{"id":10643,"date":"2014-04-14T21:37:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T01:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/?p=10643"},"modified":"2022-05-20T18:51:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T22:51:12","slug":"synology-ds214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/2014\/04\/synology-ds214\/","title":{"rendered":"Synology DiskStation DS214"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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02:06:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 00:49:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 06:58:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 01:45:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 01:45:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/syn-ds214.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10645\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/2014\/04\/synology-ds214\/syn-ds214\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/syn-ds214.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"470,396\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Synology DS214\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Synology DS214&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/syn-ds214-300x252.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/syn-ds214.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10645\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"Synology DS214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/syn-ds214-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"Synology DS214\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/syn-ds214-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/syn-ds214-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/syn-ds214.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Let&#8217;s try this again &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I was having way too many problems with my new <a title=\"Buffalo LinkStation LS420\" href=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/2014\/03\/buffalo-linkstation-ls420\/\">Buffalo Linkstation LS420<\/a> so I sent it back and decided to give a different brand a try. It was slightly more expensive, but I selected the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Synology-DiskStation-Diskless-Attached-DS214\/dp\/B00FY6DV3S\/190-3591095-2662668\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;amp&#038;amp&#038;amp&#038;redirect=true&#038;amp&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl&#038;amp&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=chmod64409-20&#038;linkId=ddd3810396ffdb0b1cb7a595230ad697&#038;language=en_US\" rel=\"nofollow\">Synology DiskStation DS214<\/a> 2-bay NAS, populated with two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Red-3TB-Hard-Disk-Drive\/dp\/B008JJLW4M\/183-8336200-2402901\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;amp&#038;amp&#038;amp&#038;redirect=true&#038;amp&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl&#038;amp&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=chmod64409-20&#038;linkId=52a41ab68fcf0286b3c6b0d175aa18df&#038;language=en_US\" rel=\"nofollow\">3TB Western Digital Red<\/a> NAS hard drives (purchased separately as the NAS itself comes without drives). Wow, am I impressed!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Setup was easy and straightforward: I popped off the front cover, removed the drive trays, installed the two 3TB drives (no screws required), and put everything back together. Then it was just a matter of connecting the DiskStation to the network, powering it up, and pointing my browser at it for the software setup. Configuring the drives in a RAID-1 (actually, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synology.com\/en-us\/knowledgebase\/DSM\/tutorial\/Storage\/What_is_Synology_Hybrid_RAID_SHR\">SHR<\/a>) configuration was a snap, and within 15 minutes I was copying data to my new NAS. Compare that to the over 24-hour initialization process the Buffalo LinkStation 420 had to go through before it was ready for use.<\/p>\n<p>Synology&#8217;s software, DiskStation manager (or DSM) is incredibly elegant and easily the best management software I have seen on a consumer NAS. It makes the LS420&#8217;s web interface look clunky and ancient by comparison. DSM runs in your browser, but has overlapping windows, &#8220;desktop&#8221; shortcuts, widgets, it&#8217;s amazing:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dsm50-screen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10654\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/2014\/04\/synology-ds214\/dsm50-screen\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dsm50-screen.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,877\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DiskStation Manager 5.0\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;DiskStation Manager 5.0&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dsm50-screen-300x205.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dsm50-screen-1024x701.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10654\" title=\"DiskStation Manager 5.0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dsm50-screen-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"DiskStation Manager 5.0\" width=\"730\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dsm50-screen-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dsm50-screen-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dsm50-screen-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dsm50-screen-730x500.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dsm50-screen.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like most other consumer\/prosumer NASes, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synology.com\/en-global\/support\/download\/DS214\">DS214<\/a> runs Linux on its 1.0GHz dual-core ARM CPU. Unlike the Buffalo devices I&#8217;ve owned in the past, however, Synology allows for the easy installation of custom packages and applications, even command-line access over SSH, out of the box with no &#8220;hacking&#8221; required. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synology.com\/en-global\/dsm\/packages\">variety of available packages<\/a> can be overwhelming, but with only 512mb of RAM I wouldn&#8217;t recommend overloading on these.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to this &#8220;open&#8221; architecture, I was able to move some file-related services like Dropbox (using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synology.com\/en-global\/dsm\/packages\">Cloud Sync<\/a> package) and Eye-Fi (thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210510054310\/https:\/\/thijs.elenbaas.net\/2013\/03\/installing-an-eye-fi-server-on-a-synology-nas\/\">this article<\/a>) off of my Ubuntu Linux server and just run them on the DiskStation directly. I was a little disappointed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synology.com\/en-global\/dsm\/packages\">Download Station<\/a>\u00a0app doesn&#8217;t allow for torrenting through proxy servers (one feature that the LinkStation\u00a0<em>does<\/em>\u00a0support).<\/p>\n<p>The DS214 is also running <a href=\"https:\/\/networkupstools.org\/\">NUT<\/a>, so I ended up connecting my UPS directly to the NAS&#8217;s USB port and then updating the NUT configuration files on the Linux server to be a &#8220;slave&#8221; to the DS214. Now, when the power goes out, the DiskStation will send a shutdown command to the Linux server and then shut itself down when the battery power is low.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still going through and tweaking all the options available to me in DSM (reporting, notifications, applications, etc.) but am already\u00a0<em>way\u00a0<\/em>happier with the DS214 than I was with the LS420. It was definitely worth the extra money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s try this again &#8230; I was having way too many problems with my new Buffalo Linkstation LS420 so I sent it back and decided to give a different brand a try. It was slightly more expensive, but I selected the\u00a0Synology DiskStation DS214 2-bay NAS, populated with two 3TB Western Digital Red NAS hard drives &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/2014\/04\/synology-ds214\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Synology DiskStation DS214&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,9,15,4],"tags":[13,44,83],"class_list":["post-10643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","category-reviews","category-software","category-tech","tag-linux","tag-network","tag-storage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windracer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}