As your business grows, the amount of data you have generated or collected also keeps increasing. There are multiple ways to increase your storage capacity while providing security and NAS (Network Attached Storage) is one of them. But when it comes to choosing the right NAS for your needs, there is one primary question to be answered – how many bays do you need? If you deal with extremely large amounts of data, then a 2 bay NAS that can provide you with say only 2 ports may not be sufficient.
In that case, a 4 bay NAS might be the right choice for you. The bays indicate the number of ports available for you to put drives in. While the more common choice is to have 4 ports which allow identical-sized drives, you could also opt for a NAS that has custom-ports. That being said, in terms of the data, you can save on a 4 bay NAS, think of 4 drives of 10TB each. That is 40TB of added storage space for your personal or business needs. Most NAS devices also come with functionality to turn your device into your personal cloud server.
Synology DiskStation DS918+
The Synology DiskStation DS918+ is an all in one private cloud solution with the Synology Package centre offering 90+ apps turning it into an all-in-one server, cloud syncing host, multimedia hub. It is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core CPU and 4GB (expandable up to 8GB) DDR3L-1866 RAM. It also has a claimed speed of over 225MBps reading and 221MBps writing speed. It supports up to two M.2 NVMe 2280 SSDs and also integrates BTRFS technology to store your data securely. It also offers other features like synchronizing and sharing files across various devices and locations, transcoding 4k videos to 1080p, 2 USB 3.0 ports.
Western Digital My Cloud Expert Series 4-Bay
WD’s My Cloud Expert Series 4-Bay NAS is powered by Marvell Armada 388 1.6 GHz dual-core processor with 2GB RAM giving transfer speeds of 116MBps upload and 116MBps download. The My Cloud function turns it into your personal cloud server making it easy for you to access your files and data from anywhere. It is also optimized for WD Red drives with WD's exclusive NASware technology. It has an in-built Twonky DLNA-certified media server allowing you to seamlessly stream all your HD videos, photos, and music stored on your My Cloud Expert Series NAS to various devices.
Netgear ReadyNAS 214 RN21400-100INS 4-Bay
Netgear ReadyNAS 214 RN21400-100INS offering is a fast storage device packed with a quad-core Cortex A15 1.4GHz processor, 2GB RAM and up to 200MBps read & 160MBps write speeds. It supports 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA/SSD drives with a maximum storage capacity of 32TB. It also comes equipped with dual gigabit ethernet ports supporting aggregation and the B-Tree file system (BTRFS) offering high safety with its extensive backup and redundancy features. You can also stream in real-time in 1080p and transcode to a remote device. You also get the ReadyCLOUD portal-based user interface and app for various devices making it your personal cloud service accessible from anywhere.
Synology DiskStation DS418
Synology DiskStation DS418 is a high performance 4 bay NAS device packed with 1.4 GHz 64-bit quad-core CPU and 2GB DDR4 memory. It clocks speeds of 226MB/s sequential for reading and 170MB/s for writing. It is equipped with dual 1GbE LAN ports with failover and link aggregation allowing high-speed data transfer and hardware encryption engine. The Synology DiskStation turns this beast into your personal cloud server. Coupled with its file-sharing protocols like CIFS, AFP, NFS, FTP, etc. this device allows for centralized storage and easy synchronization across devices.
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