Storage — digital storage, in this case — is where the information resides before being accessed.
When it comes to NAS servers, I’ve always recommended Synology. But once in a while, it’s worth checking out other brands. So here goes: The TerraMaster F2-223. This new server is TerraMaster’s major release in its entry-level 2-bay lineup, now with native support for Multi-Gig and the latest TerraMaster Operating …
Western Digital unveiled its PRO-BLADE Mag in May this year, a concept harkening back to the era of the Zip Disk — or modular storage. The PRO-BLADE TRANSPORT is part of this new lineup. It’s essentially the portable “reader” of the PRO-BLADE SSD Mag — it’s the Zip Drive, so …
The WD Black SN850X, first announced in May 2022, is supposed to be the upgrade to the SN850, the flagship NVMe SSD in Western Digital’s game-oriented WD BLACK family. It’s a more expensive alternative — the “X” is supposed to mean “extreme,” “extra”, or “the X factor,” as Western Digital puts …
Synology’s latest 5-bay DiskStation DS1522+ NAS server for homes and small businesses is a silent yet significant upgrade in the lineup. While the new server is the intended replacement of its immediate previous model, the DS1520+, I will compare the design with the DS1517+ to show how it’s an (almost) complete …
Micron today announced the availability of its two new NVMe solid-state drives (SSDs) that share the same name, the Crucial P3. Or you can think of them as a single drive with two flavors. What sets them apart are the suffixes Plus Gen 4 and Gen 3. In other words, …
On April 26, 2022, Samsung released the T7 Shield — a new variant of its flagship portable solid-state drives (SSDs), the T7 Touch, and T7 that came out in January and July 2020. For the most part, the new mobile storage device is essentially the same as the T7 version …
After five months in public beta, the latest version of the popular DiskStation Manager NAS operating system, the DSM 7.1, is officially available today, May 10, 2022, per Synology. That’s the good news. The not-so-good is Surveillance Station 9.0 — slated to be a major upgrade of version 8.2 — …
