Pros
- Super capacious and versatile
- Attractive interface, lots of utilities
Cons
- Pricey
Bottom Line
A super-flexible and competent, but pricey home-office and small business NAS box.
Manufacturer’s Description
Disk Station DS508 Ultra-high-speed, 5-bay NAS Server with Hot-swappable HDD design, 2 Gigabit LAN ports and Windows ADS Authentication for Small Businesses and Corporations. DS508 is designed to serve continual data access for corporate users. The hot swappable hard drives are easily replaceable when hard drive failure occurs. Data is available 24/7. DS508 provides ultra-speedy data transmission and powerful computing capability, which is not only suitable for corporate environments that demand efficiency, but also a great choice for power users who massively access data on the server.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | DS508 |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Available Interfaces | Gigabit ethernet |
Performance
| PC World Test Center | |
|---|---|
| Interface tested | Gigabit ethernet |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Primary Volume - Virus Scan | 551.12 |
| Primary Volume - Windows File Search | 315.24 |
| Test Version | 2 |
| External Write - Large File | 196.98 |
| External Read - Files and Folders | 116.26 |
| External Write - Files and Folders | 259.78 |
| External Read - Large File | 78.26 |
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