UniFi vs 45Drives NAS Servers for Business.- Which Should You Buy? The UniFi ENAS and 45HomeLab X15 sit in a relatively narrow part of the storage market, positioned above conventional desktop NAS systems but below many fully configured enterprise storage platforms. Both are sold without storage media, use rackmount steel enclosures, provide at least 15 […]

UniFi UNAS 2 and UNAS 4 1 Year Later Review When Ubiquiti introduced the UNAS 2 and UNAS 4 in September 2025, the company was attempting to bring its comparatively simple UniFi Drive storage platform into a pair of compact desktop systems. The UNAS 2 targeted smaller deployments with 2 HDD bays, while the UNAS […]

QNAP has now listed the TS-262A and TS-462A, two new Intel-powered desktop NAS systems that appear to replace the older TS-262 and TS-462 in the value-focused x62 family. The headline change is the move from the older dual-core Intel Celeron N4505 platform to a quad-core Intel Celeron N5095, while keeping the same core idea: affordable […]

TrueNAS vs UnRAID – Which One Deserves Your Data? TrueNAS vs Unraid. Both can turn standard x86 hardware into a powerful NAS, application server and virtualisation platform, but neither approaches the job in quite the same way. More importantly, the question is not simply which platform has the longest feature list. It is which one […]

Xiaomi has now officially moved into the home NAS market with Xiaomi Smart Storage, a two-bay consumer storage box that is being launched in China through Xiaomi Youpin crowdfunding. The product is being positioned less like a traditional enthusiast NAS and more like a family storage appliance for phone backup, photo management, files, and home […]

10 WAYS that NAS is Getting Screwed Over the past 18 to 24 months, the consumer and prosumer Network Attached Storage (NAS) market has undergone a noticeable shift in design priorities, hardware architecture, and software accessibility. While broader industry pressures—ranging from component supply constraints to shifting manufacturing priorities—have introduced genuine engineering challenges, many recent market […]

Amazon Prime Day 2026 Bargains on Synology, QNAP, UGREEN, Terramaster, Seagate and More to Watch That’s right, it’s that time of the year again—Amazon Prime Day 2026 is officially here! The mid-summer mega sale is rolling out across the globe, and for those of us whose Prime subscriptions have been quietly ticking over all year, […]

ZimaCube 2 NAS Review – The Difficult ‘Second Album’… The ZimaCube 2 is IceWhale’s latest desktop NAS and self-hosting system, and this review is focused specifically on the standard non-Pro model priced at $799. It follows on from the original ZimaCube and ZimaCube Pro, but it arrives in a very different context. IceWhale is no […]

New QNAP TS-h467X, TS-h667X and TS-h867X (Finally, the TS-x73A Series Gets a Refresh!) At Computex 2026, QNAP has revealed the TS-467X, TS-667X and TS-867X, a new 4-bay, 6-bay and 8-bay desktop NAS series that appears to refresh the position previously held by the TS-473A, TS-673A and TS-873A. The older TS-x73A range became a long-running option […]

New QNAP TS-h465 and TS-h265 NAS Revealed (the Actual TS-464 Refresh!) At Computex 2026, QNAP has revealed the TS-h265 and TS-h465, a new 2-bay and 4-bay NAS series that appears to move the company’s mainstream desktop range beyond the older TS-264 and TS-464 generation. Those earlier models became familiar options for home users, prosumers and […]

UGREEN NASync Celebrates 2 Years – But Is UGREEN Ready for the Big Leagues? Two years ago, the popular battery and PC accessory company UGREEN, launched their Kickstarter campaign for the NASync personal NAS series of devices. The brand already had a steadily growing foothold in China with their DX series of NAS devices, but […]