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(107 customer reviews)
Synology DiskStation 4-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage DS413 Features
- CPU: Dual Core 1.067 GHz
- Memory: 1GB DDR3
- Internal HDD: 4x 3.5" or 2.5" SATA2
- Max Internal Capacity: 16TB (4x 4TB HDD)
- External HDD Interface: 2x USB 3.0 Ports, 1x USB 2.0 Port, 1x eSATA Port
- LAN: 1x Gigabit
Synology DiskStation 4-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage DS413 reviews
My HP MediaSmart died a horrible death two weeks ago (probably a mainboard issue...drives were fine), and after a bunch of research, I settled on the DS413 as a replacement. What a revelation! The setup experience was incredibly smooth by comparison with WHS, which I had really liked. The only thing I really miss from WHS is the backup, but I've settled on Acronis TrueImage, and that seems to be working fine.
I've installed CrashPlan on the DS413 (pretty solid explanation of concepts and implementation here:[...]). I was able to "adopt" my WHS backup on the CrashPlan cloud servers, and everything synced up perfectly so I didn't have to recreate hundreds of GBs of online backup.
As I mentioned, setup was ultra-smooth. I took the drives I'd had in the HP server, dropped them in the DS413, let it create a Synology Hybrid RAID volume (only 2 of the 4 drives are alike), and I was off and running. There was nothing to the setup...just point your browser to the web address in the 1 page setup doc and go.
I'm amazed at how cool this thing runs. My drives stuggled to stay below 42 degress C in the MediaSmart. In the Synology, the same drives have never gotten above 30 degrees C. And it's way quieter.
While this was not really a priority for me, there are pretty nice apps for streaming music and video. The free iPhone apps that connect to same are also solid, intuitive and usable.
So far so good. I wish I'd made this move sooner!
***UPDATE***: A couple of months out from the initial install, and I'm waaaay happier with this than I was with WHS. I upgraded one drive in the hybrid RAID with a larger capacity drive. It's not a hot-swap, so the system was down for 10 minutes while I swapped the drives. The RAID rebuilt flawlessly, and the system was completely accessible and usable during the rebuild process (took over 12 hours) with no apparent degradation in performance. CrashPlan continues to work great. I have installed Serviio as a DLNA server, which is working fine, with the exception of transcoding video...there is just not enough horsepower on the box to be able to transcode on the fly...small complaint, but important if this is your goal. Have completed my first DSM (the Synolog NAS OS) upgrade smoothly, and Synology has updated mobile apps and server packages several times since my purchase, so very happy with support on the platform.
