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Thecus n0204 mini-NAS

Most of us prefer to have NAS device with at least three-bays to support RAID 5. But this two-bay drive is an exception: being palm-sized, it makes use of smaller 2.5-in drives, which means lower power consumption and heat during data access. The portable box has all the usual features of a NAS device including being hot-swappable, Gigabit LAN, FTP and media server. This means that you can change disk without power off or disrupted the services. Using a two-bay NAS box means slower ...

Thecus n0503 combo NAS

This is the world's first combo NAS device which you can either make use of three 3.5-in drives or three 2.5-in drives. The first option gives more storage room while the second mean more energy savings. It has the usual NAS features plus dual Gigabit ports, a fast 1.6GHz processor, LCD display and very fast data transfer speeds. For better price and information, click N0503 Combonas

Iomega StorCentrer ix4-200d

The StorCenter tries to take out the complexity of NAS setup with a simple-to-use interface which hides the technical jargon. But this also means that it is harder to do the technical tweaks when required. When trying to setup remote access, I could not get into the router to change the setting. Lots of cool features here includes four-bay RAID 5 capability and a built-in search tool to find your files fast. In additional, there is also support for Apple's Time Machine, twin Gigabit port...

D-Link 343

A good four-bay NAS device with all the basic features inside. The Oled display at front shows that IP address of the NAS box so that I can access it by directly enter IP address into the browser without having to check the assigned IP through the router. It is very easy to install the hard disk, just pull out the bay, put in the disk and slot it back again. It comes with Gigabit Ethernet and has four-bay RAID 5 for flexibility. It also acts as a DLNA-compliant media server and FTP server...

Droboshare, Network Attached Companion

Technically, Droboshare falls outside the scope of what we consider a NAS device, an integrated box with at least one hard disk and an Ethernet connection so you can share the device on a network. Nevertheless, the Drobo deserves mention. This USB direct-attached storage appliance, Droboshare, provides a four-bay enclosure for adding your own drives to the unit. The Drobo uses data virtualization in lieu of RAID to provide data redundancy over multiple drives, as well as to monitor driv...

Apple Time Capsule

Time Capsule is primarily intended as a storage device for Mac owners using the Time Machine backup program included with OSX. However, it can also be used with Windows PCs or on a mixed Mac and PC network. Basically, Time Capsule is an an 802.11n wireless router with a network hard disk built into it so that everyone on the network can share data. In this review unit was the 500GB model, but there's also a 1TB version. Apple is often criticized for high prices, but Time Capsule com...

IOMEGA StorCenter Pro NAS 150D

Your small or mid size business will get a whopping 3TB of storage from the four hot-swappable 750GB SATA II drives in the Iomega StorCenter 150d and the price is certainly right. The NAS device which uses an embedded Linux operating system, supports external USB drives which has two ports in the front and two in back, also has a Gigabit Ethernet port in the back. The included and easy-to-use management console software comes in both Windows and Mac versions and lets you perform the s...

LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini

If you just want a cheap media-serving and Web-sharing solution, you will get it with the LaCie Ethernet Disk mini–Home Edition. The hardware, which is LaCie's and the software (HipServ from Axentra) come from different sources, but LaCie needs to do a much better job of integrating the two. Also, the dismal installation process needs lots improvement. Still, the slick HipServ software offers better sharing and media serving than Windows Home Server. The HipServ portal combines privat...

Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo

NAS appliances offer you the storage advantages of a home file server without the need for a second PC, ideal if you want an always-on device to share and back up large collections of videos, music, or photos. The Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo is a 1TB (two 500GB, 7,200rpm SATA drives) NAS appliance that supports a RAID 0 or 1 configuration. It features several other networking goodies, including a built-in Web server with free remote access from www.buffalonas.com, an integrated FTP server, and s...

Synology CS407

There are many NAS products hitting the market now; we recently took a look at Synology’s DS207, a tiny two drive capable box that packed a ton of features and performance. The CS407 is a big brother follow-up to the DS207 that has an internal rack; can house four drives; and supports RAID 0, 1, and 5 configurations. About the size of an average two-slice toaster, the CS407 is capable of supporting 3TB of total drive capacity. The unit comes with built-in file, printer, and Web (with PHP and ...