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Synology Disk Station DS412+

The Synology Disk Station DS412+ delivers 182.66 MB/sec writing speed under RAID 5 configuration in Windows OS, and 205.48 MB/sec reading1. It features USB 3.0 support, Hot-swappable Hard Drive Design and 2 LAN with Failover and Link Aggregation Support.

Based on 12 reviews

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Pros

Good price compared to the competition.
Strong CPU (for a NAS).
Support for four, hotswap, disks.
Lots of features.
Intuitive and windowed operating system.
High transfer speeds.
Dual Gigabit Ethernet NICs.
USB 3.0 compatibility.
Ability to skip disk check.

Cons

HDD trays are not numbered.
Plastic casing.
Only one SODIMM slot and it is hard to reach.
Cannot format an external disk to NTFS.
Not ErP Lot 6 compliant.
Not compatible with all USB 3.0 external cases/disks.
Short warranty.

By TweakTown on October 11, 2012

This is a really tough position to be in and I don't envy anyone trying to make a decision on which product to purchase in this price range. On one side you have the Thecus N4800 which is packed with more features than anything else in its class....

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By Good Gear Guide on July 23, 2012

Synology's four-bay DiskStation DS412+ has everything you could possibly want in a network storage device: it's expandable, fast, and has a variety of apps that are genuinely useful. Its premium price means it's best suited to a small...

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By cnet on July 12, 2012

Synology DiskStation DS412+ makes an excellent NAS server for advanced home and small-office...

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By techPowerUp! on July 05, 2012

All in all the DS412+ left me satisfied with its performance, high reliability and especially its nice operating system, which is very easy to use even for inexperienced users. The NAS proved to be astonishingly fast even in RAID 1 mode and surpassed...

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By Legion Hardware on June 18, 2012

There is no questioning the performance of the new DS412+, as the dual-core Atom 2.13GHz processor allowed it to hang with some of the fastest units we have tested. The DS412+ had no trouble matching the performance of the bigger and more expensive...

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By Expreview on April 01, 2012

The power consumption of DS412+ is claimed to be 15-44W, the data fluctuate greatly due to different matched HDDs. In our test, we installed two Western Digital WD7500AYYS 750GB enterprise HDDs, installing RAID 0 system. DS412+ power managementWhen...

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By MadShrimps on March 20, 2012

The DS412+ NAS from Synology has a lot of similarities on the exterior when comparing it with the previously reviewed DS212 model, but this stops here; the product is dedicated to Small and Medium Business, so the manufacturer saw fit to remove the...

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By PCMweb on May 01, 2013

Steeds vaker zetten we onze bestanden ‘ergens' in de cloud. Toch blijft een lokaal opslagsysteem voor velen een must, zeker nu de meeste modellen je via het internet eenvoudig toegang geven tot je bestanden. Kortom, thuis is waar mijn server...

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By Alt om DATA on August 09, 2012

Synology har som vanligt leveret et stærkt produkt. En nas med masser af funktioner og nogle nye funktioner, der gør den meget attraktiv til små og mellemstore...

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By insidehardware.it on June 03, 2012

Synology Incorporated, nasce nell'Aprile del 2000 a Taiwan, ed è uno dei maggiori produttori di soluzioni NAS per SOHO e SMB/SME. Quest'azienda, si pone come critical mission, lo sviluppo e la realizzazione di prodotti che offrano il...

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