Today we are checking out two of the newest desktop NAS (Network Attached Storage) solutions from Synology, which are part of their growing Disk Station x12 series. The budget orientated DS212j is designed to deliver the feature rich DSM 3.2 software as a cost effective 2-bay device, while the more expensive DS212+ focuses on performance...

The DS212+ on the other hand shares the exact same design as its predecessor the DS211+. The DS212+ does receive a 25% higher clocked processor, though the memory capacity remained the same at 512MB. The key advantage of the DS212+ is the addition of USB 3.0 support. Honestly we feel this is an essential feature for all new NAS devices to support and we were disappointed to find it missing on the DS212j, as well as the recently reviewed QNAP TS-119P II and TS-219P II.