This diminutive NAS box is designed for 2.5-inch media, including SATA SSDs. It’s packed with media-streaming and other features, and it runs very cool and quiet when populated with SSDs. Small is ...

I’ve recently been testing the brand new Synology DS-216+ NAS ($299), a network-attached-storage product meant for consumers. Although Synology products include a variety of features, I will be ...

Synology offers a line of Network Attached Storage systems under its DiskStation brand. Hook one up to your home network, add a few hard drives and you can backup the files from all your computers and ...

I've always been a big proponent of using NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices for dedicated file and media storage and backup. They are a low-power, low-cost alternative to a dedicated PC server, ...

The RT1900ac is the first router from Synology -- a company known for making NAS servers -- and it indeed has a lot of NAS flavors within it. Here's CNET's full review. Dong Ngo Former SF Labs Manager ...

The Windows-only https://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/54301/review/portable_media_player_gmd2025u120.html is a small, self-contained, non-networkable external 2.5 ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

tl;dr is: scrounge up some hardware, preferably on a recent-ish Intel platform with an igpu (i think 8th gen+ is the sweet shot), and then get a slew of storage. Pick a base operating system (I like ...

Synology recently announced a significant improvement to its core DiskStation Manager (DSM) operating system. Effective 1 August 2023, server-side transcoding with AAC codec will be discontinued for ...