Buy Synology DS409SLIM Slim 4 Bay 2.5 inch NAS EnclosureSynology DS409SLIM Slim 4 Bay 2.5 inch NAS Enclosure Product Description:
- Total storage capacity: 0 GB
- Number of hard drives installed: 0
- Hard disk drive capacity: 0 GB
- RAID levels: 0;1;5;5+1;6
- Maximum capacity: 4 TB
Product Description
Synology DS411slim: DS411SLIM
Synology® DiskStation DS411slim is designed to provide users with a compact yet feature laden solution for easy file sharing and backup. Snap-in 2.5â?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.
- Small Footprint
- Flexible RAID Data Protection
- Cross Platform File Sharing & Backup
- DLNA Certified Media Server
- Cool and Quiet
- Power-Saving (9W~16W)
Green; Quiet; and Reliable
The Synology DS411slim is designed to work with 2.5â? hard drives. The low power consumption characteristic of 2.5â? hard drives will lower your electricity bill; as well as reduce your carbon footprint. In addition; 2.5â? hard drives have reduced vibration; increased MTBF (mean time before failure); and shock tolerance. It not only extends hard driveâ?TMs lifespan; but also provides better reliability. The smart fan design keeps the DS411slimâ?TMs fan off under normal operations and spinning up at a very low speed only when needed; thus minimizing the noise level.
Flexible RAID Management
The Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR) automatically builds an optimal RAID volume with data protection based on the hard drives installed; eliminating the need to have hard drives of identical size; while still offering a manual setup option for advanced users.
Cross Platform File Sharing & Backup
Synology DiskStation is designed for data storage and sharing among Windows; Mac; and Linux. Seamless file sharing across different operation systems is an effortless process. Internet file access is simplified by the encrypted FTP server; the web-bas
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By N. Briscoe
Normally, I tend to write about an item almost immideiately after I've purchased it, but in this case, I've left the article until now, at least four months since the purchase. The reason being, it seemed silly to write an instant review on a NAS (Network Addressable Storage) unit until you had some experience of using it.The DS411 Slim is, as its name suggests, a very petite device, measuring just 120mm X 105mm X 142mm, something you could easily fit in a book shelf.The reason it is so small is because, despite being able to take four disc drives, it uses the 2.5" notebook format drives. This makes it good on the footprint, but a little hard on the wallet. Still, you can purchase as few drives as you need, and add more later.The enclosure supports most common RAID standards, but in addition to the industry standard ones, also supports Synology Variable RAID (SVR). This means you can start out with a box with just two discs in, and RAID that using SVR. Later, you can add additional discs, which will automatically be added to the SVR without any need for re-configuration. Possibly not what you want in a corporate environment, but perfectly fine in a SOHO environment such as mine.Supposedly, adding suitable drives to the box is easy, but since I'm known to be something like a cow with a musket, when it comes to even the simplest hardware task, I elected to purchase a fully populated enclosure with the discs already installed. This meant, once I unboxed the unit, I simply had to push the disks into place. They had, of course, been a bit loose during shipping.After that, plug in an ethernet connection to your router, and connect the power supply, and turn the device on. (I did find if you did this in the wrong order, it was much too easy to turn the device on before you'd performed the other tasks, so do make sure you plug the power supply in last of all.)The system will boot, and you can tell what its doing by watching the display of LEDs on the front panel. The LAN light will come on first (in orange) and then it will check the four disc caddies. Those lights will flash in order too.Eventually, populated disc positions will show green, as will the LAN light, and the Status light will also show green. Now, you are able to configure the box. But how should you log in to a box when you don't know what it's IP address is?This is where you need to install a program called SynologyAssistant on a computer of your choice. The supplied CD provides versions for Windows, Linux and MAC so you should not have any trouble installing it on whatever machine is your main box of choice. The point of this piece of software is simply that, because the DS has booted with an IP provided by your DHCP server, its the only way to determine what address it has been given.Once you have installed the SynologyAssistant program and run it, it will soon detect your DS411slim (and any other Synology devices on your network) and all you have to do is double click on the relevant link. This will fire up your default browser and cause it to point at, for example, [...]You can then log into the box using admin/admin and of course, you should immediately change the password on the box. However, before you can do that, the DS will recognise that it has not been configured before and will take you through initialising it. Follow the prompts, they are easy enough to understand, and after a while of configuring however many discs, in what ever RAID mode you chose the system will fire up the Synology Disk Station Manager (DSM).This is your method of managing the box. When I purchased my system DSM 3.0 was what was installed on the system. However, I can tell you that DSM 4.0 is the current version and I recommend that before you install any precious data to your system, you check, and if necessary, update the DSM before proceeding further. The reason for that is, that you will be given a warning upon updating that you may lose your data and should have a backup.I did things the wrong way round but, having only just uploaded all the data, decided to take that risk. It worked. No loss of data. But after you've successfully logged into the DSM for the first time, do check if it is the latest version, and if necessary, update, before committing your precious data to the box.So how are you supposed to back up the box in order to cope with future updates to the DSM? Well, it has two USB ports, one front, and one rear, the idea is to attach a USB drive to the box and back your RAID up eventually.But let's now assume you've upgraded to the latest version of DSM and now need to place all of your data on the box. During the installation, you will have been asked to create one or more partitions. Personally, I only had need for one partition. Within that partition, of course, you can create whatever folders you require, and that is how I've arranged my system. Your requirements may be more complex, just be assured that the DS can handle those requirements, the important thing is to know how you want to arrange the system in the first place.To upload your data, you should click on the Disk Station Manager icon. This will show you currently available partitions/folders on the DS, and will, eventually, also show you the disks available on whatever computer you're connecting from. Note: Javascript is required. If you have blocks on JS, you will need to make allowances in order that the Disk Station Manager can see your local drive.Once it can, its a simple case of of cutting/pasting directories from your local drive onto the disk station. Upload works as fast as your local network allows, indications of the current state are shown on the console.One thing you should be aware of is uploading pictures. That works just as fast as uploading any other type of file, however, the Synology box will attempt to create a thumbnail for each picture you upload. This process is excruciatingly slow, so uploading just a few pictures at a time is the best course of action here.OK, so now you've uploaded all the important documents, pictures (and had them thumbnailed) and music files.The DS is DLNA compatible, but this is just a marketing name for a layer on top of UPnP and any UPnP compatible client should be able to drag the music off the box and play it. This was my major research task prior to purchasing the DS. I'm pleased to confirm that it works. Once I had uploaded all of my music from the desktop machine (which was my music centre), all I had to do on the hifi was to discover the Synology (which it did easily) and then select the track(s) I wanted to play. Audio quality was, naturally, just as if I'd played from the desktop. Hardly surprising since it was the source of the files in the first place.So, you have a box with lots of disk in it, and the ability to offer stored files to any connected device, but how does that work?Well, you can arrange for machines to mount shares using Windows Shares (CIFS), or even NFS. CIFS is probably best because both Windows and Linux support this natively, but the choice is, of course, entirely yours.Seems a bit expensive for just a NAS device.Yep, if it was just a NAS device, it would be expensive, but the box has some applications pre-installed, and others that you can install subsequantly. For one, I installed the Antivirus Essential Package. The machines I uploaded files from were already protected, but there is nothing wrong with belts and braces.But there are numerous packages available which are not installed by default. This includes VLAN capabilities, through CMS systems and web system packages. You'll recognise many of the packages available. I can't speak for whether the current offerings are as up to date as the base packages would allow, but its nice to know that you can configure your NAS as a major network services system.Overall, I give this device four stars. There are a couple of issues where it could be easier to use, however, Synology are upgrading the packages the entire time. The number of packages available appears to be growing and the general usage of the product is excellent.
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