Back in July I reviewed the QNAP TS-451, a great entry level NAS for the home. This month, I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to look at the TS-653 Pro from QNAP, a slightly more powerful unit targeting the SMB market. The TS-653 Pro is… Read More »QNAP TS-653 Pro Unboxing and HD Station Review
Setting up Rsync to sync data from FreeNAS to a QNAP NAS is a fairly easy process. The first thing you need to do is to enable Rsync on the QNAP and assign a username and password to use: The only other thing you need… Read More »Setting up Rsync from FreeNAS to QNAP
Introduction What seems to be a first amongst the commercial NAS manufacturers is the inclusion of virtual machine support through QNAP’s Virtualization Station. The Virtualization Station lets you use your HTML5/JAVA compatible browser to create, manage and operate a number of virtual machines. The software… Read More »QNAP TS-x51/TS-451 Virtualization Station Review
Introducing the recently announced QNAP TS-451 high performance home or small office NAS. The TS-451 supports up to 4 SATA 6Gb/s HDDs (2.5″ or 3.5″). TRIM support is also included so you can also use your favourite SSDs. Using the current compatibility list, the TS-451 NAS… Read More »QNAP TS-451 Review with Toshiba 5TB HDDs (MD04ACA500)
HP reached somewhat of a cult status amongst many tech enthusiasts a couple of years ago when they dropped the price of the N36L MicroServers to clear out stock. The new price point highlighted a niche market with large growth potential, especially for those wanting… Read More »HP MicroServer Gen8 G1610T Review
Last week, the folk over at FreeNAS, announced the release of FreeNAS 9.1.0 RC1. As the alpha and beta cycle is now officially over, no further enhancements will be provided to this build beyond bug fixes. Major changes: Version 9.1-STABLE of FreeBSD with performance improvements,… Read More »FreeNAS 9.0.1 RC1 Released