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Years ago, somebody asked me about my most important piece of tech and was surprised when I said it was my NAS server—the Synology DS410, to be specific—and not the iPhone I was holding. That was true then. And it’s even more so now. In fact, with the benefit of … Continue Reading
The Synology DiskStation DS1525+ network-attached storage (NAS) server, first available in the US on June 25, 2025, is arguably the best among Synology’s new and controversial 2025 releases. Here’s the bottom line: The contentious storage requirement aside, the DS1525+ is an excellent NAS server to buy today, worth its $799.99 … Continue Reading
Synology today officially releases its two additional DiskStation NAS servers in its Plus family, the DS1825+ and DS725+. Judging from their hardware specs, while the former can pass for a minor four-year upgrade to the previous DS1821+, the latter, like the recently available DS925+, is an outright downgrade compared to the … Continue Reading
The Crucial T710, unveiled on May 19, 2025, along with the Crucial X10 portabl e SSD, is Micron’s third attempt at PCIe Gen 5 NVMe internal SSDs. And it’s the charm. In testing, the non-heatsink version of the new SSD proved to be significantly less hot compared to the previous … Continue Reading
Together with the 2025 NAS models, starting with the DiskStation DS925+, Synology has an unpleasant surprise for its fans: The NAS maker now implements a strict hardware compatibility (HCL) policy, which, for the time being, is basically a storage lock-in approach. To put it bluntly, apart from the server, you … Continue Reading
Today, Synology announced the availability of its second NAS server for 2025, the DiskStation DS425+, for the US market. It’s a four-bay server, similar to the DS925+ that was released earlier this month, but with lower hardware specifications and capabilities. Synology DS425+: A straightforward 4-bay NAS server The first thing … Continue Reading
The BeeStation Plus, Synology’s second iteration of its user-friendly approach to personal cloud storage, is an unusual network-attached storage (NAS) server. If you have used a Synology NAS server before, keep in mind that the BeeStation lineup offers a fraction of the capabilities of a standard Synology DiskStation. In return, … Continue Reading
The Crucial X10, first announced on May 19 together with the Crucial T710, is Micron’s latest portable SSD. If the name rings a bell, that’s because the company had the Crucial X10 Pro back in late 2023. So, what’s the point of this new drive? Despite being very similar to … Continue Reading
