If you were to gauge RAID 5’s utility just by looking at a RAID calculator, it would seem like an efficient option for most ...

LaCie announced yesterday updates to its ill-named but award-winning 2big Network and 5big Network in the form of improved performance, features, backup support, and expansion. As in 10 terabytes. The ...

Fastora, which specializes in storage products for network environments, recently announced new Mac-friendly additions to its LiteStor and PowerStor lines of Network Attached Storage (NAS) RAID ...

For many years, I’ve used an old Mac mini connected to a large external hard disk as a general-purpose network server. It was where all my music and movies were stored, but it also served as overflow ...

Redundant disk systems reach small businesses. You can’t prevent hard disk drives from failing, but you can protect your data by using redundant disks. Often used in servers but rarely desktops, ...

Let's put this project into context. The whole purpose of a RAID is that if a drive fails, you can recover with no data loss. In this series, I'm pounding on each NAS to see how (or if) it recovers.

Computer and smartphone users alike have to deal with the same problems: limited and sealed-in storage, difficulty in sharing files, and troubles backing up data. There’s a good chance that you’ve ...

Synology’s two-bay DS212+ NAS drive is a full-featured speedster with an outstanding operating system. The network-attached storage (NAS) box–an external storage device that attaches to your network ...

The network-attached storage (NAS) market is one of the fastest-growing consumers of storage technologies. It has become part of our common storage language. Few products in recent years have gained ...

Adding storage to your home network will give you more than just a place to keep your Mac backups. Here's what to know when buying network-attached storage. Apple device users will be very aware of ...