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 ...

The best NAS hard drive delivers more secure and efficient processes when managing and sharing high-volume data between multiple users. My team and I have spent years testing, reviewing, and rating ...

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 ...

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 ...

But what if the NAS goes offline? Heck, even if the storage drives and the underlying OS can be restored using some tech ...

Considering the fact that WD announced its Red 6TB hard drive last summer, getting a review of it on the site has taken quite some time. In fact, now that we’ve entered 2015, I took a moment to look ...

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 ...