Review: Zyxel NAS540

Introduction and designMarketed as a four-bay personal cloud appliance, the NAS540 is Zyxel's offering in the tricky crossover market covering both demanding consumers and price-sensitive small businesses. The leading NAS vendors all want a share of this action which means stiff competition for the NAS540 which, although well specified, falls short in a couple of key areas.A good startA compact and affordable desktop storage appliance, the NAS540 sells for around £180 ex VAT without disks (arou