Updated Review: 8/2/2014 - 5 Star Review
I put the unit through the gauntlet, syncing about 3TBs in a two 4TB drive setup. It was working fine, but then I accidentally kicked the unit and the power cord came out during the madness. So here I am sweating and thinking about how I just threw away hundreds of $$$s because I am an idiot. But I powered it back up and it gave a crazy beeping sound, but it was just an alert saying that Disk 1 was not initialized --> must have come loose when I kicked it.
I clicked the manage --> repair and BOOM like magic it is back to normal! There is nothing more satisfying than a product doing what it is supposed to = Keep Your Data Safe. 5 stars for a perfect performance.
Updated Review: 7/31/2014 - 4 Star Review
I received my replacement unit today! I am happy to report that there is no blinking blue light of death. I must have gotten really unlucky or something earlier.
It was really simple to set up:
1. 5 minutes - Place the hard drives into the slots from top to bottom (there are 4 of them). Synology provides screws in case you want to make them extra sturdy (e.g. if you think there is even a remote chance of the unit shaking or being knocked you should screw them in to be secure). Note that there are two fans in the back (completely silent even with your face right next to the unit).
2. 5 minutes - Go to find.synology.com and click the unit, which should be auto-recognized if you plugged in the ethernet cables and turned it on.
3. 10 minutes - the synology will then install the latest DiskStation Manager (it appears to be a custom Operating System? e.g. Windows or Linux). Note: the default username is "admin". The default password is empty, so literally do not type anything in there.
4. Wait for the synology to create the hybrid raid (I think this just picks a raid level depending on how many drives you happen to have in the thing - I only had 2, so I assume its in a Raid 1 config.)
5. ENJOY!
I will update this review after I try to get Plex running and have a chance to load 4 TBs of data on it ASAP. So far 4 stars for being really easy and simple to set up. 1 star dinged because of earlier trouble and because I have not had a chance to put it through the data gauntlet.
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Initial Review: 7/29/2014 - 1 Star Review
I received this unit yesterday and was excited to get it started and have everything work. It flashes blue non-stop and doesn't do anything else. I searched online and it looks like a complete motherboard failure? Or it may be related to a faulty production flash issue.
I am returning the unit to Amazon for a replacement, and I will update my review upon getting the new one.
Having a DOA computer is not normal and their engineers should create some better quality control.
| Hard Drive | 16 TB Diskless |
|---|---|
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 1 |
