Uk has collected 4 expert reviews for Synology DiskStation DS409 NAS/storage server and the average expert rating is 77 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Uk to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions.

Synologys Disk Station DS409 is a competent network-attached storage (NAS) device with four disk bays (youll have to provide that hard drives yourself). It has a total potential storage capacity of 8TB. We arent sure which is uglier — the Synology Disk Station DS409 or Seagates BlackArmor NAS 440 — but Synologys NAS device is certainly less practical. The DS409 has four drive bays, but they arent hot-swappable. They can be accessed by unscrewing the back panel and lifting up the entire mi...

• Fast read speeds, easy-to-use Web interface, powerful Audio Station music interface, comprehensive RAID support...
• Impractical design, poor write speeds, ugly, no one-touch copy button...
• We weren’t thrilled by the design of Synology’s Disk Station DS409 NAS device and it doesn’t write data particularly quickly. However, the combination of quick read speeds and powerful media browsers make this a viable option for storing...

My lab is dotted with Synology NAS devices providing a wide array of services, from disk-based backup to general file sharing to shared storage for small virtualisation build-outs. In all the years I've had these boxes spinning, they've never once let...

• I tested the RS3411RPxs with a variety of operating systems running at 1GbE and 10GbE speeds. I performed a significant number of tests using VMware vSphere 5 to gauge the virtualization performance as well. In all tests, the RS3411RPxs performed very...