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July 1, 2008
Quiet, Full Featured, RAID 5 Network Server
A Review of the Synology Cube Station model CS407
Synology is shipping the Cube Station CS407 ($599 MSRP). This powerful, yet quiet NAS box supports up to four 3.5" SATA hard drives that can be configured as Basic (single disks), RAID 0, RAID 1, or with a RAID 5 configuration. The CS407 is powered by a Marvell 5281, 500 MHz SOC processor with 128MB of DDR2 memory, two USB 2.0 ports, gigabit ethernet and a 80mm cooling fan. The Cube Station CS407 provides file sharing services for Mac OS X, OS 9 and Windows computers. In addition, it can also be configured as a Web server, FTP server, iTunes server, Download station, Surveillance station and a Photo server. The Cube Station CS407 supports the UPnP multimedia protocol which allows devices that support this standard to stream audio, photos and video files from the CS407. The USB ports located on the CS407 can be used for printer sharing, adding storage or backing up data. The small foot print, RAID 5 data protection and large feature set provided by the Synology Cube Station makes it an ideal tool for expanding the functionality of office or home computer networks. The purpose of this review is to determine how the Synology Cube Station CS407 works with Macintosh computers.
System Requirements
Supports Mac OS X, OS 9 and Windows computers
Requires up to four 3.5" SATA hard drives
Supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and Basic single disks
Requires an ethernet network
SMTP support for email notification
Since the AMUG review of the Disk Station DS-207 was published in April of 2007, Synology has been busy upgrading their software and hardware. The CS407 provides twice the hard disk capacity, RAID 5, twice the network performance, Terminal, Surveillance Station, Front Row iTunes support and an enhanced web manager. In addition, the Marvell 5281 allows Slimserver to work well with the CS407. If you are looking for a NAS with an advanced set of network features the Synology Cube Station CS407 is a great choice.
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