What, another one so soon! Yes, it’s time for Storage Short Take #31!
Storage Short Take #30
Storage Short Take is back!
Synology Adds DS1520+ to Product Lineup
The new Synology DS1520+ is the direct successor to the DS1019+, and is the largest member of the 20-series Plus lineup.
Updates from @Synology: 2020 Plus Series Lineup
A press release from synology, along with my comments
Storage Short Take #27
A very sad goodbye to one of the storage stalwarts.
Storage Short Take #23
Bad NAS advice, bad NVMe advice, bad data recovery advice, some good NVMe advice, and a whole bunch of technology updates.
Storage Short Take #14
A (relatively) short Short Take today. NVMe protocol updates, Flash Memory Summit reports, and SNIA webinars. Storage Media and Technology Storage Companies in the News Industry Associations and Standards Webinars and Conferences Synology Security News Bonus Round
Graphic Novel: A Few Good Storage Administrators
A graphic novel vignette about storage admins, inspired by “A Few Good Men.” A Satire.
Quora Answer: How to Choose A Storage Vendor?
An excellent question on how to compare storage solutions from major vendors, versus new startups.
Storage Basics: When to use SAN v. NAS
This is my answer to a question that came in via Quora: When should a administrator use a storage area network technology and when should he use a network area storage technology? “Network Area Storage” is not a commonly used term. The correct expansion of the NAS acronym is “Network Attached Storage,” which might make the the comparing/constrasting make a …
Synology DSM 5.2 Beta Could Be A Big Deal
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Synology. The company has always, always treated me well. In fact if more companies acted like Synology did, I think that we’d have a lot of very happy consumers out there. It’s also no secret that I simply do not trust “The Cloud” for securing personal data. As I’ve said before …
Unboxing: Synology DS414 Slim
Unboxing the Synology DS414 Slim NAS device, and sharing initial impressions.