Using external hard drives is one way to store your precious media, photos and important documents but once you get to a certain capacity levels it might be worth upgrading. Building a Network ...

When planning a NAS build centered around SSDs specifically, you might be tempted to follow a similar script as when you buy ...

Have you ever wondered how large companies manage to store and protect massive amounts of data? What if you could harness that same technology for your personal or small business needs? Building a ...

It was a bunch of smaller things piling up: a few containers slowing down, Plex taking much longer to refresh, and a general sense that my Synology box was getting old. None of it was Synology’s fault ...

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 ...

Self-hosting your data and services with Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a great way to free yourself from the spiraling costs and tangled web of subscription fees. Whether you’re simply looking to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sunfounder’s Pironman line of cases for the Raspberry Pi 5 do a lot more than cover up and protect the single-board computer. Models like the Pironman 5, Pironman 5-MAX, and Pironman 5-Mini also give ...