- Easy setup - DSM is great and intuitive - Good value compared to more expensive 4+ bay options - Powerful enough for Plex and online photo archive
The synology software really shines. I'm happy I went with a 4-bay unit over a 2-bay unit for the capacity and RAID.
I'm a real novice when it comes to any type of networking but I found the machine setup simple enough for even me to understand. Over all, I'm pleased with the software and I'm able to do what I wanted to do on my local network..
AWesome card
- Fast - Simple - Work A1
I upgraded from a DS416. Setting up the DS1821+ was really easy since I had already set up a Synology years before. That being said, I do remember the DS416 had a steep learning curve (for me, anyway). I was concerned about the drive compatibility issue so many people have complained about. I am happy to say that this NAS took every piece of garbage disk that I put it in... Everything from a new 20Tb Seagate Ironwolf Pro to decade or older disks as small at 250 Gb (eh, it was just laying around so why not).
HAVE INSTALLED THESE IN SEVERAL BUILDS, AND THEY JUST PLAIN WORK GREAT. WILL CONTINUE TO USE THEM
The WIFI is great, but I really bought this to add Bluetooth to my computer. It does this really well. The connection reaches all corners of my house in stereo. Fast shipping. You do have to have a vacant USB socket on the motherboard. This is not just a USB socket, it is pin socket.
-Plug & Play. No configuration needed as it is an unmanaged switch -Sturdy metal case -Very easy to install
Easy to set up and use . It has about 6 feet of range.
It just works. And in the computer world thats a big win. Runs as fast as a local hard drive.
This was ridiculously easy to set up. Just install the drives in the screw-less carriers, plug them into the chassis, connect the eSATA cable and power up. The system sees all the new drives and displays the expansion chassis and drives in the GUI. Then you just choose how you want it setup (RAID5, RAID6 etc.) and the system does the rest. It builds the RAID and optimizes the RAID and filesystem. If you have SSD cache you can even split it between the main chassis array and the expansion array. I had two each 1TB SSDs (too large) and spilt the capacity between the two volumes. Once the RAID was complete I ran ATTO benchmarks on the both volumes and witnessed almost identical performance to both volumes. No performance penalty on the expansion chassis whatsoever. Also, the drives ran cool during all functions. I saw a maximum of 102 degrees F . I was concerned about the performance of the expansion chassis but no need for the concern. You can simply expand your primary volume across the two chassis but I would not recommend that. Separate volumes on each chassis is safer. I would recommend this expansion chassis to anyone wanting to expand their storage with a Synology NAS that supports the expansion chassis. It just works like it should and you can manage all your NAS storage through a single interface. I have the primary NAS connected via a bonded pair of GigE and can saturate both links and see around 220 MB/sec read or write sustained.
- Well made - Nice little heatsink on the chip. - Fast ... really fast !
Good Interface, stable product, great price, good online Video training, easy to setup for basic functions, easy to link to vie home network, TV connections. Quite and good power management.
Easy to set-up Easy to be used by any devices Easily support 6 users ( 4 iphones + 2 android + 5 window laptop + 2 macosx + 2 fire tv) backup and streaming)
Affordable. And works very well
meets expectations I don't have an AX 5400, but my WAP's AX 3000 works just fine.
Basic plug and play Installed, updated new drivers and BAM. From 925 to 1307. Like right NOW. All test 5-7 in a row all consistent. File transfer just awesome. Not one complaint. Than You.