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Synology UC3200 Review: affordable dual-controller iSCSI storage

First dual-controller storage from Synology, marketed as iSCSI storage for virtualization hosts. We will test how quickly it switches between controllers and how it recovers back. Perhaps since Synology released its first rackmount NAS, at all press conferences the company has been asked when will they release a 2-controller solution? The manufacturer himself explained for a long time that the company has a High Availability solution for organizing NAS into a cluster, that in the modern ...
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QNAP TS-2483XU-RP review: 24-disk head unit NAS

QNAP has got very interesting monstrous NAS-s for working with large amounts of data. The storage system under consideration today with a head unit for 24 3.5-inch hard drives makes it possible to pack 384 TB of data into one system and do without expansion shelves at all, which may be quite enough for the needs of a small enterprise. QNAP has got very interesting monstrous NAS-s for working with large amounts of data. The model under review with the long name TS-2483XU-RP is a data storage ...
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Aquantia AQtion AQC107 vs Intel X550-T2 - comparing 10G interfaces in iSCSI and CIFS file operations

Aquantia network chips are increasingly being distributed as an expensive home or low-cost business solution for 10-Gigabit networks. We compared the company's youngest chip with Intel's flagship network card when working with file operations, and the results were amazing. The young company Aquantia was not known to anyone 2-3 years ago, and today its network controllers have become a passport to the world of 10-Gigabit networks for thousands of gamers around the world. This brand entered ...
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Huawei OceanStor 2200 V3 review - entry-level block virtualization storage

This SAN storage system has many features that make it worth paying attention to. First of all, this is the RAID 2.0+ technology, thanks to which in our testing, RAID 5 survived a fall of 6 drives! In addition, this is an extended work with snapshots, because each of them can be mounted as a separate LUN, automatic LUN reduction and much more. Huawei storage systems are relatively new, and today the Chinese manufacturer successfully competes with brands such as Dell/EMC, Netapp and HPE. ...
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Thecus N5500 Review: enterprise 5-disk file server

... design, ROM breakage-resistant memory, iSCSI target, load balancing, and ... connections Supports up to 5 iSCSI targets iSCSI Dynamic Section Stacking support ... is no Copy button, traditional for NAS, for backup from external ... for USB and iSCSI partitions. Moreover, both regular iSCSI partitions and ... size of the dynamic iSCSI volume. Dynamic iSCSI volumes allow you ... Another useful enterprise feature is iSCSI stacking support. This gives you ... not afraid of competition from NetGear and QNap. Support for the ...
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5 performance indicators of corporate backup

Finding out if your backup and restore systems are working well is much more difficult than just knowing how long the backup process takes. Meeting the baseline requirements is a prerequisite for properly evaluating your system to determine if it is performing well or needs to be redesigned. Finding out if your backup and recovery systems are working well is much more difficult than just knowing how long the backup process takes. Meeting the baseline requirements is a prerequisite for ...
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Big test Synology Active Backup for business - recovering from backup in 11 seconds!

Synology now has a free solution to back up and restore all of its infrastructure, including virtual machines, desktops, Windows servers, and NAS. We tested all its features, measured the speed and evaluated the pros and cons of this package. In 2010, the founder of Veeam Software, Ratmir Timashev, said in one of his interviews that the main thing for backups is the recovery process, how fast, easy and reliable it is. Today Veeam software solutions have become the de facto standard in large ...
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NetGear ReadyNAS 3200 - 12-disk industrial storage

Today's review is dedicated to an industrial storage system using advanced hardware capabilities. Suffice it to say that this is one of the few storage systems that supports 12 drives in a 2U chassis. Today, this means 24 TB of data in one device. All of this is powered by Core2 Duo E7400, and the platform itself is built on real server hardware. Today NetGear products are known to many ordinary consumers and corporate customers. The company specializes in networking equipment and has a ...
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Nine QNAP server features your business may need

We have already written many times that QNAP NAS-s on Linux platform can become indispensable helpers in business, shouldering the responsibilities of other infrastructure elements on their electronic shoulders. And by purchasing a small QNAP file server for your company, it is possible that soon you will be using it for more than just storing files. In this article, we will discuss the standard features of the new generation of QNAP firmware, useful for small companies. In the modern ...
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Synology DS1010+ review: keep your data in business class

... on the case or a Backup button for recording to a ... has long been used in Netgear file servers, allows you to ... and supports cross-mapping between iSCSI targets and moons. Moreover, ... you can allow multiple iSCSI initiators to work simultaneously on ... a bottleneck. RAID 5, ISCSI RAID 6, ISCSI In general, when connecting ... a USB port and a Copy button on the front side ... it's more convenient to copy files from any computer than ... processor, state-of-the-art iSCSI implementation, latest Web-based ...