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Hands-on: The ReadyNAS NV+ provides serious storage for prosumers

Posted December 15, 2011 - 10:14 pm

Netgear's ReadyNAS NV+ device includes storage for up to four 1TB hard drives along with three levels of RAID synchronization.
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NAS shoot-out: QNAP TS-659 Pro II Turbo NAS

Posted November 17, 2011 - 4:28 pm

The QNAP NAS leads the pack with a smooth Web GUI and excellent performance
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NAS shoot-out: Synology DiskStation DS1511+

Posted November 8, 2011 - 5:30 pm

The Synology hardware is solid and fast, but the software and cloud services lag leading competitors
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NAS shoot-out: Netgear ReadyNAS Pro 6

Posted November 8, 2011 - 5:18 pm

The ReadyNAS scores with simple setup, easy management, and the best hardware in its class
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NAS shoot-out: Iomega StorCenter px6-300d

Posted October 19, 2011 - 11:34 am

Iomega's free and easy replication and remote access services put a shine on the StorCenter
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NAS shoot-out: Thecus N5200XXX

Posted October 19, 2011 - 10:53 am

The Thecus NAS is fast and flexible, but lacks the simplicity and ease that business users need
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NAS shoot-out: 5 storage servers battle for business

Posted October 19, 2011 - 6:22 am

Five- and six-bay NAS cabinets from Iomega, Netgear, QNAP, Synology, and Thecus compete on speed, ease, and business features
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Rack-mount QNAP storage server packs a wallop

Posted February 22, 2011 - 12:23 pm

With redundant power supplies, extensive backup options, and a wealth of handy features, the low-cost, multilingual QNAP TS-859U-RP offers flexible network storage to smaller shops.
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Best NAS boxes for less than $1,000

Posted December 6, 2010 - 6:13 pm

Buffalo shattered the $1,000 barrier for a terabyte of shared storage back in 2005. With storage prices continuing to drop, that same $1,000 today can buy a four or even five terabyte network attached storage (NAS) device with RAID 5 disk redundancy, plus additional features, like backup storage licenses and indexing capabilities.
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NASs for the masses

Posted September 27, 2010 - 10:49 am

Either because server disks are full or because virtualization is a natural growth path, organizations large and small are moving toward shared storage. For large enterprises, high-capacity storage-area networks make sense, but what about small or mid-sized enterprises new to shared storage?
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Review: QNAP Turbo NAS serves storage with the works

Posted July 22, 2010 - 10:03 pm

With a multitude of software options and strong support for VMware and Hyper-V, the QNAP NAS appliance can play many roles in a growing small business
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Qnap NAS Delivers Blistering-Fast Performance

Posted July 13, 2010 - 10:58 am

This network-attached storage box is the fastest we've ever tested--by a factor of two.
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Seagate FreeAgent DocStar

Posted March 15, 2010 - 12:51 pm

Seagate offers a cool portable drive along with an optional dock that adds Pogoplug functionality.
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Small business storage finds a new gear

Posted February 15, 2010 - 8:40 pm

Synology's supercharged DS1010+ Swiss Army NAS boasts impressive numbers in both performance and price.
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Product review: Synology Disk Station DS409slim

Posted November 19, 2009 - 2:15 pm

Synology's Disk Station DS409slim DS409slim is a uniquely-designed NAS device that has four bays for laptop-size hard drives, numerous RAID configurations, multiple features that advanced users will enjoy, and--a welcome improvement over other NAS systems--a simple setup system.
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Synology offers iSCSI on the cheap

Posted October 5, 2009 - 1:25 pm

While the Promise/DataCore combination offers an excellent feature set at a relatively low price, how about an 8TB RAID5 iSCSI system for $2,500? Synology makes the DS509+, a storage device intended as an SMB NAS system, but it supports iSCSI as well, and costs about $870 at Amazon.com.
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Intel's NASty little test tool

Posted May 7, 2009 - 2:05 pm

Intel NAS Performance Toolkit is a NAS test tool that doesn't take a hard drive engineer to understand and use. Because it actually plays back various types of file actions, this tool is much more "real world" than similar offerings.
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NAS devices offer big storage on small networks

Posted January 29, 2009 - 11:23 am

Even in a down economy, the obvious solution to our personal storage needs is to rush out, grab a handful of hard drives (no matter what the sizes) and hook one up to each of your computers -- especially since storage is now really cheap. The better idea, assuming you are networked, is to take a tip from enterprise-level IT and latch on to some network-attached storage (NAS).
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