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Testing Synology Flashstation FS3017 flash array in virtual environments

With the release of a dual-socket storage system with 24 SSD drives, Synology announced: here is our product on which you can build fast high-availability systems and hyper-converged virtual systems, where storage and server are combined in one device. It is one of the fastest NAS devices to go on sale today. Promised performance - up to 500K IOPS in 4K Random Read, minimum power consumption like two light bulbs, horizontal and vertical scalability, including available expansion components. We ...
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Seagate Exos 10E2400 - testing a hybrid SFF drive with an extended method

This 2.4 TB hybrid hard disk for servers is interesting because it supports non-volatile write cache and has a 16 GB NAND read buffer. We tested it to see how the cache accelerates applications, whether WCE is set to 1, and to see if it is economical to use hybrid drives. Many analysts believed that 2.5-inch hard drives in the future should have disappeared altogether, since in the corporate segment they would not have found a place between voluminous 3.5-inch drives and ultra-fast solid- ...
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Exploring SSD and RAM caching in Synology servers: how to get the most speed

... types of caching on Synology NAS. Toshiba, a major manufacturer ... , and you purchase a NAS only for storing backups or ... virtual machine running on a NAS. Install the package Synology Virtual ... not retained after rebooting the NAS. That is, after the ... to replace the drive. For Seagate HDDs, there is advanced diagnostics ... the same test on the NAS itself. After moving the ... the caching capability in the NAS's RAM. The benchmarks show ... to install a modern smart NAS with virtualization instead of the ...
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QNAP ES1640dc v2 review - testing a dual-controller NAS with inline deduplication

... (111 GB total) Dual-controller NAS Unlike SAN devices, where controllers ... tolerant systems on 1-controller NAS in High Availability mode, there ... data integrity Generally, in traditional NAS-s, combining disks into a ... to paranoia. We installed 12 Seagate Savvio 10K6 hard drives, each ... are used for replication between NAS: traditional Rsync and block SnapSync ... data to the server, the NAS can independently perform data compression ... Enterprise software and more expensive NAS lacks. The logic for working ...
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Thecus N5500 Review: enterprise 5-disk file server

This file server will be of interest to large companies. It is assembled on the basis of a fast Intel Celeron M processor with a frequency of 1.6 GHz, it has support for a reliable file system ZFS, two network ports with aggregation, the ability to stack and connect via USB to a computer. But the most interesting thing is dynamic iSCSI partitioning, which will save space for iSCSI connections. We have already covered Thecus file servers. This company is interesting for its non-standard ...
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Review of Thecus N5200XXX 5-drive small office NAS

... seems that they were in NAS initially), then advanced functions such ... performance. The new Thecus Enterprise NAS promises a new level of ... what they are for in NAS. Interestingly, Thecus N5200XXX officially supports ... was made specifically for Thecus NAS, but apparently for more powerful ... some other functions on the NAS. Network link aggregation is supported ... . We installed four 500 GB Seagate ST3500320AS hard drives in Thecus ... both Samba and iSCSI connections. NAS manufacturers today are claiming record ...
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Synology Active Backup for G Suite/Office 365: back up cloud data locally

If in 2017 we backed up ourselves to the cloud, then starting from 2018 we back up the cloud to ourselves to protect our calendars, mail and contacts from blocking any messengers, disconnecting accounts and others misfortunes. Synology has a great tool for backing up Google and Microsoft services, which we'll test. Since we use such business-friendly products as Office 365, Google Drive and Calendar, Gmail and Shared Folders in G-Suite, we need to make sure that this data is safe. The ...
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ASUSTOR AS-604RD storage system review

The issue of organizing data storage in small and medium-sized businesses often causes headaches. How many issues need to be resolved, how many requests need to be satisfied at the same time, and at the same time the system must work in 24x7 mode with minimal support from IT specialists. There are many solutions, and one of them is a 1U solution for four format disks - ASUSTOR AS-604RD. The issue of organizing data storage in small and medium businesses often causes headaches. How many ...
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QNAP TS-869 Pro 8-drive office storage system review

Well-known design, well-known interface, huge functionality, not oversaturated with possibilities and traditional pricing policy - slightly more expensive than analogs. Some things have not changed in QNAP products from the very first generation to this day, but this does not affect their popularity. Today we will take a look at a somewhat new, somewhat conservative, but very powerful NAS for 8 disks, built on Intel Atom 2.13 GHz and think about the reasons for the popularity of QNAP networking ...
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QNAP TS-EC1279U-RP Storage Testing with 10 GbE Support

An NAS for small businesses with big ambitions. Rackmount, 12 hard drive bays, 2 power supplies and expansion cards. The latter actually means the ability to work in 10G networks, which in turn gives performance at the level of 1 gigabyte per second. We tested this NAS in a 10G environment and saw with our own eyes that the highest performance is now available on inexpensive storage systems over twisted pair cables without expensive optics. It would seem that the manufacturers of NAS-s for ...