Lenovo's BEACON Brings Evansport to the Living Room
Intel's Evansport storage platform and their Berryville STB platform are, for all practical purposes, the same. Given this, it is only logical to expect an Evansport NAS to double...
6 by on 1/8/2014Asustor Updates ADM OS, Prepares Haswell-based Rackmounts
We visited Asustor at CES last year and saw a host of Atom-based NAS units. In the span of one year, a lot of changes have taken place. There...
2 by on 1/8/2014Diamond Multimedia Tests Networking Waters at CES
Diamond Multimedia is well known for its AMD graphics cards and USB capture devices. To date, the AMD graphics cards continue to be their cash cow, flying off the...
3 by on 1/8/2014GIGABYTE BRIX Pro: A First Look at the Intel i7-4770R with Iris Pro HD 5200
Intel's high-end Crystal Well, the Core i7-4770R, has remained out of reach for consumers despite being introduced back in June 2013. While Apple's notebooks use the mobile Crystal Well...
98 by on 1/7/2014LenovoEMC Launches 4-bay px4-400d / px4-400r Business NAS Models
LenovoEMC's network storage family consists of three lineups: ARM-based EZ single-bay network attached hard disk for home users ARM-based ix series for value-focused consumers x86-based px series for performance-focused consumers (These come...
1 by on 1/5/2014Intel's Haswell NUC: D54250WYK UCFF PC Review
The Intel NUC category (which has been given the official tag of Ultra-Compact Form Factor PC) has been an interesting product line to analyze, as it provides us with...
107 by on 1/3/2014Netgear ReadyNAS 716 Review: 10GBase-T in a Desktop NAS
Netgear launched the 6-bay ReadyNAS 716 10-GbE desktop NAS in November. To our knowledge, this is the first off-the-shelf NAS in a desktop tower form factor to come with...
25 by on 1/1/2014Synology RS10613xs+: 10GbE 10-bay Rackmount NAS Review
Most of our enterprise NAS reviews have focused on Atom-based desktop form factor systems. We ventured into evaluating rackmount units with the QNAP TS-EC1279U-RP, and today we have results...
51 by on 12/26/2013Synology Updates Surveillance Station NVR Package
We have covered Synology's Surveillance Station in a qualitative manner before, and one of our main complaints was the fact that the interface was reliant on Java. On lower-end...
2 by on 11/28/2013Thecus N2560: Intel's EvanSport NAS Platform Review
NAS units targeting home consumers have traditionally been underpowered in terms of hardware as well as firmware features. Low power, reduced cost and media-centric features are primary requirements in...
75 by on 11/25/2013Ubiquiti Networks mFi mPower Wi-Fi Power Strip Review
The Internet of Things (IoT) revolution is happening right now. As smartphones proliferate, consumers want the ability to control devices in an automated and easy manner. Remotely switching a...
61 by on 11/21/2013Netgear Launches ReadyNAS 716 6-bay 10-GbE Desktop NAS
We reviewed the ReadyNAS 312 (one of the entry-level members) in Netgear's x86 NAS lineup last week. Netgear's ReadyNAS introductions this year were covered earlier in March. Today, Netgear...
10 by on 11/18/2013Western Digital Updates My Cloud Lineup with 4-bay EX4
We had covered the launch of the Western Digital My Cloud platform last month. The unit available at launch was a single-bay version similar to the popular My Book...
8 by on 11/12/2013Netgear ReadyNAS 312 2-bay SMB / SOHO NAS Review
x86-based NAS units targeting SMB consumers are usually of the 4-bay or more variety. However, there is a growing market for 2-bay high-performance units. Almost all major NAS vendors...
18 by on 11/11/2013GIGABYTE's Haswell BRIX Lineup Updated with BRIX s Models
Very few products excite us enough to request the manufacturer to provide us with an engineering sample or demo model. The Intel NUC category has been particularly interesting as...
48 by on 10/31/2013Synology Introduces Media-Centric DS214play
Synology has been pretty busy introducing its 2014 models over the last couple of weeks. While the DS214 was, in my opinion, a run-of-the-mill product (not taking away any...
19 by on 10/22/2013Qualcomm Atheros Introduces QCA7500 HPAV2 Powerline Solution with MIMO Capabilities
In October 2012, Qualcomm Atheros introduced their first HomePlug AV2 (HPAV2) solution in the form of the QCA7450/AR1540 chipset. It did boast of theoretical speeds up to 500 Mbps...
10 by on 10/21/2013Ubiquiti Networks Introduces Next-Gen Fixed Wireless Broadband Infrastructure
Ubiquiti Networks is a B2B company with a very interesting business model. At the enterprise level, companies employ dedicated sales teams to attract clients and increase revenue. Ubiquiti claims...
22 by on 10/21/2013Habey Introduces Passive BIS-6590 Core i7 Industrial PC
Habey USA's passive BIS-6922 proved to be a winner when we reviewed it back in August. Even as the review gathered comments from our readers, Habey was busy building...
12 by on 10/14/2013QNAP Launches 10 GbE-Capable TS-x70 Tower Series Turbo NAS
10 GbE capability in off-the-shelf NAS units have most remained in the realm of rackmount models. Today, QNAP is introducing the TS-x70 series desktop pedestal models with this capability...
19 by on 10/11/2013