Attached Storage) devices, seeing launches from the likes of LaCie, Netgear and Thecus. Taiwan-based Synology has joined the party with its Disk Station DS209+, a solution that bring reasonable performance on a smaller scale to entry-level businesses and home-based enthusiasts. Let's not get carried away though, the Disk Station DS209+ doesn't have the build quality of Netgear's ReadyNAS NV+, but it is packed with more features and runs faster. It's not cheap at 399 without any hard drives, but once you add a couple of drives there is no stopping it.