amazon Synology DiskStation DS212 reviews
The Synology DS212 hard drive can act as a host and share content for all users over a local area network or the Internet.
The Synology DiskStation DS212 hard drive weighs about 1.25kg, has an all-black plastic cover, and has a black glossy front cover. Inside, it comes with a 1.6GHz processor, 256MB of memory.
The front of the device has four status lights (Status, LAN, Disk1 and Disk2), an SD card slot, a USB 2.0 port for connecting external storage devices, a quick copy button, and a power button.
When you open the front cover, you’ll find two plastic hard drive cabinets that can be removed easily by two override buttons, supporting either the 3.5 “or the 2.5”. Synology DS212 supports up to 6TB of hard disk space.
In addition to the large 92mm fan, the back of the device also has two USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet ports, reset button, Kensington keyhole and power port. The two sides of the device are the Synology logo and also the heat escapement.
Two SATA-2 interfaces inside. The Synology DS212 also supports hot-swappable disks while in service.
On the bottom are four rubber feet, which help grip the tabletop surfaces, as well as the heat sockets.
Included accessories include 12V adapter, power cable, network cable, manuals and software CD.
The CD comes with two Synology Asset and Data Replicator 3 applications, as well as installation and usage instructions.
The Synology Assistant has a simple interface, which automatically scans the Synology network hard disk on the local network, connects, maps the drive and sets up the WOL (Wake on LAN) remote power on.
The DS212 main interface uses the latest Synology DiskStation Manager DSM 3.2.
Experimented with two 250GB Seagate Barracuda hard drives, the TestLab can be configured to Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR) standards, and can be configured to RAID 0, 1, JBOD.
Shared directories within the DS212 network can be accessed using Windows 7’s Windows Explorer.
In the admin window, you can access the applications installed in DS212. Also, you can also sign out, reboot, or shut down your device from this window.
In the File Browser interface, the Test Lab can access content in DS212 or the content of external devices such as memory cards or external hard drives.
The control panel interface of the DS212 is similar to that of the servers.
Users can set up a Synology hard disk connection to the Internet with the EZ-Internet utility.
In Synology Photo Station 5 Photo Synology, you can share photos via Facebook, Twitter or Plurk.
You can listen to music directly from Synology’s Audio Station.
In addition, Test Lab can also test music, browse photos from iPad with DS audio apps and DS photo + for iOS. These apps also have versions for Android mobile devices.
Synology DS212 also comes with the Data Replicator 3 application that provides data backup and recovery functions.
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