ASUSTOR AS5304T Review: Slick, Gamified NAS
The ASUSTOR AS5304T is a dual 2.5GbE gaming-inspired NAS geared towards users wanting to store and stream their own content. It comes equipped with an Intel Celeron quad core CPU, 4GB SO-DIMM DDR4 memory...
QNAP TS-431KX NAS box review: Affordable 4-bay, 10GbE for small business.
The QNAP TS-431KX is a small-business grade, 4-bay NAS box that carries a price tag of $389. Considering it features 10Gbe SFP+ and nearly all the capabilities of QNAP's second-to-none operating system and app...
Terra Master F5-422 NAS Review: 5 Silvery bays, 10GbE, middling read performance
I'm pretty familiar with Terra Master products which generally offer good value as basic storage. Hence, I was expecting more of the same from the $600 F5-422, a 5-bay box with 10GbE connectivity. What...
Seagate IronWolf 510 Review: A Long-lived NVMe Caching SSD Specifically for NAS
Seagate's IronWolf 510 NVMe SSD is a fast reader with an excellent endurance rating, but it's a very slow, albeit hyper-steady writer. When I say slow, I'm talking less than 1GBps for the 1.92TB...
Amber Review: AI-Powered Smart Storage
Amber, the flagship product of LatticeWork, Inc., is a smart home storage device with a built-in AC2600 wireless router. It contains an Intel Dual Core Gemini Lake CPU (1.1GHz - 2.6GHz), comes equipped with...
Zyxel Armor G5 AX6000 (NBG7815) Wi-Fi Router Review: 802.11AX, 10/2.5Gbps Ethernet, Forced Cloud Setup
Zyxel's $349 Armor G5 AX6000 (NBG7815) had me happily anticipating a smoother, faster, Wi-Fi and Ethernet experience for my local network, which is currently mired a couple of generations behind at N wireless. AX,...
Kingston DC500M Data Center SATA SSD Review: Up to 7.68TB of Reliable, Balanced Performance
Kingston's DC500M Data Center SATA SSD is exactly what I've come to expect from the company over the years--a good, stable performer with top-shelf, reliable components. For its intended role as an SMB server...
Diskashur M2 Secure SSD Review: IP68, FIPS 140-2 Level 3 (soon) and a Good...
iStorage's Diskashur M2 is stylish, stealthy and a pretty decent bargain as far as secure flash drives are concerned. More importantly, it's a good performer, and ticks all the security boxes. Or it will...
ExpressVPN Review: How Does It Perform (and How to Install) on Ubuntu?
ExpressVPN is considered one of the top-tier VPN products. We install it on Ubuntu 21.04 and use it from the command-line and from within a browser. How does it shape up?
What is VPN?
A Virtual Private...
Engenius ECS2512 Managed Switch Review: Cloud Management, Multi-gig, and PoE
If you're looking to step up from gigabit performance across a small network or node, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better solution than Engenius's managed 10/2.5GbE ECS2512 switch. It's available in a $750...
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