Have you ever wished your home lab could do more than just sit there, taking up space? Imagine transforming that modest 10-inch setup into a fully functional Network Attached Storage (NAS) system, one ...

2025 was going to be the year I upgraded my Synology to a newer model with 10GbE support. But I will not support their enshittification plans, even if there are viable workarounds. Guess it's time to ...

Network-attached storage, or NAS, can save integrators from drowning in the sea of digital content management. The technology has quickly moved downmarket, from enterprise networks to the SMB market ...

Have you ever wished for a simple, affordable way to centralize your files, stream media, or back up your data—without shelling out hundreds of dollars for a commercial solution? Here’s the good news: ...

In this TechBuilder Recipe, I'll show you how to set up and configure a NAS device to quickly increase disk capacity. Then, to show off the new media-serving abilities of these powerful add-ons, I&'ll ...

Several Chinese mini PC maker including SZBox and Topton are selling a mini ITX motherboard that combines an Intel Alder Lake-N low-power processor with support for up to 32GB of RAM, four 2.5 GbE ...

Conducting thorough research on both the hardware and OS aspects is quite essential when building anything related to computing, be it a PC, home server, or even a seemingly simple Network-Attached ...

It's a common assumption that a home-built NAS beats cloud storage when it comes to storage pricing, even when it's easy to point to Backblaze's $6 per TB-month rate and say, "Just use the cloud; ...

Mark is a highly experienced writer with extensive knowledge that pre-dates the internet and even personal computers. Since the 1980s he’s been a prolific publisher across numerous publications in ...

Some thoughts on this, in no particular order: If you're spending appreciable money on building an always on appliance that you want to last for years, you want to focus on a solid platform, which in ...