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At the moment, when I compare all the features of the latest firmware from both brands, I would choose Synology over QNAP. This thread has more info: http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=3866 The features listed there are still missing with QNAP.

I guess I stand corrected, because it seems that the QNAP support guy from the topic I linked to earlier didn't know what he was talking about, made a mistake or was referring to another new, yet unknown, NAS series but I'm pretty sure that the new "+" models that recently came to market do not...

At the moment, looking at the features of the latest firmwares from both brands, I would probably go for the Synology 1010+. See this thread for more info: http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=3866

Agreed, as another QNAP owner I feel exactly the same way as you ... Synology has made significant improvements lately. Synology's new multi-tasking user interface is way ahead of QNAP's and it's looking very slick and polished! Synology also already supports RAID 10 and even Hybrid RAID where...

If these new "+" models will have hardware encryption (like this post on the QNAP forum suggests) the performance increase in this area will be anything but minimal ... it will be great! This could be a fantastic new QNAP feature because without the traditional huge performance penalty of using...

MB and Mb are okay and I understand what they mean. Mib and MiB I just ignore, they keep confusing me and are just plain annoying! :o :D

Thanks for your thoughts, you're right we'll have to wait and see what will happen but as a QNAP customer I'm somehow feeling optimistic at the moment about this new partnership with Cisco, it has great potential for both companies. Being the first NAS manufacturer with IPv6 support maybe...

Just wondering ... Just wondering from a (happy) QNAP customer perspective, is this alleged Cisco OEM partnership generally considered a good development or a bad one? - I mean will this partnership strengthen QNAP's position on the NAS market or weaken it? - And isn't the fact that Cisco...

I accept your apologies. May be you missed my list of unbiased facts: :) http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showpost.php?p=17213&postcount=5 We all have our preferences and opinions, the notable difference in this discussion is that I paid for my QNAP TS-509 with my own money, you were given...

Tim, the DX510 has been officially released, any news or update yet about when we can expect the test? Also, I was quite shocked by the very high price: more than 400 euros for an empty box? How is that possible? Thanks.

Hi ntm1275, I'm glad for you that the current firmware solved most of the problems. There were lots of problems with firmware 1139 (memory and connection related) when it first came out and my earlier post was referring to that release so I was not trying to make out anything. The fact remains...

Yeah, from what I've read there are several issues with the latest Synology firmware, and unlike with QNAP, you cannot (easily) downgrade firmware with Synology. But go read the thread I linked to and look at my Comparison list you'll see for yourself, e.g. the QNAP is VMWare Certified etc...

I think you missed the following thread, read the whole thread for interesting info. Here it is: http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=2855 Beware: the latest Synology firmware gives a lot of problems to many users. (and with Synology it's not easy, if at all possible, to...

If I were you I would really try to get a x86 based NAS, as you already found out there's just more extra software packages available for it and they are more powerful. Owning a TS-509 Pro myself I would advice the QNAP TS-439 Pro, it may not be the very latest model but it does have all the...

QNAP TS-509 + Upgrades + PS3 Mediaserver = GOLD I am using an upgraded QNAP TS-509 Pro NAS (4 GB RAM / Intel E5400 Dual Core CPU @ 2.70 GHz). Recently I've installed the very popular (and free) PS3 Media Server software on it, and WOW! it looks like I have reached the Holy Grail of what a NAS...