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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 sweet: how to choose a RAID/HBA controller for the server

RAID controllers have not left and are not going to, on the contrary, hardware controllers for NVME and PCI Express drives (including M2 format drives) are entering the market. The abundance of drives and software features of RAID/HBA make you approach this choice as responsibly as possible, otherwise you may lose data. RAID controllers have not left and are not going to, on the contrary, hardware controllers for NVME and PCI Express drives (including M2 format drives) are entering the ...
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QNAP TS-262 - Little hero of a small office

... a small 2-disk desktop NAS can pleasantly surprise with ... s time to remember about NAS-s, which quite successfully ... replacement for 8-10 years, NAS upgrades happen more often. ... ones to install in RAID-1 and read/write caching from ... centrally backed up to the NAS using the Ntbackup Replicator ... the desired file in a backup using deduplication. Security Councelor Like ... different programs are responsible for these functions - the antivirus can be ... the security checker of the NAS itself, which checks the ...
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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 2: Choosing a software

... select services granularly for the task. What and why do I ... possible protocols, including FTP for backup to routers with external HDD ... on the network on the NAS . There is an even ... plain text. The program supports backup of volumes, files and ... here, Proxmox has its own Backup Server product with deduplication and ... months after I ran the NAS on myself. At first, ... significantly ahead of Synology's NAS, and gives unlimited opportunities for ... one method - using a hardware RAID controller where the disk load ...
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Terra Master F2-221 2-bay NAS review - an inexpensive solution for the home/SOHO

... cloud management and its own backup system for Windows and Linux ... allows you to backup photo albums to the NAS on a ... is not clear where to take the MIB. Main setup ... for third-party backup tools. Among the standard NAS applications, qBittorrent ( ... third-party Rsync server. To backup the network infrastructure, the ... flexibility, but copes with its task. Docker Last but not least ... inexpensive little cold host with RAID, FTP and RSync support. ... needs of home users (backup and sharing over the network ...
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Discovering the features of QNAP QGD-3014 - a hybrid of a PoE switch and a NAS

... one of those. This is a typical 4-disk NAS for the ... spare cells of the drive, thus extending its service life. It ... downloading from the Internet, data backup, snapshots, replication - all this ... 3014, although we will not touch on this, since the ... LCD screen or monitor. For these needs, the QGD-3014 ... can change manually. By default, these two internal network controllers connect ... of view, the NAS is exactly what should take root in Edge conditions ... a single interface. For those who like to hide clients ...
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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

... the manufacturer's recommendations, the NAS can become an impregnable fortress ... DSM version 7, Synology NAS supports both of these methods. To identify ... that seriously slow down random read operations from the disk subsystem ... , another (Hyper Backup) is responsible for backups between NAS or to the ... encryption. Backup of the contents of the NAS itself to another NAS or ... the most convenient way: each backup task can use its own storage ... , we configure the backup of the entire NAS to the Synology C2 ...