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These small-scale NAS units hold one or two HDDs. While this does limit their storage capacity a little, it also keeps their size and cost down. There are options for personal and family home use with user-friendly set-ups as well as for business users in a small or home office environment with more advanced features and greater processing power. These units are not sold with hard disks so you'll need to add your own – it's best to get matching models and capacities, especially if you plan on using RAID.

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These NAS units are sold without hard disks, so you can configure them as you please. Start with partial population and scale up as your budget allows or data capacity demands. Many of these units can be expanded by adding external disk shelves too.

These NAS units are sold without hard disks, so you can configure them as you please. Start with partial population and scale up as your budget allows or data capacity demands. Many of these units can be expanded by adding external disk shelves too, and feature advanced connectivity options for high performance use.

These medium-size NAS units hold three or four HDDs. Entry-level units are great for home users and prosumers with lots of HD media and other data that needs centralising, while more advanced units come with faster processors and more advanced security and RAID features for business and surveillance users. These units are not sold with hard disks so you'll need to add your own – it's best to get matching models and capacities, especially if you plan on using RAID.

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These NAS units are the largest around, offering five HDD bays at a minimum and ten or more in many cases. They are typically geared towards advanced users who need plenty of storage space, and many are supplied in rackmount cases for use in industry and large-scale businesses. These units are not sold with hard disks so you'll need to add your own – it's best to get matching models and capacities, especially if you plan on using RAID.

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These standalone switches are ideal for home office use when adding additional devices to your network. They feature basic 100Mbps speeds and some simple data traffic management features in order to control user experience by segregating or prioritising network traffic by type or user. Power over Ethernet (PoE) models are also available.

These standalone switches are ideal for home or small office use when adding additional devices to your network. They feature 1000Mbps (or 1GbE) speeds and some simple data traffic management features in order to control user experience by segregating or prioritising network traffic by type or user. Power over Ethernet (PoE) models are also available.

These NAS units are sold with hard disks bundled, saving you the trouble of buying them yourself. They come in a range of sizes and capacities, from single bay 2TB units suitable for modest personal users all the way to large, multi-bay units with 16TB, 24TB or even 32TB of storage on tap.

Some of these NAS boxes do not come pre-configured, giving you the chance to set them up as you see fit, including what RAID level you want to use, if any.

The NAS solutions with the purple 'SYSTEM' flag are built by our award-winning 3XS Systems engineers and come pre-configured with your choice of RAID, so all you have to do is connect them to your network.

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Direct Attached Storage or DAS is an external storage device that is connected directly to a server or workstation without a network device in between (ie there is no hub, switch or router required) using USB, Firewire or eSATA for example. This direct connection ensures fast access to data. A DAS will work as though the hard drives are internally connected, meaning drives can be partitioned, formatted and set up like any other internal hard drive or raid array. These DAS devices are available for standalone desk or rack mounting.
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External network cards or adapters are added to predominantly laptop devices to add wired Ethernet connectivity. A USB port is used to add either single or multiple RJ45 ports - the common wired interface used to connect via Ethernet to network switches and routers.

NAS (network attached storage) device accessories, including drive bay adaptors, rack and rail mounting kits, power supplies and warranty extension programs. They tend to be suitable only for specific NAS units, so check yours is compatible.

These rackmount switches are ideal when adding additional users or devices to your network, or upgrading the network core. They feature 10GbE speeds and some data traffic management features in order to control user experience by segregating or prioritising network traffic by type or user.