Are you feeling a little anxious? That’s likely because today, March 31, is World Backup Day. It was first established in 2011 as a made-up day to raise awareness of data backups and the growing role of digital information in daily life. If you wonder who made it up, nobody …
Portable SSDs (solid-state drives), as the name suggests, are fast storage devices that, nowadays, connect to a host via a USB-C port. These are convenient storage devices that can transfer large amounts of data between computers. Or you can use one as an offline backup—tuck it away, and nobody can …
If you have one of those BeeDrives and BeeStations as your simple backup solution, here’s some good news: It’s going to get a bit more sophisticated. Indeed, Synology today announced two additional features, including improved AI-powered Deep Search and online backup. Let’s find out more. Synology BeeDrive: Now with Deep …
External drives are storage devices that conveniently add a large amount of data to a computer. Some are portable and bus-powered, others are not. If you’re looking for the best bus-powered portable SSDs, this list includes the current top five. Here, you’ll find the external drive that fits a particular …
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 benefits of …
The headline says it. Western Digital’s new SanDisk Desk Drive, unveiled back on May 7, is highly compact for a desktop storage device. But if you look at it from a portable drive point of view, it can be bulky. There’s one thing that can’t be disputed: it’s one of …
If you’re looking to carry lots of data on the go but can’t afford a portable SSD, Western Digital has some news. Today, the storage maker announces its latest 6TB WD HDD-based portable drives across multiple lineups. New 6TB WD portable hard drives: Highest capacity to date Western Digital says …
OWC SoftRAID 8 is now available. The latest release now, for the first time, is avaible with a free tier.
You’ll learn in this post how to keep your data safe from accidental or malicious deletion or alteration, such as being encrypted by ransomware. There are many ways to get this done, but Synology’s Snapshot is among the easiest and most effective. That said, this applies only to those with …
At first glance, the Synology BeeDrive portable SSD, first announced in May 2023, is an odd device. It has nothing to do with what Synology has been known for, a NAS maker. But after spending my sweet time with it, I realize it’s a perfect device for those needing a …
