Synology DiskStation DS1520+ 5-bay NAS

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.

Synology quote a 36.67W power access figure for the DiskStation DS1520+ using five 1TB WD Red (WD10EFRX) drives. For testing purposes, we used five WD Red 6TB drives which are a bit more power-hungry at 5.3W (active read/write) than the 3.3W active figure for the 1TB version of the Red.

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