Testseek.com have collected 28 expert reviews of the Synology DiskStation DS414 and the average rating is 87%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Synology DiskStation DS414.
April 2014
(87%)
28 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
-
0 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
87010028
Reviews
page 1 of 3
Order by:
Score
Published: 2014-05-27, Author: Christopher , review by: neowin.net
To sum it up, the Synology DS414 sports high capacity, excellent performance, easy to use hardware (including the ability to hot-swap drives, a complaint I had with the DS411), many additional applications to extend the functionality, and great mobile ...
The DS414 is one of the latest 4-bay NASes from Synology which is equipped with a dual-core Marvell Armada XP Dual-Core processor running at 1.33GHz and is paired with a total of 1GB DDR3. It comes with support for the latest Seagate 5TB drives, for a...
Good price to capacity ratio, Extremely capable DSM software and related apps, Allows cross platform file-sharing
eSATA port
The Synology DiskStation DS414 a 4-bay, hot-swappable NAS with a max capacity of 16TB. The device has a Dual Core 1.33 GHz processor for nearly 1,000 IOPS with NAS HDDs. The DS414 allows for cross platform file-sharing and mobile access. While aimed a...
The Synology DS414 is the first NAS we have tested to be armed with the Marvell Armada XP (MV78230) series dual-core ARM processor and the results were inspiring. Back when we tested the DS413 we were impressed with the Freescale system-on-chip which w...
Abstract: RWL continues with our commitment to bringing you RAID 0 TRIM reviews. Now that Windows 8 has officially launched its only natural that we are the first to bring you a RAID 0 TRIM review featuring Windows 8. To help us gauge the performance of Windo...
Was this review helpful?
-
Published: 2014-06-05, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
Over the last two years, we've watched Synology simplify the DiskStation Manager software while at the same time add new features at an impressive rate. In the same time, NAS products have migrated from data storage devices to full servers capable of run...
The DS414 looks great with it's black matt sides which do a great job of keeping it looking clean.The DS414 doesn't come with any hard drives preinstalled, so the first task is to slide out one of the drive bays and fit the drive. The whole process is ver...
As fast as Gigabit Ethernet, Easy to setup & use, Tool-less drive bays, Dual USB 3.0 ports added
No physical display, No integrated wireless, No single comprehensive smartphone app
It may look like its predecessor, but with the DS414 Synology has broken through price and performance barriers to create a category of NAS now only held back by the limits of Gigabit Ethernet. Beyond this the DS414 is compact and quiet, it packs bucket l...
Tool-free drive installation, Simple to use GUI, Lightweight build, Competitive price point, Quick first time setup process
Basic folder structure would better suit novice users, Replacing all the drives at the same time requires the system to be setup again, Slower CPU does increase initial RAID build times,
PricingSynology is known to have a very competitive pricing structure and the DS414 is by no means any different. With an astonishing price point of £342 inc VAT (~€405 EUR / ~$551 USD) the DS414 is amazingly good value for money and its price is even les...
Great design, Dual gigabitLAN, Featurerich interface
No HDMI and eSATA connectivity, No transcoding
For all its advantages, the DS414 does have a few drawbacks. The NAS does not feature HDMI connectivity, which means that it cannot be directly connected to a TV. Through Media Server, the DS414 can stream and playback content to DLNA devices, but it lac...
