The Synology DS411+ is one of the most powerful Atom based NAS devices we have come across, the Intel Atom D510 seems perfectly suited for this kind of use. Given the specifications, the DS411+ performed as anticipated and proved to be a great quality product that we can highly recommend to anyone looking at a four bay NAS device for the home or small office.
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Shawn |
Posted on: 04/27/2011 04:56 PM
I find this completely useless without raid 5 or 6 performance numbers. spending this amount of money for RAID 0 (oxymoron) makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, especially since it looks to be retailing at around $600 with no disks! |
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Booster |
Posted on: 04/27/2011 09:24 PM
Great looking product, certainly one of the better examples that I have seen. Thanks for the in depth review. |
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ProX |
Posted on: 04/27/2011 09:40 PM
@ Shawn - I really do no see what you problem is or how a lack of RAID5/6 testing makes the review completely useless. For measuring maximum performance RAID0 is the best option. While most will use RAID5 as it allows you to get away with a single drive dropping out, for benchmarking RAID0 makes more sense. That said RAID5 is only slightly slower. The fact that the device can do it and the review makes mention of that should be enough. What would have been nice is if you were able to include the TS-459 Pro II Turbo NAS for comparison, in RAID0 of course :P |
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happycamper |
Posted on: 04/28/2011 02:02 AM
Man I am so happy you guys took it apart. I have been trying to work out what chipset or controller they used for the RAID. A few other reviews said it was the NM10 Express but never uncovered what the RAID controller might be since this chipset does not support RAID. Any mystery solved its the ICH9R which is great! |
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zeno |
Posted on: 04/28/2011 09:58 AM
Nice review thanks. The DSM 3.1 software is very good, I purchased the DS211 for use at home and cannot believe all the stuff it can do. Though when you think about it they are just small computers but without the need for Windows they are very snappy at what they do. |
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CrazyBean |
Posted on: 04/28/2011 10:40 AM
Synology make the best looking NAS servers which feature the best software and the best hardware with one exception, the power supply! They really need to ship these with better quality units, especially given the price. Quite a few users such as myself have run into reliability problems with the power brick that is currently being used. The reviewer did point out that the supplied power brick is a cheapie. |