Synology DiskStation DS1517+ (8GB) 5-bay NAS Review

We tested the peak power consumption of a NAS at the wall during a run of CrystalDiskMark 5.0.2 as this version of the benchmark runs the read and write benchmark suites separately so its easier to monitor what power the device is using during each function.

With a CPU that has a TDP of 15W, choice of hard drives will be important if you want to keep the power demands of the DS1517+ as frugal as possible. The 6TB WD Red drives used to test the NAS are rated at 5.3W for active read/writes, 3.4W in idle and just 0.4W when in standby/sleep mode.

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