Exterior

The trays' cover comes with a plastic film to ensures it arrives unscathed. As you can see in the last photograph, the cover is glossy, which makes it a fingerprint magnet.


In the top-right corner are five LED indicators - one for the server's status the others as HDD activity LEDs, one for each installed drives. There is also a USB 2.0 port, and below it is the power button, also LED lit. Synology unfortunately didn't put a USB 3.0 port into the front, which we will deduct some points for in our final rating.


Each tray's station is numbered with dots; however, the trays themselves aren't. Yet the latter isn't a big deal as you won't have to put them back in the same order to have the NAS operate properly.


Acting as an exhaust grill, Synology's logo has been punched into on of two sides.


Remove these trays is simple - you only have to push the latch upward and pull the handle to remove a tray.


Two shots of the NAS' internals with the trays removed.


Unfortunately, the trays are made of plastic. We would prefer metallic trays in a NAS of this price range, and they should come with locks since the DS415+ targets business environments, where physical data protection is essential.


The trays with installed HDDs. The best thing about these is their tool-less mounting mechanism. But they also don't feature any sound-absorption material, are made of plastic, and don't have locks.


The two fans occupy most of the space in the back. The I/O and power socket are in the bottom-left corner. There is also a Kensington lock, along with the reset button - it takes a sharp, thin object to activate.


The server firmly rests on four rubber feet.


A detailed description of all LED indicators and the I/O ports in the front, side, and rear.