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We are testing the Synology DS211 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.
Reference Test PC:
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 4ghz
Storage: Kingston 128GB SSD V+ Series
Motherboard: Asus Rampage II Gene
Graphics: Geforce GTX285 2GB
Memory: Corsair Dominator 1600mhz @2000mhz
Network: 2x Belkin 16 Port Gigabit Switches
Operating System: Windows 7 64 Bit Ultimate
Firstly we perform a native network test to ascertain pure data throughput. Jumbo Frames have been set to 9k.
Data throughput is staggering, especially considering the modest price point.
We averaged around 51 mb/s when writing to the DS211, this puts it into the highest performance bracket in the sub £300 market.
CPU time hovers around the 60% mark when writing to the Raid configuration with around 15% of memory utilised (around 45mb).
When reading to the DS211 we average around 98 mb/s which is fantastic for this targeted sector, vastly superior to anything else we have ever tested at this price.
We then read the same file back from the DS211, averaging around 98mb/s. CPU use drops to around 50% and memory demands are unchanged. We like the way Diskmanager colour codes read and write graphs with green and red respectively.
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 expect to pay a slight penalty as we are using Jumbo frames set to 9k, however performance should still be good.
Mixed file transfer is very strong, falling in line with what we would expect.
What a NAS system for the price ! wow this is going to sell well. those performance figures are high end systems of last year.
holy crap, if this is their new standard range for 2011, I wonder what the performance range will be like !
preordered this on dabs. thanks for the review. just want I need.
Wow these kind of performance figures are normally with products in the 500 price bracket. thats amazing. wonder if they will make a quad version at this speed for a bit more.
I love this company, they are breaking the rules. This will piss off other comapnies like QNAP and buffalo. you just dont get performance like this at the price they are offering. wicked. 10/10
Glad I waited, pre ordered this also.
Fascinating how they sell this for so low a price. the controllers at those speeds are generally expensive.
Really good, shame our local stores dont stock em, I like to see them in the flesh first.
Damn I just bought a buffalo nas and it sucks 🙁 wonder if I can take it back. its so damn slow.
wow, im stunned how good the performance of this is. I need a better network for it however. id be lucky to hit 20mb/s
My boss ordered 4 of these for the offices. very impressive product. I see the chipset is improved significantly. Fantastic pricing.
Please use ‘b’ for bits, and ‘B’ for bytes. Or better spell them out. That would make your charts and narratives much easier to follow. Thanks.
This seems like a good upgrade from their previous product, and prices are staying stable for the same grade of product. Could do with an esata port but thats really a quibble. How well do they cope with 4k format disks tho? they come in either 2tb 2.5tb or 3tb. Man one of these fitted out with a 2.5tb disk and a 4tb disk (thats me sweet for next 2.75years of projected Tv recordings) LOL
Synology have told me that they don’t yet support drives bigger than 2tb. But it is something that will be supported in the future.
No time frame on it yet, sorry.
Great review and very grateful that you tested the sound levels that the unit makes. It was one of my concerns with this product but the results of your dba testing have now sold me the unit. As I said great review and keep up the good work 🙂