Test System & Power Consumption

Synology DiskStation DS2413+

  • x6 Western Digital Red 1TB

Synology DiskStation DS713+ and DX513

  • x6 Western Digital Red 1TB

Synology DiskStation DS713+

  • x2 Western Digital Red 1TB

Synology DiskStation DS413

  • x4 Western Digital Red 3TB

Synology DiskStation DS413j

  • x4 Western Digital Red 3TB

Synology DiskStation DS213+

  • x2 Western Digital Red 3TB

Synology DiskStation DS213air

  • x2 Western Digital Red 3TB

Thecus N5550

  • x4 Western Digital Red 3TB

QNAP TS-269L

  • x2 Western Digital Red 3TB

Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 2

  • x2 Western Digital Red 3TB

Netgear ReadyNAS Duo 2

  • x2 Western Digital Red 3TB

As expected, the 12-bay Synology DS2413+ is fairly power hungry when outfitted with half a dozen hard drives. Under load, the unit consumed up to 67 watts, which is considerably more than the 2-bay DS713+'s 31 watts. That said, it did consume 53 watts with the DX513 expansion unit which takes drive support of the DS713+ up to seven. When left to idle the DS2413+ consumed just 39 watts.

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