The RS1219+ scores on a number of counts as it’s the smallest 8-bay rack NAS appliance on the market and has a price tag to match its modest dimensions. It’s disappointing that Synology fitted it with a pensionable Atom C2538 CPU but we found overall NAS performance should be good enough for the target market of SMBs ...
The TS-1635AX is a worthy contender for businesses that want a big NAS appliance that puts a pile of storage on their desktop at an affordable price. There are compromises as 10GbE performance is a mixed bag and app availability for Qnap’s ARM-based appliances is reduced. Nevertheless, this 16-bay appliance delivers a ...
The TS-1677X is a supremely versatile NAS appliance with a big storage capacity that’s well-suited to business backup demands. The powerful AMD Ryzen CPU delivers impeccable 10GbE performance, the appliance has good expansion potential and QNAP’s feature-rich QTS software just keeps on getting better.
It will be introducing a new Network & Virtual Switch app that’s designed to optimize 10GbE links and provide end-to-end high-speed connections for appliances, hosted VMs and containers plus client systems. Other features to look forward to our support for faster wireless networks with Qnap’s new QWA-AC2600 adapter ...
Look no further if your business wants a tower of power as the Dell EMC PowerEdge T640 offers everything you could possibly need. Designed to handle any workload, the T640 delivers a flexible and highly configurable storage package and teams it up with Xeon Scalable processing, a high memory capacity and classy remote ...
The TS-932X delivers a versatile mix of LFF and SFF drive bays and great 10GbE performance at a sensible price although its ARM-based CPU does limit your app choices. If you like the look of Qnap’s 9-bay desktop appliances, we recommend choosing the TS-963X if you want the best app choices and support for NBase-T but ...
There’s no denying the TS-963X offers a great range of standout features including support for multi-Gigabit speeds and a versatile mix of LFF and SSF drive bays. If you want the best 10GbE performance, we suggest looking at Qnap’s higher-end desktop appliances but the TS-963X has sufficient power to provide good ...
The DS1618+ is a great value 6-bay appliance and a significant step forward as it offers a big DDR4 memory capacity and replaces the troublesome Atom C2538 in the DS1517+ and DS1817+ with a new C3538. Overall performance is a mixed bag but the appliance does deliver on Synology’s quoted speeds and the latest official ...
It’s disappointing that the appliance doesn’t support 10GbE upgrades which are fast becoming a must-have feature for business NAS appliances. Even so, we found it delivered a good performance over its Gigabit ports and the ReadyOS software offers improved cloud provider support and a fine range of data protection ...
Fujitsu continues to push the price of all-Flash arrays down to a more palatable level and current reseller promotions are offering substantial discounts on the list price. This updated model only offers a modest improvement on hardware features and overall IP SAN performance is a mixed bag but the array can’t be ...
A high capacity, fast 10GbE performance and great data protection features makes the RS3618xs an ideal file sharing and backup storage vault for SMEs. The increased memory support makes it a superior choice for virtualization duties than the RS3617xs, it offers a very high storage expansion potential and it’s also ...
The TS-453Be is a great little NAS appliance and its low price makes it ideal for consumers and SOHOs looking for a big network storage repository teamed up with classy multimedia features. With the same CPU, performance doesn’t differ much from the TS-453B and the hardware features Qnap has removed to drop the price ...
