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 ...

Network-attached storage, or NAS, can save integrators from drowning in the sea of digital content management. The technology has quickly moved downmarket, from enterprise networks to the SMB market ...

If you don’t want to run a homelab, a portable NAS can cover the basics ...

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 a few services on one’s own hardware is a great way to wrest some control over your online presence while ...

Have you ever wished for a simple, affordable way to centralize your files, stream media, or back up your data—without shelling out hundreds of dollars for a commercial solution? Here’s the good news: ...

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 ...

Several Chinese mini PC maker including SZBox and Topton are selling a mini ITX motherboard that combines an Intel Alder Lake-N low-power processor with support for up to 32GB of RAM, four 2.5 GbE ...

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 ...

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 ...