Synology DiskStation 2-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage DS210j (White) | 
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| Brand: Synology
Category: CE
List Price: $229.99
Buy New: $227.99
You Save: $2.00 (1%)
New (6) from $227.99
Rating:  16 reviews
Color: White
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Size: 0 TB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 10 x 9 x 8
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: DS210j
Model: DS210j
UPC: 846504000548
EAN: 0846504000548
ASIN: B002XQ3C0E
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Disk Station Manager 2.2: AJAX-Based Management Interface, Remote File Management with a Web Browser | | • | Max HDD Support (Internal HDD): 2x 2TB | | • | RAID Support: Basic, JBOD, RAID 0/1 | | • | Networking Protocols: CIFS, AFP (3.1), FTP, NFS, Telnet/SSH | | • | Standard Memory 128MB DDR2 SDRAM | | • | Mail Station add-on with one-step installation, IP camera support, Website Hosting with PHP+MySQL Support, USB Printers Sharing |
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Product Description
SYNOLOGY NAS SERVER DS210J 2 BAY 2.5SATA 128M RAID ROHS BARE
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 16
 Synology NAS July 23, 2010
Mike
Amazing for the price. This NAS does everything you can think of for a home server. It has so many features that it is a bit difficult to configure. I spent some time playing with all the features then cleaned it out and set it up the way I wanted it.
 Nice idea but flakey execution July 18, 2010
MGMcd (Columbia, MD USA)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Let me start by saying that I am a computer technician by trade. This should have been a nice web-based photo sharing solution, but it was slow (low RAM, I know) and eventually started kicking out hard drives, and then stopped working altogether. Couldn't get to the admin page. All the lights on the panel were blinking. This after 3 days of use.
I know how to work with electronics and did not short anything or introduce static, and the hard drives were compatible with this model (interesting side note: check the vendor's web site for compatible hard drive models before purchasing!)
This is the first item I have had to return to Amazon. I am getting an online solution instead. NAS should be more trouble-free than this, but I guess you get what you pay for.
Wow, very impressive. July 16, 2010
Glenn Ware (Colorado USA)
I was looking for a NAS device to store home movies off of my Sony camcorder as well as place photos, documents, music on it for backup. I run a Mac and Windows PC's and I have Time Capsule for my Mac and it works great but no redundancy for it. I had looked at other NAS devices but they usually just offered basic NAS features with some thrown in less then adequate additional features and management capabilities.
I came across the Synology on Amazon as I had not heard of them before. I'm very glad I did as this device is very impressive. It is easy to setup for Windows and MAC and has great management capabilities as well as tons of features. I have mine setup as a RAID 1 with two Samsung 1tb drives. This is one of the few confusing areas of this device in that you have to check the Synology web site to see what drives are compatible. I had at first purchased a "green" type of drive to try and save power but later found out that it was not compatible with this device so I had to return and order the Samsung drives after validating they were tested to work with this model. One of the features I love is the power on/off capability of this device. You can set a daily, weekly or weekend schedule for when the device turns on and off. This is great for saving power as I'm not home all day so unless I'm using one of the other features for remote access I don't need to have it idle and chewing up watts. I only wish it had more flexibility so that you could have multiple on/off schedules such as off during the day monday-friday but on during the day on weekends. Right now you can have one schedule so that is a bit limiting but overall this is still a great feature and more companies should be doing it to save power.
I also love the notification capabilities so that it can send me emails if any issues with the system/drives. For a home device at this price range that is a great feature. There are so many other features that are great but I will only list a few that are my favorite.
1. DLNA server capability for connection to DLNA capable devices such as Playstation.
2. Itunes server- great for streaming music or videos. Note: as of now you cannot stream directly from Synology NAS to Apple TV for movies.
3. Remote access- can remote to system for files, steaming, or ftp. One issue is that the list of routers that it can setup with for remote access is limited and I was surprised not to find Time Capsule as this device supports Time Machine. Without router on list then you have to know what ports to forward.
There are so many its hard to talk about all of them but some other cool ones are web hosting, ability to ssh to system, and record video from cameras.
All these features and an easy to use device (still might be confusing for general users) at a great price and you have a winner in my mind.
Not Perfect, but a Nice Little Product July 14, 2010
doner (Poway, CA)
OK, I'm a techie and it still took me a while to get this setup exactly how I wanted it. That being said, have some patience and expect some problems and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
First, you will be getting most of your documentation from a wiki. Not a nice little setup wizard. So, it's not simply plug-and-play. You install the drives, install software on your PC, download the firmware, apply the firmware, create the volumes (this can take hours), create security settings, create shared folders, install optional additional products, configure those products. Whew.
A few gotchas that I ran into. Here's one: To use it as an FTP server and you go through a home router, there are only a few router models that this supports. If not, you can suggest your router - no idea if yours will be supported in the future or not.
Now after hours of time devoted to this product - it works and it works great. If you are not techncally inclined, find someone who is or just be prepared to do a lot of digging and reading.
doner likes.
Great Product June 22, 2010
Richard R. Anderson (Holyoke, MA)
This is a great product. Easy to setup, great web interface that is very intuitive. I have used several NAS before and this is by far the best of them.
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