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The Synology USB Station 2 is not in the market as a high performance NAS server, if you want cutting edge performance then check out some of the other reviews on Kitguru for units such as the DS210+, DS710+ or DS1010+. This is a low cost product for home or small office environments with a tiny physical footprint and power drain. As such it is hard to find fault, especially as it is capable of streaming 1080p MKV content without a problem. Not only that, but the USB printer sharing capability will surely prove useful in a home or small office environment. We tested this and it worked perfectly fine with our Epson and Canon printers.
The USB Station 2 is silent, and requires only 4 watts of power to operate. If you aren't demanding the highest data transfer speeds but are in the market for a capable, low cost NAS solution with media and printer sharing capabilities then this should surely be top of your shortlist.
Availability should be pretty good now, and we found the best price via Dabs.com for £79.99 – just plug and play some storage and you are ready to rock.
KitGuru says: Yet another winner for Synology.
This is a really nifty little gadget, would sit beside a monitor without even being seen.
Excellent little product. fast enough but tiny with no noise and 4w of power. bit slow for what id need, but great for printer sharing and office setups for document sharing etc.
over 20meg a second is really good,. I was expecting it to be limited to 100mbit. not over 200. nice.
i need to get this, just for the software alone. fast enough for what I need, which is to hook in a 2tb drive and stream HD videos to tv.
Well this is something that appeals to me. I dont need a nas, but ive 4 or 5 HDs laying in a drawer. this is a low cost way to use them.
I am REALLY impressed with this little device. that V3 software suite looks great. really think this will sell well. most people dont want to fork out 350 quid for a NAS. good way to use those old drives
Love these guys, I bought the 710+ after reading the review here. This is ideal for a small office and printer sharing and a pool system of storage.
We use the 1010+’s in work. 5 of them. This would be a good addition for printing sharing in the offices.
Shame that you have to wipe out whatever is on your disk in the first place. So factor in the cost a disk to add to this. Why cant it have three USB ports? 2 for disks and one for printer. And where is the advertised wireless capability. Simple data grams dont indicate whether it really would be capable of playing back hi bitrate mkv files as some have very high spikes up to 60-80Mbps. A lower price, NTFS support also, with pre-existing files kept intact. fat32 only allows 4gb max file size.