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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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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. ... over SMB/NFS/iSCSI, but not enough for virtualization! Onboard memory is ... centrally backed up to the NAS using the Ntbackup Replicator ... for saving data from the NAS "somewhere else", ... the security checker of the NAS itself, which checks the ... NAS manufacturers do not pay due attention to this type of virtualization ...
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Terra Master F2-221 2-bay NAS review - an inexpensive solution for the home/SOHO

... compartments, you will get a NAS without moving parts, in which ... the administrative password to the NAS, the manufacturer can restore it ... the device. Security features The NAS has the necessary and sufficient ... backup tools. Among the standard NAS applications, qBittorrent (default password admin ... two applications for block access: iSCSI and iSCSI Pro, which are almost ... the services implemented on the NAS can be installed and configured ... for the lack of hardware virtualization. In general, from the point ...
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Discovering the features of QNAP QGD-3014 - a hybrid of a PoE switch and a NAS

... 1/5/10, Samba/NFS/iSCSI access, installation of additional packages ... have programmatically turned off the NAS, the fans continue to ... switch. Included with the NAS are two small radiators for ... perhaps the best-in-class NAS network management tool, with clear ... adapters are connected to the NAS Docker network, which is necessary ... above, works independently of the NAS, but we can choose ... switch ports on one internal NAS network interface. In simple ... to the VM in the Virtualization Station, for example, in ...
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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

A modern NAS is quite capable of protecting itself from most attacks and guaranteeing not only the continuity of the service, but also the inviolability of the stored data. Even with minimal settings and following the manufacturer's recommendations, the NAS can become an impregnable fortress for an attacker, so reliable that you can connect the device directly to the Internet without a Firewall, leave it literally in an unguarded place (which is important for peripheral installations), being ...
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Synology RS4021xs+review. An inexpensive NAS that has everything!

... he will consolidate on the NAS using Synology software packages, ... RAM module installed. When using virtualization, you may need an ... of backups to the NAS. The NAS itself configures windows for ... on the NAS, or even to its own virtualization system on ... As for the built-in virtualization tools, Synology allows you to ... replicated to a third-party NAS through the Snapshot Replication ... for old Apple computers and iSCSI for universal block access. ... not saved after restarting the NAS, that is, after restarting ...
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QNAP TS-h1886XU-RP Review: meet the ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system

... data loss. ZFS Deduplication In virtualization systems, where there is ... some real-time applications and virtualization. Even in 4-processor ... client: using the hardware virtualization system Virtualization Station, using the container ... virtualization system (Container Station) using ... available to you Using Virtualization Station makes sense when ... the browser. Technically, container virtualization is also used here, but ... build both SAN networks, iSCSI and NAS on the basis of ...
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