The emergence of the digital economy has brought to fore the importance of safeguarding electronic data. We have discussed the 3-2-1 data backup strategy before in the piece where we covered ioSafe's Indiegogo campaign. The strategy involves keeping three copies of all essential data, spread over at least two different devices with at least one of them being off-site or disaster-resistant in some way. It is almost impossible to keep a copy of large frequently updated data sets current in an off-site data backup strategy. This is where companies like ioSafe come in. We had reviewed ioSafe's SoloPRO, a disaster-resistant external hard drive last year and it is now the turn of the ioSafe N2 network attached storage unit to be put under the microscope...
Synology at CES 2013: DSM 4.2 and the ioSafe N2
We met up with Synology at CES today, and the main focus was on the recently released Disk Station Manager 4.2 firmware. Different NAS vendors take different approaches to...
6 by Ganesh T S on 1/10/2013Synology Launches SAS-Enabled Flagship 10-bay 2U RS10613xs+ NAS and RX1213sas Expander
Synology is a well respected brand in the low to mid-range NAS market. However, they missed a high-end flagship in their lineup to compete against products such as the...
3 by Ganesh T S on 11/13/2012ioSafe N2: A Disaster Proof NAS with Synology DSM
ioSafe used to manufacture disaster proof NAS solutions / backup appliances such as the ioSafe R4. The R4s used to cost upwards of $10K, weighed more than 120 lbs...
14 by Ganesh T S on 9/18/2012Synology Launches DS213 and DS213+ 2-Bay NAS Units
Synology's 2-bay NAS units have consistently performed well in our tests. Today, the latest additions to the 2-bay lineup have been launched in the form of the DS213 and...
8 by Ganesh T S on 8/28/2012Synology's DSM 4.0 with CloudStation : A Private Dropbox Solution
The NAS market has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years, but the hard drive shortage resulted in a weak Q4 for the NAS industry as...
3 by Ganesh T S on 1/12/2012Synology DS211+ SMB NAS Review
The SMB (Small to Medium Businesses) NAS market is a highly competitive one. A lot of things have changed since the last time we covered this market in a...
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