With home networks currently ordinary, it's not just business who need several type of network attached storage (NAS). And with the majority NAS devices contributing far more than easy data storage, for example BitTorrent downloads as well as scheduled backups; they're becoming ever trendier.

With a tiny as well as stylish design, the DS409slim from Synology makes a superior first impression as well as measures presently 142mm lengthy, 120mm tall as well as 105mm broad.

The front is home to a series of position LEDs along with a single USB port. Power plus Copy buttons sit on the left side; press the later when a USB memory stick is connected and the contents will be directly copied to the NAS. The back is home to the drive bays, Gigabit LAN, eSATA along with an additional USB port.

The DS409slim vary from the majority NAS devices in that it make use of 2.5-inch drives, such as are normally used in laptops. Not only are these drives quieter than their 3.5-inch equivalent, but they also run cooler with therefore don't need loud fans. The DS409slim does in fact house a fan, but it's very calm and you'll only listen to it when up close. Synology quotes a sound level of 24dB, as well as the fan will only rotate up when necessary.

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The huge bulk of 2.5-inch drives are supported, but it's most excellent to confirm the official list before purchasing.

Powered by a 1.2GHz processor as well as with 128MB or RAM to play with, the DS409slim doesn't dissatisfy when it comes to performance. To test it, we installed three 250GB, 5,400rpm hard drives in a RAID 0 array, building a whole of 750GB obtainable. We then set up a wired, Gigabit network with transferred a range of content to and from the DS409slim.