You probably have already read our Build Your Own NAS tutorial, but for us it isn't enough. We, at COD, like to push the limits and with that , we require MASSIVE amounts of storage (mostly for our rather large library of uncompressed Kung-Fu movies). Following up on our NAS tutorial, we are going to put together a Monster 40TB NAS (32.75TiB after RAID & Format) with spare parts, a few HDDs, and the knowledge we gained from our NAS Build Guide.
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Lian Li Announces Two New Brushed Aluminum Mini-ITX Chassis: PC-Q27 and PC-Q28
Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd. today announces two new brushed aluminum Mini-ITX chassis: PC-Q27 and PC-Q28. These two compact cases feature Lian Li's new railing mount motherboard tray design, and allow for the Mini-ITX platform to be combined with traditional full-sized components.
Read More »Build a NAS for Affordable Storage – The Complete Guide
Having a ton of extra hard drives lying around doing nothing seems like a huge waste to me. In my efforts to put some of this storage to good use, I have been toying with the idea of building a NAS using standard hardware and one of the open source NAS packages out there; namely OpenMediaVault. With performance, size, and budget in mind; I am going to guide you on how to build a NAS.
Read More »Should You Defrag Your SSD?
Hard Drive defragging has become routine for many of us. Through the years there have been a number of utilities that claimed to make accessing data quicker on your hard drives by placing it sequentially on your disk. We have read many guides that suggested that we defrag our hard drives often and even Windows will suggest a schedule for defragmenting your hard drive. This is all well and good for traditional hard drives, but does this apply for SSDs as well?
Read More »QNAP TS-269 PRO NAS Review
It is so easy for us at C.O.D. to get carried away with storage solutions that are a bit over the top. Although there are a few of you out there that get excited about 6 bay and 8 bay NAS, the majority of people I know are more likely to look for a 2 bay or 4 bay solution for their home or small business. In an effort to fill the gap, QNAP has decided that we should take a look at their latest 2 bay NAS, the QNAP TS-269 PRO.
Read More »XBMC & Microsoft, Together Forever
Today, at 6:09PM, in my inbox... was something crazy. I try to keep up with all things XBMC as it has always been jockeying for prime position in my home theater. Well, the news is... Microsoft and XBMC are now in bed together. The good news is that XBMC will get the credit it deserves and the funds it needs to develop. The bad news is... if you are not running Windows, you will soon be out of luck.
Read More »Drobo Introduces Plex for Drobo 5N
Drobo has finally started to add some apps to their networked appliances to make them more useful for media hungry enthusiasts. Along with a copy module, Drobo has incorporated Plex for their 5N. Although Drobo is still far behind the rest of the industry in implementing features media enthusiasts look for in a network appliance, it is a step in the right direction.
Read More »FinalWire Delivers AIDA64 v2.85 Update
FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.85 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; and the immediate availability of AIDA64 Business Edition 2.85 software, an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises.
Read More »OpenELEC 3.0.0 released
XBMC.org released a public statement congratulating the folks over at OpenELEC for releasing OpenELEC 3.0.0. This release brings XBMC Frodo 12.1 with all its bells and whistles to the embedded OS.
Read More »QNAP Launches New Budget Friendly 4-drive Rackmount NAS for Workgroups and Entry-level SMBs
QNAP® , Inc. today announced its new budget friendly Turbo NAS lineup TS-421U and TS-420U rackmount models for the workgroups and entry-level SMBs with fast-growing needs of economical network storage. The TS-421U features with Marvell CPU 2.0 GHz, and the TS-420U features with Marvell CPU 1.6 GHz. Both models operate with 1GB DDR3 RAM, and provide sustained high performance for daily routines in file storage, sharing, and data backup.
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