Want to add some always-on storage to your network, but don’t have masses
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Despite a relentless upgrade schedule a few years ago, we haven’t seen a new entry-level two-bay NAS from Synology for a while. The DS218j was the last NAS from the company we reviewed, which was released in early 2018. it’s still a fantastic NAS and noticeably quicker than the DS216j in a couple of tests, … Read more
SYNOLOGY DS718+ Review – Synology’s DS718+ is the latest update to the popular Plus Series of DiskStation NAS units. This 2-bay model is an upgrade from the DS716+II, featuring a new CPU – and that’s about it really. Not that this is a bad thing, the DS716+II is a great unit in the first place, there’s … Read more
“After some 10 minutes it was clear that whatever was happening with the original unit was happening here’’ JON HONEYBALL A blue light of death causes problems in Jon’s much-loved synology NAS drive, while a pair of smart earphones prove not to be so smart after all [wpsm_toplist] I know we’ve all heard of Blue … Read more
SYNOLOGY DS218J Review – A very well-featured, two-disk, nas device that offers respectable performance all houses in a cheapo box It won’t take you long to figure out that Synology’s new DS218j lies at the budget end of its NAS range. The white plastic box literally slides apart giving you access to internals that allow for … Read more
Mark investigates if the DS215+ is the fastest small NAS box yet? Synology’s number versioning isn’t as easy as it once was, since it stopped releasing a baseline year model and then the budget and performance derivatives above and below it. Therefore, with the DS215 range there is no Value Series model, just the budget … Read more
We couldn’t do a group test of external hard drives without at least one appearance from Western Digital. The company seems to release a new external drive model every ten minutes, and it’s quite a chore trying to keep up with what’s new. More to the fact, the previous models are generally of such a … 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
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
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