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Synology Cube Station CS407 NAS
Conclusion
When it comes down to buying a NAS, you are looking at the bare system and its features--not the drives. Stylish looks are nice, although not necessary. I found that the Cube Station did provide all the features I would expect out of a NAS device. File sharing was smooth and reliable. I had no problems streaming media files off the device to computers. If you are looking at a straight file server, then any box will do; there are many manufacturers out there who do just as good of a job with the basics. They may have slightly faster units or even slower units, but either way, the selection is there. The question comes down to “What does Synology offer that others don’t?”. It's all the features. Even though other manufacturers share a few of the extras, it's things like the addition of the Photo Station and the Web Station that push it ahead of the curve. If you have pictures to share with family, the Photo Station should do a good job of appeasing them; I know it worked for me. The price of the Cube Station CS-407 is around $615 for the diskless version which means you are on your own for hard drives. This price is right on par with many other units of this quality for their diskless models. Besides, hard drive prices are falling at almost a daily rate. Really, you just need to ask yourself if the additional features are something you would be interested in. If so, you should give Synology a closer look. Pros Small footprint and quality design Photo Station Web Station Data Replicator II Cons FTP is a little inadequate Backup software issues Some security shortcomings Loud RAID 5
Page 1: Introduction & Features
Page 2: First Looks & Setup Page 3: PhotoStation, Download Service & Backup Service Page 4: Web Station, FTP Service, iTunes Server & Active Directory Services Page 5: Testing Page 6: Quality Check Page 7: Conclusion 
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5 User Comments 1 - Posted by
NAS Shopper
on August 23, 2007 - 11:40 pm Thanks for the great review. I was all set to purchase a ReadyNAS NV+ until I discovered that diskless versions were no longer offered, so now I'm looking at alternatives like the cube station.
2 - Posted by
Rich
on August 26, 2007 - 10:53 pm Yes, I was impressed with cubestation. Something I think I did fail to mention in the original review is the apparent lack of SMART info from the drives. I know my ReadyNAS X6 reports this information, but the cubestation appears to be missing it.
3 - Posted by
Looking at a NAS
on August 27, 2007 - 9:05 pm I'm in the same boat as NAS Shopper, wanted a ReadyNAS until I found out I couldn't get a diskless version. Synology is a possibility.
4 - Posted by
thany
on August 10, 2009 - 9:52 am Wouldn't you say it's rediculously slow for a RAID5 box connected via Gb LAN? I mean, any modern SATA disk can easily read in excess of 80MBps, and Gb ehternet is capable of running at a practical speed of mor than 950Mbps. So I would expect transfer speeds around 80-90MBps. 5 - Posted by
Max Slowik
on August 10, 2009 - 11:41 pm Sure, /two years from now!/ Wait. Shit. Something's two years off ;)
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