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Synology UC3200 Review: affordable dual-controller iSCSI storage

... into a new territory for SAN devices. As is often ... glory IP SAN is the correct term for iSCSI storage Synology ... not be classified as a SAN, because there is no ... surveillance, a file backup system, and a backup system for servers ... reorganization and snapshots use the Copy on Write technologies used in ... the main controller to the backup controller is characteristic of ... on an iSCSI-attached volume, the switching time to the backup controller ... is an interesting replacement for SAN devices that does not ...
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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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Exploring SSD and RAM caching in Synology servers: how to get the most speed

... Synology DSM can use Snapshot copy protection of Redis data at ... ESXi 6.7 connected via iSCSI, then the same thing, ...  using the package  Synology Active Backup for Business . Tests show that ... , which is not surprising since iSCSI LUNs are s are stored ... worth noting that not every SAN array has the function of ... , but Synology now even stores iSCSI LUNs as files, so in ... are copied to SSD drives, speeding up both NFS connections and iSCSI ... virtualization instead of the old SAN storage system, then use its ...
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Thecus N5500 Review: enterprise 5-disk file server

... design, ROM breakage-resistant memory, iSCSI target, load balancing, and more ... connections Supports up to 5 iSCSI targets iSCSI Dynamic Section Stacking support ... is no Copy button, traditional for NAS, for backup from external media ... Spare and one JBOD for backup. There is no option to ... for USB and iSCSI partitions. Moreover, both regular iSCSI partitions and dynamic ... size of the dynamic iSCSI volume. Dynamic iSCSI volumes allow you to ... support. This system, announced by SUN Microsystems back in 2004, is ...
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Huawei Oceanstor 2800 review - converged 2-controller storage for video surveillance

With this storage system, you can create a 2-node Failover Virtualization Cluster in one box. This model is designed for video surveillance, for installations on hundreds of IP cameras, for storing hundreds of terabytes of data and for analyzing video recordings. We tested it using the Macroscop software. Video surveillance is one of the main driving forces in the storage market. The decline in the cost of IP cameras has led to the fact that today they are installed in hundreds, often next ...
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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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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 ...