Transcend StoreJet 25H3 Review – Transcend has over the years proved itself to be quite the formidable player in the external storage market. The StoreJet range of portable drives are one such example and have won just about every award going. [wpsm_toplist] The Transcend StoreJet 25H3 is an impressive looking external hard drive with a number of features … Read more
Zyxel NAS540 Review – Zyxel has in the past delivered some great NAS drives. The NSA325V2, for example, was a fantastic little single bay NAS drive. Zyxel, though, has since scaled back on its home and personal devices, but this model now sees it starting to reignite that old phoenix-like fiery plumage. [wpsm_toplist] The Zyxel NAS540 … Read more
DiskStation DS916+ Review – A next-generation NAS design that offers huge storage potential With Synology’s penchant for reusing its enclosures, it’s easy to assume that what’s inside remains unchanged. From the outside, the new DiskStation DS916+ looks almost identical to the DS415+, but internally it has more in common with the company’s recent DS716+.For those confused … Read more
A reasonably priced, and sizeable backup solution This is the seventh generation of the popular My Passport Ultra product range, Western Digital has kept the line going for quite some time now, and it shows no signs of getting long in the tooth either. With a redesigned USB 3.0 bus powered interface and a flashy … Read more
Slim and sturdy external storage for laptops and other devices Toshiba Canvio Advance 2TB Review – Toshiba’s Canvio Advance is an external hard drive that comes in 1TB, 2TB and 3TB capacities. This is not a drive to buy if raw performance is the main concern. However, it does offer a lot of storage for … Read more
Buffalo LinkStation 441 – Michael goes buffalo hunting with a NAS box Buffalo has released its LinkStation 441 NAS 4-bay desktop unit, which is compatible with Windows, Mac, Android and iOS platforms. Aimed at small business and home office users, this NAS box is available as a diskless product or with a storage capacity of up … Read more
While most networks can benefit from the addition of a network attached storage (NAS) device, not every home will get enough use to justify the cost – one increasingly popular NAS use for the home, though, is for storing and serving up media collections to all your devices. Read our Synology DiskStation DS418play Review. [sc name=”Youtube”] … Read more
ST2000LM007 review – Seagate play devil’s advocate for those comparing speed and capacity Seagate has something of a battle on its hands with laptop users, because once you’ve used one with an SSD, it’s difficult to go back to using a mechanical hard drive. But as its latest laptop storage designs show, it still has … Read more
One manufacturer able to bring the fight to Synology in terms of OS features is QNAP, and with 1GB of DDR3 memory and a 1.7GHz dual-core Alpine AL-212 CPU, the TS-131P and DS-116 are also evenly matched in terms of specifications. However, the QNAP NAS has a few extra features. Firstly, it has a front-located … Read more
If the Seagate Personal Cloud seems like good value for 3TB of network-attached storage then the Buffalo LinkStation 210 is even cheaper, retailing for just over despite including a 3TB hard disk in the equation too. It’s around the same size as the Personal Cloud, and only a little bigger than the hard disk inside. … Read more
Martin Pipe reckons that Synology’s DS119j budget NAS could revolutionise your viewing habits – but you’ll need to add your own HDD [wpsm_toplist] [sc name=”Youtube”] WE ARE GETTING used to the idea of cloud storage thanks to online services like Google Drive, Dropbox and iCloud. Accessing your data from anywhere, on any device, is attractive. … Read more
A versatile high-end NAS for the home or small office says Lindsay Handmer. And who are we to disagree? [wpsm_toplist] [sc name=”Youtube”] Specs OS: QTS 4.3.4 CPU: Intel Celeron J3455 quad-core 1.5GHz GPU: Intel HD Graphics 500 Mem: 2GB (up to 8GB), 2x SoDIMMs Bays: 4x 3.5/2.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s Comms: 2x Gigabit LAN Ports: 5x … Read more