Posted 01/20/2008 at 11:31:01am

I have a TS-101 and it works similarly to all the TS NAS boxes. First I want to say it's awesome! As for concernedTPro's questions have no fear. The largest HDD it can handle is 1 TB in each application. For example I currently have four 500 GB HDDs connected to my TS-101 and have had more. One is internal to the TS-101, one is connected to eSATA and is merely backup storage, one is connected to a USB 2.0 port and is mirroring the internal HDD through it's QRAID function and another is connected through the other USB port and USB hub for more storage capacity. Qnap actively supports their products and the firmware releases prove this. Their support team actually answers questions but you'd have to take my word for this. I suspect the 1 TB limit is due to today's drive sizes and HDD formatting limitations. As for the NAS/NAD debate, this is much closer to the NAS end of the spectrum. The amount of work it does and the ability of this product as seen in it's user manual is huge. Even I am not using it all, YET! Out of the 9 things it does I use 6 of them.