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Synology Disk Station DS408 review

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Review Date: 14 Oct 2008

Price when reviewed: £456

Supplier: http://www.scan.co.uk

Reviewed By: Alan Lu

Our Rating 4 stars out of 5

Basic Specifications

Part Code DS408
Review Date 14 Oct 2008
Price £456
Rating **** stars out of 5

Storage

Capacity N/A
Formatted capacity N/A
Default file system ext3
Price per gigabyte N/A
Interface SATA 300
3.5in drive bays 4
Free 3.5in drive bays 4
RAID modes RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5

Interface

Ethernet ports 1
USB direct access ports (front/rear) 0/0
Other USB ports (front/rear) 0/2
eSATA ports (front/rear) 0/0
Other ports none

Networking

Ethernet connection speed 10/100/1000Mbit/s
Universal Plug and Play support yes
UPnP media server yes
iTunes yes
Print server yes
USB disk server yes
Web server yes
FTP server yes
Protocols supported TCP/IP, SMB/CIFS, AFP, FTP, HTTP

Miscellaneous

Vertical positioning no
Ethernet cable included yes
Additional features download manager, BitTorrent support, Active Directory support, photo server, surveillance camera support
Power consumption active 40W

Buying Information

Price £456
Warranty two years
Supplier http://www.scan.co.uk
Details www.synology.com
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