Network storage / home servers comparing Network storage / home servers

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gdgt score

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87
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89
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Avg. critic rating

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8.9
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8.8
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Avg. user rating

10
8.1
8.8
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8.6

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Price

General

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Total drive bays

2
5
4
2
2

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Occupied drive bays

2
0
1
0
0

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Drive type

Platter
Platter (7200 rpm)

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Included storage

250 GB (total)

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Addressable storage

4 TB (max)
10 TB (max)
8 TB (max)
8 TB (max)
6 TB (max)

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Drive form factor

3.5 inches
3.5 inches
3.5 inches
3.5 inches

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Storage interface

SATA (3.0 GBps)
SATA
SATA
SATA

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Drive insertion

Bare drive
Bare drive
Bare drive

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Embedded OS

Linux
Linux

Array types and file systems

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Array types

RAID (0, 1, 01), Span, JBOD
RAID (0, 1, 01)
RAID (0, 1), JBOD
RAID

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Automatic storage expansion

No

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Mixed drive capacities

Yes
Yes

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Hot-swappable drives

No
Yes

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Hot-spare support

No

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Degraded usage mode

No

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Data integrity

S.M.A.R.T. compliant, Error correction (ECC)

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File system support

FAT, NTFS, EXT3
FAT, NTFS, EXT4, EXT3

Speed

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External storage / peripherals

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USB

2.0 (7 port(s))
2.0 (3 port(s))
2.0 (2 port(s))

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eSATA

No
Yes
Yes

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External backup

Yes

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Data import

Yes

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Printer sharing

Yes
Yes

Hardware

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CPU

1.3 GHz
1.8 GHz
1.2 GHz

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Maximum RAM

4 GB
1 GB
256 MB

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RAM slots

2 slots (total)
1 slots (occupied)

Software

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Security

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Permissions

Yes

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Security lock slot

Yes

Other features

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Activity / status indicator

Yes
Yes

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Front text display

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Shortcut / backup button

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Desktop client application

Yes

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OS support

Windows, Linux

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Capacity gauge

Yes

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Health status indicator

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Cooling fan

Yes

Networking

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WiFi

No
No
No

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WiFi encryption

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Ethernet

10/100/1000 [Gigabit]
10/100/1000 [Gigabit]
10/100/1000 [Gigabit]
10/100/1000 [Gigabit]
10/100/1000 [Gigabit]

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Ethernet ports

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Ethernet features

Services

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File services

SMB, NFS, AFP, iSCSI, HTTP, FTP, rsync, WebDAV
SMB, iSCSI, FTP, WebDAV

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Media services

DLNA, UPnP, iTunes Server, SqueezeCenter
DLNA, UPnP, iTunes Server
DLNA, UPnP, iTunes Server
DLNA

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Download clients

BitTorrent, HTTP, FTP
BitTorrent, HTTP, FTP
FTP

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Remote access

Yes
Yes

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Email alerts

Yes
Yes

Connections (to host computer)

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USB

No
2.0

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Thunderbolt

No

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FireWire / 1394

No
No

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eSATA

No

Memory card reader

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Memory card reader

No

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Memory card support

Power

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Power features

Spin-down mode, Power schedule, Wake-on-LAN

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Power adapter

Internal

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Redundant power supply

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UPS support

Yes

Size and Weight

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Height

6.3 inches
7.3 inches
10.5 inches
6.18 inches
6.5 inches

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Width

3.46 inches
5.9 inches
8.3 inches
4.07 inches
3.94 inches

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Depth

8.58 inches
10.3 inches
10.2 inches
232 inches
225 inches

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Weight

2.16 pounds
8 pounds
14 pounds
3.73 pounds
2.07 pounds

Pricing and Availability

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Availability

Available
Available
Available
Available
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Discontinued (US)

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Released (US)

April, 2010
October, 2010

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Announced (US)

November 1, 2011

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Rumored (US)

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Original price

$699 USD

Colors

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Colors

Black
Black
Black
White

General Info

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Mfr. warranty

1 year
3 years
2 years

Environmental

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Energy Star compliant

Yes

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RoHS compliant

Yes

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EPEAT rating