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QNAPTS-251

HowWeTested

It may well cost a fair bit morethansome

of the otherNAS driveson test, but the

QNAPTS-251is lightyearsaheadwith the

technologyit uses and supports.

It’s a solid,quickand dependableNAS

that’llkeepgettingbetter, thanksto the

embeddedoperatingsystemand collective

appsavailable.

EachNAS unit was testedon a homegigabitnetworkwitheithera pair of 2TB Toshiba3.5"hard drivesor a pair of WD 1TB .35"
drives,where possible.
A single4GB HD videofile was copiedacross the network,to and from the NAS unit.And mediawas streamedto a PC, tablet,Xbox
360 and PS3 simultaneously.

ZyXELNSA325v2

This was a tightrun betweenthe Synology

DiskStationDS715and the ZyXELNSA325v2.

However, we feel the ZyXELhas the upper

handdue to its overallcost compardto the

Synologymodel.However, the Synologydoes

pack an immenselyimpressivelist of features

and processingpower. If you’rewillingto

spend£300,then it’ll be wortheverypenny. If,

however, you simplyneeda two-bayNAS drive,

the ZyXELhas everythingyou’llneed.

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QNAPTS-251 ZyXELNSA325v2

Synology

DiskStation

DS715

SeagateSTCT200

Price £69.99 £45 £200 £70 £300 £117

Total HD

Capacities Up to 8TB Up to 8TB Up to 4TB Up to 8TB Up to 16TB Up to 10GB

Internal

Processor ARM800MHzCPU ARM800MHzCPU

IntelCeleron

2.41GHzCPU

ARM1.6GHzCPU AL-3141.4GHzCPU ARM1.2GHzCPU

Size 87 x 126 x 205mm 113 x 146 x 182mm

168.5x 102 x

225mm

108 x 205 x

147mm

157 x 103.5x

232mm

170 x 120 x

218mm

NumberOf USB

ports^114322

Avg 4GB Write

Speed 35MB/s 12MB/s 70MB/s 50MB/s 65MB/s 40MB/s

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