Storage Solutions
The need to store data reliability is essential to computing and business continuity. The storage solutions presented on this page are recommendations based on our research and experience. We are an affiliate of Amazon and the links provided below will take you to the product page where you can make your purchase. It does not cost you anything additional, but Amazon will provide us with a small payment in support of your local business. These products meet a wide range of use cases. We can also assist you in selecting the ideal product that best fits your specific need.
Direct Attached Storage
Portable Drives (for high-end laptops)
USB C (3.1)
Thunderbolt 3
Glyph BlackBox Plus
TEKQ Rapide Thunderbolt 3
Features
Features
Drive Type
Interface
Capacity
Transfer Speed
Size (WxDxH)
Weight
Warranty
SSD
USB C 3.1 – Compatible with:
USB 3.0, 2.0 & Thunderbolt 3
512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3.8TB & 7.68TB
Up to 450MB/sec
93 x 145 x 20 mm
476g
3 years
Drive Type
Interface
Capacity
Transfer Speed
Size (WxDxH)
Weight
Warranty
SSD
Thunderbolt 3 – Not compatible with:
USB C 3.1 or Thunderbolt 1 & 2
240GB, 480GB, 960GB
Read 2.3GB/sec & Write 1.3GB/sec
45 x 98 x 12 mm
135g
1 year
Portable Drives (for most laptops)
Thunderbolt & USB 3.0
FireWire 800 & USB 3.0
G-DRIVE Mobile with Thunderbolt
OWC Mercury On-The-Go
Features
Features
Drive Type
Interface
Capacity
Transfer Speed
Size (WxDxH)
Weight
Warranty
Conventional
Thunderbolt & USB 3.0
1TB
Up to 136MB/sec
82 x 129 x 13 mm
295g
3 years
Drive Type
Interface
Capacity
Transfer Speed
Size (WxDxH)
Weight
Warranty
Enclosure (You choose the hard drive)
Thunderbolt & USB 3.0/2.0
TBD
TBD
76 x 140 x 25 mm
312g
1 year
Desktop Drives (Non-RAID)
Thunderbolt 3 & USB C
FireWire 800 & USB 3.0
G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt
OWC Mercury Elite Pro
Features
Features
Drive Type
Interface
Capacity
Transfer Speed
Size (WxDxH)
Weight
Warranty
Conventional
Thunderbolt 3 & USB 3.1/3.0/2.0
2TB, 6TB, 8TB & 10TB
Up to 250MB/sec
5.12 x 8.27 x 1.79 inch
2.73 lbs
5 years
Drive Type
Interface
Capacity
Transfer Speed
Size (WxDxH)
Weight
Warranty
Enclosure (You choose the hard drive)
FireWire 800 & USB 3.0/2.0
TBD
Up to 300MB/sec
4.6 x 9 x 1.5 inch
3 lbs
1 year
Desktop Drives (RAID)
Dual Drive Array
5 Drive Array
Thunder3 RAID Station
OWC Mercury On-The-Go
Features
Features
Drive Type
Interface
Capacity
RAID Support
Transfer Speed
Size (LxWxH)
Weight
Warranty
Enclosure (You choose the hard drives)
Thunderbolt 3 & USB 3.0/2.0
Up to 20 TB in RAID 0
RAID 0, RAID 1, SPAN, Non-RAID
Thunderbolt 3: 40 Gbit / USB 3.1: 10 Gbit
23.8cm x 8.5cm x 14.7cm
6.35 lbs
2 years
Drive Type
Interface
Capacity
RAID Support
Transfer Speed
Size (WxDxH)
Weight
Warranty
Enclosure (You choose the hard drive)
Thunderbolt 3
Up to 60 TB in RAID 0
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, JBOD, and Single
Thunderbolt 3: 40 Gbit
227 x 225 x 136 mm
2.46 kg
2 years
Network Access Storage (NAS)
2-Bay Freestanding
Standard
Fire & Water Proof
Synology DiskStation DS218+
ioSafe 218
Features
Features
Processor
Memory
Capacity
Interfaces
Size (HxWxD)
Weight
Noise Level
Warranty
Intel Celeron J3355, Dual Core 2.0 burst up to 2.5 GHz
2 GB DDR3L expandable to 6GB
Up to 12TB in mirrored RAID 1
RJ-45 1GbE LAN, USB 3.0 & eSATA
165 x 108 x 232.2 mm
1.30 kg
19.3 dB
2 years
Processor
Memory
Capacity
Interfaces
Size (WxDxH)
Weight
Noise Level
Warranty
Marvell Armada 385 Dual Core 1.3 Ghz
512MB DDR3
Up to 8TB in mirrored RAID 1
RJ-45 1GbE LAN, 2 xUSB 3.0, USB 2.0
150 x 230 x 292 mm
28 lbs (12.7 kg)
19.9 dB
1 year
5-Bay Freestanding
Standard
Fire & Water Proof
Synology DiskStation DS1517+
OWC Mercury On-The-Go
Features
Features
Processor
Memory
Capacity
Interfaces
Size (HxWxD)
Weight
Noise Level
Warranty
Intel Atom C2538, Quad Core 2.4 GHz
2/8 GB DDR3 expandable to 16GB
Up to 36TB in RAID 6
4 x RJ-45 1GbE LAN, 4 x USB 3.0 & 2 x eSATA
166 x 250 x 243 mm
4.46 kg
26.2 dB
3 years
Processor
Memory
Capacity
Interfaces
Size (HxWxD)
Weight
Noise Level
Warranty
Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-314, Quad Core 1.7 GHz
2 GB DDR3L
Up to 36TB in RAID 6
4 x RJ-45 1GbE LAN, 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x eSATA
157 x 248 x 233 mm
4.15 kg
22.4 dB
3 years
Rackmount
4-Bay
12-Bay
Synology RackStation RS818+
Synology RackStation RS2418RP+
Features
Features
Processor
Memory
Capacity
Interfaces
Size (HxWxD)
Weight
Noise Level
Warranty
Intel Atom C2538, Quad Core 2.4 GHz2
2GB DDR3 expandable to 16GB
Up to 24TB in RAID 6 or 10
4 x RJ-45 1GbE LAN, 2 x USB 3.0 & eSATA
44 x 480 x 492.6 mm
6.21 kg
28.5 dB
3 years
Processor
Memory
Capacity
Interfaces
Size (HxWxD)
Weight
Noise Level
Warranty
Intel Atom C3538, Quad Core 2.1 GHz
4 GB DDR4 expandable to 64GB
Up to 120TB in RAID 6
4 x RJ-45 1GbE LAN & 2 x USB 3.0
88 x 482 x 724 mm
13.85 kg
54.1 dB
3 years
Bare Drives (SATA)
Conventional Hard Drives
Recommended
High Capacity
Seagate BarraCuda Pro Hard Drive 2TB
Seagate BarraCuda Pro Hard Drive 8TB
Features
Features
Form Factor & Intf
Spindle Speed
Max Sust. Transfer Rate
Cache
Operating Power
Weight
Warranty
3.5″ SATA 6Gb/sec
7200 rpm
195 MB/s
128MB
9 Watt
550g / 1.21lb
5 years
Form Factor & Intf
Spindle Speed
Max Sust. Transfer Rate
Cache
Operating Power
Weight
Warranty
3.5″ SATA 6Gb/sec
7200 rpm
220 MB/s
256MB
6.8 Watt
705g / 1.554lb
5 years
Conventional Hard Drives designed for NAS
Minimum Capacity
High Capacity
Western Digital Red Pro 2TB
Western Digital Red Pro 8TB
Features
Features
Form Factor & Intf
Spindle Speed
Max Sust. Transfer Rate
Cache
Operating Power
Weight
Warranty
3.5″ SATA 6Gb/sec
7200 rpm
164 MB/s
64MB
7.8 Watt
1.58 lbs / 0.72 kg
5 years
Form Factor & Intf
Spindle Speed
Max Sust. Transfer Rate
Cache
Operating Power
Weight
Warranty
3.5″ SATA 6Gb/sec
7200 rpm
235 MB/s
256MB
8.8 Watt
1.58 lbs / 0.72 kg
5 years
