Synology’s DS218 is a good choice for home users and SOHOs that want an affordable storage repository for file sharing, PC backup and multimedia services. It’s a great little performer too, and we think it’s a better bet than the DS218play as for a few dollars more, you get hot-swap drive bays and double the memory.
Costing around $869 for a diskless model, the RS818+ is an affordable 1U rack NAS appliance with plenty of room to expand and a great range of software features. It’s better value than Qnap’s TS-453BU with both delivering a similar performance over 10GbE but we think Synology could have improved its prospects further ...
There’s little to fault Qnap’s TS-228A on making it a great choice for home users and small offices that want an affordable NAS appliance for file sharing, backup duties and maybe a bit of entertainment. It’s very easy to install and offers plenty of software features plus a few surprises in the performance department ...
The RS2818RP+ may not match the 10GbE performance of the RS4017xs but it makes up for this by being around $2,600 cheaper. Teaming up its high capacity with the wealth of DSM data protection features makes this big rack appliance a great choice for budget-conscious SMEs looking for an affordable network storage vault.
With AMD’s latest Ryzen CPU at the helm, Qnap’s TS-877 has the power to handle just about anything you can throw at it. The latest QTS software is rich in data protection and virtualization features, NAS and IP SAN performance over 10GbE is impeccable and it offers a versatile range of storage options.
The FS1018 is a little powerhouse of a storage appliance that delivers excellent all-Flash performance for NAS and IP SAN services. Best suited to users that value speed over capacity, its high I/O throughput and low latency makes it perfect for hosting demanding apps such as virtualization and a price tag of only ...
Mid-sized businesses looking for an affordable high-performance SAN array should seriously consider Lenovo’s ThinkSystem DS6200. It delivers an impressive range of data management features, its versatile and powerful controllers provide a good range of port choices and it won’t be beaten for speed and expansion ...
The TS-453BU-RP has a lot to offer for the price making it a great network storage choice for SMBs on a tight budget. General performance over 10GbE is average but it packs a lot into its slim-line 1U chassis while Qnap’s latest QTS 4.3.4 software delivers a remarkable range of data protection features including ...
The RN426 may not be as app-rich as similar appliances from Qnap and Synology but it makes up for this with an excellent range of user-friendly snapshot, backup, replication and general data protection features. Cloud support sees plenty of improvements, the new Atom C3538 CPU delivers great performance and this ...
However, as we’ve found with both Synology and Qnap, you have to think carefully about storage configurations as they present you with more RAID array options than you can shake a stick at. Drobo’s slick BeyondRAID takes all the guesswork out of storage configuration while array recovery operations are extremely fast ...