Synology DS213+ High-Performance 2-Bay NAS Server for SMB Review

Storage/NAS by stefan @ 2013-04-22

The new DS213+ 2-bay NAS from Synology is sporting a dual core processor at 1.067GHz with Floating Point, 512MB of DDR3 and a very low power consumption in both IDLE and Full Load. The chassis has a solid design like the more expensive 4-bay designs and operates with the latest DSM 4.2 version.

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A Closer Look Part II

The NAS itself is further packed with foam material:

 

 

 

The DS213+ comes with a pretty compact chassis which is also light (since the power supply is not included inside) and retains the same design lines as we have seen with the DS412+ or the DS413:

 

 

 

The frontal cover is further protected with a thin and transparent film and on the right we will be able to find multiple buttons, ports and LEDs:

 

 

 

Here is also a look of the enclosure with the top cover removed:

 

 

 

On the bottom right side we can find a Power button with LED, a Copy button with LED and one USB 2.0 port:

 

 

 

Moving further up, we will be able to see a card reader:

 

 

 

The activity LEDs for System Status, LAN, Disk 1, and Disk 2 are located on the top right side:

 

 

 

The HDD initialization sequence is signaled with small white dots:

 

 

 

On the lower right side we will be able to see another product name logo:

 

 

 

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