Synology NAS Disk Station DS207+ High Performance 2-Bay Network Storage

I have rebuilt my home network & was in need of a storage device that would not take up much space. After reading articles from [...] & looking at my budget, I decided on the Synology 207+ & it has not disappointed.

Setup was pretty straight forward & quick. I set mine up with 2 1TB Western Digital drives in a RAID 1 (mirror).

Fan noise is tolerable. Case is cheap plastic, but what in this world isn't.

Firmware needed 2 be updated out of the box which is no big deal, it comes with the technology territory.

The build of the RAID took a few hours not days.

My home notebook system is Macintosh OSX 10.5.5 & I also run Vista Ultimate via BootCamp/VMware. Access times & write times have been very quick.

ITunes server was easy 2 get running. Setting up shared folders was no big deal.

I have not yet run the local backup featue with a removable 1 TB USB drive as of yet. I am not anticipating any issues, but if there is an issue obviously I will change my review.

I've had this device 4 a few months now & I'm very happy with it. I had tried the Western Digital product "My World Book II" 2TB device only 2 find that it's network data rate was extremely poor - write speeds of around 5 Mb/sec. This is with it connected through a gigabit switch 2 a gigabit computer. I next purchased a Lacie 2TB drive, although it was better than the WD product, it also was slow. My third attempt at getting a fast 2TB NAS device was successful with the DS207+. It typically takes me a little less than a minute (45-55 seconds) 2 copy a 1GB file 2 the device. It was fairly easy 2 install the 1TB drives (got them on sale at Fry's). Setting up the RAID 1 so that I had a 2TB drive was a bit confusing at first but not too difficult. The administration of the device is done through a web browser. The user interface is very nice - easy 2 use, clear & feature rich. The thing that makes me enjoy it most is the fact that it's fast & I haven't had any problems with it.

Synology Disk Station DS207+ NAS Server The Synology DS207+ is designed with Windows ADS authentication, USB printer sharing, dynamic website hosting, & data backup. The ultra-high- density file storing capability gives business users the freedom 2 store twice as much data. With the RAID 1 protection, DS207+ can further prevent data loss from inevitable disaster. Speedy & Flexible DS207+ provides speedy data transmission & powerful computing capability, which is not only suitable 4 small business environments that demand on efficiency, but also a great choice 4 power users who massively access data on the server. Work with Windows ADS DS207+ is compatible with Windows ADS & NT4 domain. Windows domain users are able 2 access data shared from DS207+ when they pass the Active Directory authentication. This will greatly save your time on creating large amount of accounts 4 the domain users. Flexible Storage Management You can create a large-capacity RAID 0 or reliable RAID 1 volume on DS207+. For budget-sensitive users, DS207+ allows using one hard drive 2 create a Non-RAID volume, & upgrading it 2 RAID 1 at a later time when the second hard drive is added. When the hard drive on DS207+ is full, you can expand more storage simply by attaching an external USB or eSATA hard drive 2 the DS207+. Security Enhancements Encrypted FTP allows you 2 transmit data using "FTP over SSL" or "FTP over TLS" option. HTTPS support encrypts all HTTP co