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In the ever-changing fight to bring connectivity to our daily lives, there remains a solid disconnect between our indoor networks and how we treat the internet when we step outside our front door. For many, private home internet use is approached with zest and zeal. Pushing connectivity into every room …

It may cost nearly £2.5K, but it is quite possibly the most feature-rich NAS we've ever tested

The Photography show at Birmingham’s NEC is one of the largest of its kind in the world. While the majority of the hall space is given over to the latest and greatest in capture, lighting and editing kit – there is a small, but significant area assigned to back up …

The Mobile World Congress is under way this week and this year, there is a big focus on 5G. Tech companies have been working away on ushering in a 5G connected future for years now, Qualcomm has unveiled its vision for the always-connected PC, Intel has announced that it will …

We've just recently looked at the latest flagship 4-bay member of Synology's J series of DiskStation NAS units, the DS418j. Now it's the turn of the latest 2-bay unit of the family, the DiskStation DS218j to come under the spotlight. Marketed as an entry level 2-bay NAS for home and …

Tenda asked us to redo our review with a new firmware and updates. But its even worse now.

Powered by an Intel Celeron J3455 processor clocked at 1.5GHz (burst up to 2.3GHz) the DiskStation DS918+ is offered in two memory options

The AS6404T 4-bay NAS is powered by an Intel Apollo Lake Celeron processor backed by 8GB of dual-channel memory

Powerline or Mesh Networking - everyone is talking about it. Read to find out why.

The DS118 is equipped with a quad core 64-bit processor and DDR4 memory and is marketed as a high performance single bay NAS

The Synology DS218play is the latest 2-bay addition to the company's Value series of NAS units, a series that starts at with single bay drives and goes all the way up to an eight-bay desktop unit, the DS1817, encompassing a couple of rackmounts (2 and 4 bay) along the way. …

This Thecus NAS is an upgraded version of the previous generation N4310 with a faster processor and updated DDR4 memory.

Synology's J series of DiskStation NAS are aimed at the value end of the market. The latest 4-bay addition to the range is the DS418j, which takes over from the DS416j and is marketed as an entry-level 4-bay NAS for home data backup and multimedia streaming. The Synology DiskStation DS418j …

We have been expounding the merits of the latest Mesh networking products for a few months now, and there is an increasing range of options to choose from on the market. One of the more recent contenders is ASUS, with the Lyra. On paper, the Lyra is similarly specified to …

QNAP today has launched the TS-431XeU NAS system in 2GB and 8GB RAM models. The goal with this particular system is to offer a compact, short depth design with a 10GbE SFP+ port for high-speed connectivity. The TS-431XeU features a standard 1U form factor and is ideal for space-constrained small …

The My Cloud Home offers a fresh new design and capacities up to 8TB.

It's around £1,000 and supports up to 80TB of storage. Is the DS1817+ worthy of your shortlist?

QNAP today is launching a new Rackmount TS-x53BU series NAS system. The TS-x53BU is available in 4-bay, 8-bay and 12-bay models with single and redundant power supply options for optimal performance and reliability. This system features four Gigabit LAN ports and slots for M.2 SSD and 10 GbE connections, so …

QNAP Systems this month is launching an all new NAS series, the TS-x53BU featuring expandable PCIe M.2 SSD and 10GbE connectivity. This particular series is available in 4, 8 and 12 bay models and offers optimal performance with 4 Gigabit LAN ports and room for M.2 SSDs and 10GbE connections. …

QNAP has launched its latest business-class, AMD-powered NAS known as the TS-x73U. This latest addition to its AMD-powered offerings comes in 8,12 and 16-bay models and are equipped with AMD Embedded R-Series RX-421ND quad-core CPUs running at 2.1GHz with a boost to 3.4Ghz. Beyond that, the TS-x73U comes with single …

Synology's DiskStation DS1517+, a quad core powered 5-bay NAS which has been designed to handle data intensive tasks.

For a 4-bay NAS, the TS-435B is a really compact design measuring just 226 x 170 x 168mm.

KitGuru has reviewed a handful of Drobo products in recent years and today we present our analysis of their latest Thunderbolt 3/USB C DAS called the Drobo 5D3. Drobo are still working on finalising Thunderbolt 3 Windows support so we were asked to review this particular sample on an Apple …

QNAP made an appearance at Computex this year, bringing along some impressive new systems, the most interesting of which is the new Ryzen-powered NAS. This is the first NAS device to make the jump to AMD's new platform, signifying AMD's transition into other key markets beyond the desktop. The Ryzen …

If any of you are looking to grab a NAS system in 2017 then you may want to keep an eye on the new offerings coming up from Thecus. We had a chance to stop by their booth at Computex this year and got a look at three new NAS …

Designed for small and medium businesses of up to 50 employees, the W5810 uses Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Essentials as the OS.

The Asustor AS6208T is powered by an Intel Celeron J3160 quad-core processor clocked at 1.60GHz

This is no ordinary NAS, it is Fireproof and waterproof and built like a tank.

Finding a good NAS system for business can be an important task. Fortunately, it looks like QNAP is pumping out quite a few at the moment. This month, QNAP Systems has introduced three new models, the TVS-1282T3, which focusses on transferring media across Mac and Windows, the TS-431X- a four …

We reviewed Drobo's 5N home/SOHO 5-bay tower NAS last year and now the next generation 5N, the 5N2 has arrived. Drobo claim it's their fastest 5-bay NAS to date with a more powerful processor than the original as well as an additional LAN port to offer improved network performance and …