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Thecus N4800 NAS Server Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:10:00 -0400

Thecus' N4800 uses Intel's D2700 "Cedar View" Atom processor, but has performance similar to D525 Atom competitors.

Buffalo Powers Up Two, Four Bay NASes

Tim Higgins — Tue, 29 May 2012 10:30:00 -0400

Buffalo has launched a revamped mid-range TeraStation line.

Seagate Buying LaCie

Tim Higgins — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:49:53 -0400

Seagate has announced its intent to acquire LaCie.

Iomega StorCenter ix2-dl Network Storage Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:56:00 -0400

Iomega's incremental tweak of its dual-drive NAS brings new features and slightly better performance.

Buffalo To Ship Rackmount Xeon Enterprise NAS Pair

Tim Higgins — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:42:15 -0400

Buffalo just launched a pair of 2U rackmount Intel Xeon-powered NASes

Data Recovery Tales: The Seven Biggest Mistakes When Attempting Data Recovery

Elena Pakhomova - ReclaiMe.com — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:00:00 -0400

In Part 2 of our series, we cover things you don't want to do when attempting data recovery.

Iomega Previews 12 Bay Rackmount NAS, Adds McAfee AV

Tim Higgins — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:39:13 -0400

Updated - Iomega has introduced a more powerful Intel-based twelve-bay rackmount NAS and added McAfee anti-virus protection to many of its business-class NASes.

LaCie Refreshes Two Bay NAS

Tim Higgins — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:06:56 -0400

LaCie has announced a faster version of its two-bay NAS.

QNAP Adds Pair of Intel Rackmount NASes

Tim Higgins — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:38:45 -0400

Update - QNAP has announced two Intel-based 16 bay 3U rackmount NASes.

Data Recovery Tales: RAID Is Not Backup

Elena Pakhomova - ReclaiMe.com — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:00:00 -0400

We're starting a series on data recovery with a reminder why you should not rely on RAID alone to keep your data safe.

QNAP Phases In USB 3.0 Ports On SOHO NAS Series

Tim Higgins — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:45:51 -0400

QNAP has upgraded to USB 3.0 ports on its TS-x19P II NASes.

Thecus NASes Get McAfee AV

Tim Higgins — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:31:08 -0400

Starting today, Thecus NASes will ship with McAfee anti-virus protection for stored files. [Press release]

Thecus Rolls Out Three Top-End Tower NASes

Tim Higgins — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:22:06 -0400

Thecus has announced three Intel-based tower NASes.

Free Stuff and Discounts For World Backup Day

Tim Higgins — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:57:46 -0400

Planning to do anything for World Backup Day tomorrow?

WD My Book Live Duo Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:48:00 -0400

WD's My Book Live Duo improves on its single-drive sibling with dual drives and much easier-to-use remote access.

Synology Releases Hot-Swappable Four-Bay Atom NAS

Tim Higgins — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:43:27 -0400

Synology has announced a new small-biz four-bay NAS.

QNAP Now Supports 4TB High Capacity 3.5-inch Hard Drives

Scott DeLeeuw — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:35:00 -0400

QNAP has announced support for 4TB drives for its Turbo NAS series.

QNAP Announces Cedar View NAS Lineup

Tim Higgins — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:13:19 -0500

Updated: QNAP has officially announced a new NAS series that it previewed at January's CES.

Synology Releases DSM 4.0

Tim Higgins — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:53:26 -0500

Synology has released its new NAS OS.

WD Looks To The Cloud For Backup

Tim Higgins — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:32:43 -0500

WD has added a cloud backup option to its Sentinel DX4000 NAS.

Synology Squeezes Out Yet Another Expandable NAS

Tim Higgins — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:38:00 -0500

Synology has announced the replacement for its DS1511+ five-bay expandable NAS.

Synology Adds Three Expandable NASes

Tim Higgins — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:04:32 -0500

Synology has updated its top-of-line NASes and added another expandable product.

LaCie Announces New Windows Server NASes

Tim Higgins — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:32:32 -0500

LaCie has announced two new Windows Server based NASes.

Build A Compact Low Power Atom Server

Scott DeLeeuw — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:22:00 -0500

Every home could probably benefit from some sort of home server, but it doesn't have to be a loud, power hungry box.

Buffalo WS-QV4TL/R5 TeraStation Pro Quad WSS Reviewed

Craig Ellison — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:33:00 -0500

Buffalo's TeraStation Pro Quad WSS is a bit on the expensive side for a WSS based NAS. But it handles up to 50 users.

QNAP Betas New NAS Firmware

Tim Higgins — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:30:55 -0500

QNAP has released a beta for its next NAS OS that includes VPN and proxy servers.

New To The Charts: Buffalo TeraStation Pro Quad WSS

Tim Higgins — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:47:00 -0500

Buffalo's TeraStation Pro Quad WSS is for those who like their Windows Storage Server NASes straight up.

QNAP TS-1079 Pro NAS Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:48:00 -0500

QNAP swings for the server-replacement fences with its new ten-bay powerhouse.

Thecus Announces Cavium-based RAID 5 NAS

Tim Higgins — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:48:44 -0500

Thecus has introduced a four-bay NAS that isn't Marvell or Intel-based.

Western Digital DX4000 Sentinel Reviewed

Craig Ellison — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:55:00 -0500

Western Digital's DX4000 Sentinel is easy to use and configure, but has too many rough edges.

Synology Says It Can Speed Up Your Marvell-based NAS

Tim Higgins — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:57:45 -0500

Synology says it has released new firmware that gooses the performance of all of its ARM-based NASes.

Thecus Unleashes Reckmount Enterprise Line

Tim Higgins — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:25:33 -0500

Thecus has launched a line of rackmount Intel Pentium and Xeon powered NASes.

New To The Charts: WD DX4000 Sentinel

Tim Higgins — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:26:46 -0500

Western Digital is going after small business buyers with its new four-bay NAS.

WD Goes After The Small Biz NAS Crowd

Tim Higgins — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:48:39 -0500

Western Digital has announced its first business-class NAS.

Synology DS712+ DiskStation Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:12:00 -0500

The Synology DS712+ DiskStation is an expensive, but expandable high-performance two-bay NAS.

NETGEAR Launches First Marvell-Based NASes

Tim Higgins — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:16:15 -0500

NETGEAR has updated its entry-level two and four-bay NASes.

Synology Announces Three Dual-Bay NASes

Tim Higgins — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:47:26 -0400

Synology has added three dual-bay NASes to its DiskStation family.

Synology DS2411+ Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:07:00 -0400

The Synology DS2411+ DiskStation has the most storage you can get on an Atom-powered NAS.

How To Make A Windows Time Machine Server: Part 2

Kevin Herring — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:55:00 -0400

Updated - In the second and final part of our series, we finish up the instructions for rolling your own Debian-based Time Machine backup virtual appliance.

How To Make A Windows Time Machine Server: Part 1

Kevin Herring — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:50:00 -0400

Updated - Through the magic of virtualization, you can make any Windows machine serve as a place to store your Apple Time Machine backup files without using the nasty old TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes hack.

Synology To Ship Another Expandable NAS

Tim Higgins — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:10:36 -0400

Updated - Synology has added another dual-drive expandable NAS to its small-biz product line.

An Intel Atom Will Serve You Right

Nick Scott — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:55:50 -0400

We always like to hear about our readers' homebrew projects. Nick Scott wrote about the Atom-based server he built.

Iomega NASes Get Approved for Backup Exec

Tim Higgins — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:54:00 -0400

Iomega has announced Symantec Backup Exec 2010 compatibility qualification for two of its NAS families.

Deciding Between Synology vs. QNAP

Tim Higgins — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:04:37 -0400

Updated - Synology or QNAP? QNAP or Synology? How to decide? We asked each to make its case for being your NAS vendor of choice.

QNAP Releases Marvell-based NAS Trio

Tim Higgins — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:46:10 -0400

QNAP has announced three NASes based on a new Marvell processor.

QNAP Posts Mac Lion Fix For Older NASes

Tim Higgins — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:47:00 -0400

QNAP has posted firmware to enable Mac OS Lion access for its older NASes.

QNAP Adds Two 12-Bay Multicore Rackmounts

Tim Higgins — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:43:44 -0400

QNAP has announced two high-end Intel multicore-based 12-bay 2U rackmount NASes.

QNAP Updates Windows Backup Utility

Tim Higgins — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:03:03 -0400

QNAP has released a new version of its Windows client backup software.

QNAP Launches Two Big-Iron Rackmount NASes

Tim Higgins — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:16:57 -0400

QNAP has announced two high-end Intel multicore-based eight-bay 2U rackmount NASes.

Thecus Releases Mac OS Lion Time Machine Backup Fix

Tim Higgins — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:09:07 -0400

Thecus says it has released firmware that supports Mac OS Lion (10.7).