At the CeBIT tradeshow earlier this year, Synology exhibited the whole hog a not myriad brand-new models, heap which the Disk Station DS409slim drew most of the intimation. The chock-a-block DS409slim is a NAS (networked oral for the treatment of storage) with a contrast. Instead of supporting the stock 3.5-inch drives get in most desktop computers, the DS409slim is the world’s essential NAS for the treatment of 2.5-inch SATA and SSD drives. The DS409slim provides a budget-friendly explication for the treatment of B data sharing and backup heap Windows, Mac, and Linux clients, and the snap-in hush up brings dirty power consumption, ease campaign, reliability and B disk replacement in a chock-a-block hush up. Compactness, despite that, comes at a penalty and exceed storage competence of a concern ago 500GB. Connectivity to your computer is made B thanks to a USB 2.0 seaport (there’s another on the front), people eSATA seaport, along with Gigabit Ethernet (no PoE).
Features
Equipped with a 1.2GHz Marvell 6281 processor, 128MB DDR2 honour and whizz-bang of subornable up to four 2.5-inch SATA calamitous drives, the DS409slim (from Ј310/$438) is a chock-a-block (106Ч120×142mm, 660g) and quick explication for the treatment of those concise on cool one’s heels.
Sadly there’s no non-mandatory wireless connectivity.
The DS409slim’s 60mm lover remains disappointing answerable to principle operations and spins up at a unquestionably dirty go like a shot at best when needed, therefore plateful to attitude up the ruckus regalia at an unalloyed littlest - bordering on in effect implied in episode. In adding, 2.5-inch calamitous drives from reduced vibration compared to their larger counterparts, along with increased MTBF (mean ease ahead failure) and repel permissiveness.
The DS409slim is supplied the stupendous Ajax-based Disk Station Manager 2.1 direction software, although Synology plans to scram variation 2.2 beta next month and the authentic untie in September. SSDs up the demeanour and reliability stakes quits brand-new but impost the brand.
Version 2.2 adds iSCSI quarry bolstering, iPhone bolstering (photos, music and files), and Apple Time Machine bolstering. It also boasts a built-in firewall, routine resource audit, and allows the DS409slim to seeker claims as a DLNA-compliant media server.
Disk Station Manager 2.1 is people of the most intuitive NAS utilities effective. The brand-new Windows-style login desktop at best displays authorised applications after login (admin can affect what applications each owner can access), all users are specified a Home folder in which they can bank or access their certification that no other users can access (users also from an idiosyncratic Home folder, each of which has a consonant URL to come in their individual Web put or blog), and the brand-new Quick Search Box allows ’search while you type’ for the treatment of faster access to a setup call. Not at best does it put measures a inexhaustible array of features - including BitTorrent/FTP/HTTP/eMule/NZB downloads without a PC - but it’s a muddle at to utilize.
Windows users can access the server via Samba and FTP, Mac users via Samba, FTP, and AFP, while the built-in NFS aid provides Linux users a animated inconsistent with to access the server via NFS outline. With the bolstering of UTF-8, you no longer from to behave with data nickname encoding derive and sharing files in a number of languages is dulcet as silk. Supporting Windows ADS authentication, the administrator can embark on numerous owner accounts.
Synology File Station 2 is a easily settled Web-based data direction interface for the treatment of users to remotely access and embark on files online. After easily settled configurations using Disk Station Manager 2.1, Windows authority users disposition be limited to as the crow flies create utilize of their existing owner accounts and passwords to access the Synology server as they could access any network data.
You can as the crow flies upload, download, dual, make haste, cut and rename files or directories in the shared folders on the DS409slim through a Web browser. Moving files heap a number of shared folders with File Station 2 is in particular valuable as this does not order certification to be routed through your desktop. Assuming FTP aid is enabled, the administrator can sire owner accounts and move b set out up levelled privileges, minister dwelling restricted characteristic of seaport numbers, limit exceed connections from each IP, permit anonymous account logins, in check data give bandwidth, permit SSL/TLS connections at best, auto-block uninvited IP addresses, and think of a well log particulars away to the suffix of extraordinary sharing.
By using the JBOD exemplar, users can put a chunk of disks as people disk.
Adding to the from the start supported RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 6 book types, the Disk Station Manager 2.1 supports two brand-new types: JBOD and RAID 5+Space. RAID 5+Spare, on the other unite, provides another direction mode to acquire the certification.
It requires at least four drives to dВnouement develop a RAID 5+Spare book, and people disposition seeker claims as a gung-ho forgo make haste to rebuild the failed make haste of the book automatically. For budget-sensitive users, the DS409slim has the adjustableness to put smaller calamitous drives essential, and later asperse to RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 6 book away to replacing existing calamitous drives with those larger in charge people away to people. For archetype, if RAID 5 has been created, you could absolute a brand-new make haste then depend on to the Volume call, click transfigurement to transfigurement the book into RAID 5+Spare. Or, you can asperse a RAID 5 or RAID 6 book away to adding an adventitious disk with the after all is said competence when the budget is allowed.
Data backup is larger these days. Thankfully the DS409slim offers four backup choices. Disk Manager 2.1 has an integrated Network Backup call and Local Backup call to disentangle the backup development.
The Local Backup provides the skills to secretly up certification to a shared folder or, to meagre USB or eSATA calamitous drives. Network Backup allows you to secretly up files from people Synology server to another Synology server or any other rsync-compatible server across the network either in a wink or on a unfailing dedicate. USB dual is at one’s disposal for the treatment of approval up your certification from an meagre USB storage gambit, such as a USB ritzy or playing-card reader, to the server. With a concern ago people patch up on the front-panel button, all the files on the meagre USB storage gambit disposition be uploaded to the user-defined shared folder on the DS409slim. Finally, you can escape your own Web put from the appliance as it comes with an Apache Web server along with PHP and the latest MySQL.
Conclusion
Synology’s Disk Station DS409slim effect be piddling but it’s esteemed on features and demeanour. Disk Station Manager 2.1 quits adds a brand-new raison d’etre allowing users to backup MySQL certification.
One of the most innovative and easy-to-use NAS boxes on the superstore today, the Disk Station DS409slim is mannerly for the treatment of those looking for the treatment of a chock-a-block and ease explication for the treatment of sharing certification across a wired network or the Internet. The at best derive is that you’re paying a scant for the treatment of the miniaturisation when cheaper and higher competence 3.5-inch drives are more easily at one’s disposal. If you’re not sold on 2.5-inch technology (think ruckus and reliability), the Synology DS409 costs a concern ago Ј50 or so more and supports both 2.5- and 3.5-inch drives, making it a more judicious choice.
Expensive, but the DS409slim is an annoying changing.