Any recommendations on a NAS for a home-super-user? [closed]

Any recommendations on a NAS for a home-super-user? [closed] Can anyone recommend a good NAS for use in a home-server environment? I would request at least 2, preferably 4 disks, and I am most interested in good to excellent throughput for file-server and backup purposes - don't need any of the fancy media-streaming or -sharing features, that's not of interest to me.
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Guest [Entry]

"I bought a Readynas 4 years ago and I have been nothing but happy with it. Their current home/office products (the NV+ abd NVX) meet all your requirements, and then quite a bit more. Some features include:

SSH access
built-in bittorent client
hot swappable drives
file-services: CIFS, NFS, HTTP(S), FTP(S), AFP, rsync
DHCP and printer server
RAID 0, 1, 5 (and their proprietry X-Raid)
USB ports
a bunch of useful backup features
simple or advanced user modes

Quite a large community has built up around their online forums, and I have been blown away by the level of support that their staff provide over the forums. They also release somewhat regular updates to the OS, which still apply to my old Readynas X6."

Guest [Entry]

"I personally have a QNAP on my network (4-bay model), and although mine had a relatively low-powered processor, there are models ranging all the way up to 2.4GHz.

Their support is excellent, and their forums are very helpful for doing non-standard things (hackers that set up SVN servers, media streamers, etc. on their NAS are not uncommon on there)."

Guest [Entry]

Products from Synology Inc.

Guest [Entry]

Have you looked at a drobo? I've not heard anything bad about them, I'm thinking about getting one.

Guest [Entry]

"I've heard good things about the Western Digital ShareSpace. It has RAID and comes in 2,4, and 8TB capacity.

RAID differs on the version:

RAID capability - Offers multiple RAID configurations for data protection and speed -- RAID 0 (Striped), RAID 1 (Mirrored) and RAID 5. The RAID 5 mode, only available on the fully-populated 4-drive system, is the recommended mode to achieve both high-performance and data protection through redundancy.

The 4 and 8 TB WD ShareSpace systems
are shipped in RAID 5 mode for maximum
reliability.

The 2 TB WD ShareSpace system is
shipped in Spanning Mode for maximum
capacity and the flexibility to add
additional drives without reformatting
the system."