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Representing an evolution of their lineup of Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions, the QNAP TVS-x72N features some pretty exciting hardware improvements. We were able to get our hands on the TVS-672N for a quick test drive. Featured Technologies QNAP has been pushing for faster speeds in their NAS line up for some time now. Most, […]
Are you tired of having to manage the power state of multiple devices physically, going around and turning them on or off daily? Sometimes numerous times each day? Then the odds are pretty good that you’ll be interested in everything the QuWakeUp: QWU-100 has to offer. The QuWakeUp: QWU-100 is designed and engineered to significantly […]
The Seagate IronWolf 14TB Hard Drive holds a staggering amount of data – way more than pretty much any “average” user will ever need. At the same time, when you are outfitting a new QNAP NAS, you want to be 100% certain that your solution is going to be as future proof as possible. Well, […]
Seagate has an almost legendary reputation in the storage and hard drive community over the last 40 years, and for a good reason. Unlike other hardware manufacturers in this space, Seagate carefully considers usage patterns of specific hard drives. The drives undergo stress and pressure testing and eventually are crafted into targeted solutions to meet […]
If you’ve been looking for a way to transform the speed of your laptop almost immediately, bumping it up to lightning-fast specifications without having to spend a mountain of money along the way, then you absolutely MUST consider moving forward with the new Intel Optane Memory H10. A hybrid solution from the folks at Intel, […]
M.2 SSDs have gained a lot of traction over the past 12 to 18 months. Their size has made them very popular with small form factor devices such as ultraportable notebooks. Now you can also use them in external USB-C enclosures giving you significantly more storage capacity than traditional USB thumb drives. The latest of […]
At the end of last year, QNAP started to release models from the new TS-x83XU enterprise Network Attached Storage (NAS) series. Available in a range of configurations, these high powered storage devices suit most IT environments. Thanks to our friends at QNAP, we were able to get hands-on with the QNAP TS-883XU-RP-E2124-8G-US. Powered by Intel’s […]
Micron Technology has unveiled its new series of flagship NVM Express™ (NVMe™) based solid-state drives (SSDs). The Micron 9300 series feature industry-leading storage performance with higher capacities suitable for the cloud and enterprise. “The introduction of our third generation of NVMe SSDs endorses our tradition of continued innovation for cloud and enterprise markets,” Derek Dicker, […]
At the end of 2018, QNAP launched the TS-977XU series NAS. The TS-977XU is first 1U hybrid storage structure NAS that features the AMD Ryzen processor. It certainly looks to be packing a whole lot of horsepower in that compact chassis. In fact, the TS-977XU series is available with AMD Ryzen 3 1200 and Ryzen […]
For some time now, I have been stuck with 1Gbps network connectivity on my iMac to my QNAP NAS’s that are on a 10Gbps network. Sure, there are some thunderbolt to 10Gbps adapters, but these have been either expensive or too large for a smallish computer desk. Thankfully, this has all changed now with QNAP […]