The four-bay AS-604T NAS server is the first storage product I've reviewed from Asustor -- the storage division of Asus -- and it was quite a pleasant surprise. The server was very fast in my testing, ...

WD's latest four-bay NAS server, the My Cloud EX4, is a lot more than four single-volume My Cloud units put together. It's not the fastest NAS, nor does it include many advanced features, but the WD ...

It's affordable and easy to manage -- two qualities you rarely hear mentioned about storage. We test your RAID options. Direct attached storage (DAS) is one of the most basic types of storage you can ...

Your computer's basic input/output system controls system-level hardware settings. For example, the BIOS has an "official" system clock. It also handles keeping track of physical hard drives, deciding ...

If you've ever looked into purchasing a NAS device or server, particularly for a small business, you've no doubt come across the term "RAID." RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or ...

In the late 1980s, processing power and memory performance were increasing by more than 40% each year. However, due to mechanical limitations, hard drive performance was not able to keep up. To ...

In 2025, the choice of storage—HDD, SSD, or RAID—is critical to data security, performance, and uptime. SSDs provide quicker speed, cooler, quieter operation, and faster rebuilds in RAID ...