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Upgrading from QTS to QuTS Hero: What You Need to Know

Upgrading from QTS to QuTS Hero requires a full reformat- erasing all data on existing drives. QuTS Hero doesnt allow to read QTS disks either . This means backing up is essential. To upgrade or not is mainly down to advanced data protection of QuTS vs the performance of QTS

Solidigm D5-P5336 60TB Drive with QNAP

At Gitex this year, I encountered the world's largest SSD: a U.2 60TB Solidigm drive ( D5-P5336) . As a storage enthusiast, I was immediately fascinated, especially thinking about its potential in a QNAP NAS setup. The drive was sitting there unassumingly at the QNAP stand—yet it represented

QNAP Airgap+ : Software defined Airgap

Air-gaps are one of the oldest and most reliable methods to keep critical information secure. In this section, let's dive into what a traditional air gap is and how QNAP's Airgap+ modernizes this trusted strategy for today's digital environment. What is an Air-gap? An

Data deduplication, compression, and compaction in QNAP

The QNAP QuTS hero operating system utilizes the ZFS file system, which inherently supports inline deduplication and inline compression. However, to enhance efficiency, especially considering the 4K block size, QNAP has also incorporated data compaction into QuTS hero. This process of compaction occurs prior to deduplication. Here's a

Data Immutability in QNAP an Synology with WORM

Due to escalating concerns surrounding ransomware and cyber attacks, many organizations are seeking to implement measures to make their data immutable, meaning data that cannot be altered once written. For both QNAP and Synology devices, immutability can be achieved through the use of WORM (Write Once Read Many) technology. Immutability

Synology F1 RAID vs QNAP QSAL

TL;DR Both Synology F1 RAID and QNAP QSAL implement uneven writing patterns on SSDs to minimize the potential risk of multiple SSDs failing simultaneously within a RAID configuration. While they adopt different methods, the ultimate goal is the same: favoring one SSD with more write operations to achieve this

QNAP TS-1277AXU-RP Series available in Dubai (Replaces the TS-1277XU-RP)

QNAP has introduced many new products this month including the 3 models in X77AXU series. These models will replace the X77XU-RP models * TS-h1677AXU-RP-R7-32G ( replaces TS-h1677XU-RP-3700X-32G) * TS-h1277AXU-RP-R7-32G ( replaces TS-h1277XU-RP-3700X-128G * TS-h1277AXU-RP-R5-16G ( replaces TS-h1277XU-RP-3700X-32G) Comparison-wise, there are 4 main areas of difference. Here is a quick table showing the difference between the 2

QNAP TS-AI642 is a NAS with Built in NPU

The ongoing capacity of QNAP to innovate and introduce unique hardware units is apparent too, more so with the newly introduced TS-AI642, distinguished by its integration of 6 NPUs (Neural Processing Units). If you find yourself wondering about the definition of an NPU, you're not alone, given the

Virtualization in Synology VS QNAP

Both Synology and QNAP have developed virtualization solutions that allow you to run a virtual machine (VM) on your NAS. In this article, we explore the features and capabilities of Synology's Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) and QNAP's Virtualization Station. Both QNAP's Container Station and

Remotely manage your Multi-Site QNAP Devices with AMIZ Cloud

QNAP has been actively promoting AMIZ Cloud lately. They unveiled it during Computex, and there's been a lot of marketing buzz around this product. Let's break it down in simple terms. AMIZ Cloud is similar to Q'Center, which is a tool for managing multiple