NAS is short for “network-attached storage.” This section of the site is about this type of storage, including real NAS servers and those you can make by attaching a portable drive to a router’s USB port.
For a couple of years now, I’ve been asking Synology when it’d release a DiskStation server that comes with 10Gbps network capability. Finally, today, it’s here. The NAS maker announced just now the DS1621xs+ that, among other things, has a 10Gbps network port and M.2 SSD slots. Synology DS1621xs+: A …
Synology today announced the availability of its latest 2020 5-bay NAS server, the DiskStation DS1520+. Per the NAS maker’s naming convention, this is a new high-end server for homes and SMBs that can house up to 15 drives. Five on its own and another ten via two expansion units. In …
There are now a couple of new and exciting options if you’re in the market for robust network-attached storage (NAS) server. The Synology 2020+ NAS server lineup includes four brand-news servers, the DS220+, DS420+, DS720+, and DS920+, which now come with some extras. Synology 2020+ NAS: More processing power and …
Chronologically, the Synology DS220+—one of the four new servers Synology announced today—is the defacto upgrade to the previous model, the DS218+, that came out two years ago. In reality, it’s more of a variant. Indeed, the two have more in common than they do in differences. Here’s the lowdown on …
Small but potent, the newly-released Synology DS620slim is my type of NAS server. You know, the Asian type. Stereotyping aside, this server is an all-new offering from Synology regarding design. Maybe that’s why it’s a 620 and not 619 per Synology standard naming convention. One thing is for sure, it’s …
The Synology DS419slim is the latest in Synology’s “slim” line of NAS servers which use 2.5-inch standard (laptop) hard drives instead of the 3.5-inch standard (desktop) drive. As a result, the new server is super compact despite the fact it can house up to four internal drives. But in the …
The Synology DS1019+ is a formidable alternative to the DS1618+. The severs is the second revision of Synology DS10xx lineup since the DS1010+ that came out in 2010. The new server is affordable—costing just $650 disk-less—while delivering an excellent feature set. That includes dual-channel 4K transcoding capability and support for …
