Asustor Lockerstor 6 Gen3 AS6806T 6 Bay NAS, AMD Ryzen Quad-Core 2.3GHz, 16GB ECC DDR5, 4 M.2 NVMe Slots, Dual 5GbE and 10GbE, Network Attached Storage for Video & Content Creator (Diskless)

I have TWO of these things because the price is so sweet (looking at you synology) - so 20 drives in total.First thing I've done in all of them - install RAM (up to 64 GB) and SSDs (two). These devices have a read/write SSD cache mode which I find unimpressive - it's okay, you can set up the SSDs as a separate high speed array and I recommend that.The 10gbit LAN connections have worked without issue. The i/o and latency is solid, I use both windows file sharing (CIFS/SAMBA) and linux (NFS)Most importantly, I just had my second drive failure (RAID6). Buzzer was off. I keep it by my desk, and it just pops up a red light on the bad drive tray - so you don't need to figure out which drive is bad, that red light tells you exactly where the issue is. I login to the web interface, see SMART error, so simply popped out the drive (while it is running), replaced the bad drive with a good one, and put that tray back in -- all while the system was running. The system automatically detected the new drive and began rebuilding the array - impressive data preservation! Now, I haven't investigated to see if this drive was ACTUALLY that bad, but I can say it was up for about 3 years before this, so it's not a common issue, and it's best practice to be cautious with un-backed-up RAID arraysThese are all great, but I do want to mention one bad thing which has struck this and many other NAS devices - hacking. Hackers will encrypt all the files and require bitcoin $ to decrypt. Asustor was historically hacked as such. I don't run any services that expose the box to the internet, and my box worked just fine through it all. Just be very careful, though, if you intend to both store important data on these AND connect it to the internet, it would be hacking vulnerable.

Everything has been plug and play so far... easy one click integration with apps on my phone, google gmail integration and apps on my windows clients. Added dual NVME cards ($80 each here on AMZN) and an extra 8gb stick (~$20) and yes this is a seriously fast machine. Running two RAID arrays, one for storage, one for backup, and then a 1TB SSD for OS and Apps. Connected to 10GBE ports via new switch (XGS1010-12-ZZ0101F) and have my primary windows client connected via 2.5GBE. The apps are all fine. Great for torrents, plex, remote file serving, email server, home automation, etc. Everything works as advertised. I would note that if you are new to the Linux world, you'll want to check out PuTTy so you can use command lines from a remote computer, learn about Portainer and Docker (youtube), and download WinSCP as a way to access the files remotely. Also, consider running a VPN service from the device (which is native to the OS) so you can safely remote into it when not on your home network. The only criticism I have is that the Atom based processors do get weighed down a lot. In the process of setting it up, my Plex library has taken days to build - probably 5x the duration of a high-end PC. I understand Asustor recently released a XEON processor version of this machine and it may be worth it for many people. The machine is not slow but certainly not what I'm used to running Plex on my PC. Wish I would have made that upgrade.

I got this to help back up my Synology system after an energy spike damaged 2 drives. after rebuilding the drives, i was able to start the backup process. I was surprised on how easy it is to mount other non-Synology Nas drives. There are YouTube videos on how to do this. I have not tested the ethernet 10gb connections as I am limited at the moment to 1 and 2.5 connections. my home network is setup for only 1gb connections So far this system is running find. but i have noisy hard drives. i bought. mounting this system to the Synology. allowed me to triple my storage on my Synology

AS6706T:Very well designed hardware - only one nit, see below. The software (ADM) has a way to go, but for most tasks is good enough. At nearly the same price/capacity point, Synology is behind in H/W and a bit more costly, so I'm happy with ASUSTOR.The fan is quiet and the disk noise is not amplified by the mounts. Temperatures seem OK except a bit high during RAID synchronization (RAID5 in my case).The only H/W nit is the screws used to hold the case together are small and it's easy to spoil the head. Quite a bit of torque was needed to loosen them. Putting a lot of axial force was needed to avoid spoiling the (Phillips?) screw and I didn't do that initially. I'd like to find a source for exactly matching screws.You need to remove the case to add SSDs and RAM, so unless you're not going to do either take care to avoid spoiling the screw heads.

Big fan of ASUS and this did not disappoint. Easy setup and does the job.