[REVIEW] Synology DS413

Introduction
A couple of weeks ago we got our hands on Synology’s latest product in the home user/SOHO segment: the DS413. This particular unit shares a lot of its design and internal structure with its more networking-potent big brother the DS412+. We have had the chance a couple of months ago to review the DS412+ so we can give you a heads up on how the 2 visually identical units perform. Yet here we are going to keep the main focus on “the little brother”.
 
Synology’s key …

[REVIEW] Synology DS412+ versus QNAP TS-469 Pro, battle for the SMB segment.

Introduction
Both QNAP and Synology provided us with a unit from their high-end SMB NAS lineup. In this review we will be comparing both units both on hardware performance as software functionality.
Synology’s key features:

205.68 MB/sec Reading, 182.66 MB/sec Writing(combined)
2 LAN with Failover and Link Aggregation Support
Features SuperSpeed USB 3.0
CPU Passive Cooling Technology & System Fan Redundancy
Hot-swappable Hard Drive Design
Windows® ADS and ACL Support
VMware® / Citrix® / …