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February 2016
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Great performance
Above quoted speeds
Scalable solution
Supports BTRFS
Expandable to 7 bays total with one DX513 cabinet
Broad feature set with lots of installable apps
Btrfsenabled snapshot backups
4K video transcoding
Quiet
Intuitive OS
Tons of functionality
Including 4K transcoding
Hardware encryption
Excellent performance (with test drives)
DiskStation Manager 6.0
Easy setup and management
Dual Ethernet ports
Tool-less 3.5-inch hard drive installation
Good performance
Hardware Encryption Engine (AES-NI) and Hardware Transcoding Engine
DiskStation Manager 6.0, Easy setup and management, Dual Ethernet ports, Tool-less 3.5-inch hard drive installation, Good performance, Hardware Encryption Engine (AES-NI) and Hardware Transcoding Engine
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The Synology DiskStation DS716+ is the perfect NAS starting point for a small to medium size business. Under the hood you have a Intel Celeron N3150 quad-core processor and 2 GB of DDR3 memory. There are two drive bays for storage, but extra storage can a...
Published: 2016-02-26, Author: Jim , review by: wegotserved.com
Costing $487/£396.99 (with the usual online discounts available), the Synology DS716+ is one of the more expensive 2-bay NAS units. But, once again, Synology has made a great product with the DS716+ being perfect for the small business or power home user...
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Published: 2016-02-02, Author: Christopher , review by: neowin.net
So is the Synology DS716+ the product for you? To answer that question, you'll have to decide what you need a NAS for. For a two-bay NAS device, it has a nice powerful processor and quite a bit of RAM. Because of this power, it can transcode video pretty...
Supports BTRFS, Expandable to 7 bays total with one DX513 cabinet, Broad feature set with lots of installable apps, Btrfsenabled snapshot backups, 4K video transcoding, Quiet
Relatively expensive, Expansion option is expensive, Relatively poor large file RAID1 performance, Memory not upgradeable without voiding warranty, More expensive than better performing NASes
With a street price of about $450, the Synology DS716+ is one of the most expensive two-bay NASes you can purchase. The only models that cost more are the #1 ranked $468 ASUSTOR 5102T (included for comparison in this review), the #16 ranked $470 Seagate S...
Great performance; above quoted speeds, Scalable solution
Small form factor limits network speeds to 2Gb/s
Ideal for small, growing businesses, the scalable DS716+ is a great addition to Synology's portfolio of SOHO NAS solutions, as it boasts great performance while providing reliable failover support...
It is easy to see why so many are getting excited about the new Synology DS716+, as there is a lot to be excited about.Firstly the Intel Celeron N3150 is a low powered beast, and not just that but it is extremely well supported by an extensive feature set...
Quadcore Intel Celeron CPU, 2GB RAM that looks to be expandable, although unsupported, Two storage bays with up to 8TB drives in each, Dual NIC ports supporting load balancing, teaming, and failover, Ability for SSD caching to increase I/O, Can be expande
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Just as with the bigger brother, the Synology DiskStation DS716+ is an amazing NAS unit, especially for the price. With the exception of the additional bays, it offers the same performance and versatility we come to expect from Synology NAS units. I was q...
Abstract: As popular as streaming video and TV is in 2016, there are still plenty of people out there that want to buy DVDs or Blu-rays, rip them to a local storage device, and watch them whenever they like. To do that, you need somewhere to store all those high-re...
