Synology has the RackStation RS214 announced, a rack-mount storage system according to the manufacturer, particularly suitable for small businesses. The nas server offers up to two drive bays and would write speeds up to 70MB/s can achieve.
The Synology RackStation RS214 is a 1U-rackgemonteerde nas with a depth of 12″. The nas has a singlecore 1.2 GHz processor with hardware encryption, and a floating point unit. There is 512MB of ddr3 memory is present. In the two drive bays can be 2.5″- or 3.5″-drives will be placed, good for up to 8TB of gross storage. Also, there may be external storage devices to the RS214 to be linked via the two usb 2.0 and two usb 3.0 connectors. Also, there is an esata port is present.
Synology release RackStation RS214 via two gigabit ethernet ports communicate with the network. The nas supports link aggregation for higher throughput. Synology claims that the nas within a Windows environment, write speeds up to 70MB/s can achieve in a raid1 configuration. The speeds would peak at 160MB/s. The power used would be around 26W amounts of disk access and about 14W if the disks in the sleep mode.
The nas system runs on Synology’s DiskStation Manager 4.3, a firmware that many of the business functionalities, such as vpn and back-up options, as well as a radius server. The suggested retail price exclusive of vat amounts to 345 euro.
