Synology DiskStation 4-Bay 1.28 TB (4 x 320 GB) 2.5 Inch HDD Network Attached Storage DS409Slim 4030 (Black)

by Synology

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.1 x 4.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002IPHVI4
• Item model number: DS409Slim 4030
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 4, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Beyond Backup�Store, Share, Stream

Synology Disk Station DS409slim is a digital hub for your home or office, providing multiple functions right out of the box to connect to your network and providing an easy way to store, share, and stream your digital files. With an intuitive interface and fast performance, a Synology Disk Station is an ideal solution for a home or small business server.

Synology Disk Station DS409SLIM

Share and Backup Your Important Files

Introducing a simple way to protect and share your digital photo and music collections. Designed to be the hub of your home or office network, the Disk Station DS409slim is accessible from any Windows, Mac, or Linux computer at home or on the road. Whether streaming media around the house to any DLNA-compatible device or sharing photos with family across the country, the easy-to-use interface of Disk Station Manager 2.2 lets you maximize your multimedia experiences, while protecting your important photo, video, and music files.

Synology File Station 2 simplifies file management, enabling access from any web browser through a sleek and intuitive interface. Managing and protecting your data has never been easier with features that include remote access, a built-in firewall, surveillance station, iPhone® apps, and more.

Feature to Help You Enjoy Your Media
Not just a file server and backup target, the Synology Disk Station DS409slim allows you to interact with, view, and share your media. Movies stored on the Disk Station can be viewed on any DLNA-compliant TV or PlayStation 3®. Synology PhotoStation 3 can automatically post photos to a password-protected site so friends and family across the globe can enjoy them, and music can be streamed to anywhere with a browser or mobile device.

For Windows® based computers Synology includes Data Replicator 3, a simple tool to schedule automatic backups to fit your needs. For Mac users, all Synology Disk Stations natively integrate with Time Machine®. Carrying a two year warranty with US-based in-house support, an active user community, and free firmware upgrades, a Synology DiskStation is an investment that will give you freedom and peace of mind at your home or business.

DS409slim is a multi-function tool that backs up, secures, and shares your media.

Media Awards and Recognition

Synology Disk Stations are widely recognized in the media, winning several awards from leading publications.

The Synology DS209+II was #59 in PC World�s Top 100 Products of 2009 and was the only NAS device on the list. In October 2009, PC World also said the DS209j, the economy version of the DS209+II, is the perfect home network backup solution.

The predecessor to the DS409+, the CS407, was awarded a 2009 Technology of the Year by InfoWorld, who said "Synology has broken new ground with a completely open, commercial NAS device."

What�s in the Box
DS409slim Unit, Installation CD, Welcome Note, Assembling Kit, AC Power Adapter, AC Power Cord, 2M RJ-45 LAN Cable, 4xDrive Trays, 4x320GB Hard Drives

Product Description

Synology Disk Station DS409slim is designed to provide users with a budget-friendly solution for easy file sharing and backup. The snap-in 2.5” hard drive design brings low power consumption, quiet operation, reliability and easy disk replacement in a compact design. Its software, Synology Disk Station Manager 2.1, delivers ease of use and variety of features. It is designed to work with 2.5” hard drives. The low power consumption characteristic of 2.5” hard drives will lower your electricity bill, as well as reduce your carbon footprint. The smart fan design keeps the fan off under normal operations and spinning up at a very low speed only when needed, thus minimizing the noise level. In addition, 2.5” hard drives have reduced vibration, increased MTBF (mean time before failure), and shock tolerance. Synology Download Station 2 functions as a 24x7 BitTorrent, FTP, HTTP, eMule, and NZB download center. Synology Audio Station supports music, Internet radio stations, and iPod playback with connected USB speakers. An optional direction-free Synology Remote allows you to freely enjoy your music. Web-streaming mode allows your music to be shared with multiple users over the Internet. UPnP support allows users to stream multimedia files with an UPnP Digital Media Adapter (DMA) on a stereo system or a TV-set. Sony PS3 and Microsoft Xbox360 are also supported. iTunes Server is an easy way to share music to other iTunes clients over the network. USB Copy provides a plug-n-save solution to store data. Synology Data Replicator 3 allows Windows users to back up desktop data to the DS409slim. Users can select immediate, sync, or scheduled backup according to their needs. The Network Recycle Bin ensures all deleted files are recoverable from the recycle bin. Synology Photo Station 3 simplifies photo, video, and blog sharing over the Internet. Customized themes and various selections are available for personalization. Now with 4x320GB HDDs

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great small and quiet (more than) NAS device, March 17, 2010

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R. Lublinerman (PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Synology Disk Station 4-Bay (Diskless) 2.5 Inch HDD Network Attached Storage DS409Slim (Black) (Personal Computers)

This is my second Synology NAS (the other one is a CS407) and I am greatly satisfied with it.

Pros:
(1) It is small, really small for a 4 drive NAS.
(2) Very very quiet. Synology website rates the CS407 at 23db and the DS409slim at 24db. However in my opinion the ds409slim is almost silent and the CS407 is not.
(3) Although it uses 2.5 hds, it supports the 12.5mm height ones that allow you (as of 04/10) 4TB total storage.
(4) Rock solid, proven linux os.
(5) Tons of functionality appart from standard NAS services (web server, bittorrent client, rsync server for backup, etc), and on to it allows you to add custom software (e.g. subversion server).
(6) Nice and easy to manage configuration software.

Cons:
(1) Price. 2.5" drives are relatively more expensive than their 3.5" counterparts (2+ times at 1TB).
(2) 2.5" drives limit the storage capacity.


W.r.t noise, I have to say that one of the reasons that my ds409slim is much quieter than my cs407 is that the 2.5" drives I used are very silent (5400rpm WD blue) and the 3.5" are not so much (2 hitachi 7200rpm and 1 samsung 7200rpm).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great SO/HO NAS, October 7, 2010

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Larry "Larry" (VA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Synology Disk Station 4-Bay (Diskless) 2.5 Inch HDD Network Attached Storage DS409Slim (Black) (Personal Computers)

I have been lurking on the NAS scene for my home for quite some time. I had two dedicated Windows machines acting as file servers to host about 1TB of data and kept mirrors of the data on different hard drives using SmartSync Pro. Has been working great for years, but I recently switched over the family to Macs and I started to loathe the management of the Windows boxes. Plus both Windows machines are ancient fill tower rigs, running 24x7 with 400W power supplies and totaling 12 IDE drives... This was a huge space, power and noise concern as well.

Synology makes a wide range of NAS solutions for home, small office/home office and enterprise situations. There are so many models it is actually a little confusing where a SO/HO should end up - picking between the Junior (j) line, the standard line or the + line is tough and will involve you weighing the various tradeoffs between price, performance and expandability.

I decided on the DS409slim because it address my three secondary concerns while completely fulfilling my primary concern - network aware, fault tolerant disk access. This unit is TINY (as in palm sized), practically silent and uses very little power, both under load and when idle. Installation was a cinch, took as long to open the box and pull out the instructions as it took to screw in the drives and slide in the trays. In about 30 minutes I had a 750GB 3 disk RAID 5 NAS using drives I had sitting around the house. I have since done both horizontal expansion (adding a new drive) and vertical expansion (replacing a drive with one of larger capacity) and the Synology Disk Station software has made it painless and quite simple to do. I am currently running 4x500GB Seagate Momentus 7200rpm drives in a 1.5TB RAID 5 array.

I have been able to stream video/music/photos to my XBox 360 and PS3 without a hitch. My DirecTV HR20-100 can do music and photos, but cannot display the format I have the videos encoded in.

I love this little box and should have gotten one years ago. I am planning on getting one of Synology's other offerings for my dad so he cn get rid of the 3+ external drives he has hooked up to his computers and get a single NAS solution and recover some desk space.

Synology tech support, website and web forum appears to be responsive and has good online documentation.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Home NAS Solution, March 31, 2010

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Jeff S. - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Synology Disk Station 4-Bay (Diskless) 2.5 Inch HDD Network Attached Storage DS409Slim (Black) (Personal Computers)

Overall I'm very happy with the Synology DS409slim. I purchased this device along with four Western Digital 5400RPM 320GB drives (from Amazon) for quite a bit less than the preconfigured model.

Setup was relatively painless. I think the most difficult part was to screw the hard drives to the cages, which wasn't even that bad. I configured my unit to be RAID5 + Spare, formatting of the drives took about 2 hours and then I was ready to go.

The built in software works well for what it is. Since it's running Linux, if the built-in software doesn't fit my needs I can probably find an alternative to install.

I particularly like some of the security features. One particular feature will block access to an IP address that has made too many invalid log-in attempts, which is reassuring since I have part of the interface exposed to the internet. Synology recently added the ability to encrypt file shares. I've encrypted one directory so far, it was very simple to do and seemless to the client PC.

I've been using the device for a few weeks now and everything has been running smoothly. The device is fitting for the intended purpose I purchased it for: to host multimedia files and provide a safe repository for my important files.

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