Pros: Simple setup. Easy interface. Good throughput on a 1 Gb network. Nice to have three USB ports -- two for regular connections and one for push button backup and restore capability. RAID 0,1 and 5. Standard FTP funtionality over Internet allowing unlimited users with access control. Runs quiet and cool.

Cons: User access control is only for root folder level, not for folders within folders. Maximum supported HD size is 1 TB (up to four). Maximum supported drive size through a USB port is 2 TB.

Overall Review: An excellent NAS for the price.

Pros: Tool-less drive installation and easy setup Looks nice

Cons: Slow RAID 0 performance

Overall Review: Installation and setup doesn't get easier than this, but RAID 0 performance is about half the throughput of using JBOD or 2 disks working individually. RAID 0 speed roughly equal to what you would expect for RAID 1 (mirroring). Not up to the performance I get from Sans Digital or Mediasonic RAID boxes.

Pros: I've been running three of these boxes 24/7 for four months, two with four 4TB WD RED (5400 rpm) drives each, and one with four 8TB WD RED (5400 rpm) drives. All three are configured RAID 0. No problems with setup or operation. I've used both USB3 and ESATA connections and get similar sustained writing throughput for each ranging from 120 to 160 MBps for large-queue transfers (e.g. hundreds of GBs to multi-TBs in size). Note that throughput rates are dependant on: (1) the type of RAID configuration being used (RAID 0 is always faster than RAID 5), (2) the types of files in the transfer queue (e.g. MP4 vs. PDF vs. ZIP vs. JPG etc.), (3) size of the individual files, (4) model of antivirus app you're using, and (5) the other concurrent processing are being placed on the device to which the boxes are connected. Higher throughput rates claimed by others are often due to quoting file reading speeds (transfers leaving the RAID box) which are always faster than file writing speeds (transfers being written to the RAID box), or using smaller size transfer queues where RAM caches and drive caches artificially inflate the (apparent) transfer numbers. Sustained writing throughput of 120-160MBps isn't bad for a low cost RAID box using large capacity 5400 rpm drives.

Cons: None within my expectations for the product.

Overall Review: I have four other similar Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 RAID boxes that I've been using for nearly five years with no box problems while migrating from 2 TB and 3TB WD GREENs and REDs to my current 4TB WD 54000 rpm REDs. I've been happy with both drive and box performances.

Pros: Large. Nice product appearance. Decent image display as long as seen from front-center.

Cons: Not IPS, so there's image color drop-off when viewed from angles, thus not so good if intended for group viewing. Speaker quality/volume is also poor. Had to revert to simple $5 USB desktop speakers to get adequate sound.

Overall Review: It is only $200 for a 32" nice looking monitor. Best when viewed at desktop distance by one viewer--not so good if intent is for small group viewing.

Pros: Good product, timely delivery, fair price, everything you need to change a battery. Can't ask for much more.

Cons: Nothing.

Overall Review: I would buy again from this vendor.

Pros: Fast read/writes. Reliable. I've used Corsair SSDs in all six of our (wife and myself) PCs since the early days of SSDs and have yet to have one fail. I've retired drives through size and speed upgrades, but no failures.

Cons: None. See below.

Overall Review: I use refurb SSDs for the second (data) storage drives in PCs, not the boot disk (software) drive. All data is backed up to external storage. By using SSDs for both the boot drive and the secondary (scratch) working drive, I get excellent overall performance with minimal worry of data loss through failure.