NAS (network storage) Reviews

These are the best network storage devices and backing up your videos, photos, music and files

10 Jan 2020

When is a PC not a PC?

09 Jan 2020     Price from: £351     

Undeniable cuteness doesn’t address capacity and cost

25 Jul 2019     Price from: £320     

Same CPU and RAM as Synology NAS, but cheaper

17 Jul 2019     Price from: £140     

This sub-£100 / $100 NAS can be your own, private cloud storage

29 Oct 2018     Price from: £100     

The full-fat version of the DS218 with even more RAM and 4K video transcoding

01 Feb 2018     Price from: £247     

With software and apps now rivalling Synology, QNAP's TS-231P2 is a great NAS for home users

15 Jan 2018     Price from: £215     

The DS218j is another fantastic NAS from Synology: just like its DS216j predecessor, but faster.

10 Jan 2018     Price from: £168     

The 5N2 is great NAS drive for for people with mismatched hard drives

09 Jan 2018     Price from: £430     

Western Digital delivers a minimalist personal cloud NAS solution with My Cloud Home

20 Dec 2017     Price from: £145     

Don't just a NAS by its cover: it looks the same but the DS418j is all new inside

11 Sep 2017     Price from: £284     

Home storage and remote access without the hassle

02 Jan 2017     Price from: £239     

QNAP’s TS-251SA seems to have all bases covered for a two-bay NAS. Does it have any weaknesses? We find out

30 Dec 2016     Price from: £299     

Does the Synology 216+II NAS do enough to keep Synology ahead of the competition?

29 Dec 2016     Price from: £300     

Netgear has a strong reputation in NAS. Does the RN212 do enough to stave off the competition?

28 Dec 2016     Price from: £240     

This NAS drive is competitively priced for a four-bay NAS but you'll need to decide if you need hardware transcoding performance

27 Dec 2016     Price from: £240     

Aside from the 4K transcoding, the DS216play makes cuts in other areas

16 Dec 2015     Price from: £225     

Western Digital is best known as a manufacturer of hard disks, but is becoming recognised for its storage solutions, namely NAS

24 Jul 2015     Price from: £580     

A five-bay NAS that's great for storage as well as data security

17 Jul 2015     Price from: £470     

WD's My Cloud EX2100 8TB is a snappy NAS drive brimming with useful features that's a real contender to its Synology rivals

18 May 2015     Price from: £486