It comes as no surprise to my friends and family that the time has come for me to set aside some of my storage devices and server builds of the past for something bigger and better in 2017. Over the...
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Today’s tested NAS unit model has four swappable HDD bays and an internal cache SSD connector as well, full RAID functionality, 2x Gigabit Ethernet (which can be Link Aggregated), USB 3.0 and then a heap of software functionality that is...
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The AS6208T may actually be the 2nd model to reach our lab from the AS620xT line by ASUSTOR but it doesn’t share the same specifications as its smaller brother the AS6204T so this time over under the hood we find...
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QNAP Systems, Inc., as its brand promise “Quality Network Appliance Provider”, aims to deliver comprehensive offerings of cutting edge network attached storage (NAS) and network video recorder (NVR) solutions featured with ease-of-use, robust operation, large storage capacity, and trustworthy reliability....
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In all the years I’ve been using and testing NAS servers I’ve seen numerous models running on Marvell, AMD and Intel CPUs but the TS-531P is actually the very first one using the Alpine AL-314 quad-core 1.4GHz cortex A15 processor...
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Just like with the My Cloud EX4 at first glance the EX2100 feels a lot like a mid-end NAS since falls somewhat short in terms of specifications compared to the competition (although it’s definitely a step up compared to the...
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ASUSTOR is the very first NAS manufacturer to use the brand new and much improved (compared to the previous generation J1900 model) Celeron N3150 Quad-Core CPU by Intel that runs at 1.6GHz (64Bit, 14nm, 6W TDP, 2.08GHz Burst speed, 2MB...
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When we got the TurboNAS TS-469U-RP from QNAP roughly 4 years ago it was our first real encounter with a rack mount NAS server (one which we could actually test) and largely thanks to its excellent performance, height (wide and...
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QNAP TS-119 NAS single-disk unit made for home users, to the Goliath QNAP TS-870U-RP 8-Bay NAS for the storage needs of large businesses. Most recently we tested the 4-bay TS-470 powerhouse. Let’s see how this latest Turbo vNAS compares to...
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Just when I thought I had it all figured out, Microsoft drops another one on my lap. I had already covered what I thought was Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 and its functions and flavors when I learned about Essentials....
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Windows Storage Server is an exciting development in the storage platform. It can run on nearly any spec’d hardware and allows for simple management of storage appliances across a wide variety of manufacturers. Unlike customized NAS OS from other platforms,...
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As the name suggests the AS7010T is the larger brother of the very good AS7004T so aside the fact that it has room for up to 10 2.5/3.5″ SATA III drives it features the same Intel Core i3-4330 CPU running...
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Some of you may recall our review of another ultra-high-end model by ASUSTOR the AS-608T which performed extremely well and left most of its competition in the dust. Well compared to that the new AS70xxT series is in a league...
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Currently QNAP offers the most complete lineup of NAS servers in the market and the brand new x53Pro series are amongst the best they’ve rolled out from their factory to date both in terms of specifications and features. The x53...
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The QNAP TS-451 Turbo NAS is part of a new hardware platform for QNAP that brings a high level of performance to the small tower-based format, at a lower cost than was possible before. The four new TS-x51 towers are...
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