The Best File Servers/NAS of the Year
If you have decided to purchase a NAS but cannot decide which one suits your needs, here you will find the best options of the year.
Top Selling
The Synology DS224+ is a two-bay NAS that offers high performance, a user-friendly environment, and a library of over 100 applications from both Synology and third-party manufacturers.
Best-selling
- Easy installation
- High performance
- Wide range of applications
Outstanding review
"In summary, it is excellent for home use, which is logical since it is also intended for Small businesses."
The Best Value for Money 2-Bay NAS
Equipped with a 2.5Gb LAN port and capable of 4K video transcoding, the Asustor Drivestor 2 AS1102T is a 2-bay NAS with stable performance and an affordable price. With a tool-less design, installation is extremely simple.
The Best Value for Money 2-Bay NAS
- Easy installation
- Stable performance
- 2.5Gb LAN Port
- Tool-less disk installation
The Asustor AS1102T is a powerful and high-quality storage device that ensures convenient, efficient, and effective use. It features a modern design with a sleek logo in rose gold color, ensuring that the device will perfectly match your home decor. Besides aesthetics, the design of this network storage device also has functional advantages.
The device cover is sliding, and the screws do not require the use of a screwdriver or other tools, ensuring extremely easy and quick access to the hard drives. The Asustor AS1102T operates incredibly quietly, whether in active operational mode or standby, allowing you to use this network device comfortably and peacefully, even in busy spaces.
This device is designed for 24/7 use and has undergone numerous durability tests in extreme conditions. Additionally, it features extra cooling systems that have been added to the sensitive components of the device.
- M.2 slot: -
- RAID: Single, JBOD, RAID 0/1
- USB ports: 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1
- Hard drive bays: 2
- Maximum Drive Bays with expansion unit: 10
- Fan: 1x 70mm
- Input/Output ports: 1x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5G/1G/100M)
- Warranty: 36 months
- Other features: WOW (Wake on WAN), Sleep Mode System
- Power supply: 1x 65W; 100V to 240V AC
- Hard drive interface: SATA3 6Gb/s
- Memory, GB: 1 GB (non-expandable)
- Memory, type: DDR4
- Processor: Realtek RTD1296, Quad-Core, 1.4GHz
- Storage type: 2-Bay NAS
- Compatible disk types: 3.5" SATA HDD
Top-rated
The Synology DiskStation DS118 is a versatile, powerful, and compact single-bay storage server that is designed for small businesses, professionals, or home users seeking a reliable data storage solution. It comes with a new 64-bit quad-core processor, which provides exceptional data transfer speed and 10-bit 4K H.265 video encoding in motion. Additionally, users can store, organize, and share files across different devices on their network, while also providing secure data backup capabilities.
Top-rated
- Processor Realtek RTD1296
- 1 GB DDR4 RAM
- Compatible with 3.5" SATA HDD
- Dimensions 166 x 71 x 224 mm
Outstanding Evaluation
"A top-notch File Server. Excellent performance and responsiveness."
The Best 4-Bay NAS
The QNAP TS-464 provides high file transfer speeds along with a wide variety of input/output ports - including a pair of 2.5Gb Ethernet ports, four USB ports, and an HDMI output. It also offers multiple RAID configuration options, hot-swapping capability, while the disk bays do not require tools for installation.
The Best 4-Bay NAS
- Easy to install
- High file transfer performance
- With 2 ethernet ports
- Rich catalog of applications
The TS-464 is a compact 4-bay NAS with superior performance. Supporting up to 72 TB of storage and 4 TB M.2 SSD caching at an affordable price, it meets your multitasking challenges for file management, backup, collaboration, and video conversion.
The TS-464 uses the QTS operating system by default. You will be able to switch to using the QuTS hero operating system. QuTS hero provides benefits such as ZFS data integrity and WORM technology to prevent data tampering. (Switching to QuTS hero is supported starting from QTS 5.2.1.)
The most popular 4-Bay
The Synology DS423+ is a high-performance reliable 4-Bay NAS solution designed for small businesses. It is equipped with a powerful 64-bit quad-core processor at 1.7 GHz and 2GB DDR4 RAM (expandable up to 6GB), providing high-performance storage, backup, and file sharing capabilities.
The most popular 4-Bay
- Intel Celeron J4125 Processor
- 2 GB DDR4 RAM
- Compatible with 3.5", 2.5" & M.2 drives
- Dimensions 166 x 199 x 223 mm
Outstanding server despite its old CPU infrastructure, but it's a quad-core. Purchased for file sharing at home and home assistant.
Undecided?
If you are not sure which features you should pay more attention to, you can at any time refer to the buying guide for File Server/NAS.
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