Quick answer: if you are buying a high-end 8-bay NAS for a 5-10 year creator, photo/video, VM, Docker or multi-user workflow, the UGREEN DXP8800 Ultra is easier to justify than it first appears. The DXP8800 Plus remains the better value if you already own it, bought it at the original Kickstarter pricing, or only need […]

Can a Raspberry Pi-class ARM board run a serious ZFS NAS platform? In our latest FygoOS testing, we moved away from the usual x86 mini-PC and server hardware and looked at FygoOS on an ARM CPU system, using Raspberry Pi-style hardware as the practical test bed. The headline result is that the concept is more […]

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 […]