Craig Ellison, Author at SmallNetBuilder

Synology DS1817 DiskStation Reviewed

Synology's DS1817 provides high capacity and 10 GbE connectivity at a reasonable price.

QNAP's TS-453B is an expensive four-bay NAS, even before adding optional 10GbE.

Updated - Synology's DS1517+ is an attractive choice for a 10GbE capable NAS.

QNAP's TS-431X is an inexpensive way to move up to a 10 GbE NAS.

QNAP's TS-228 is inexpensive, but makes performance compromises to get there.

QNAP's TS-431P is an entry-level RAID 5 NAS that should satisfy cost-focused buyers.

Synology's DS416 and DS416j are both good values in four-bay RAID 5 NASes.

Synology's DS216j is a good, relatively inexpensive RAID 1 NAS.

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TerraMaster's F2-220 Cloud Storage NAS has a good feature set, but isn't a good value in a two-bay RAID 1 NAS.

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