Network Attached Storage

The two Taiwanese industry titans have a large following and just like Apple/Android, there is debate about which NAS brand is better. We will look at various aspects such as hardware, firmware/ OS and other features to give you a fair idea of which NAS brand is better in whic...

Synology's HD6500 is the highest density NAS yet launched by Synology. The base unit can hold up to 60 2.5"/3.5" drives and can be expanded up to 300 drives with the RX6022sas expansion unit. Here is everything you need to know about this new NAS HD6500 is a high-density solu...

Synology SHR is a great feature that allows you to mix hard drives of different capacities. We explain how it works, pros and cons of using it.

The number of attacks, malware and ransomware targeting NAS has increased and will continue to increase this year. We look at how you can minimize the risk of an attack on your system

In recent months, attacks on NAS devices have increased many times over, and you have probably thought about how to stop these attacks and recover your data if your NAS is affected. Here are a few things that you need to know about security problems on NAS 1. More security pro...

Many customers have received an email from WD that support for older my cloud devices is being discontinued. There will be no further updates for devices running on OS 3 and earlier, leaving them vulnerable to security issues, and there are many. If you have a device currently...

Preventing brute force attacks on Synology ( or any other NAS) is easy. A strong password, non standard admin username, and 2FA can stop these attacks

How to buy a NAS. We take a look at some of the most important variables and the options you have so you can make an informed decision.

We explore why a Synology NAS makes more sense than a SaaS or Windows File server.

Synology is finally allowing the use of unverified drives with the 3 newly launched NAS devices albeit with limitations.

Synology HAT5300 SATA 3.5" Drives seem to be based on an Enterprise Grade hard drive platform ( mostly Toshiba MG), with 5 years warranty and a tweaked firmware that offers better performance on Synology Devices.

Now that the much loved Google photos doesn't have the Free Unlimited Storage, an On premise Network Attached Storage is the best alternative.

All the Ironwolf, Ironwolf Pro, Skyhawk and Skyhawk AI drives Shipped after Jan 2020  are now covered with 3 years of Seagate Rescue Data Recovery

Its August - 8 months have passed since we published our recommendation of Top NAS devices for 2020. A lot of models have changed and new one introduced, here is our recommendations for Summer 2020.

SAT5200 is a 2.5" SATA SSD available in 480GB, 960GB and 1.92TB capacities.  SNV3400 is an M.2 2280 NVMe SSD available in 400GB and SNV3500 is an M.2 2210 400GB SSD.

Synology Warranty Extension of 2 years can be had for selected devices within 30 days of purchase of middle east channel  products.

Synology DSM 7.0 has many great features like Rapid Raid Repair, AI based Drive health monitoring and the new Contacts App. Its also rumored that Plus series will be refrshed in 2020

QNAPs QuTS hero OS has many new features like Data Integrity checks/Repairs, RAID Z, Multi Level Cache , Indline Data Deduplication and many more.

The 2 newly introduced QNAP enclosures can not only be used for NAS expansion, but also with Windows, MAC and Ubuntu PCs also as JBOD or Soft RAID.

Currently we have very limited operations. Business is expected to fully resume after 18th April.

Here are our roundup of the TOP Network Attached storage (NAS) devices for 2020, based on customer reviews, popularity , features and our own experience of the devices . We have only listed the NAS devices from the brands that we sell ( QNAP and Synology).

A Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a centralized storage in which you can store all your data and access if from anywhere. Lets take major points of a NAS one by one for a better understanding

NAS market is dominated mainly by 2 Taiwan based vendors QNAP and Synology. Since we sell both these brands, we are asked this question so many times - Which one is better.

At the Synology Solutions Exhibition, Synology unveiled 3 New Models - a flash Station, a Unified controller and a Deep Video Analytics NVR.DVA3219 : Deep Video Analytics NVRSynology DVA3219 will have

QNAP Introduced many new applications and appliance in the CES 2019. Notable ones among applications are QuMagie : AI enabled Photostation.Think of QuMagie as your photostation that can recognize peop

In January,  Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities were discovered that affect several processors from Intel, AMD and even ARM.  Since this vulnerability is in the processor, a wide range of machines a

QNAP announced the availability of  Mattermost  team communication system on its NAS today. Mattermost is an open source slack alternative for workplace messaging and communication. Major difference b

Synology has confirmed the availabilty of C2 cloud for Middle East too.  C2 Cloud has 2 solutions - Backup and DR. The Backup solution is capable of backing up your data to the C2 cloud, while the DR

synology Launched new x18 models including the replacement of the hugly popular DS-916+.  DS-918+ that replaces DS-916 only ships with 4GB from Synology unlike 4GB/8GB models in 916.  It can be upgrad

QNAP Launched the x53B series. It comprises of Desktop Models : TS-253B, TS-453B, TS-653BRackmount Models : TS-453BURP, TS-653BURP, TS-853BURPMain Difference in B series is that it has a PCI expansion