Power Consumption

Let us now check on how much power the DS214play needs in sleep, idle, and during heavy throughput.

We use a GW Instek GPM-8212 power analyzer for all power-consumption measurements.

Sleep, Idle and Load

Power consumption was very low because of the efficient CPU. Synology carefully picked the components, making sure to optimize the DS214play around consuming as little energy as possible. You can easily have this NAS operating 24/7 without increasing the electricity bills since it only consumes 26W in heavy throughput. As you can see, its advanced HDD-hibernation mode even managed to reduce power consumption in sleep mode.

Power Consumption in Standby Mode

Vampire power, or phantom load, is the amount of power a device consumes when switched off, but still plugged into the power grid. It should, according to the ErP Lot 6 2013 directive, stay below 0.5 W.

Power Consumption Comparison Graphs