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Synology DS212j NAS Review – the new budget class leader

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell November 10, 2011 Announcements, NAS

We are testing the Synology DS212j within our gigabit network which is pretty much as good as you will get for a home or small office environment. It is a mixed network with several 1GBit switches for ultimate performance.

All tests are performed ten times to ensure that no abnormalities can creep into the final results.

Performance has improved when compared directly to last years (this years?) model, the DS211j. We recorded a 5 MB/s speed boost when reading data, and a 6 MB/s speed boost when writing data.

Next we created a folder of files, 500mb/s in size with a variety of data , from small database documents to larger jpgs and bmps.

We recorded significant performance increases with the mixed file performance tests as shown above.

Above, a ‘real world' test of writing a video file across the network with the drives in a Raid 1 configuration. Very responsive indeed.

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10 comments

  1. Paulie
    November 10, 2011 at 10:50 am

    Great price indeed! off to try and win one first 😉

  2. Joseph
    November 10, 2011 at 10:51 am

    Cant see a way to ask questions about the competition as comments are closed in that thread. Where is the link on the facebook page on synology side? dont see it ? 🙁

  3. Colin
    November 10, 2011 at 10:52 am

    I want! ive a crappy old USB thing I use for NAS.

    How can I win one?

  4. Kevin
    November 10, 2011 at 11:33 am

    To find the competiton visit http://www.facebook.com/synology

  5. Jeremy
    November 10, 2011 at 12:06 pm

    I can’t enter because I live in Germany! this sucks.

    Guess I might have to end up buying one before Christmas 🙁

    (good review)

  6. Mark Kensington
    November 10, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    Great price, PCWorld sell ‘lesser’ makes for more and I doubt if they hit 20mb/s

    thanks for review.

  7. David
    November 10, 2011 at 1:49 pm

    I dont use social networking, but good to see the product in detail. Looks like a very good deal for the price. performance is very good.

  8. Lee
    November 10, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    What price is their 4 bay system like this? 2 drives is a bit limiting, although with the price they are right now might be a while before I get a NAS. 1TB HD here cost a packet now.

  9. netmask254
    November 11, 2011 at 5:05 am

    Indeed I got a DS212J since last weekend, the major concern is that the noise level is somewhat high to me, which is clearly audible from 2~3 meters away. It’s not from the installed WD green harddisk but the chassis fan. However, this NAS should be very quiet according to its rating and Kitguru’s review. Thus I was totally confused and guess it’s a sample problem or installation problem.
    http://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=43354

  10. Kurt E. Spahn
    November 17, 2011 at 6:52 am

    Thank you for this fine work! Very informative!
    This will help me in my decision!

    Please excuse my bad english, i am a german!

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