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Setting up a free micro-cloud using the Terramaster F2-423

The free and open source software market has made a tremendous leap forward in recent years, so today thousands of companies are using FOSS instead of public clouds. You don't have to buy a huge server to run your micro-cloud, you can set up a lot even on a desktop NAS. Since about 2015, in our NAS reviews, we have focused on the fact that a modern file server for a small company is primarily the services it provides: advanced collaboration functions, file sharing via the Internet, video ...
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Short and clear: which type of Nextcloud installation should I choose - LXC, VM or Docker?

Nextcloud is a popular solution for creating your own cloud data storage. In this article, we will look at various ways to install Nextcloud, their pros and cons. To begin with, there are several ways to install Nextcloud: directly on the server, in a virtual machine, in Docker manually or in Docker via the automatic AIO stack. You can also install Nextcloud in an LXC container. Nextcloud is a popular solution for creating your own cloud data storage. In this article, we will look at various ...
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QNAP TS-262 - Little hero of a small office

... data centers. Most of these devices use the same QTS ... a schedule. To back up VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines ... and a decent number of these other destinations are supported. This ... QNAP NAS, an FTP/RSYNC/Samba server and 40 different cloud providers ... different programs are responsible for these functions - the antivirus can be ... here. The difference between these formats is that in the ... and LXD is needed for those cases when you install the ... are less memory-demanding and take up less disk space. ...
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Terra Master F2-221 2-bay NAS review - an inexpensive solution for the home/SOHO

A simple inexpensive NAS that has Plex, Owncloud, Nextcloud services, supports Docker, cloud management and its own backup system for Windows and Linux clients. It can work absolutely silently by turning off its fan. Terra Master is a relatively new brand in the market of data storage systems for home and small businesses. The company started its journey in 2014, and unlike most of its rivals, it did not focus only on NAS, but immediately offered models and DAS families with a Thunderbolt ...
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Discovering the features of QNAP QGD-3014 - a hybrid of a PoE switch and a NAS

A very unusual NAS, which the manufacturer himself considers to be Smart Edge switches. It has a built-in PoE switch for 16 ports, as well as 2.5-Gigabit Upstream interfaces and a software architecture with isolated network spaces for video surveillance. Usually, the infrastructure of video surveillance systems in buildings is hidden in telecommunication cabinets, installed in isolated rooms, away from prying eyes and ears. However, not every company can afford a dedicated space for NVR ...
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Using the ECS Liva Q1 micro-computer as a home server

Today we will talk about the ECS Liva Q1 micro-computer, a model for office tasks with a 4-core Pentium N4200 processor, 4 GB of RAM, Wi-Fi 802.11n and two 1GBase-T network ports, which is ideal for creating an Edge server for VPN, Wi-Fi, NAS and smart home. Today, during the shortage of computer components, against the background of the general rise in price of everything and everything, the computer has turned into the same luxury item as a sports car or a golf club subscription. However, ...
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Review of Icy Dock ICY Dock MB508SP-B - 8 bay cage for 2.5 inch SAS/SATA drives

Icy Dock company is the most famous manufacturer of disk cages for HDD and SSD, widely known for its series of metal cases for hard drives ToughArmor, which could drive a car without damaging the drives. Today, when it seems that the world has already completely switched to SSD, and Name M.2 boards are replacing SATA SSDs, there are still reasons for choosing 2.5-inch hard drives. This is a relatively inexpensive volume, which is provided by SATA models with a capacity of 4 TB, and high ...
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Review of ASRock Rack EPC621D6U-2T16R server motherboard for 30+ drives

Extremely interesting server motherboard of Micro ATX format with built-in SAS controller. It can connect 30 SATA devices plus 1 NVME plus PCI Express via the Slimline port and output data via the integrated Intel X550-T2 10 Gigabit LAN controller. Today we are reviewing the ASRockRack motherboard, which is designed for those who assemble a Big Data server or storage system for hundreds of Terabytes. The EPC621D6U-2T16R model resembles the previously considered That is, using only one ...
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Impregnable NAS: hardening and protecting Synology

... DSM version 7, Synology NAS supports both of these methods. To identify ... used for Linux clients and VMware ESXi hypervisors, is also not ... that are used as a cloud drive on laptops and smartphones ... responsible for backups between NAS or to the cloud, and a third ... of the NAS itself to another NAS or to the cloud using the ... of the entire NAS to the Synology C2 cloud service. It's ... program for backup to the cloud, but in order not to ... offers to use its own cloud service  C2 Password . Michael Degtjarev ...
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Synology RS4021xs+review. An inexpensive NAS that has everything!

... years, 3-4 firmware updates could be issued for disks, ... stored in Google and Microsoft cloud services using Active Backup for ... something has disappeared from the cloud, or access to the ... restrictions, is not terrible with these solutions - copies of documents ... support saving data to the cloud, so Synology's 1- ... actively promoting its own C2 cloud service, through which it ... NFS for connecting, for example, VMware or OpenStack storage, AFP for ... the NAS. Where a record is added, you already need to take ...
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