Synology Disk Station DS209+ Expert Reviews

comes with much of the same features we had with the DS207+ but it also includes increased disk I/O speeds and the ability to handle up to 2 terabyte SATA II drives

The Synology Disk Station DS209+ has lots of benefits: Compact, two-bay design; user-accessible drives; speedy performance; and RAID 0, 1, and JBOD configurations (it supports up to 3TB of storage; PC World tested the 1TB RAID version in a mirrored ...

Speedy performance Remote sharing, tons of features

Can be somewhat difficult to configure Drives not user-accessible

This model screamed through our performance tests: It required just 216 seconds to copy our 3GB folder of files

At first glance the Disk Station DS209 from Synology looks like a fairly run-of-the-mill small NAS (Network Attached Storage) appliance. But that's far from the case, the compact DS209 delivering a high level of performance plus ...

You have to pay a premium for the Synology Disk Station DS209 and extra for disks to go in it, but it's still good value for money. It's easy to configure, fast, reliable and flexible, plus it can do a lot more than just share files. A veritable ...

synology ds209 review: The Synology DS209 is an excellent little unit, with a more complex than necessary set up routine. Still for those looking for a highly featured, high performing NAS with an easy to use and flashy menu, it's certainly a ...

Small, encouraging design ; Heavily featured ; Quite fast

Initial set up routine too complex for average users ; Disk management could use some work

This month sees Synology release an updated version of the excellent DS 207 (reviewed September 2007) network attached storage device called the DS209+

A quick refresher if you, like me, have trouble remembering back to 2007 - the DiskStation series of NAS boxes are a veritable Swiss Army Knife of tools and a single DS207 or DS209+ will quite happily act as a media server, web server, FTP server and ...

Very fast throughput, Loads of features, Robust and intuitive web interface, RAID 1 and RAID 0 support, Great expandability

Requires some networking know-how to use and take advantage of the advanced features, Surveillance Station supports only one camera out of the box, eSATA port located on the front, Requires a tool to install hard drives, Expensive

Although it's expensive and requires networking experience to use, the Synology DS209+ offers excellent throughput and nearly all the features you're likely to need in a small-business NAS server.

It has been a busy few weeks in the world of high-capacity NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices, seeing launches from the likes of LaCie, Netgear and Thecus. Taiwan-based Synology has joined the party with its Disk Station DS209+, a solution that ...

The Disk Station DS209+ is the company's latest two-bay Disk Station model and comes equipped with hardware that mirrors the high-end Disk Station DS508, including an 800MHz CPU and 512MB of RAM, as well as three USB ports, an eSATA port and a Gigabit ...

synology ds209+ nas server review: Although it's expensive and requires networking experience to use, the Synology DS209+ offers excellent throughput and nearly all the features you're likely to need in a small-business NAS server.

Very fast throughput ; Loads of features ; Robust and intuitive web interface ; RAID 1 and RAID 0 support ; Great expandability

Requires some networking know-how to use and take advantage of the advanced features ; Surveillance Station supports only one camera out of the box ; eSATA port located on the front ; Requires a tool to install hard drives ; Expensive

The Synology DS209+ review unit we received came with two 500GB hard drives; however, Synology does not sell the DS209+ with any hard drives so you'll need to install your own. Fortunately, the device supports SATA hard drives of all capacities from ...

Very fast throughput Loads of features Robust and intuitive web interface RAID 1 and RAID 0 support Great expandability Tags: Synology Download, DS209+ NAS Server, DS107+

Very fast throughput Loads of features Robust and intuitive web interface RAID 1 and RAID 0 support Great expandability

Requires some networking know-how to use and take advantage of the advanced features Surveillance Station supports only one camera out of the box eSATA port located on the front Requires a tool to install hard drives Expensive

Although it's expensive and requires networking experience to use, the Synology DS209+ offers excellent throughput and nearly all the features you're likely to need in a small-business NAS server.