A high-speed NAS with SSDs and a fast network connection can provide near-internal SSD performance, but using hard drives is also plausible, as long as you're willing to deal with long load times.

If your NAS is running slow, the first thing you might blame is the hard drive. But in most cases, network speed is the real culprit. Home networks typically run on Gigabit Ethernet (or even Wi-Fi ...

QNAP AIh1688ATX is the first Intel Core Ultra CPU in the company's line-up and it looks like a media powerhouse.

The MINISFORUM N5 Pro is a network-attached storage device with support for up to five hard drives and three SSDs. It’s also one of the first NAS systems I’m aware of to feature an AMD Ryzen ...

and support for up to 6 SATA 3 hard drives or SSDs. While the USB port selection is rather underwhelming, it’s worth keeping in mind that this board is clearly designed for network-attached ...

Certified Overspending: Synology is known for its NAS appliances (network-attached storage ... require the use of the company's branded hard disk drives. The manufacturer announced the change ...

Synology’s 2025 Plus range only works with certain hard drives It says this is for ... within its 2025 Plus series of network-attached storage (NAS) devices. From launch, the policy states ...