Thecus Has a New 2 Bay Raid 1 NAS - the N2310

This is the smallest Thecus NAS to date (as far as I can recall). The new NAS runs the full Thecus OS6 software that includes just about everything that a NAS can run including Plex media server. It includes a bitorrent client, FTP, RSYNC and just about the whole kitchen sink of NAS related software.

The new Thecus only sports a AMCC APM 86491 800 MHz SoC with 512 MB of DDR3 RAM, so don't expect super fast performance when transcoding video files. For normal file serving, this

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Review of the Synology DS 1813+ NAS

The overclockers forum (AU) has a review of the Synology DS 1813+ NAS. This NAS comes with 8 hard drive bays and is compatible with Synology's DX513 expansion units (two.) With two expansion units, the NAS is capable of 72TB of storage. This is a massive amount of storage for a small business/home NAS unit, even if it is counting the expansion units in the total.

The DS 1813+ runs a dual core Intel D2700 processor and comes standard with 2 GB of RAM which is upgradeable to 4 GB of RAM.

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Seagate NAS Hard Drives

Seagate NAS hard drives have been around for a few months now and are getting generally good reviews. As you may know, consumer rated hard drives are generally not recommended for use in NAS devices for several reasons. Western Digital with their "Red" drives and now Seagate with their NAS drives have sought to provide low cost hard drives for the NAS market that fill the gap between straight desktop drives and enterprise drives that cost considerably more.

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Seagate NAS Hard Drives Getting Good Reviews

The recently released Seagate hard drives that are especially configured to be used in network attached storage devices (NAS servers), are receiving quite good reviews around the web. On Amazon, they currently have reviews in the 4.6 out of 5.0 range, which is really good for hard drives.

These drive are competitively priced - just about matching the Western Digital "Red" drive prices. Seagate, however, includes a 4 tb drive in its offerings whereas Western Digital sizes cap out currently at

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Qnap TS-870U-RP review

Qnap has a small business NAS with features and power that are unprecedented until recently. The TS-870U-RP is an eight bay rack mountable NAS with a couple of PCI express slots which allows for optional 10GbE adapters. PCPro recently reviewed the NAS and summarized its findings:
he Qnap’s closest competitor is Thecus’ similarly priced N8900, but while it’s a good performer, it lacks redundant PSUs, and it’s beginning to show its age in other respects, too.

If you

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Real World Drobo 5N Review

There is a nice real world Drobo 5N review from a user who is pleased with the new Drobo NAS device. He is using the new Drobo with three 3TB Western Digital Red NAS hard drives. Overall, this is a recommended setup for someone who wants a plug and play NAS experience. Speed was measured as very good:
The progenitor of the Drobo 5N, the Drobo FS, was known for its sluggish performance, so I was concerned about how fast my files would move. It’s great to have loads of robust

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Drobo 5N Earns 4.2 Stars from Amazon Reviewers

The Drobo 5N, a 5 drive true NAS device from Drobo, is currently earning 4.2 stars from Amazon reviewers. This is one of the best ratings for NAS devices currently for sale on Amazon. It is also quite a comeback for Drobo after being somewhat slammed by reviews for the too slow Drobo FS, the previous Drobo NAS device.

The Drobo 5N, like all Drobo devices, is designed for ease of use and setup. Reviewers are generally impressed with the new Drobo's fast response over a network

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