I win a Synology DS710+ & DX510 yesterday

I did win a Synology DS710+ & DX510 by filling out a survey, after having read an official tweet of Synology Inc.(http://twitter.com/Synology) about the contest 3 weeks ago. The funny part is that I bought a Synology DS1010+ (704CHF/692$) and 4TB of disk (280CHF/275$) at the same time…

On the picture above, this is my current small datacenter 🙂

• DS 408 has four disks of  1TB in RAID5, so a volume of 2.7TB since 2008
• DS1010+ has two disks of 2 TB in RAID1 so a volume of 1.8TB since 2008
• I have others disks 3.5TB not represented in my custom NAS that will soon be retired…

The DS 510 will perfectly complete my existing DS1010+, the DS710+ will be assigned to some other tasks. Synology is really developing high-performance, reliable, versatile, and environmentally-friendly Network Attached Storage products. I did never had any problems, and all software updates were working as expected. They are by far the best NAS on the market with a lot of software functionalities thanks to a #Linux kernel.

Synology DX510

Expansion Unit for Increasing Capacity of the Synology DiskStation DS710+ or DS1010+. When the storage capacity of the Synology DS710+/DS1010+ is nearing its limits, it can easily be expanded by the Synology DX510. The Synology DX510 securely connects to the Synology DS710+/DS1010+ via an eSATA cable of specially-designed connectors on both ends to ensure maximum throughput. The Synology DX510 can directly expand the existing storage on the Synology DS710+ to a maximum 14 TB volume.

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Synology DS 710+

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Specifications

• Intel Atom CPU Frequency: 1.67GHz
• Floating Point
• Memory Bus: [email protected]
• Memory: 1GB
• Internal HDD¹: 3.5″ SATA(II) X2 or 2.5″ SATA/SSD X2
• Max Internal Capacity: 4TB (2x 2TB hard drives)⁹
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• Hot Swappable HDD
• Size (HxWxD): 157mm X 103.5mm X 232mm
• External HDD Interface: USB 2.0 port X3, eSATA port X1
• Weight: 1.69kg
• LAN: Gigabit X1
• Wireless Support¹¹

• Fan: X1(80mmX80mm)
• Wake on LAN/WAN
• Noise Level:² 22.1dB(A)
• Power Recovery
• AC Input Power Voltage: 100V to 240V
• Power Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz, Single Phase
• Power Consumption³: 31W(Access); 17W(HDD Hibernation)
• Operating Temperature: 5°C to 35°C (40°F to 95°F)
• Storage Temperature: -10°C to 70°C (15°F to 155°F)
• Relative Humidity: 5% to 95%RH
• Maximum Operating Altitude: 10,000 feet
• Certification: FCC Class B, CE Class B, BSMI Class B