Synology Disk Station 4-Bay 4 TB (4 x 1 TB) Network Attached Storage DS409 4100 (Black)

by Synology

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 6.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002IPHU8K
• Item model number: DS409 4100
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 4, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Beyond Backup�Store, Share, Stream

Synology Disk Station DS409 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 DS409

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 DS409 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 DS409 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.

DS409 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
DS409 Unit, Installation CD, Welcome Note, Assembling Kit, AC Power Adapter, AC Power Cord, 2M RJ-45 LAN Cable, 4x1TB Hard Drives

Product Description

Synology Disk Station DS409 is designed to provide users with a flexible solution to share files and increase productivity. Packed with the Synology Disk Station Manager 2.1, it delivers ease of use and variety of features. Furthermore, user can also deploy 2.5” hard drives on the DS409, making the DS409 more quiet, power saving, and reliable. Synology Disk Station is designed for data storage and sharing among Windows, Mac, and Linux. Seamless file sharing across different operation systems is an effortless process. Synology File Station 2 offers an innovative user interface with drag-n-drop and right-click capability allowing users not familiar with FTP to easily access files with a web browser. Synology Data Replicator 3 allows Windows users to back up desktop data to the Synology Disk Station. Immediate, Sync, and Scheduled Backup are fully-supported. Synology Local Backup helps to safeguard data by backing up to external hard drives via USB interfaces with flexible scheduling options. Synology Mail Station add-on provides a one step installation and enables Synology Disk Station to be a mail server that supports Outlook-like Web mail, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP. Synology Web Station with Virtual Host option allows users to host up to 30 websites on one single Synology Disk Station. The built-in PHP+MySQL provides the ability to create interactive websites without complicated settings. Synology Disk Station supports two USB printers simultaneously, and the Add Printer Wizard simplifies setup process with a wizard. Following “Synology NAS Server 3rd-Party Apps Integration Guide” on Synology website, users can customize their Synology Disk Station by installing their favorite applications. Now with 4x1TB HDD!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Synology DS409 NAS, November 10, 2009

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Roger Ronald "RR" (Sachse, texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Synology Disk Station 4-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage DS409 (Black) (Personal Computers)

I had a friend recommend another NAS type to me, but when I read thru the Amazon reviews, I couldn't go for it. In fact, if you search on NAS at Amazon and then look at the feedback, you'll find that most of the NAS vendors have terrible customer service. I literally picked out my NAS by reading Amazon reviews. Synology was about the only company that people weren't ready to tar and feather.

I'm happy with my purchase. With 4 1TB drives, it draws about 18-20 watts when idle. Maybe 35 when busy. They have a built in timer system to shut it down at a selected hour and then reboot it back when you choose. It's quiet. It can do all sorts of stuff (email server, web server, DLNA server, etc.). I can write to it at 30 MB/sec and read back at >50 MB/sec. Biggest key is that they have a very active community and forums and the customer service people actually seem to care about problems.

I've only owned it a month and haven't really encountered any issues. I'd give it 5 stars if I'd owned it a year and it continued to work as it is now.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars does the job well, March 4, 2010

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M. Krueger (Manchester, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Synology Disk Station 4-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage DS409 (Black) (Personal Computers)

While I was making big changes to my two XP towers and putting a new Win7 laptop online, a major reorg of storage and backup was going to happen anyway, so what better time to move to NAS. Then the question of which box. After reading every review I could find both on Amazon and elsewhere, I decided Synology was a good bet and along the way I liked the fact that its software is open source, which (sometimes) says that the vendor knows they are going to have to make an extra effort to get the product right. For this product, I'd say that expectation turns out to be justified. The DS2xx or DS4xx were the finalists and at the last minute I took the advice of a reviewer and went for the extra $ for 4 disks instead of 2, and very glad I did. My guess (and it is still a guess) was that it was not worth more $ to upgrade from the 16-bit CPU, therefore a DS409 choice. The diskless option was great because I had spare disks freed up by the equipment reorg.

The DS409 does NAS well and I can't think of a reason to rate it anything less than the 5 stars. It has all kinds of features that I don't use (music player, video camera monitoring, web server, etc. etc. etc.) but they aren't installed by default, so no impact. With the client PC's that have Gig ethernet adapters, I see 20 to high 30's for writing and 30's to high 60's for reading, depending on file size and the application and all the other stuff that affects internal disks as well. Set up and running in a couple of hours, very quiet, zero problems. The vendor has a good web site and firmware updates are easy.

Some config notes in case they provide ideas: I set up two 1T disks doing RAID 1 in slot 1 and 2 for second-tier storage, left slot 3 spare, put a slower low power 2T green drive in slot 4 for backups, all Western Digital. I used a drive that's about a year old in slot 1 and a new drive in slot 2 to maybe skew their eventual failure times. Two 1T external USB drives are rotated between one of the USB ports and a media safe, and the backup software on the DS409 (not software on client PC's) automatically makes a clone of the RAID 1 storage. I archive the slot 4 disk contents manually to other USB disks on a separate schedule.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good product, December 1, 2009

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J. Kiuhan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Synology Disk Station 4-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage DS409 (Black) (Personal Computers)

i've been searching for an easy nas for my home wireless network for a while. it had to handle at least 4 drives and not consume too much electricity. this one fit the bill. the installation and interface is very easy. i installed 4 wd green 1.5 tb drives and it streams my burned dvd files over the wireless-n without a hitch. i haven't had to reboot it since i got it, other than to update the firmware. this is a plug it in and forget about it device. i'm happy with it.

there are a few things that kept it from 5 stars. for instance, the music player is unnecesary since it's so inferior to even windows media player. i plugged an e-sata drive into the port, but i think it's only designed to work with their own expansion device. haven't looked into it yet. i plugged my external drives into the usb ports to copy all the content over. that worked great.

there are a lot of features that i don't use, like all the functions for accessing it remotely, so i can't comment on that.

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