DS410 performance - significance over DS410j?

[randfee]

Hi

I've been looking into getting a 4bay NAS for home and I have to say I really liked the Qnaps (439-459), but as good as their performance is, they're just 50% above of what I planned to pay. If I'd pay that much, I might as well get a Synology DS1010+ ^^.
Thus I looked at the 410j which lacks an eSATA port though. So the ideal NAS for me could be the DS410 but I can't find any review or performance numbers. Additionally, I've read rumors about a DS410+ which isn't even on the synology homepage though. I guess the DS410 is too new?! Does nobody have an insight?

Many claim the DS410 will only be significantly faster than the DS410j when used with encrypted volumes?! Frankly I don't see why I would need that what I want though is up-to-date performance. I've seen old NASes crouch around with <10MB/s with small files and that's just not gonna do it for me.

usage scenario:

• 2 Macbooks backing up via time-machine (500GB hdd each)
• media-server (movies/itunes)
• >1,2TB of images (RAW files)
• need of a backup functionality of CERTAIN (not all) those files to external drive, preferably eSATA because of speed

Any advice?

 

[Vanarf]

Ds410

I've just purchased and incorporated the DS410 into my system and I love it. It was a replacement for a previous Synology product, CS410e, which pales in comparison to this one. I've got a Macbook Pro, a windows 7 PC, PS3, Xbox 360 all connected to it and it works great. The transfer speeds were incredible over my older model NAS and I'm glad I upgraded to this model. I think this would suit may small home networks as it has for mine. I would definitely recommend the 410 to all.

 

[randfee]

thanks, glad to hear you're happy with the unit. Any comment on how loud the unit is? Many claim the Synology Units are quite noisy.

Since I get very little feedback or recommendations I figure I might as well just jump into the NAS ocean and order one. I'm thinking I might just get the DS410 and not look back, the qnaps with comparable performance are just 50% more expensive and I can't see me drooling over their build quality when the unit will be placed in my office/gaming/pc-room behind more electronics.

 

[louisw]

I am looking at this as well as the QNAP 410 and 419.

This looks like it might be in the best price / performance combo.

 

[randfee]

I've been reading alot (!) on these and my best shot these days is:

• Synology has the better Webinterface
• Qnap has better build quality & obvious accessability with no need to dismantle the unit to install/replace hdds
• Qnap devices are quieter
• Qnap had the better performance until DS1010+/710+ arrived

Xbitlabs.com has a review of the DS410j. They also have a similar review of the Qnap TS-439Pro. Comparing both of them (see below) gives you a good idea of how well the DS410j performs and since there is not much difference between the both of them I can only guess that the DS410 is performing on par or better than the TS-439Pro which, considering the 50% higher price of the TS-439Pro , would render both the DS410 and the DS410j the far better deal.
Question remains, DS410j or DS410... damn, 140€ premium just for e-SATA which is my major drawback of the DS410j. I couldn't care less about the better looks and encryption of the 410.

source: www.xbitlabs.com