate 8TB NAS drive

Jeremy Hellstrom — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:56:55 +0000

Seagate is not to be outdone by Western Digital and their 8TB Red drive and have released their own 8TB NAS HDD. The model which eTeknix reviewed is designed for SMBs and…