Synology DiskStation DS414J: Backup with a NAS to 4 hard drives
A NAS that relies on a simple construction, but that does not mean that giving up a rich set of features and storage space secured by 4 slots for hard drives: this is the Synology DiskStation DS414J.
Of the main advantages of using a NAS in the home, we have talked on several occasions. These devices not only allow you to centralize the storage of their digital content and files ensuring safety against failure of the hard disk, but also tools for the use of content using one of the many mobile devices or fixed present in the home.
The fundamental task of a NAS in domestic environment remains in any case to ensure a space of their own data storage that is easily accessible by authorized devices to do so, economical fuel consumption that is also quiet in operation, and finally able to ensure security in time than stored.
In the case of Synology DiskStation DS414J wants to propose a NAS budget cut, doing without some functional aspects seen in more expensive models as a more powerful SoC, or the ability to access the hard drive directly from drawers located on the front panel without giving up the basic elements and obtaining in this way a total price content.
From the outside, Synology DiskStation DS414J differs markedly from another Synology NAS family due to the lack of drawers for hard drives. The storage units are entered into the chassis, accessible by acting on the 4 screws located at the rear: the operation of the first installation turns out to be longer but certainly not problematic even for the novice user.
The front panel has a very simple design with a series of openings that allow the rear fan to draw air from the outside so as to make it move along the hard disk; There are LEDs that show the operation of the NAS, the presence of network signal and the status of the 4 hard drives installed. In the back stand out gridlines of the two cooling fans, the connector for the external power supply, Gigabit Ethernet port, a USB 3.0 connector and a second connector USB 2.0 standard.
Under the shell are placed Mindspeed Comcerto C2000 processor, dual-core SoC architecture with a clock frequency of 1.2 GHz paired with 512 Mbytes of DDR3 memory. The 4 unit can be installed, which can be as maximum SSD as traditional mechanical hard drives, with dimensions of 3.5 or 2.5 inches. The maximum raw capacity is 24 Terabytes, obtained by installing 4 hard drives from 6 Terabytes each, and of course without using one of the available RAID configurations.
And course, more than recommended to use one of Raid mode that provided some form of data redundancy. DS414j makes available for the Raid mode 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 in addition to those JBOD depending on the number of disks that you want to use. It’s also possible to perform user interface migration Raid from basic Raid 1 or Raid 5 to Raid 1 to Raid 5 and Raid 5 to Raid 6.
There is also the Synology Hybrid RAID mode, a configuration that makes the most presence in the system of hard disk with storage capacity different between them, on the contrary, to what happens with the traditional configurations Raid.
Heart of Synology DiskStation DS414J is, as with another NAS family, Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM); This operating system can be accessed from the browser interface and allows you to manage not only the access and sharing of data stored on our NAS, but also to install applications, developed to respond to the specific needs of use and made accessible through an app store integrated.
The Synology QuickConnect service also allows you to easily access services DS414j bypassing the configuration of routers and gateways, making it affordable access to files from any computer, notebook or mobile device without having access to a public IP address.
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