Top 20 Most Popular Network Attached Storage on Amazon.com
Network-attached storage (NAS) is file-level computer data storage connected to a computer network providing data access to heterogeneous network clients.
A NAS unit is a computer connected to a network that only provides file-based data storage services to other devices on the network. Although it may technically be possible to run other software on a NAS unit, it is not designed to be a general purpose server. For example, NAS units usually do not have a keyboard or display, and are controlled and configured over the network, often using a browser.
A fully-featured operating system is not needed on a NAS device, so often a stripped-down operating system is used. For example, FreeNAS, an open source NAS solution designed for commodity PC hardware, is implemented as a stripped-down version of FreeBSD.
NAS systems contain one or more hard disks, often arranged into logical, redundant storage containers or RAID arrays (redundant arrays of inexpensive/independent disks). NAS removes the responsibility of file serving from other servers on the network.
NAS uses file-based protocols such as NFS (popular on UNIX systems), SMB/CIFS (Server Message Block/Common Internet File System) (used with MS Windows systems), or AFP (used with Apple Macintosh computers). NAS units rarely limit clients to a single protocol.
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage
- Iomega Home Media 1 TB Network Attached Storage
(Price: $188.99 Price on Amazon.com: $137.67) - Synology DiskStation 2-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage (White)
(Price: $229.99 Price on Amazon.com: $227.99) - Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 1 TB Network Attached Storage (Black)
(Price: $231.99 Price on Amazon.com: $223.35) - Synology DiskStation 5-Bay (Diskless) Scalable Network Attached Storage (Black)
(Price: $999.99 Price on Amazon.com: $998.55) - Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220 2-Bay 4 TB (2 x 2 TB) Network Attached Storage
(Price: $449.99 Price on Amazon.com: $444.02) - Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 1 TB Network Attached Storage
(Price: $162.99 Price on Amazon.com: $149.00) - Synology DiskStation 4-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage (White)
(Price: $390.99 Price on Amazon.com: $373.29) - Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 4-Bay 4 TB (4 x 1 TB) Network Attached Storage
(Price: $835.99 Price on Amazon.com: $699.99) - Buffalo Technology DriveStation Combo 1 TB USB 2.0/FireWire 400 Desktop External Hard Drive (Black)
(Price: $131.99 Price on Amazon.com: $115.99) - Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 4-Bay 8 TB (4 x 2 TB) Network Attached Storage
(Price: $1,597.99 Price on Amazon.com: $1,299.99) - Buffalo Technology LinkStation Quad 4 TB (4 X 1 TB) Network Attached Storage LS-Q4.0TL/R5(Black)
(Price: $557.99 Price on Amazon.com: $545.67) - Buffalo Technology LinkStation Quad 2 TB (4 X 500 GB) Network Attached Storage LS-Q2.0TL/R5 (Black)
(Price: $457.99 Price on Amazon.com: $392.99) - Seagate BlackArmor NAS 420 4- Bay 2 TB (2 x 1 TB and 2 Empty Bays) Network Attached Storage
(Price: $591.99 Price on Amazon.com: $499.99) - Synology DiskStation 2-Bay (Diskless) Scalable Network Attached Storage (Black)
(Price: $579.99 Price on Amazon.com: $529.99) - LaCie 301431U 3TB 2big Quadra 2-Disk RAID Hard Drive
(Price: $469.99 Price on Amazon.com: $426.80) - Synology Disk Station 1-Bay 1 TB (1 x 1 TB) Network Attached Storage DS109 1100 (White)
(Price: $407.99 Price on Amazon.com: $397.99) - Synology Disk Station 4-Bay 4 TB (4 x 1 TB) Network Attached Storage DS409 4100 (Black)
(Price: $1054.99 Price on Amazon.com: $950.89) - Iomega Home Media 500 GB Network Attached Storage 34336
(Price: $159.99 Price on Amazon.com: $133.81) - TRENDnet 1-Bay Diskless USB 2.0 IDE Network Attached Storage Enclosure TS-I300 (Blue)
(Price: $159.99 Price on Amazon.com: $108.34) - Buffalo Technology LinkStation Quad 1 TB (4 X 250 GB) Network Attached Storage LS-Q1TL/R5 (Black)
(Price: $382.99 Price on Amazon.com: $355.45)