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 […]

The UniFi Memory Surcharges – FULL LIST OF PRODUCTS & PRICES These tables reproduce the Ubiquiti memory surcharge schedule supplied to partners for July 1, 2026, showing each affected SKU’s stated MSRP, surcharge, percentage increase and resulting price. Ubiquiti attributed the adjustment to volatility in global memory and storage markets, explaining that higher hardware-component costs […]

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 […]

Which Beginner-Friendly DIY NAS Software Should You Use – FygoOS or ZimaOS? ZimaOS and FygoOS are both aimed at users who want to build their own NAS without moving straight into more technical platforms such as TrueNAS, Unraid or OpenMediaVault. They approach that goal in different ways, with ZimaOS leaning toward a simpler, lower-cost and […]

UniFi ENAS vs UNAS Pro NAS – Which Should You Buy? The UniFi ENAS and UNAS Pro models are aimed at quite different types of storage user, even though they all sit inside the same UniFi Drive platform. The UNAS Pro, UNAS Pro 4 and UNAS Pro 8 cover the more familiar end of rackmount […]

UniFi ENAS Review: A More Serious Step Into Enterprise Storage The UniFi ENAS arrives at an interesting point for Ubiquiti’s storage range. The earlier UniFi NAS systems made sense for simpler file storage, backups and smaller deployments, but they also left some clear gaps for users who wanted something closer to a business or enterprise […]

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 […]

Minisforum Expand Their NAS Range with 2 New Flash NAS – The S5 and S7 SSD Systems Minisforum has revealed 2 new all-flash NAS systems, the Minisforum S5 and Minisforum S7, as part of a joint event with Intel in Xiamen, China. The announcement, covered in the official Minisforum press release and by VideoCardz, places […]

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 […]