I’ve been pondering the thought of buying a NAS system for quite some time now but could not find a suitable one. My requirements are quite challenging though, I must admit:
- Silent: I want to run the system near my desk so it has to be very silent. (And I mean super-silent – not just a little silent)
- Fast: Access to the drives has to be fast.
- Feature-Rich Software: I want to use the NAS primarily as a NAS, but it should offer features like BT downloading and the like. It should also act as a iTunes and/or DLNA server.
- Hardware Features:
- Wake-On-Lan / Wake-on-Wan
- Inegrated WLAN Adapter
- Raid 1, 5 or 10; 10 preferred
I bought some off-the-shelf NAS, namely the Synology DS411slim and the Acer easyStore H341. Both were decent devices but were not really up to the challenge. I ended up returning both of them.



