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Pros & Cons
Pros
Synology ds410 is a great nas with a hybrid raid function. It's a good price for a nas and works well as a dlna server.
The number of features available with this product are fantastic. Love the continuous software updates. Unlike the drobo, this box is dependable.
The ds-410 is a reliable always-on storage system with lots of free space connected to all my computers via gigabit ethernet. It frees up a lot of space on my work laptop, my home office machine, my kids' machines, and whatever other old clunkers i've... Read More
Samsung, wd, seagate hard drives work well together. Samsung 2tb drives from [. Samsung] work well. Wd 2 tb drives work very well. Seagate 2 tb tb works well.
It's very solidly built, easy to put together. The only thing i really do not like is that the unit comes with a clip that's supposed to keep the power cord in place in the back. I plan to purchase a second unit this year to replace my aging hp device... Read More
Cons
The extra features and bells and whistles for nas units are not worth it. This is extremely disappointing in that i consider them to be the best nas boxes for the money.
Highlights
Quality
Let me tell you i am extremely happy with the purchase
All in all very very satisfied and a very impressive product
Video stutters on occasion in one location but im pretty confident this is due to a less than optimal wireless connection at th... Read More
I tried to setup two targets once to use on mac machines and had a lot of trouble but i just cant tell if it was with iscsi imp... Read More
Packaging/appearance
I took the drives from my iomega reformatted them from an xp machine as the synology could not recognize them when i just took ... Read More
And i still think that is a limitation of the product and packaging
Hardwarespeed readwrite operations averaged between 45 and 50mbsec and wireless n of 13mbs was my main reason to dump the drob... Read More
I checked on the synology website to check for compatible drives and purchased 4 hitachi deskstar 1tb that work fine
Competitiveness
Takes a while to wake up from sleep but the gui is amazing which imo is the reason to pay a little more for a synology over com... Read More
Cnet has a 4star rating for it
For example if you have two 1tb drives you can not add a 750gb drive to the existing volume
Cons synology hybrid raid shr will not allow adding a drive lower in capacity than the smallest one in the existing volumearray
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- This product had a total of 41 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 15 2024.
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I was so sick of my armada of usb hard drives
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This pile including power adapters looked like a plate of linguine from hell
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I did not need those as ive been reading a lot on their excellent wiki
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However my nas already had the latest version installed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Update august 2011the synology ds410 is still going strong but i do not recommend the samsung hdd hd154ui at all
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Many other users seem to have issues with these drives although synology mentions them on the compatibility list
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I already had two drives crashing and will now looking into seagate drives
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
While this is a consumeroriented small business product the synology unit may not be ideal for computer neophytes
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