The Netgear looks 'really' nice but is a little on the expensive side (£500 with no drives). I think the Synology CS407 looks good. Scan are selling several boxes made by a company called Thecus, they're quite cheap and the specs look okay.
I don't think you really want Thecus. While I agree their specs look very good, usually even better than competing units because they use celerons in their products and not weaker risc CPU's, it seems their support is terrible.
This is only one horror story I was able to find online.
If you really want a box now, then the Synology CS-407 really is the best option. They've just released new firmware which also makes the unit
a lot faster too. (For the initial review, click
here)
If you can wait, then I would hold off for the
DS-508, since that model has a few additions that I personally like a lot, like hot swappable bays and a much faster CPU.
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