Synology DS410j NAS Station

Introduction & Specification

Published: 27th January 2010 | Source: Synology | Price: £273.65 | Author: Bryan Waters

Introduction & Specification

With the recent times, it can't have escaped your notice that many, many things are turning (or have turned) digital. The list of all that was once physical and now resides on hard drives across the world would be far too long to recount here. As a result of this trend has become more and more relevant to the home user, and as the list grows, the need for digital storage is rising with it. Simple NAS (Network Attached Storages) boxes have become quite popular to meet the demand for space. With the ability to set up storage accessible from anywhere on your network, or even access your files from a remote location via the internet (if your NAS is clever enough) is a convenience that most people would enjoy.

Today we have go our hands on the Synology DS410j NAS server and will be putting it though it's paces to see if it would be worth your hard earned cash. The last NAS we got to look at here at OC3D was the DS207+, also from Synology. It checked all the boxes and didn't fail to impress us, the only hiccup being the price. So lets hope that the DS410j lives up to it's older brother & manages to obtain a recommendation too.

Specifications

As normal, we start with the specifications taken from Synology's own website. With such a fully featured NAS device there certainly is a large amount of information here but the belief is always that in these situations it's better to have too much information than too little.

Hardware

CPU: 800MHz, 16bit@DDR800
Memory: 128MB
Internal HDD: 4x 3.5" SATA or 2.5" SATA/SSD
Max Internal Capacity: 8TB
External HDD Interface: USB 2.0 port x2
Size: 230mm X 168mm X 184mm
Weight: 2.23kg
LAN: Gigabit
Fan: 2x 80mm
Noise Level: 23dB
Power Recovery
Max Supported IP Camera: 5
Operating Temperature: 5°C to 35°C
Storage Temperature: -10°C to 70°C
Relative Humidity: 5% to 95%
Maximum Operating Altitude: 10,000 feet

Certification :
FCC Class B, CE Class B, BSMI Class B

Networking Protocols

CIFS
AFP (3.1)
FTP
NFS
Telnet/SSH

Windows ADS Domain Integration

ADS Support
Domain users login via Samba/AFP/FTP
Synology Data Replicator 3 for Domain Users

Security

Firewall
FTP Auto-Block
FTP over SSL/TLS (explicit)
Encrypted Network Backup
Encrypted rsync
HTTPS Connection

File System

EXT3
FAT (External Disk Only)
NTFS (External Disk Only)

File Sharing

Max User Accounts: 1,024
Max Groups: 256
Max Shared Folder: 256
Max Concurrent Connections: 128

Utilities

Synology Assistant
Synology Data Replicator 3
Synology Download Redirector
Add printer wizard

Applications

Surveillance Station 3
Photo Station 3
File Station 2
Audio Station
Web Station
PHP/MySQL
Download Station 2
iTunes Server

iPhone Applications

DS photo
DS audio

Packages

Mail Station
phpMyAdmin
SqueezeCenter
Webalizer

DLNA/UPnP Media Server Support

DLNA Certified :
Sony PS3, Microsoft Xbox360
Audio Format: AAC, FLAC, M4A, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, PCM, WAV, WMA, WMA VBR, WMA PRO, WMA Lossless
Video Format: 3GP, 3G2, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, DVR-MS, ISO, M2T, M2TS, M4V, MKV, MP4, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, MTS, MOV, QT, SWF, TP, TRP, TS, VOB, WMV, XviD
Image Format: BMP, JPG, GIF, ICO, PNG, PSD, TIF, UFO
Playlist Format: WPL, M3U

iTunes Server Support
Audio Format: MP3, M4A, M4P, WAV, AIF
Video Format: M4V, MOV, MP4
Playlist Format: M3U, WPL
Audio Station Support

USB Mode: (Audio) AAC, FLAC, M4A, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, WMA VBR (Playlist) M3U, WPL (Internet Radio) SHOUTcast, Radioio
Streaming Mode: (Audio) MP3 (Playlist) M3U, WPL

Photo Station 3 Support
Video Format: 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, FLV, M4V, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, QT, WMV, XviD, RM, RMVB, VOB~
Image Format: BMP, JPG, GIF

Management

AJAX-based Management UI
Sub-folder Privileges Setting
User Home
Applications privileges Setting
BitTorrent Port Range Setup
BitTorrent DHT Support
Changing Management UI Ports
CIFS Recycle Bin
Download Station Bandwidth control
Download Station Port Range Setup
Editable HTTP Error Page
Email Alert Message
Package Management
External HDD Hibernation (USB)
Scheduled Power On/Off
Firmware Upgrade
FTP passive port range
Hide-able Shared Folder
Internal HDD Hibernation
Movable Shared Folder
Removable Default Shared Folder
System Temperature
DDNS
PPPoE
Resource Monitor
SMS Notification
SNMP
UPS Management (Over USB 2.0)
User Quota
Web-based Download Station 2

RAID/Storage Management

Volume Type: Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 5+Spare, RAID 6
Upgrade from Basic to RAID 1, from Basic to RAID 5, from RAID 1 to RAID 5, from RAID 5 to RAID 5+Spare
Expand RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 5+Spare or RAID 6 with Larger Hard Drives
Expand RAID 5 by Adding a Hard Drive On The Fly
iSCSI

Backup Solutions
Network Backup
Local Backup
Desktop Backup (using Synology Data Replicator 3)
Time Machine Backup (Mac)
3rd-Party Backup Support

Supported Clients

Windows 2000 onward
Mac OS X 10.3 onward
Linux

Supported Browsers

Internet Explorer 6, 7
Internet Explorer 8
Firefox 3
Firefox 3.5
Safari 3 (Mac)
Safari 4 (Mac)

Supported Mobile Devices

iPhone OS 2.2.1+
Windows Mobile 6.0
Symbian OS 9.1, S60 3rd Edition

Printer Support
Max Printer #: 2

Supported Protocols: LPR, CIFS, AppleTalk

Languages
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Czech, Polish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (European), Turkish, and Hungarian

Environment
RoHS Compliant

Package Content
DS410j Main Unit
Installation CD
Welcome Note
Assembling Kit
AC Power Adapter
AC Power Cord
2M RJ-45 LAN Cable

I think you'll agree that's one impressive specification list. You can see that the DS410j is a lot more than just a box with a few drives plugged in. Boasting various types of raid array support, web server capabilities, user account control, iTunes server support and others, it is certainly a well featured box. So enough paperwork, lets rip open the packaging and see what it is like in the flesh...