Performance Summary - Internal & External Storage

The following graph shows the overall performance of the NAS on all tests we conducted using our custom made software.



In general the DS412+ is pretty fast and the speeds it achieves in RAID 1 configuration are amazing, compared to other NAS we have tested in the past. However the performance of the USB 3.0 external disk we tried was tragic, to say the least, since the attained speeds do not exceed the USB 2.0 limits. This is due to a compatibility problem according to Synology, nevertheless exactly the same USB drive worked flawlessly with the QNAP TS-469 and TS-669 Pro.

Performance Comparison Graphs

Now let's check the performance of the DS412+ against other NAS devices. Currently we have measurements of few NAS devices but after more reviews the following graphs will become much richer. Also we should note that the TS-469 Pro and the TS-419P II were tested with the older Samsung T166 SpinPoint HDDs (HD501LJ, Serial ATA II, 7200 RPM, 16 MB) and although these HDDs share the same characteristics with the newer HD502HJ model they are not as fast. This however makes a difference only in the single disk measurements where the HDD may be not able to pass the max speed that the Gigabit network can attain.