The LCD screen on the front panel, displays the status of the USB drives connected to it, and supplies info such as link status, IP address, data, time, etc. There are two unmarked buttons to the right hand side of the LCD, which are supposed to be the directional keys for the LCD. They may be a little confusing at first, but you get used to it real quick. The key to Seagate Black Armors back up solution is the very intelligent Acronis True Image, which provides licenses for 10 computers. This makes it capable to perform a full system restore on a crashed computer which is stored in the armors as back up memory. Some of the other unique and effective features of the armor include the creation of separate accounts. This can be done through a default ‘admin’ account, admin account can be used to access the device, but it has very limited access like you cannot use the remote NAS server  [...]

The QNAP TS-239 can function like a full ledged computer. It has a huge list features that require the internet. to use the web interface the Nap’s software is included or you can simply type the devices IP address in the browser. The intuitive web interface is reliable and is some what similar to the user-interface of the Windows operating Systems. The QNAP also consists of basic NAS server features that allow you to use it as a FTP server. Then the list continued with an iTunes server, a DNLA media server, a Print server (supports three printers). The other exceptional features included the Download Station, a Surveillance Station, an in built iSCSI target service, AES 256-bit volume-based encryption and dual-Ethernet. All the features worked brilliantly but don’t expect the dual- Ethernet to increase the speed, coz it doesn’t, it does however,  [...]