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Reviews of Synology DiskStation DS508

Testseek.com have collected 15 expert reviews of the Synology DiskStation DS508 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Synology DiskStation DS508.
Award: Most Awarded August 2008
August 2008
 
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The editors liked

  • 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports with jumbo frame support
  • RAID 1
  • 5 and RAID expansion
  • Hot Swappable drives
  • Builtin servers for Web
  • FTP
  • ITunes
  • Printer
  • UPnP AV
  • Photo sharing
  • Backup
  • And Bit Torrent download
  • Direct recording from IPbased cameras
  • High ...
  • Hot-swap Sata disks
  • Five disk bays
  • Raid 0/1/5 protection
  • Backup to external disks
  • Web-based access
  • Apache/PHP/MySQL servers
  • USB printer sharing
  • Super capacious and versatile
  • Attractive interface
  • Lots of utilities

The editors didn't like

  • Relatively expensive
  • Status indicators didn’t show drive rebuild
  • No home page alert or status page status showing RAID in degraded mode
  • Very limited documentation for using builtin web server/MySQL
  • Disks add to the price
  • No hot sparing
  • Single power supply
  • Pricey

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  Published: 2008-05-01, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • Abstract:  Synologys Disk Station DS508 is the first NAS weve seen to come with five SATA drive bays, so it has plenty of space for adding more disks. Disks have to be screwed into removable trays but its not difficult. Configuring the DS508 is straightfor...

 
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  Published: 2008-05-01, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • Abstract:  Synologys brand-new Disk Station DS508 may be the most expensive NAS device weve reviewed, but its also the best. Its smaller than you might imagine, being only a little larger than the five 3½in SATA disks that it houses. The case itself looks ...

 
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  Published: 2008-05-13, review by: hardware.fr

  • Une fois de plus, Synology propose un haut de gamme particulièrement réussi : qualité de fabrication, interface, richesse et qualité des fonctions, mais aussi et surtout performances brutes. En débits soutenus SMB, le DS508 explose littéralement toute ...

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  Published: 2008-10-15, review by: techworld.idg.se

  • Synology DS508 är snabbast, har flest finesser, det klart bästa gränssnittet och rymmer en disk mer än de andra. Det är inte alltid mest är bäst, men här är det faktiskt så. Visst är många av fin...

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  Published: 2008-08-25, review by: datormagazin.se

  • Hot-swap-SATA-hårddiskar, fem hårddiskfack, RAID 0/1/5-skydd, säkerhetskopiering till externa enheter, webbaserad åtkomst, Apache/PHP/MySQL-server, USB-skrivardelning
  • Levereras utan hårddiskar, stöder inte hot sparing, bara ett nätaggregat
  • Synology DS508 rekommenderas varmt till småföretag och avancerade hemmaanvändare som söker en nätverkslagringlösning med funktioner utöver de vanliga ...

 
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