Power Consumption

Let's check now how much power the DS412+ needs in sleep, idle mode and during heavy throughput.

For all power consumption measurements we use two professional power analyzers, a Prova WM-01 and a GW Instek GPM-8212.

Sleep, Idle and Load

Even at heavy throughput with four disks the NAS needs only 50W of power so it is very efficient, something that will save you much money especially if you have it working continuously (24/7).

Power Consumption in Standby Mode

Vampire power or phantom load is the amount of power that a device consumes when it is switched off but still plugged into the power grid. According to the ErP Lot 6 2010 directive it should be below 1W and the future 2013 directive lowers this threshold to 0.5W.



Unfortunately the DS412+ isn't compatible with the ErP Lot 6 2010 directive so its consumption at standby exceeds the 1W limit by far. This is not good and we expect a fix from Synology in the near future.

Power Consumption Comparison Graphs