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Review: Mini Review: Synology DiskStation 1513+

If you need a powerful, expandable network storage device with more features than usual, Synology'sDiskStation 1513+ has an impressive specification. Five bays mean you can use RAID 6, so you won't be offline if one drive fails - and you won't lose data if a second drive fails while you're rebuilding the array (or you can stick to RAID 5 or RAID 1+0 if you don't want to sacrifice the extra disk space, or Synology's own HybridRAID for unmatched drive sizes; the choice is yours). With six USB ports (two of them USB 3), two eSATA ports and four gigabit Ethernet ports, you can connect a lot of external storage, including daisy-chaining two DX513 units for a total 60TB of storage If you need fast file access, you can combine two ports for more bandwidth or use them for failover connections if you need to make sure your storage is always available. There are even twin fans (in case one fails) and a Kensington lock so you can secure the DiskStation physically. You can...