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"...were really impressed by the DS214+, which delivers a great deal in a small and affordable package."

The Synology DS1813+ is a smart and sophisticated NAS drive, superbly constructed and with a well-judged selection of ports and connectors.

DS414 is compact and quiet, it packs bucket loads of functionality and industry leading usability. A new standard for entry level four bay NAS has been set

D2S14 offers good value for money, with features galore and software that stands above the competition.

"The Synology DiskStation DS214 is a feature rich 2-bay NAS device featuring the latest addition of the highly-acclaimed Disk Manager Operating System... Another impressive device from Synology, with very positive improvements to the DSM OS."

Synology’s consumer NAS products continue to impress. The DS214’s good looks haven’t changed, but it delivers strong writing performance, where other lower-cost units do not. But the real draw remains the easy-to-use and configurable DSM 4.3 operating system, with mobile support and many useful apps

The DS1513+ offers excellent build quality, strong read and write performance and an impressive feature set, all in an attractive looking chassis.

This powerful and well-priced five-bay NAS is ideal for a business with serious storage requirements.

Synology are considered to be one of the top contenders in the UK NAS market and from looking at the simple, easy to use and very well priced DS213j, its easy to see why. Its an affordable system that offers the basics – but at the same time, everything that the home user would really need.

The DS1513+ takes the desktop storage crown thanks to its speed, features, value and expansion potential.

"This relatively low-cost NAS enclosure is faster than you'd expect given its price."

"It bridges the gap between NAS box and fully fledged server perfectly, while DSM 4.2 offers a wonderful user experience."

The Synology DS413j is an excellent option for a home NAS. It provides enough speed for streaming of HD video, and includes many useful features like a bit-torrent client, VPN and many of the software goodies of the more expensive end products running the DSM software. At £275 its a great budget buy.

"The Synology DiskStation DS1813+ is a well built, high performance NAS system that will suit many small, and medium sized businesses. As we would expect from Synology, the performance is excellent, achieving well over 300 MB/s sequential read in our own tests.... An excellent NAS system, offering good value for money."

An excellent NAS system to suit a very wide audience. It doesn’t cost the earth either.

Synology’s latest DS1813+ desktop NAS appliance is packed with features and more ports than you can shake a stick at.

The Synology DiskStation DS412+ is a compact, powerful four-bay NAS drive with sophisticated features and services.

A well balanced, affordable entry in the Synology range which brings class leading features and specifications to a new price point.

"...the built-in Wi-Fi adaptor is a neat feature if you want to use your NAS as a wireless hotspot or pair it to your network wirelessly..."

The DSM 4.2 operating system is industry leading and we love that the base install offers simple, no fuss network storage but that we can then add loads of "apps" to enhance the product in ways which suit our use.

As our testing has shown, the RS812 is capable of handling sustained transfer rates over 100MB/s when reading data and over 50 MB/s when writing data. This will be more than adequate for serving basic files across an internal network. The metal chassis is built to last, and with dual LAN fallover / Link Aggregation Support built in it should prove reliable over many years.

Synology’s new DS213air is bound with the usual plethora of Synology class. It looks classy, has great build quality and performs very well. Those who are wanting a reliable network solution with the added bonus of WiFi functionality should look no further, we love the DS213air – so much so, it receives our gold and creative awards.

Joanne from Synology UK, Ireland & Scandinavia makes it to Number 2 in this years PCR's 30 under 30 list.

DS413 provides a little more performance than faster-clocked ARM processor NAS drives at around the same price, and power consumption was also usefully low to keep it a wisely economical choice. With its comprehensive and approachable software interface and satisfactory hardware performance, the Synology DS413 comes recommended.

If expansion is a key requirement for your network storage the RS10613xs+ won’t disappoint as it has the highest potential in its class. Performance is excellent and it has more features than you can shake a stick at. There’s more to come with the next release of DSM as well.

The DS713+ is powerful and ideal if you require fast transfers or extra processor power for modules

The Synology DS213 Air is a well-thought out NAS device. The addition of wireless features certainly allows the DS213 Air to operate in more environments as it can be used as a wireless hotspot, giving a wireless network even if the router isn’t wireless.