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Stacking of Zyxel XGS2220 series switches: testing features

Switch stacking technology allows you to combine several physical switches into one virtual switch, combining their switching matrices and simplifying port management from a single stack web interface. One of the most popular functions of the stack is to combine ports from different switches into common lagging groups to get a fault-tolerant network that can withstand the breakdown of N-(N-1) switches. I want to draw attention to the fact that modern Zyxel combines support the connection of up ...
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QNAP TS-262 - Little hero of a small office

This model shows that even a small 2-disk desktop NAS can pleasantly surprise with storage capabilities: up to 4 NVME SSDs and up to 16 hard drives when using cards and expansion shelves. The ability to configure layer-by-layer storage and run applications in containers in a compartment with a 2.5-gigabit network makes it an excellent choice for a modern office with remote access and Wi-Fi 6. I already described the concept of a modern office in which all employees work remotely and only ...
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What can Synology be replaced with in the conditions of sanctions. Part 1: Choosing a stable platform.

... . Looking for a Drop-In Replacement… QNAP, Asustor, Qsan, Terramaster, Seagate ... today QNAP can be considered both as a Drop-In replacement ... and as an equal alternative. There is container and hardware virtualization ... technologically hopelessly behind Synology and QNAP, and if they can ... that the programmers of Synology, QNAP, Thecus and even Truenas ... you can also live. Replacing Synology with QNAP looks like an attempt ... and build our own software stack, replacing the main Synology services ...
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Discovering the features of QNAP QGD-3014 - a hybrid of a PoE switch and a NAS

... -port PoE switch. This device single-handedly replaces both the ... QNAP calls its brainchild not a NAS, but an Edge Smart Switch ... let the QNAP marketers call this device Edge Switch, but you ... ( use the search ). Interfaces QNAP has been implementing the idea ... Switch to the Docker NAS network, which runs its own QNAP ... to the VM in the Virtualization Station, for example, in ... allocated in the QNAP interface to manage the switch. Of the ... the common QNAP interface. Video surveillance Today, QNAP offers a modern ...
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QNAP TS-h1886XU-RP Review: meet the ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system

... packages available for the main QNAP line significantly narrowed the ... is especially nice that the QNAP developers have traditionally simplified ... disk space not only by replacing disks with NAS, but also ... access for nothing: recently, QNAP business devices began to support ... perfectly implemented through snapshots. QNAP TS-h1886XU-RP Interior In ... hash tables. At the second stage, the resulting table files ... the client: using the hardware virtualization system Virtualization Station, using the container ...
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Storage and backup of virtual machines on QNAP NAS

In small companies, NAS can significantly reduce infrastructure costs. Those who decommissioned servers yesterday by moving resources to the NAS are canceling their subscriptions to the software that QNAP performs out of the box today. And now the time has come when QNAP swooped down on the sacred: the reservation of virtual machines. In 2019, the world market for backup and data recovery software, according to estimates by Allied Market Research, amounted to $ 9.3 billion. An article of ...
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QNAP TS-2483XU-RP review: 24-disk head unit NAS

... on the connected client or switch, and the Mellanox network cards ... for drives, and the fan status is monitored through the storage ... systems. For this purpose, QNAP announced the OpenVINO platform, which ... they quietly work out without replacement for 10 years, and often ... general, with traditional and container virtualization, there seems to be no ... to external data storage, thus replacing backups. Snapshots work for both ... purposes QNAP TS-2483XU-RP is not suitable: for serious virtualization for ...
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QNAP QSW-1208-8C: 10GBe switch review

This switch has no competitor with the same number of ports and support for 2.5 G Base-T and 5GBase-T. We tested this model for compatibility with existing network cards and cables, as well as measured performance. When purchasing a modern 10-Gigabit NAS, you will probably ask yourself the question: what should I connect it to? Regardless of whether your server has 10 GB network ports or you will add them with expansion cards, you need to decide whether you will use a copper cable (twisted ...
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QSAN XN8012R Storage Review: Virtualization + ZFS Onboard!

Many specialists of small organizations clearly understand the advantages of ZFS and can justify to the management the savings from software LZ4 compression and deduplication when buying a new storage system, but there were no inexpensive solutions for this file system. But a holy place is never empty, and QSAN decided to combine in one device everything that we love in Linux and everything that we value in ZFS. Today, many technical experts believe that ZFS is something that works only ...
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Using the QNAP TVS-951X as an example, whether you need a fast NAS in a digital studio

In this article, we're going to find out if a digital content company needs a fast 10 Gigabit NAS accelerated by SSDs? We will explore new technologies for working with SSDs and conduct tests in real applications. I recently had a discussion with a colleague about laying a Category 7 copper cable in a quartet for a 10 Gigabit network with a 40 Gigabit scope. It’s not an easy idea, I’ll tell you, to drag a cable a penny thick along the baseboards and through the wall, and it also bends very ...