How-To Geek on MSN

Your 'obsolete' Windows 10 PC is actually the ultimate budget NAS

Windows 10 has officially reached end of support in October 2025. Those PCs didn't all spontaneously combust, though, and ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Stop running your media server on your NAS: Do this instead

Simply put, most pre-built NASes, like the ones I own, are not designed to handle heavy operational tasks like transcoding ...
Geeky Gadgets

QNAP NetBak PC Agent Windows PC/Server backup solution

QNAP has announced the availability of its new NetBak PC Agent, a license-free full system backup solution for Windows. Imagine you’re working on your Windows PC or managing a server, and suddenly, ...
HotHardware

This Sub-$300 Mini PC Is Also A NAS Box And 2.5GbE Router Rolled Into One

How would you like an Intel-powered mini-PC that combines a dual-drive network-attached storage (NAS) and two 2.5 GbE Ethernet ports? The Aoostar R1 seeks to be your answer to be your all-in-one media ...
Liliputing

N1 Pro is a compact PC (or server) with Ryzen 5 5500U and four storage devices

Last year a Chinese PC maker began producing a small, cheap computer called the NAS N1 that could also function as a router, home server, or network-attached storage server. Like the original NAS N1, ...
PC World

The Best Media-Friendly Storage Devices

The Windows-only https://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/54301/review/portable_media_player_gmd2025u120.html is a small, self-contained, non-networkable external 2.5 ...