Earlier this year we tested Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. Now we’re reviewing software-based NAS that you can load onto your own equipment — whether it’s a PC, server, virtual machine, or ...

The 50 coolest software-defined storage vendors of the 2023 Storage 100 bring software capabilities, services and cloud connectivity to storage technology. For all the emphasis on speeds and feeds, ...

As part of CRN’s 2024 Storage 100, here are 50 vendors bringing software capabilities, services and cloud connectivity to storage technology. The base of nearly any storage system is hardware. But ...

For those who prefer direct attached storage, units such as the QNAP TR-004 provide hardware RAID over USB C and work as ...

Managing large volumes of data efficiently is crucial in today’s digital age. Whether you’re dealing with high-resolution videos, extensive game libraries, or critical business documents, a reliable ...

The global software-defined storage (SDS) market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of just over 29 percent between now and 2025. The emergence of hyperscale data and the growth in ...

We always need more storage. Regardless of your device, you’ll likely need a bank of secondary storage to backup content or store primary copies. Considering these expanded storage needs are usually ...

Software-defined storage promises enterprises greater flexibility and freedom of choice when it comes to their data storage deployments. By taking lower-level software operations and day-to-day ...

Synology’s two-bay DS212+ NAS drive is a full-featured speedster with an outstanding operating system. The network-attached storage (NAS) box–an external storage device that attaches to your network ...

In our Clear Choice Test of Microsoft’s latest version of its file-pinching network-attached storage software – dubbed Windows Storage Server R2 – we found it to be fast, difficult to misconfigure, ...

A battery powered and portable network attached storage device sounds like an excellent idea, but in early access the UnifyDrive UT2 has a few too many limitations to recommend it whole-heartedly.