Synology DS212j NAS Review – the new budget class leader

1. Introduction2. Synology DiskStation DS212j3. Synology DS212j NAS (Super High Res Gallery)4. The DiskManager Operating System5. Testing Methodology & Performance6. Acoustics, Power Consumption and Temperatures7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

We are testing the Synology DS212j within our gigabit network which is pretty much as good as you will get for a home or small office environment. It is a mixed network with several 1GBit switches for ultimate performance.

All tests are performed ten times to ensure that no abnormalities can creep into the final results.

Performance has improved when compared directly to last years (this years?) model, the DS211j. We recorded a 5 MB/s speed boost when reading data, and a 6 MB/s speed boost when writing data.

Next we created a folder of files, 500mb/s in size with a variety of data , from small database documents to larger jpgs and bmps.

We recorded significant performance increases with the mixed file performance tests as shown above.

Above, a ‘real world' test of writing a video file across the network with the drives in a Raid 1 configuration. Very responsive indeed.

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