Using “cold storage”—drives that aren’t powered on regularly—is one of the safest ways to store data (yes, even safer than a ...

If you were looking for a NAS drive in the body of an external hard drive, the UnifyDrive UT2 is the device for you. When you think of NAS drives, you’re likely picturing a large, bulky device that ...

With a starting price of $369, the Beelink ME Pro enters the market below comparable devices such as the Terramaster F8 SSD ...

I've been wanting to redo my mass storage at home for quite a while. As of current, it's simply 7 WD disks, JBOD, 1.5-3tb capacities. Amazon had a pretty great deal on some Qnap boxes, so I picked up ...

Network-attached storage (NAS) devices are external hard drives with network connectivity. They’re essentially private cloud drives you can set up in your home to access your files remotely. They’re ...

After living with a NAS for quite some time and watching it behave very differently depending on what I threw at it, I've ...

So quietness isn't something I normally worry about too much in hard drives, as my enclosures are usually out of the way. However, I have one NAS in need of an upgrade that's in a dining room due to ...

A very easy-to-configure and use NAS from Asustor, made practical by the recent drops in NVMe drives. If those price drops continue and NVMe drives get bigger, this could soon be one of the best NAS ...

TL;DR: Lost data on Synology or QNAP NAS devices can result from hardware failures, software issues, or human error. Regular backups mitigate risks, but when data ...