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The N7770 and N8880U are powered by an Intel Core i3-2120 (3.3 GHz dual core) CPU with 8 GB DDR3 ECC RAM (expandable to 32 GB) and 300 W or 400 W power supplies, respectively. Each NAS supports 3.5” and 2.5” SATA HDDs or SSDs, providing hot-swappable support to maximize uptime. Seven modes of...

Just months after acquiring SanDisk, Western Digital announced it is adding solid state drives (SSDs) as another branch to its family of internal storage products. WD Blue PC SSDs and WD Green PC SSDs will join WD's color-coded hard drive families, including WD Red for NAS drives, WD Purple for...

The W4810 is the latest addition to Thecus’ Windows Storage Server (WSS) 2012 R2 Essentials NAS series. Built for the SMB market, the W4810 is equipped with an Intel Celeron N3160 quad-core processor and 4 GB of DDR3 RAM and runs Microsoft Windows Server. The feature set is targeted to small...

I currently own an Asus ac87u with the Asuswrt-Merlin version 380.61 with a 5tb usb hard drive attached via usb 3.0. I also run the Astrill vpn service off the router. Okay to the issue, when I do back up to the usb hard drive using the Acronis software the router seems to go down where I have...

At this week’s IFA conference in Berlin, Netgear introduced two new desktop NAS products, the ReadyNAS 626X and 526X. The new 6-bay models, designed for creatives and SMBs, run on Intel Xeon Quad Core processors and include two 10GBase-T Ethernet ports. Specific features for the new ReadyNAS...

Netgear introduced three new rack-mountable 2U ReadyNAS models for business. The ReadyNAS 3312, ReadyNAS 4312S, and ReadyNAS 4312X are each powered by a 5th generation Intel Xeon processor and have 12-bays that can provide up 120 TB of total capacity. The new ReadyNAS products run on Netgear’s...

QNAP announced it’s partnering with Golden Frog, a Swedish-based privacy and security solutions company, whose VyprVPN VPN service is now available to QNAP NAS users. Accessible through QNAP’s QTS App Center, VyprVPN for QNAP offers secure services through PPTP, OpenVPN-256 or OpenVPN-160...

QNAP just introduced it latest line-up of NAS products, the TS-x51A series, that not only gives customers access to its files over the network, but also adds a direct access component. Powered by a 14nm Intel dual-core Celeron 1.6 GHz CPU, the new NAS series also includes, depending on the...

Referred to as the bigger brother of the 2-bay N2810Pro, the N4810 is a 4-bay NAS that runs ThecusOS 7.0 on an Intel Celeron N3160 quad-core processor platform using 4 GB of RAM (expandable to 8 GB). Since the new N4810 maxes out to 40 TB of storage, additional RAID options, including RAID 5, 6...

Seagate Technology today unveiled a new portfolio of 10TB high capacity drives dubbed the Guardian Series. The 10TB Seagate BarraCuda Pro desktop drive, Seagate IronWolf for NAS applications and Seagate SkyHawk represent the most complete 10TB portfolio in the industry. Technology in the...

Western Digital released two new products, the My Cloud Pro Series NAS and My Passport Wireless Pro mobile storage drive. Designed with creative professionals and enthusiasts in mind, both products are compatible with Adobe Creative Cloud, as well as WD's remote media management products...

I have a RTAC88U and I recently made the mistake of purchasing a WD My Book that is 6 TB w/o realizing that the official firmware doesn't support >4 TB. I can't find any data on if Merlin can handle a larger capacity or not. Does anyone know? Thanks in advance!

Having just announced its TVS-x82T Thunderbolt 2 NAS series in May, Qnap now introduces the TVS-x82 series of business NASes. Available in three models, the new lineup combines disk and flash storage, and are powered by 6th generation Intel processors. Each model in the new TVS-x82 series...

Thecus' N2810Pro Linux NAS gets Intel’s N3160 quad-core processor along with 4 GB of DDR3 memory, expandable to 8 GB. Designed for both SMB and home users, the new 2-bay N2810Pro is a step up from the N2810, offering twice the RAM and processor cores than its predecessor. Also, the new...

Western Digital Technologies (WD) announced that Sandisk is now a Western Digital company with post-acquisition related activities starting immediately. Three days after getting Chinese approval for its acquisition of SanDisk, Western Digital Corporation (WDC), announced that its WD...

Dropbox Business recently announced Project Infinite, a future offering that fixes the problem of using Dropbox on end-user devices with limited storage space. Being cross-platform compatible, Project Infinite works like traditional Dropbox Business, but adds the option to store data in the...

Features included in QNAP's latest QTS 4.2.1 NAS OS include: Virtual Switches - Aid in building isolated network environments Proxy servers - Cache and record downloaded content in order to help save bandwidth “Previous Version” - Snapshots provide immediate file restores that save time Qsirch...

Online backup vendor, iDrive, just released the One, an 802.11ac-based wireless storage device for home use. A dual-channel wireless device, the iDrive One is available in either HDD or SSD configurations, and utilizes beamforming to help remotely store files and system backups at speeds up...

[Ed. note: We missed this news last week! Sorry!] In a $1.5B cash and stock deal expected to close in Q3 2016, Brocade will cross into new territory and expand its reach into wireless networking. With Brocade already known as a SAN vendor, the acquisition of Ruckus Wireless will now place the...