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Thecus N4100EVO review: four bays for a good price
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 We have recently reviewed a lot of NAS devices, and now it's Thecus's turn. Their new N4100EVO is a relatively affordable and very comprehensive NAS for its £240 price tag. Despite its relatively low price, this is a model that is pretty fully-featured. The compact little box has a door on the front, behind which the four hard drive trays are located. The trays are equipped with individual locks. On the front you will find an on/off switch, a USB connection and a display. The latter is a very practical feature to have, since it lets you see what the IP address is for example without having to use a computer. The performance and the noise production however are disappointing.
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QNAP TS-879 Pro & Synology
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Hoping to drive small and medium business sales, NAS-makers have been pushing to deliver enterprise features such as cloud storage, virtualization support, automated backup software and iSCSI support. There's also been an effort to include technologies such as Link Aggregation, which can increase network bandwidth when dealing with multiple users and also provides redundancy in case one of the links fails.
First seen over a decade ago, 10GbE is not a new technology, but it's been largely reserved for pricey enterprise devices. It's ten times faster than Gigabit Ethernet and only supports full duplex point to point links, which are generally connected by network switches, so 10GbE hubs don't exist.
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QNAP TurboNAS TS-259 Pro+ NAS Server Review
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Although NAS (Network Attached Storage) servers/devices were never actually ment to become a mainstream product for home use and were initially targeted towards office users, small/large businesses and enterprises today more and more people trust them not only to store and remotely share their data but also as media/web/download servers. Of course there`s a great number of available NAS devices in the market from entry-levels ones that can be used for all the above mentioned functions up to high-end ones not only featuring very good hardware specifications but also a wealth of available functions (that`s why i call them servers). Today we will be taking a thorough look into the high-end TurboNAS TS-259 Pro+ Dual Bay NAS by QNAP with small and medium businesses as its target group."
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[DreamWare Computers] QNAP TurboNAS TS-219P II
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An easy upgrade we can make at home to really harness everything our devices can do is to install a NAS (a network attached storage device). By taking your files off a physical computer and putting them on a centrally accessible network device, you can begin to leverage them in many places. New TVs can stream music, videos and photos off a NAS, your NAS can be a central download station so you can turn off your laptop or desktop and let those long downloads run their course, you can even get at all your files remotely and on the go so you never forget that important presentation ever again!"
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Akitio Taurus Mini Super-S LCM External RAID Storage Review @ TechwareLabs
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With the prices of hard drives slowly coming back to manageable prices, we`ve seen a trend of new storage accessories being released to the market. Today we will be looking at a hybrid between portable and RAID. The Akitio Taurus Mini Super-S LCM supports 2x 2.5 drives in either a RAID 0 (stripe) or RAID 1 (mirror). Lets take a look at what Akitio has to say about their product:"
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QNAP TS-879 Pro (10GbE Performance)
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Without question the QNAP TS-879 Pro is a beast when configured with the right hardware. Loaded with hard drives, in our case Western Digital RE4 Enterprise drives, the TS-879 Pro is as fast as any NAS device we have tested before it using a Gigabit Ethernet connection. However drop in a 10GbE network card and the TS-879 Pro is a totally different animal.
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16 four- and five-bay NAS devices reviewed
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Are the hard drives in your computer full, but external hard drives don't provide enough space or safety? What you need then is Network Attached Storage (NAS). If you go for the ones with room for four to five normal hard drives, it will give you a large amount of safe and reliable storage. A larger number of drives should be interesting for those needing significant storage space - companies, film and music collectors, and professional photographers. We've reviewed 16 four- and five-bay NAS solutions, that can provide up to 15 terabytes of storage using 3 TB disks.
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Adaptec RAID 6805E RAID Controller @ TechwareLabs
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The topic of RAID has come up again here at TechwareLabs with the Adaptec ASR 6805E RAID card taken for a spin. We compare the Adaptec card against a single Western Digital hard drive connected to the motherboard, and Two/Four Western Digital drives in a stripe using both the 6805E and on-motherboard RAID."
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Server Update Choosing a Video Card
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Ninjalane Podcast - In this episode we give an update to the new Ninjalane server project and discuss the process of finding a new video card after the GTX 680 shakeup. Later we talk about how much monitor you really need and Dennis gives an update on the Ninjalane HWBot team.
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Synology DiskStation DS1512+ NAS Review
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The new DiskStation DS1512+ from Synology boasts faster read and write speeds compared to its DS1511+ predecessor and packs an updated dual core 2.13GHz Intel Atom D2700 (32nm Cedar Trail) CPU, which should provide a little more oomph than the dated 1.8GHz Atom D525 (45nm Pineview).
These extras come at a reasonable $100 premium over last year's model, which should position the DS1512+ as a respectable contender in the current NAS market -- or so the spec sheets would have us believe. We'll take a closer look at the hardware and the recently released DiskStation Manger 4.0 software before we greet Synology's latest offering with our usual array of benchmarks.
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QNAP TS-879U-RP 10GbE NAS Server @ Benchmark Reviews
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There is a glass ceiling in the world of NAS devices, and like all glass ceilings it`s not that obvious until you bang your head against it a few times. The standard-issue network interface in the IT world is a one Gigabit Ethernet connection. Convert bits to bytes and you end up with a less impressive sounding 125 MB/s interface. The ceiling comes into play quickly, because even a single 3TB HDD can push 160 MB/s through its SATA 6GB/s interface, when it`s running hard. I was a little frustrated when I did an extensive review of the QNAP TS-879U-RP Turbo NAS server last month, because I didn`t have a network environment that could unleash its full performance. Now that I do, let`s take a look at what it takes to get this corporate animal up to full speed."
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10 Things to Consider Before Setting Up RAID @ TechwareLabs
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RAID, the final frontier. These are the voyages of...ah, who am I kidding? Choosing to implement RAID today isn’t embarking on a mission to boldly go where no one has gone before. This technology has literally been around for years, and today RAID support can be found within most operating systems, integrated on motherboards, or easily added to any system as a 3rd party controller for almost nothing (quick search on Amazon yields controllers for less than $30). With its wide availability, you may find yourself at some point contemplating taking the plunge and configuring a RAID setup on your own system. However, before doing so, there are some things you should consider.
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Never actually played WoW
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Maybe you're addicted to World of Warcraft and spend every free moment immersed in the most popular massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) of all time, wandering through Azeroth doing whatever it is WoW players do. I wouldn't know, but I assume it's a lot of questing and raids.
As popular as WoW has become, I've never set virtual foot in Azeroth. Not once. That's okay because WoW is doing just fine without my participationThere are WoW subscribers in all corners of the globe, and it takes a massive amount of gear to host all the different game worlds, or realms, as they're referred to. Each realm is hosted on its own server, and in late 2011, Activision Blizzard began auctioning off retired server blades from the days of yore to benefit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This was a chance to own a piece of gaming history even if, like myself, you never actually played WoW, and to add a few points to your philanthropy skill set and level up your personal character at the same time...
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Synology DiskStation DS412+ 4-bay All-in-1 NAS Server for SMB Users Review
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The DiskStation DS412+ is another high performance NAS from Synology which allows a total of 4 HDDs/SSDs to be installed for enough storage space and are cooled properly with the two included 92mm fans, which are also silent during normal operation. On a single LAN connection, the unit maxes out the read/write transfer speeds and the “beast” is really unleashed when used in enterprise environments, with the “Link Aggregation” feature enabled.
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Synology DiskStation DS112j NAS Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
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Synology DiskStation DS112j NAS Review @ HardwareHeaven.com Today we will be taking a look at the single bay DS112j, which is the latest model in Synology`s NAS range for home use, offering file storage, sharing and data protection. We will also take a look at Synology`s latest operating system, the very recently released DiskStation Manager 4.0."
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