Asustor AS1102TL 2-Bay NAS, Quad Core 1.7 GHz, 1GB RAM, 1x GbE LAN, 2x USB, 3

Good product, super easy setting up and install.

By Far the Best and Least Expensive NAS Storage

Quick and easy to setup and has great potential for your NAS storage. I have three different NAS storage units on my HO/SO Network and this is by far the best, the least expensive unit. I fully recommend this unit as it will save you money and provide the fast network access to your data.

Works as advertised but slow if u have huge library

Everything works as expected but it slows, generating image thumbnails, if you have huge images library. Well 8GB worth so I'm not sure that is considered huge. Would spend more money on a beefier ones.

[Rewarded Review] Great basic SMB server

I recently purchased two of these for use as backup devices (one in my basement, one in an outbuilding) to hold copies of my photos and other data in case of earthquake, fire, or other disaster (including human error). Since the backup software runs on my desktop computer, the main feature of this NAS I use is the SMB server.The browser-based configuration interface is clean and easy to use, and provides fine-grained control over the filesystem, SMB, user accounts, and security controls. An optional SSH connection will allow Linux experts even more choices. I also appreciated the basic-but-useful file manager app.The CPU and memory were sufficient to keep my 1Gb network and 5400rpm WD Red+ drives saturated on large file transfers such as RAW files, but bogged ... MoreI recently purchased two of these for use as backup devices (one in my basement, one in an outbuilding) to hold copies of my photos and other data in case of earthquake, fire, or other disaster (including human error). Since the backup software runs on my desktop computer, the main feature of this NAS I use is the SMB server.The browser-based configuration interface is clean and easy to use, and provides fine-grained control over the filesystem, SMB, user accounts, and security controls. An optional SSH connection will allow Linux experts even more choices. I also appreciated the basic-but-useful file manager app.The CPU and memory were sufficient to keep my 1Gb network and 5400rpm WD Red+ drives saturated on large file transfers such as RAW files, but bogged down by about 40% on directory trees full of smaller files, presumably due to the overhead of directory transactions on the HDDs. That's good enough for me---a 1-terabyte update took about 3 hours, and the average non-shooting-day backup is closer to 5 minutes--both of which take place comfortably during my sleep.Your mileage my vary, especially if you use fancier NAS services that require more CPU cycles. But for my purpose, these little boxes are handy and cost-effective.