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Low-Cost NAS: Page 9 of 32

With its impressive mix of performance and features, the Snap Server 520 also nears the top of our price range, at $4,595. The system's flexibility makes it a great choice for many business apps, especially in environments that need both file and block-level storage. The Snap Server 520 has a limited three-year warranty on hardware and 90-day software coverage, and Adaptec offers numerous extended support options.

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Hewlett-Packard ProLiant ML310 G3 Storage Server

Hewlett-Packard takes a server-based approach to its NAS systems, and the ProLiant ML310 G3 is also sold as a general-purpose server. The main difference between the NAS, priced at $3,468, and the server version is the combination of software and drives installed. In our tests, the ML310's dual-core processor led the way in sheer computing power, with massive IO-per-second performance that proved it had muscle to spare. Although the server offers reasonable single-NIC performance, the availability of only one Gigabit Ethernet port limited its read/write performance, especially when compared with the dual-NIC, load-balancing systems from Adaptec and Aberdeen.