Testing Specs & Power Consumption


Netgear ReadyNAS Duo v2

  • x2 WD Red 2TB

Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 2

  • x2 WD Red 2TB

QNAP HS-210

  • x2 WD Red 2TB

QNAP HS-210

  • x2 Seagate NAS 3TB

QNAP TS-220

  • x2 WD Red 2TB

QNAP TS-221

  • x2 WD Red 2TB

QNAP TS-269L

  • x2 WD Red 2TB

Synology DS213+

  • x2 WD Red 2TB

Synology DS213air

  • x2 WD Red 2TB

Synology DS214

  • x2 WD Red 2TB

Synology DS214play

  • x2 WD Red 2TB

Synology DS413

  • x4 WD Red 2TB

Synology DS413j

  • x4 WD Red 2TB

Synology DS713+

  • x2 WD Red 2TB

The QNAP HS-210 hibernated properly when using both the WD Red and Seagate NAS drives, consuming just 1W. Additionally, device only pulled 14W at idle when equipped with the WD drives – less than both the TS-220 and TS-221 – while its idle figure jumped to 18W with Seagate's drives. When WD's Red drives were active, the HS-210 drew 17W and Seagate's NAS drives nudged that to 21W.