Patriot Valkyrie PCNASVK35S2

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Web browser UI provides easy management, Solid construction, Lowpriced compared with other products, Quiet operation, Includes print server, FTP, AV Server, ITunes server etc, It is supposed to support Hot Swapping Drives in RAID 1, PatriotMemory forum is
Price, Easy to configure and setup.
Lots of features, Easy to setup and maintain, Reasonably priced, Solid construction

Cons:

No firmware support till today to support AFP and NFS format option, No Raid 5, Transfer speed is rather slow when compared with normal PC system
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Last revision on August 22, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Web browser UI provides easy management, Solid construction, Lowpriced compared with other products, Quiet operation, Includes print server, FTP, AV Server, ITunes server etc, It is supposed to support Hot Swapping Drives in RAID 1, PatriotMemory forum is
Price, Easy to configure and setup
Lots of features, Easy to setup and maintain, Reasonably priced, Solid construction
Nicely made, Easy to use and set up, Front USB port for easy access, Relatively quiet

Reviewers Didn't Like

No firmware support till today to support AFP and NFS format option, No Raid 5, Transfer speed is rather slow when compared with normal PC system
You Patriot for making this review possible
Web interface could be a bit more polished
A bit slow, but not the slowest, No web interface

Expert reviews and ratings

The Valkyrie is one of the most user-friendly NAS devices we’ve tested to date. It offers competent performance coupled with a number of useful features that can benefit your everyday life....

By ITP.net on May 08, 2011

The Patriot Valkyrie is a nice quiet alternative to the popular DNS-323 dual-bay NAS. They both have basically the same feature set and Patriot makes theirs unique with the backup feature that can quickly and easily backup your USB media to the box....

By BCCHardware on April 21, 2010

For the price you can’t find a better NAS box I’m sure. The Patriot Valkyire might be budget priced but it dos have the features of those costing two-three times more than it does.Overall I like this little NAS box, it’s easy to use...

By Testfreaks on February 17, 2010

After spending some time experimenting with the Patriot Valkyrie NAS we can safely say that the device is a great great entry-level unit, well built and packed with many feature.. Many users are buying NAS servers in order to simply store files on...

By CDRinfo on July 01, 2010

The dual-disk Patriot Valkyrie is an entry-level NAS that has a robust metallic case and an outdated hardware platform whose performance is no higher than 15-20 MBps. It supports but the basic protocols, SMB/CIFS and FTP, and the latter is implemented...

By X-bit Labs on June 28, 2010

Aesthetically speaking, the Patriot Valkyrie is very easy on the eyes for a box, it has smooth lines, rounded edges and is dressed up with the LED's. This isn't a beauty contest that you are going to enter to show it off to the world however,...

By Pureoverclock on April 11, 2010

So at the end of it all where does the Patriot Valkyrie 2 Bay NAS stand? I think Patriot hits on their goal of building an inexpensive NAS device that has some nice services for the end consumer such as a print server, download manager and iTunes to...

By CCE Reviews on April 02, 2010

As a whole, Patriot marks some excellent points with the Valkyrie. First of all, lets put a price on this NAS. Patriot is targeting $140 after mail-in-rebate, which translates to a retail price of $160. The good news is that it's already available...

By Neoseeker on March 04, 2010

Given the fairly large feature set wrapped up in a well constructed, attractive unit, the Valkyrie is a good buy for those in the market for a simple home NAS. It supports up to 4TB of storage and has all the most commonly used functions like an FTP...

By TweakNews on March 01, 2010

The Patriot Valkyrie is a great little device to have in the home as it can serve as the central location for a lot of different applications. It can be used in the home or small business location. The Valkyrie can house all your important data and...

By Pro-Clockers on January 28, 2010

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