Tim Higgins
Performance is nothing to write home about either, with average large filesize write performance with a gigabit LAN connection measured at 8.6 MBytes/sec, putting it at the bottom of the Charts for two-drive products. Gigabit-connected RAID 1 write performance was 7.9 MBytes/sec, earning a second-to-last ranking.
Use the NAS Charts to run your own comparisons.
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Synology doubles the RAID 5 performance of its quad-bay BYOD NAS /server, but also almost doubles the price.
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