We've just recently looked at the latest flagship 4-bay member of Synology's J series of DiskStation NAS units, the DS418j. Now it's the turn of the latest 2-bay unit of the family, the DiskStation DS218j to come under the spotlight. Marketed as an entry level 2-bay NAS for home and …

This drive really is a beast. If you need to move big files as quick as possible, you need this!

The Samsung 860 Pro uses 64-layer MLC V-NAND and has an endurance rating that eclipses the previous generation 850 PRO's life expectancy.

The SSD860 EVO uses Samsung's latest 64-layer 3-bit MLC, V-NAND along with a new controller, the MJX.

Powered by an Intel Celeron J3455 processor clocked at 1.5GHz (burst up to 2.3GHz) the DiskStation DS918+ is offered in two memory options

The AS6404T 4-bay NAS is powered by an Intel Apollo Lake Celeron processor backed by 8GB of dual-channel memory

The DS118 is equipped with a quad core 64-bit processor and DDR4 memory and is marketed as a high performance single bay NAS

The AV Pro 2 not only provides external storage but can also charge a laptop and be used as a USB hub.

Is this the ultimate pinnacle of hard drive engineering?

The 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 is part of LaCie's Professional range of external storage drives.

The Synology DS218play is the latest 2-bay addition to the company's Value series of NAS units, a series that starts at with single bay drives and goes all the way up to an eight-bay desktop unit, the DS1817, encompassing a couple of rackmounts (2 and 4 bay) along the way. …

This Thecus NAS is an upgraded version of the previous generation N4310 with a faster processor and updated DDR4 memory.

Synology's J series of DiskStation NAS are aimed at the value end of the market. The latest 4-bay addition to the range is the DS418j, which takes over from the DS416j and is marketed as an entry-level 4-bay NAS for home data backup and multimedia streaming. The Synology DiskStation DS418j …

Seagate's IronWolf Pro range of hard drives have been designed for use in commercial and enterprise NAS devices from 1-bay units all the way up to 16-bay systems. The latest 12TB model is the new flagship drive of a range that starts at 2TB. The new 12TB drive uses Seagate's …

Finding the need for more storage? Enter the Seagate BarraCuda Pro 12TB

Patriot's Hellfire M.2 SSD uses a combination of a Phison PS5007-E7 controller and 2D MLC NAND.

The My Cloud Home offers a fresh new design and capacities up to 8TB.

The Toshiba TR200 series are the first Toshiba retail drives to ship with Toshiba's own 64-layer 3D TLC BiCS NAND.

At launch, the My Passport SSD range consists of three capacities, 256GB, 512GB and the flagship 1TB model.

It's around £1,000 and supports up to 80TB of storage. Is the DS1817+ worthy of your shortlist?

The new T5 is available in four capacities; 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and the flagship 2TB which is the version Samsung supplied for this review.

The BX300 uses 3D MLC NAND and being a BX drive, is aimed at the value/entry level end of the market.

It uses a combination of a Phison PS5007-E7 controller and 15nm MLC NAND.

Is this the standard of Solid State Drive that Western Digital fans have been waiting for?

Synology's DiskStation DS1517+, a quad core powered 5-bay NAS which has been designed to handle data intensive tasks.

This is one of the fastest external drive systems we have tested - its blisteringly quick.

The KC1000 has a PCIe Gen 3.0 x 4 interface with a Phison PS5007-E7 controller looking after Toshiba 15nm 2D Planer MLC NAND.

We examine Intel's new 3D XPoint technology in the Optane Memory module.

For a 4-bay NAS, the TS-435B is a really compact design measuring just 226 x 170 x 168mm.

We've already looked at the mainstream P300 and high-end X300 consumer hard drives from Toshiba, now we get the chance to have a look at something a bit more specialised … in the shape of the N300, a drive range specifically designed for use in NAS devices. The N300 has …