Western Digital revamped their 2-bay product line last month with the My Cloud EX2 Ultra. While the user experience with the mobile app(s) is vital, the presence of apps on the NAS itself is just an icing on the cake.
A performance powerhouse is rarely needed in this market segment. Most units sold in the 2-bay market are purchased by the average consumer who wants to back up photos and videos taken with mobile devices. Option 1 (2-bay): Western Digital My Cloud EX 2 Ultra Only products based on custom OSes are being considered in this guide. One important aspect here is that we are not going to talk about the high-end SMB market or the multitude of offerings that come with Windows Storage Server or some similar flavor. In this guide, we present suitable options for 2-,4- and 8-bay NAS units targeting the home consumer / SOHO market.
Synology DiskStation and RackStation Series. Buffalo LinkStation and TeraStation Series. Compared to previous years, we have removed the LenovoEMC i- and p- series, as well as the Seagate NAS and NAS Pro units, as they no longer seem to be available for purchase and no new products have been announced in the last year (even though their support forums are still active with official replies). The lineups mentioned below (in alphabetical order) are the ones that we are comfortable recommending for purchase after putting a few of their members through long-term testing. We have evaluated a large number of NAS units (with different bay-counts) over the last several years. Mobile and native NAS applications ecosystem. Value of invested time (in the case where there is a toss-up between the COTS and DIY routes). Required processing power (both file-serving and apps). Expected number of simultaneous clients. 
Business-oriented or home / multimedia-focused. Amount of storage needed (number of bays). Any consumer in the market for a NAS needs to consider the following aspects before deciding upon the budget: However, even within the same number of bays, we get NAS units spanning a wide price range. As a rule of thumb, one can say that the price of a NAS increases with the number of bays in it. The COTS NAS market can't be simply delineated based on price and performance. Today, we will take a look at the various options currently available in the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) network-attached storage (NAS) market space. Some of the announced products are either available for shipment right away or get into the market later in the quarter. That said, thanks to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in January, the first quarter of the calendar year provides glimpses into what vendors have in store for the foreseeable future. Releases for different market segments are spread throughout the year. 
Network-attached storage vendors do not usually follow a regular yearly cadence in updating their offerings.
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