Test: Einzeltest: Synology DS213j Home to Small Office 2-bay NAS
Zitat: MSreco_mainstream
Synology refreshes each year most of its previous releases by including more RAM, optimizing the enclosure and so on. The DS213j comes with a really light chassis which can be opened without difficulties but not without the use of screws. Compared to the more expensive variants, we do not have removable plastic trays so the drives need to be installed right inside the bays; however, the anti-vibration properties have not been lost, Synology including rubber grommets in the important areas. The unit features only a single core CPU at 1.2GHz and while driving the costs down, we are also getting a power efficient unit for home use which can be left on 24/7. If we need to clean the fan once in a while, its blades are very accessible once the unit is opened up. As usual, we get most of the DSM advantages with this unit, which is really user friendly and features installable apps for enhancing even more the product functionality. However, we have seen that the interface is not as snappy as on the more expensive variants, while the transfer speeds in our tests were quite good for a product meant for budget conscious people. The main apps are also brought in to mobile devices so we can access our server wherever we are. What we really did miss out was the inclusion of the USB 3.0 ports, which we hope that Synology will include into the next revision. The DS213j Synology NAS can be picked up online for about 175 Euros.