** OcUK TECH LAB - PERFORMANCE STORAGE SOLUTIONS **

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Today we are officially launching our bespoke range of Pre-Populated NAS units. Due to increasing demand for pre configured NAS solutions from our home and business customers, we have expanded our Tech Labs range to include performance storage.

Business NAS units until now have been assembled by suppliers and shipped out directly. This is standard practice for most online retailers.
OcUK have a different approach. With an OcUK Tech Labs NAS Solution, you are guaranteed that your NAS assembly is carried out by a skilled expert technician and importantly, quality controlled by a Senior Technical Supervisor. This ensures that your unit arrives with you ready to build a storage array that suits your requirements.

The OcUK Tech Lab Populated NAS Solutions come in all shapes and sizes to suit your requirements.
If you wish for a NAS to be configured with alternative drives or to use a unit that we do not list, please contact our sales or business to business team who would be happy to offer a quote on a bespoke unit if required.

VIEW THE FULL RANGE HERE


Here are some of the highlights of the range:


OcUK Tech Lab - Synology Diskstation DS111 - 1 Bay 2TB NAS Solution @ £299.98 inc VAT

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OcUK Tech Lab Performance Network Attached Storage is the perfect solution for all of your data needs. The OcUK Tech Labs Nas range includes the bestselling models from Synology and QNAP and come populated with ultra-reliable, Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drives

Each OcUK Tech Labs NAS Solution is assembled by an expert giving you peace of mind that the data you value is in safe hands.

Our entire NAS range is tested after installation to ensure that the hardware is functioning properly, after this a Senior Technical Supervisor is tasked with Quality Assurance to ensure that your Home or Business NAS solution reaches you in perfect condition, ready to configure your storage array.

Synology DiskStation DS111 is an affordable and full-featured 1-bay NAS server designed to increase productivity for business workgroups. Cross platform file sharing, rich office applications, data backup and security are easily achieved in a flexible solution. Running on DiskStation Manager 3.0 (DSM 3.0) operating system, it delivers ease of use and variety of features.
The Synology DS111 delivers an average 105.59 MB/sec reading speed in a Windows environment, and 60.71 MB/sec writing. The Synology DS111 provides a reliable solution for data sharing with an easy to use interface, and comprehensive office applications, including a complete backup solution making it one of the best values in 1-bay NAS devices available today.
Synology DSM 3.0 operating system offers intuitive and easy-to-use web experience. For users who are limited on time and not familiar with configuring complicated routers, the Synology EZ-Internet Wizard simplifies the process of setting up access to the Synology DS111 from the Internet. The EZ-Internet Wizard steps through all of the settings including firewall settings, port-forwarding, PPPoE setup and DDNS registration.
The multi-tasking web UI on DSM 3.0 lets users to run multiple applications simultaneously on one tab browser and switch between them instantly. User Home feature makes creating private shared folders for a large number of users an easy task as it minimizes the steps and time for the administrator to create private shared folders. Sub-folder privilege settings further extend the flexibility to allocate permissions for different workgroups. All of these features are performed in a web browser, akin to a full desktop experience.
Data protection is an important matter for business of all sizes. Synology DS111 comes with share-level AES 256-bit encryption to aid in the prevention of unauthorized access attempts to the hard drives.
The Synology DS111 offers a centralized backup target to consolidate fragmented and unstructured data across a network. PC Users can back up their data to the Synology DS111 using the free Synology Data Replicator software, while Mac OS X users enjoy native Apple® Time Machine integration. A web-based backup wizard is provided for backing up data in the Synology DS111 to another Synology DiskStation or any rsync server via an encrypted transmission, or to an external hard drive via USB or eSATA connection. In addition, backing up to the cloud using Amazon® S3 service is also supported.


• Assembled In House by Expert OcUK Technical Staff
• 2TB Storage Capacity (1X Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Hard Drive)
• Optimal Price/Performance Ratio
• Windows+Mac+Linux Cross Platform File Sharing
• Rich Office Applications
• Effortless File Backup
• Peace of Mind with AES 256-bit Share-level encryption
Our Tech Labs NAS Solutions are configured in house by our technicians. We endeavour to keep stock of all items at all times.
Should an item be in short supply or unavailable it will be exchanged for a suitable alternative.
Custom Units can take 24 to 48 hours



Only £299.98 inc VAT.

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OcUK Tech Lab - Synology Diskstation DS212+ - 2 Bay 4TB NAS Solution @ £539.98 inc VAT

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OcUK Tech Lab Performance Network Attached Storage is the perfect solution for all of your data needs. The OcUK Tech Labs Nas range includes the bestselling models from Synology and QNAP and come populated with ultra-reliable, Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drives.

Each OcUK Tech Labs NAS Solution is assembled by an expert giving you peace of mind that the data you value is in safe hands.

Our entire NAS range is tested after installation to ensure that the hardware is functioning properly, after this a Senior Technical Supervisor is tasked with Quality Assurance to ensure that your Home or Business NAS solution reaches you in perfect condition, ready to configure your storage array.

Synology DiskStation DS212+ Enclosure - High-Performance 2-bay All-in-1 NAS Server
Key Features

• Assembled In House by Expert OcUK Technical Staff
• 4TB Storage Capacity (2X Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Hard Drive)
• 109 MB/sec Reading, 56 MB/sec Writing
• Features SuperSpeed USB 3.0
• Hardware Encryption Engine
• Windows ACL Support
• Cool and Quiet Design

Synology DiskStation DS212+ offers a high-performance, secure, and full-featured network attached storage solution that helps small and medium-sized businesses centralize backup, protect critical assets and share files quickly and efficiently. Synology protects your investment in the DS212+ with a 2-year limited warranty.

Our Tech Labs NAS Solutions are configured in house by our technicians. We endeavour to keep stock of all items at all times.
Should an item be in short supply or unavailable it will be exchanged for a suitable alternative.
Custom Units can take 24 to 48 hours




Only £539.98 inc VAT.

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OcUK Tech Lab - Synology Diskstation DS1511+ - 5 Bay 15TB NAS Solution @ £1,599.98 inc VAT

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OcUK Tech Lab Performance Network Attached Storage is the perfect solution for all of your data needs. The OcUK Tech Labs Nas range includes the bestselling models from Synology and QNAP and come populated with ultra-reliable, Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drives

Each OcUK Tech Labs NAS Solution is assembled by an expert giving you peace of mind that the data you value is in safe hands.

Our entire NAS range is tested after installation to ensure that the hardware is functioning properly, after this a Senior Technical Supervisor is tasked with Quality Assurance to ensure that your Home or Business NAS solution reaches you in perfect condition, ready to configure your storage array.

Synology DiskStation DS1511+ offers a high-performance, scalable, and full-featured network attached storage solution that meets the needs of small and medium-sized businesses that require an efficient way to centralize data protection, simplify data management, and rapidly scale storage capacity with minimal time spent on setup and management.

Key Features


• Assembled In House by Expert OcUK Technical Staff
• 15TB Storage Capacity (5X Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB Hard Drive)
• Windows ADS and ACL support
• iSCSI Support as Virtualization Solution
• Scale up to 15 Drives with Synology DX510
• 2 LAN with Failover and Link Aggregation Support
• Hot-swappable Hard Drives

High Performance, High Data Availability
With the Link Aggregation enabled, Synology DS1511+ delivers an average 165.91 MB/sec writing speed under RAID 5 configuration in a Windows environment, and 197.8 MB/sec reading. The 2 LAN with failover support and hot-swappable drives will ensure continual service uptime should the drives need replacement or the unexpected LAN failure. Businesses need a strong foundation to face mission-critical tasks so the Synology DS1511+ delivers high-performance with high data availability ensuring access when it’s needed.

Fit to Business Environment
Windows ADS integration allows the Synology DS1511+ to quickly and easily fit in an existing business network environment with no need to recreate users’ accounts on the Synology DS1511+. The User Home feature minimizes the administrator’s effort in creating a private shared folder for a large amount of users.

Windows ACL support on DS1511+ provides much finer-grained access control and efficient privilege settings, allowing IT staffs to set up privileges to files and folders on DS1511+ through their familiar Windows user interface. The privileges set on Windows ACL will be applied to all access entries, including AFP, FTP, File Station, NFS and WebDAV. The secure privilege offers IT staff peace of mind, no worries about any loopholes.

iSCSI and Virtualization Ready
With the iSCSI support in DSM 3.0, the Synology DS1511+ provides a seamless storage solution for virtualization servers, such as VMware, Hyper-V, and Citrix. It is the ideal alternative to SAN solution for businesses. Affordable and cost-effective, iSCSI allows SMB users to consolidate storage into data center storage arrays while providing hosts with the illusion of locally-attached disks.

Robust & Affordable Scalability Up to 45 TB
When the storage capacity of the Synology DS1511+ is nearing its limits, it can easily be expanded by the Synology DX5103. The Synology DX510 securely connects to the Synology DS1511+ via an eSATA cable of specially-designed connectors on both ends to ensure maximum throughput. The Synology DX510 can directly expand the existing storage on the Synology DS1511+ to a maximum 45 TB capacity.

Full-featured Business Applications
The Synology DS1511+ runs on the renowned operating system, Synology DSM 3.0, offering comprehensive applications and features designed specifically for SMBs. Comprehensive network protocol support assures seamless file sharing across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.

Internet file access is simplified by the encrypted FTP server and the web-based file explorer, Synology File Station. HTTPS, firewall, and IP auto-block support ensure file sharing over the Internet is protected at a high security level.

A wealth of additional features allows the Synology DS1511+ to replace several pieces of network hardware. Synology Web Station with support for PHP/MySQL content allows for the hosting of up to 30 websites on a single Synology DS1511+. Synology Surveillance Station offers a centralized interface to safeguard the office environments by deploying IP cameras throughout the network. The Mail Station add-on turns a Synology DS1511+ into a mail server with only few steps of installation and the USB printer sharing capability minimizes businesses’ printing cost by sharing printing resources throughout the office.

Energy Efficient Design
Synology DiskStations are designed and developed with energy efficiency in mind. Compared with the average PC counterparts, Synology DiskStations consume a relatively low amount of power and have the hard drives hibernate when not in use.

All Synology products are produced with RoHS compliant parts and packed with recyclable packing materials. Synology acknowledges the responsibility as a global citizen to continually work to reduce the environmental impact of every product produced.

Our Tech Labs NAS Solutions are configured in house by our technicians. We endeavour to keep stock of all items at all times.
Should an item be in short supply or unavailable it will be exchanged for a suitable alternative.

Custom Units can take 24 to 48 hours



Only £1,599.98 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW





OcUK Tech Lab - QNAP Turbo NAS TS-219P II - 2 Bay 4TB NAS Solution @ £539.99 inc VAT

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OcUK Tech Lab Performance Network Attached Storage is the perfect solution for all of your data needs. The OcUK Tech Labs Nas range includes the bestselling models from Synology and QNAP and come populated with ultra-reliable, Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drives.

Each OcUK Tech Labs NAS Solution is assembled by an expert giving you peace of mind that the data you value is in safe hands.

Our entire NAS range is tested after installation to ensure that the hardware is functioning properly, after this a Senior Technical Supervisor is tasked with Quality Assurance to ensure that your Home or Business NAS solution reaches you in perfect condition, ready to configure your storage array.

Featuring versatile applications for data storing, sharing, and backup, paired with top-notch hardware specifications among the same class products, the TS-219P II provides an extraordinary solution for home and SOHO environments. Besides, its cross-platform support provides a seamless file sharing solution for Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX users.

To respond to the growing needs of data protection, the TS-219P II provides local backup, remote backup, and cloud backup alternatives for safeguarding important data with an additional copy. In addition to providing efficient data sharing and backup, the capability of streaming videos, music, and photos to a variety of home devices, such as UPnP TV sets, hi-fi audio sets, Sony PS3, and Microsoft XBOX360, makes the TS-219P II a fun digital home centre.<br>

The intuitive MyCloudNAS service simplifies the process of publishing contents in the TS-219P II over the Internet and helps create a personal cloud in just few steps. When on the go, the mobile app QMobile provides users who own an iOS or Android mobile device with a handy way to access the TS-219P II instantly.

• Assembled In House by Expert OcUK Technical Staff
• 4TB Storage Capacity (2X Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Hard Drive)
• Cross-platform Data Sharing Centre
• Complete Backup Solutions
• Revolutionary Home Video, Music & Photo Centre
• Personal/Private Cloud Storage
• QMobile App for On-the-go Contents Access
• Warranty period: 24 Months

Our Tech Labs NAS Solutions are configured in house by our technicians. We endeavour to keep stock of all items at all times.
Should an item be in short supply or unavailable it will be exchanged for a suitable alternative.

Custom Units can take 24 to 48 hours

Only £539.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW





OcUK Tech Lab - QNAP Turbo NAS TS-419P II - 4 Bay 8TB NAS Solution @ £939.98 inc VAT

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OcUK Tech Lab Performance Network Attached Storage is the perfect solution for all of your data needs. The OcUK Tech Labs Nas range includes the bestselling models from Synology and QNAP and come populated with ultra-reliable, Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drives

Each OcUK Tech Labs NAS Solution is assembled by an expert giving you peace of mind that the data you value is in safe hands.

Our entire NAS range is tested after installation to ensure that the hardware is functioning properly, after this a Senior Technical Supervisor is tasked with Quality Assurance to ensure that your Home or Business NAS solution reaches you in perfect condition, ready to configure your storage array.

Featuring versatile applications for data storing, sharing, and backup, paired with top-notch hardware specifications among the same class products, the TS-419P II provides an extraordinary solution for home and SOHO environments.

The TS-419P II delivers outstanding performance at over 109 MB/s download speed and 75 MB/s upload speed with RAID 5 configuration under Windows network setup. Its cross-platform support provides a seamless file sharing solution for Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX users.

To respond to the growing needs of data protection, the TS-419P II provides local backup, remote backup, and cloud backup alternatives for safeguarding important data with an additional copy. In addition to providing efficient data sharing and backup, the capability of streaming videos, music, and photos to a variety of home devices, such as UPnP TV sets, hi-fi audio sets, Sony® PS3, and Microsoft® XBOX360, makes the TS-419P II a fun digital home centre.

The intuitive MyCloudNAS service simplifies the process of publishing contents in the TS-419P II over the Internet and helps create a personal cloud in just few steps. When on the go, the mobile app QMobile provides users who own an iOS or Android mobile device with a handy way to access the TS-419P II instantly.

• Assembled In House by Expert OcUK Technical Staff
• 8TB Storage Capacity (4X Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Hard Drive)
• Cross-platform Data Sharing Centre.
• Complete Backup Solutions.
• Revolutionary Home Video, Music & Photo Centre.
• Personal/Private Cloud Storage.
• QMobile App for On-the-go Contents Access.
• Superior Performance with 2.0 GHz CPU.
• Energy-efficient & Eco-friendly.

Our Tech Labs NAS Solutions are configured in house by our technicians. We endeavour to keep stock of all items at all times.
Should an item be in short supply or unavailable it will be exchanged for a suitable alternative.

Custom Units can take 24 to 48 hours

Only £939.98 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW






OcUK Tech Lab - QNAP Turbo NAS TS-859 PRO+ - 8 Bay 24TB NAS Solution @ £2,779.98 inc VAT

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OcUK Tech Lab Performance Network Attached Storage is the perfect solution for all of your data needs. The OcUK Tech Labs Nas range includes the bestselling models from Synology and QNAP and come populated with ultra-reliable, Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drives

Each OcUK Tech Labs NAS Solution is assembled by an expert giving you peace of mind that the data you value is in safe hands

Our entire NAS range is tested after installation to ensure that the hardware is functioning properly, after this a Senior Technical Supervisor is tasked with Quality Assurance to ensure that your Home or Business NAS solution reaches you in perfect condition, ready to configure your storage array.

Superior performance NAS with iSCSI for business.

Key Features

• Assembled In House by Expert OcUK Technical Staff
• 24TB Storage Capacity (8X Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB Hard Drive)
• The most affordable and flexible virtualization solution
• New iSCSI for virtualization deployments
• Superior performance and energy-saving design
• Advanced RAID management with hot-swap design
• Complete data backup solution

Modern business faces the challenge of dramatic growth of digital data, including documents, emails, applications, and so on. To deploy the IT environment with a reliable, affordable and expandable storage center to securely store, share, and back up the digital assets has become an important task for the server managers of the SMB and entry-level enterprise nowadays.

TS-859 Pro+ houses up to eight 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch SATA hard disk drives, incorporates Intel® Atom™ dual core 1.8GHz processor and 1GB memory, and is capable of delivering ultra high performance, reliability, and lower power consumption during intensive data transfers. The NAS is an efficient and powerful business storage center with advanced iSCSI services, cross-platform data sharing, and all-in-one server applications. With VMware® Ready™ and Citrix® Ready™ certification, and proven compatibility with Microsoft Hyper-V environment, the NAS is an ideal shared storage solution in the virtualized and clustered environment.

The Most Affordable and Flexible Virtualization Solution<br>
TS-859 Pro+ is certified as compatible with VMware® vSphere4 (ESX 4.0 and above) and Citrix® XenServer virtualization platforms, and is also compliant with Windows 2008 Failover Cluster. The NAS can be utilized as the network shared storage of VMware, Citrix virtualization environments and Windows clustered servers. Comparing with traditional SAN (Storage Area Network), the NAS is a competitive alternative with much lower setup and maintenance costs in an IP SAN.

Feature-rich and Integrated Applications for Business<br>
The NAS supports file sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux, and UNIX platforms. Versatile business applications such as file server, FTP server, printer server, web server, and Windows AD (Active Directory) support are provided. The dominant features, such as WebDAV, Share Folder Aggregation (also known as DFS), IPv6 and IPv4 dual-stack, Wake on LAN, schedule power on/ off, HDD S.M.A.R.T, comprehensive log systems, and policy-based unauthorized IP blocking are all included.

Storage Expansion by Virtual Disk Drive (VDD)
The NAS supports flexible storage expansion by stacking other iSCSI targets on the network via its built-in iSCSI initiator. The connected iSCSI targets are turned into "virtual disk drives" of the NAS to provide more storage capacity.

Superior Performance and Energy-saving Design<br>
The NAS delivers superior performance and high reliability for critical business applications. It is optimized to achieve low noise and low power consumption for environment protection.

Wake on LAN
Enable this option to power on Turbo NAS remotely by Wake on LAN.

HDD Stand-by Mode
Save power consumption by enabling this option to make HDD enter stand-by mode if there is no access within the specific period.

Scheduled Power On/Off
You can create schedules to automatically turn on, turn off, or restart the NAS. Up to 15 schedules can bet set.

Advanced RAID Management with Hot-swap Design
Turbo NAS offers RAID 0, 1, 5, 5 + hot spare, 6, 6 + hot spare, single, and JBOD disk configurations. It also supports hot-swap design that a failed member drive of a RAID configuration (RAID 1 or above only) can be replaced by hot swapping without turning off the server.

Complete Data Backup Solution
The NAS offers complete backup solution for data protection, including cloud-based storage backup (Amazon S3), Apple Time Machine support, encrypted remote replication, third party software backup, one-touch-copy backup and QNAP exclusive Windows-based utility NetBak Replicator. You can choose different backup modes for redundant data backup.

Our Tech Labs NAS Solutions are configured in house by our technicians. We endeavour to keep stock of all items at all times.
Should an item be in short supply or unavailable it will be exchanged for a suitable alternative.

Custom Units can take 24 to 48 hours



Only £2,779.98 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
Yowch, hell of a price premium over picking up a HP Microserver and drives then bunging on freeNAS or one of the many other capable distros.

If I were OCUK That's the route I'd have gone - supply pre-built microservers and other cases that can handle high storage density along with quiet fans and low power components.
I'd love to be able to get a reasonably quiet chassis that can handle 15 or so drives, ideally hot-swap and running UnRAID so I can bung all my old drives in and use it as backup space for my main file server. Plenty of options available in the states but overseas shipping more than doubles the cost and puts them out of my price range. I'm probably going to have to build my own in the end.
 
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Microservers only really make sense because of the £100 cashback.

To get the cashback you need to buy from a HP Reseller.

I can’t see any reason why OcUK couldn’t become a HP reseller if they wanted to, but it wouldn’t really fit in with the rest of their offering.
 
Hi Guys

I am aware of the popularity of HP Microservers, the only problem that we have is that our cost price of that unit makes very little business sense.

Afterall, why would you guys buy a HP server from us when the manufacturer offers cash back if you buy direct.

admittedly the HP Microserver is a brilliant unit, and it offers value that is difficult to beat currently. But for mass storage options and a convenient 'preconfigured' interface the Synology and QNAP units have a lot going for them.

A lot of our small business customers use large capacity NAS units as a secondary backup to a Server as well due to how flexible the units can be.

I personally think that a NAS is best suited in the home as the multimedia features are great, certainly a 'don't know how I lived without it' item.
 
makes a lot of sense for a small buisness user :)

BUT

beyond slapping in the drives and loading in the supplied OS for Syn or QNAP do you do anything else?

do you set up the users/shares, sync or backups? config the network IP etc?

The newest Synology DMS 3.2 is a doddle to set up for most forum members here, so I don't quite see the benefit ?
 
At the end of the day guys not everyone is tech savvy enough to be able to build one of these units themselves, so purchasing the ready made solution is much easier.

Plug in and play and all that.

Looks good!
 
At the end of the day guys not everyone is tech savvy enough to be able to build one of these units themselves, so purchasing the ready made solution is much easier.

Plug in and play and all that.

Looks good!

Understood.... but if you have no idea how to put some drives in ... how the heck are you going to work out how to set up all the users, groups, access permissions and everything else?

If the service provided 1 to 1 set up for the client it would be more attractive surely? :cool:
 
Am I the only one in not seeing what OCuK are doing here that is different? At the very least its not clearly explained, perhaps a clear explanation as to the what to the end user is to expect may increase sales, otherwise I fail to see the point in the - someone does some work, but we don't really trust them so someone else has to check it. Not being rude, but they're pretty small arrays, we're not talking SANs...
 
OcUK TECH LAB PERFORMANCE STORAGE SOLU

I saw this line of products at a local Menards just last week. Check in their shelving/storage aisles. Im not sure they had all the various pieces but they did have some of it.
 
makes a lot of sense for a small buisness user :)

BUT

beyond slapping in the drives and loading in the supplied OS for Syn or QNAP do you do anything else?

do you set up the users/shares, sync or backups? config the network IP etc?

The newest Synology DMS 3.2 is a doddle to set up for most forum members here, so I don't quite see the benefit ?

again, for forum members or anyone tech savvy it is not a problem. I personally wasnt going to bother but NAS is a big growth area for us at the moment, especially with our business accounts.

It seems that a lot of the IT department buyers see a pre populated NAS as a better call than risking a DOA drive.

obviously the QNAP/Synology interfaces are simple to set up and walk you through installation in baby steps so it is a doddle to set up. But having the hardware confirmed as working and QCd before it ships is a big factor for a lot of customers.
its not a big service but then again, there is not a big premium on it like you would have with a pre built system.

main factor is 1st year warranty which is looked after by our tech labs team. swapouts for faulty drives are an option I am looking at in the future :)
 
again, for forum members or anyone tech savvy it is not a problem. I personally wasnt going to bother but NAS is a big growth area for us at the moment, especially with our business accounts.

It seems that a lot of the IT department buyers see a pre populated NAS as a better call than risking a DOA drive.

obviously the QNAP/Synology interfaces are simple to set up and walk you through installation in baby steps so it is a doddle to set up. But having the hardware confirmed as working and QCd before it ships is a big factor for a lot of customers.
its not a big service but then again, there is not a big premium on it like you would have with a pre built system.

main factor is 1st year warranty which is looked after by our tech labs team. swapouts for faulty drives are an option I am looking at in the future :)

OK :)

Going on current pricing the Syn 211+ package is only a tenner (£10) for the pre sales QC checks (based on non weekly offer prices)

:) :)

With HDD pricing as fluid as it is you'll have to keep a sharp eye on pricing of this range to keep it competitive :cool:
 
again, for forum members or anyone tech savvy it is not a problem. I personally wasnt going to bother but NAS is a big growth area for us at the moment, especially with our business accounts.

It seems that a lot of the IT department buyers see a pre populated NAS as a better call than risking a DOA drive.

obviously the QNAP/Synology interfaces are simple to set up and walk you through installation in baby steps so it is a doddle to set up. But having the hardware confirmed as working and QCd before it ships is a big factor for a lot of customers.
its not a big service but then again, there is not a big premium on it like you would have with a pre built system.

main factor is 1st year warranty which is looked after by our tech labs team. swapouts for faulty drives are an option I am looking at in the future :)

You need to reword the original post + other information to say that, as from the description its not clear at all.
 
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