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(More customer reviews)As far as I'm aware this is the first 4 bay 2.5" NAS on the market. It came out over a year ago but hasn't received very much attention, which blows my mind, because it truly is a wonderful device. It combines an incredibly small form factor, a gigabit ethernet port, and a wealth of advanced options like a webserver, bittorrent client, FTP server, IP camera system, intelligent RAID configurations and Synology's renowned Disk Manager software. When you consider how many features are packed into this tiny box, its low price, and its lower noise and power consumption compared to much larger and more expensive NAS enclosures, the 411slim is a no brainer.
Currently I have 4 Western Digital 1TB Scorpio Blue drives in this enclosure in a RAID5 array. At the time of this review, 1TB is the largest 2.5" drive available, so yes, you're limited to half the storage capacity of a normal 4 bay 3.5" NAS. However, don't let this scare you away. 1.5TB and 2TB 2.5" drives are right around the corner, and as long as those drives don't exceed 12.5mm thickness, you should be able to scale upwards to 8TB and subsequently get some real bang for your buck with this machine.
Speed is on the slow side - don't expect it to rival a ReadyNAS with aggregated ethernet. But considering the way I use this NAS - as a repository for all my video, music and photos, with direct playback via USB to my Popcorn Hour network media player - speed is secondary. I love having something that is out of sight and out of mind (and out of hearing range). I can always do massive file transfers overnight while I'm sleeping. If speed is paramount to you, look into traditional 3.5" NAS solutions. But if you plan to use this as a backup drive or as media storage, without constant R/W or high-def playback to other networked machines, then this is the perfect NAS.
I can't say enough about the 411slim - it is a remarkable piece of computer engineering, and while it won't rival the performance of a traditional NAS, its other features more than make up for it and set it apart from the rest of the NAS pack.
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Synology DiskStation DS411slim is designed to provide users with a compact yet feature laden solution for easy file sharing and backup. Snap-in 2.5-Inch hard drives design brings low power consumption, quiet operation, reliability and easy disk replacement in a compact size. The operating system, Synology DiskStation Manager 3.0, delivers rich features for multimedia enjoyments, Internet sharing, worry-free data protection and energy-saving options.
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