Those working in a small office/business or even home scenario will be pleased to know that the DS411j is directed towards them. The 'j' of course signifying that this is one of Synology's entry level units and it certainly has a very attractive price-point.

As always, DSM that Synology provide for their NAS is an exciting package that has a very powerful interface. It delivers on almost every level you can imagine with the emphasis being on multi-tasking. You will struggle to find a feature absent from DSM, you can stream music and movies from it, have it act as a mail server, surveillance (hooked up to an IP camera), download server and lots more.

In terms of power consumption, temperatures and transfer performance, the DS411j offers an efficient solution that is very responsive thanks to gigabit LAN and DDR2 onboard memory.



Features like DS Audio (seen previously in this review) stand out as being innovative to say to the least. I was able to sync my HTC Desire with the DS411j and so long as I was within WiFi range I could stream music directly from the NAS to my phone in just a few button pressed thanks to the DS Audio phone app. What this means is, provided you have an Android / iPhone ready device you can stream files from the NAS anywhere in your home. Get yourself a docking station with speakers and you can entertain your friends all evening. Fantastic!

You can pick up the DS411j for around £263 inc. VAT which is a superb when you consider that this particular unit can house up to 12TB of capacity from up to 4 HDDs.

The bottom line is, Synology have once again made it possible for the home and small business user to indulge in high performance storage at a very affordable cost. The DS411j has a plethora of features that will entertain and meet the needs of almost everyone out there.