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For review we have the latest Synology DiskStation aimed at home users as well as small businesses, the DS916+. Powered by an Intel Pentium N3710 quad-core SoC, we are keen to see how well the DS916+ performs. Out of the box this NAS can house four 3.5” hard drives, giving it a maximum capacity of 32TB using the latest 8TB drives, while adding the DX513 expansion unit can boost capacity to a whopping 72TB... Surprisingly it has been a year since we reviewed anything larger than a 2-bay NAS from Synology, the company seems to have dropped off a bit with their product releases this year. Still as the new flagship 4-bay Synology NAS we had to check out the DS916+ and see how it stacks up against more recently reviewed products such as the QNAP TS-453A.
 In fact, the DS916+ is a direct competitor to the $600 TS-453A ($750 for the 8GB model) and already we like what Synology has done with pricing. The base model features 2GB of memory and costs $610 but unlike QNAP it appears Synology isn’t charging a ludicrous premium for their 8GB model as it costs just $50 more. The DiskStation DS916+ is essentially an upgraded version of the DS415+ that delivers new and upgraded components as well as the possibility to scale beyond its out of the box configuration. The DS415+ which was released back in late 2014 utilized the Intel Atom C2538 processor with 2GB of memory. Performance wise the DS415+ was great when it was released and even today remains quite strong though it does fall behind newer devices such as the QNAP TS-453A. The TS-453A of course makes use of the quad-core Celeron N3150, a much more powerful SoC. Synology will be hitting back with another quad-core Intel SoC, the very similar Pentium N3710. With this updated processor Synology says the DS916+ is more than capable of serving the day-to-day needs of most medium-sized businesses. They are also claiming transfer speeds of 225MB/s read and 221MB/s write when accessed via multiple clients. |
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ProX |
Posted on: 07/09/2016 02:54 AM
Good stuff as always but like you said not much changed other than the hardware, getting a bit boring now. |
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Steve0 |
Posted on: 07/09/2016 09:59 PM
I picked up a DS916+ a few weeks ago and really like it. The interface is extremely response and the throughput speeds are great. It's a little noisy at times though which is annoying. |
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heath |
Posted on: 07/10/2016 08:44 AM
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MarkH |
Posted on: 07/10/2016 10:55 AM
So does Synology offer a NAS with a HDMI output yet? Take advantage of that Intel SoC ffs! |