The ix2 has pretty good reviews besides the noise issue (I don't care about that) but all else is good. The ix2-200 2TB (2x1TB Drives included) costs me $209 and the Synology costs $209 without drives. My network is 10/100 only, but since I only need access to docs, its not a big deal. I have no need for Torrent clients, Samba, iTunes, DLNA or the like. These 2 devices (ix2-200 & Synology) are intriguing, but the difference is $100 between them. I want to shut it off and move my files to a NAS, preferably with RAID 1 capability. For the moment, one of my computers is on 24/7 serving the document I need to work on. I need an NAS for my documents and currently have 3 computers that can sometimes work on one file.