Synology DiskStation DS3617xsII, NAS, Desktop, Intel Xeon D, D-1527, Schwarz

This is really a NAS that ventures into the Server market with web, mail, DNS, VPN in addition to basic file sharing. The base unit was under $1300, but by the time you put in six 10GB disks, updated the memory (needed if you are going to run many services) and added a 10GB ethernet, then the cost is over $4000. Still for what you get it is a good deal and working well for me. I've moved this over from a Mac Mini OS X server since Apple has abandoned server services in their OS and this is a much improved solution.

I always wanted an enterprise server but I didn't expect it to fit under my entertainment center. There is nothing this NAS can't do!

Besides storage, this Nas is great and very flexible with the things it allows the consumer to do. Currently put in two 12TB drives and it’s running great.

This is a fantastic NAS with plenty of performance to spare. I see a lot of people asking about Plex transcoding capabilities, and I can tell you that it does fine with a single stream. I transcoded a 4K movie down to 720p WHILE watching it without a single dropped frame. CPU utilization was hanging around 76%. I doubt it could handle multiple streams, but for my usage, that will never be a problem. I chose Synology after a long relationship with QNAP devices because of their simplified ecosystem, and I'm pleased I did. I just wish this model (DS3617xs) had a more modern Xeon processor, but the one it comes with does the job and more.

So far it's been great. The only reason I'm knocking off one star is because at this price it should have onboard 10Gb conductivity, be it copper or SFP+. Also wish it had dual (or more) onboard M.2 NVME ports.