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Storage appliance winner
Broadberry CyberStore 316S DSS
Verdict
A low-cost NAS and IP SAN appliance with huge expansion potential and excellent performance
Review Date: 25 Jun 2009
Price when reviewed: £6250
Overall Rating
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Comparison
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Netgear ReadyNAS Pro Busines Edition
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Broadberry CyberStore 316S DSS
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| Part Code | ReadyNAS Pro Busines Edition | CyberStore 316S DSS |
| Review Date | 4 Nov 2008 | 25 Jun 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £2,000 | £6,250 |
| Price inc VAT | £2,300 | £7,188 |
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| Capacity | 6.00TB | |
| Cost per gigabyte | 33.3p | |
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| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec | |
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| FTP server? |
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| UPnP media server? |
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| Print server? |
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| Web hosting? |
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| BitTorrent client? |
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| Connections | ||
| Ethernet ports | 2 | |
| USB connection? |
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| eSATA interface |
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| Software | ||
| Software supplied | RAIDar discovery software, NTI Shadow backup | |
