Fortysomething Geek

OK, I haven't been blogging for a while. I've been just busy. However, today, I am going to resume and post about two QNAP NASes...

I decided to upgrade my Drobo 5D; replacing all five 3TB Seagates with five new 4TB Seagates. I now have 14.5 TB of real useable ...

The SansDigital TowerRaid TR4UTBPN is a 4 bay RAID enclosure with eSATA and USB 3.0 interfaces. It was recently on sale so I picked one up. ...

I haven't had much time to post. Once I get drives, I'll see how this $100 RAID box compares with a $850 drobo. Initial testing wit...

I've had some time to play with the Drobo 5D; filling up about 6TB worth of data (out of 10.89TB in my 5X3TB setup). I've been us...

Just in. I got a La Cie thunderbolt 2 big drive and loaded them up with some Samsung SSDs. 400 MB/s write and 475 MB/s reads.

Striping two USB sticks was cool but I wanted to try it further with two fast SSDs. As many people know, the Samsung 830s are fast, relia...