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The DS211 NAS is another fine addition to the Synology portfolio. The throughput is significantly higher than anything else we have tested at this price point, meaning if you need maximum performance at £225 then nothing else comes close.
Synology are clever with their marketing, because while the DS411j is only £40 more expensive than the DS211 and offers twice the storage capacity, it is significantly slower. If you are in the market for maximum storage capacity then the DS411j offers up to 8TB of capacity with solid performance. If you demand ultimate performance then the DS211 offers hugely improved speeds while delivering up to 4TB of storage.
While this product is mainly cast from plastic components, it is well built and the design appeals to us. It would look great in a bedroom or small office environment.
On a software level, the DiskManager 3.0 operating system is continually proving to be the finest on the market. It would be virtually impossible to get this level of multitasking responsiveness within a windows environment with only 256mb of memory installed.
KitGuru says: Again, Synology have adopted a competitive pricing structure with this unit selling in the UK for around £230 inc vat. This is easily the fastest budget NAS system on the market right now, by a clear margin.
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 🙂