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 […]

Synology DiskStation neo+ Series Revealed – Why the New Plus NAS Range Starts Cheaper but Still Upgrades Later Synology has introduced the DiskStation neo+ Series, a new desktop NAS lineup built around the same broad Plus Series platform but with a lower-cost memory configuration at launch. The new range includes the DS1825neo+, DS1525neo+, DS925neo+ and […]

A New and Easier Way to Mod Your Synology NAS Synology’s gradual shift towards business and enterprise users has changed what some home, enthusiast and homelab users can do with DSM, particularly when it comes to 3rd-party drives, SSDs, network adapters, hardware transcoding and other unofficial modifications. Community-developed scripts have helped restore or extend many […]

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 […]

Beelink ME Pro 304 NAS Early Review The Beelink ME Pro is a compact 2-bay NAS and mini PC built around Intel’s newly launched Core 3 304 processor, a 5-core, 5-thread Wildcat Lake chip based on Intel’s 18A process. It represents a substantial change from the earlier N150-equipped ME Pro while retaining the same general […]

CWWK N150 2x10GbE 3x NVMe 6 Bay NAS Motherboard Review The CWWK NAS-N150-6P is a Mini-ITX NAS motherboard built for compact DIY storage systems, with the reviewed version using Intel’s N150 processor. This is a 4-core, 4-thread Twin Lake CPU with a 6W processor base power and a maximum turbo frequency of 3.6GHz, so it […]

UGREEN NAS Prime Day 2026 Deals: Up to $300 Off NASync Storage UGREEN has launched its Prime Day 2026 NASync sale, with discounts across its home, enthusiast, professional and all-flash NAS range. The main promotional period runs from June 23 to June 28, with savings reaching up to $300 on selected models. UGREEN is also […]

UGREEN has listed two new high-end NAS systems in China: the 6-bay DXP6800 Ultra and the 8-bay DXP8800 Ultra. These are not minor updates to the existing NASync range. They push UGREEN’s desktop NAS line into a much more performance-focused category, with Intel Core 5 / Core 7 U-series processors, dual 10GbE, dual Thunderbolt 4, […]

Synology DSM 7.4 – What Is Included and Should You Upgrade? UPDATE – Synology has reached out to me to correct a presentation point regarding the supported devices for DSM 7.4 and one that I covered at 04:01 . DSM 7.4 will continue to support the 20-series models; it’s specifically the new Storage Efficiency feature […]

A More Focused 4-Bay NAS From UGREEN – the DXP4800GT Review UGREEN has moved quickly in the NAS market, and the DXP4800GT is one of the clearer examples of that. I first looked at this model when it appeared through UGREEN’s China-facing material, then again around Computex 2026 when it became clear that it was […]

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 […]

A First Look Around the Minisforum Stand at Computex 2026 Computex 2026 is now underway in Taipei, and I am at the Minisforum stand looking over what the company has brought to the show floor this year. There are several compact systems on display, including the S5 all-flash NAS, the MS-03 workstation mini PC, and […]

Minisforum MS-03: First Look at the New Workstation Mini PC The Minisforum MS-03 is on show today at the company’s Computex 2026 stand, following its earlier Q1 appearance in prototype form at Minisforum’s Intel Core Ultra Series 3 event in Shanghai. At that earlier showing, the MS-03 was presented as part of Minisforum’s next wave […]

UGREEN’s AMD 4-Bay NAS Goes Global At Computex 2026, UGREEN revealed the DXP4800GT, a new 4-bay NAS that takes the company’s desktop NAS lineup in a different direction from the Intel-powered DXP models already on the market. I first discussed this NAS a week ago when it appeared through UGREEN’s China-facing material, and at the […]

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 […]

New Beelink ME Pro Coming (with Intel Core i5-13420H, AMD Ryzen 7 H 255, and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370) The Beelink ME Pro series has officially expanded, shifting the lineup from its original low-power origins into a high-performance compact computing platform that blurs the line between a mini PC and a traditional NAS. […]

A New AMD Direction for UGREEN NAS – the DXP4800GT NAS The UGREEN DXP4800 GT is a newly revealed 4-bay NAS that, at least for now, appears to be aimed at the Chinese market. It sits in the same broad family as UGREEN’s existing DXP4800 systems, but it takes the hardware in a different direction […]

UGREEN NAS and OpenClaw – How to Install it, Setup Your AI and Understanding The Risks! OpenClaw has now moved from a manual self-hosted setup into the UGREEN UGOS Pro App Center, making it possible to install the assistant gateway directly on supported UGREEN NASync systems rather than building it manually through a VM, terminal […]