Case Overview - The Synology RS214 2-Bay RackStation NAS

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Check out our unboxing of the Synology RS214 2-bay NAS http://www.span.com/product/41570 Synology RS214 Synology® RackStation RS214 is a 1U 2-bay rackmount NAS. Featuring easy data sharing and management, RS214 is a genuine value specifically designed to serve growing businesses of any size. With Synology's rich office applications, RS214 is dedicated to enhance working experience and productivity. CPU with Floating-Point Unit Boosting Working Efficiency 512MB RAM for Increased Multi-Tasking Power Dual LAN with Failover and Link Aggregation Support Features SuperSpeed USB3.0 Hot-swappable Hard Drive Design 12-Inch Depth to Fit in 2-Post Rack & Wall Mount Rack Running on Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) Optimal Price/Performance Ratio Synology RS214 is an affordable and reliable solution for a growing business of any size. The built-in floating-point unit enhances the overall capability of the main CPU, enabling higher working efficiency. Synology RS214 delivers an average over 70 MB/sec writing speed under RAID 1 configuration in a Windows® environment, and over 100 MB/sec reading.1 With RAM twice the size of its predecessor, RS214 exhibits a surprising boost in multi-tasking performance, making it one of the best values in 2-bay rackmount NAS devices available today. Designed with attention to recovery mechanism, RS214 comes with dual LAN failover support to ensure continual network service in case of LAN failure, while hot-swappable design facilitates easy and risk-free hard drive replacement. The brand new hard drive tray lock further secures your hard drives from unauthorized or accidental withdrawal. To ensure scalability, RS214 provides an eSATA and two USB 3.0 interfaces in the back, alongside two USB 2.0 interfaces in the front panel for quick access. Windows+ Mac+ Linux Cross Platform File Sharing Synology RS214 offers comprehensive network protocol support, assuring seamless file sharing across Windows, Mac®, and Linux® platforms. Windows AD and LDAP integration allows the Synology RS214 to fit quickly and easily into an existing business IT infrastructure, with no need to recreate user accounts for the Synology RS214. Internet file access is simplified by the encrypted FTP server and the web-based file explorer, Synology File Station. HTTPS, firewall, and IP auto-block support ensure file sharing over the Internet is protected at a high security level. For users who are always on the move, Synology provides a handy app, DS file, for popular mobile devices such as iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ device and Windows Phone™. Anything stored on Synology RS214 can now be accessed remotely using DS file. Compact Design in 12-inch Depth Synology RS214, a 1U 2-bay rackmount NAS server with exceptional 12 inches in depth, offers an affordable and comprehensive solution for both industrial standard environments and smaller server rooms with limited space. Its compact size fits perfectly into 2-position rack and wall mount rack without additional rail kit. It is also resilient enough to withstand operating temperature up to 45°C/110°F, offering high reliability under extreme conditions. The smart fan design keeps Synology RS214's fan spinning at a very low speed, quiet your rack to create a calmer office working environment. Effective Backup Solution Synology RS214 offers a centralized backup target to consolidate fragmented and unstructured data across a network. PC users can back up their data to Synology RS214 using Synology Data Replicator software, and Mac OS X® users enjoy native Apple® Time Machine® integration. A backup wizard is provided for backing up data from Synology RS214 to another Synology NAS, to other rsync server, or to an external drive. Backing up to Amazon® S3 and Glacier cloud service is also supported. The add-on package, Time Backup, keeps DiskStation data in multiple versions, so IT administrators could easily keep track of them and restore to a previous version whenever required. Want to see more from Synology? Check out the links below: http://www.span.com/product/Synology-5-Bay-DiskStation-NAS-DS1513-SATA-HD-RAID-0-1-5-6~41218 http://www.span.com/product/Synology-8-Bay-DiskStation-NAS-DS1813-SATA-HD-RAID-0-1-5-6~41258 http://www.span.com/product/Synology-12-Bay-DiskStation-NAS-Expansion-DX1211-for-DS2411-DS3611XS-DS3612xs~34219 Music Credit Electrodoodle - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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