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Toshiba N300 6TB NAS HDD Review
Introduction Toshiba released their new N300 series of hard disk drives designed for use with NAS devices a little while ago, and I’m pleased to have the 6TB capacity version in my lab for a closer look and some benchmarking today. Toshiba is one of the largest growing storage companies at…
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Synology Releases DS1517+ and DS1817+ 5 and 8-Bay NAS Models
Synology announced two new NAS units in the Plus-series and launched the new DiskStation DS1517+ and DS1817+ NAS. The DS1517+ is a 5-bay NAS while the DS1817+ is an 8-bay NAS. The powerful and scalable tower servers offer a high-performance, reliable, and versatile network-attached storage solution for tech enthusiasts and small/medium-sized…
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QNAP Rolls Out Affordable New Quad-core TS-831X NAS
QNAP has rolled out their latest NAS and called it the TS-831X. This new NAS is designed to be a new cost-effective 8-bay business NAS with a quad-core 1.7 GHz CPU to provide users with enhanced system performance for daily business operations. Alongside the standard models with 8GB or 16GB…
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QNAP Launches AMD-Powered TVS-x73 Series
QNAP partnered with AMD for their latest NAS series called the TVS-x73 and the new series comes in three different sizes: 4-bay, 6-bay. and 8-bay. The TVS-x73 series is built with an AMD Embedded R-Series quad-core APU and up to 64GB RAM, it comes with AES-NI hardware encryption engine, has…
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Thecus Launches their latest SMB NAS, the N7770 and N8880U
Thecus released two new NAS devices that are similar to some of them we’ve seen previously, but at a more price-sensitive point that smaller businesses will appreciate. The two new elite class businesses NAS from Thecus are the N7770 and the N8880U that are very similar to the N7770-10G and…
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SilverStone Releases CS380 Storage Chassis
The easy way to get a NAS is to buy a pre-made one from one of the large manufacturers that we review on a regular basis here at eTeknix, but where would the fun be in that when you can build it yourself from scratch. If that’s how you think,…
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SilverStone Releases Premium 8-Bay SFF NAS Chassis
SilverStone has shown us some great DIY NAS chassis’ in the past and this newest one called the CS280 looks just as sweet. With a tiny footprint and general small chassis size, it still allows for plenty of hardware to be built in and it does so without sacrificing any…
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ASUSTOR Launches Powerful High-Capacity AS6208T and AS6210T
ASUSTOR launched two new high-capacity enterprise-class NAS units, the AS6208T and the AS6210T. The only difference between the two units is that one has 8 drive bays and the other one has 10 drive bays. They are powered by an Intel Celeron (Braswell) 1.6GHz quad-core CPU with Boost speeds up…
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QNAP Launches New Powerful Dual-10Gbps Rack NAS’
When good isn’t good enough, then you’ll want great, and when looking for great, you can’t get past QNAP. They have just launched two new NAS series for the enterprise sector with plenty of storage capacity options, great connectivity, and strong CPUs. Perfect for enterprise users that don’t want to…
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QNAP Releases TS-x53A IoT-Centric QTS-Linux Combo NAS Series
Network attached storage devices have evolved a lot in the last 10 years from somewhat underpowered systems with the single purpose of serving your files across your network to what they are today. We first saw the introduction of the HDMI port for direct media playback, I think it was…
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QNAP Launches the World’s First Thunderbolt NAS TVS-871T
QNAP launched the world’s first Thunderbolt 2 Turbo vNAS that is ready for high-bandwidth data. The TVS-871T features 20Gbps bandwidth, 4K video capable Thunderbolt 2 connections and it is fully compatible with the Thunderbolt-ready storage expansion enclosures for even more raw storage capacity. The TVS-871T provides the high transfer speed of…
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WD Purple 6TB Surveillance Hard Drive Review
Introduction In today’s review, I am taking a look at a mechanical hard disk, but it isn’t one that is intended for your desktop system. Western Digital created their Purple line of hard disk drives to be the perfect choice for digital video recording, network video recording, and surveillance systems.…
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QNAP Launches AMD-Powered TS-x63U Series Rackmount NAS
QNAP announced a new NAS series and this time it is built around an AMD G-Series quad-core processor, the TS-x63U Turbo NAS. These new NAS units come as 4-bay, 8-bay, and 12-bay version and can be had with single or redundant power supplies. I for one love this and am…
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Thecus Launches Next Generation N7770-10G and N8880U-10G NAS
Thecus is at it again and has released two new NAS units, the N7770-10G 7-bay desktop NAS and the N8880U-10G 8-bay rack mounted 2U NAS. Both NAS are almost identical on the insides, so it basically comes down to the environment of operation when deciding which of the two to…
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Thecus Release N8900PRO 8-Bay 2U Rackmount NAS
Thecus announced the expansion of its rackmount NAS line-up with the new N8900PRO rack-mounted NAS. The N8900PRO is built around an Intel Xeon E3-1275 quad-core processor with 3.4GHz and comes equipped with 8 GB DDR3 SDRAM. The NAS features 8 SAS and SATA compatible storage bays as well as USB 3.0…
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