Synology DS213+ 2-Bay Diskless DiskStation NAS - $309.97 + ~$10 shipping

mwave is OOS now it looks like...

Yup it looks like Mwave caught on to their price mistake and raised the price of the DS213+ back to $415.99 (even for their eBay auctions). I'll let anyone know if they happen to cancel my order or anything like that. And sorry for being such a stickler on the transcoding. I've literally been reading up on it for weeks researching this product and the info goes both ways on the Synology forums. It works via their DS video software right now and I hope is available via Plex in the near future. I wasn't trying to deceive anyone in the thread. Just wanted to share a deal.

there's an indian IT guy named Dikless

Sorry I missed this. Hopefully everyone who ordered at that price is honored.

WTF - I had every notification for Synology and this EXACT nas WTF

I been waiting WTF.

Great find OP - hope some of you get lucky!

I'll buy someones for $360 if they actually get it Someone can me like $25

I did not receive a deal alert either. Not sure why.

Sorry guys. I know that I've been waiting forever for an awesome deal on a 2-bay Synology forever so I was quite happy to run into this. Hopefully the SD effect doesn't screw up the deal...

Hello,
Not sure if the following is threadcapping, apologies if it is and will remove if requested by op.
I am curious about why people get these NAS system as opposed to something like the N40L [newegg.com]that was on sale a few weeks ago.
The only things I can think of are:
a) lower power consumption
Why it doesn't make sense to me: the majority of power in NAS is used by the hard drives, so wattage difference between a ready made NAS like the synology here and a full N40L server is chump change (20-30 Watts). So I suppose if someone really wants to save electricity these would kinda make sense.
b) ease of use
This really doesn't make sense to me, I would assume SDers would take the extra 2 hours (assuming you are extremely technophobic) to install something simple as FreeNAS [freenas.org] to save couple of hundred dollars in difference.

So other than those two possible reasons, why would anyone pick a Synology over an N40L or a similarly cheap server?
Do let me know if this is not the correct place to bring this up. I will move/delete my post.

Quote from poningru : Hello, Not sure if the following is threadcapping, apologies if it is and will remove if requested by op. I am curious about why people get these NAS system as opposed to something like the N40L [newegg.com]that was on sale a few weeks ago. The only things I can think of are: a) lower power consumption Why it doesn't make sense to me: the majority of power in NAS is used by the hard drives, so wattage difference between a ready made NAS like the synology here and a full N40L server is chump change (20-30 Watts). So I suppose if someone really wants to save electricity these would kinda make sense. b) ease of use This really doesn't make sense to me, I would assume SDers would take the extra 2 hours (assuming you are extremely technophobic) to install something simple as FreeNAS [freenas.org] to save couple of hundred dollars in difference. So other than those two possible reasons, why would anyone pick a Synology over an N40L or a similarly cheap server? Do let me know if this is not the correct place to bring this up. I will move/delete my post.

The problem with the 2hrs to set up is that I have a crying baby at home. To get 2 straight dedicated hours to PROPERLY set-up is difficult.

Also, I just think people pay for convenience. Smaller form factor and basically plug/play.

Last, power consumption IS a big factor IF you don't loose features that you require. This thing idles at like 2watts versus like 15watts for an N40 when in STANDBY(yes in Standby it still consumes 15watts).

That's an extra $11 per year in energy costs if they are both in standby. When in regular mode you are looking at $32 per year in energy savings.

Considering I plan to buy this and leave it on 24/7 for the next 10 years I'd say it pays for itself over that time period so it's essentially FREE compared to the N40L option.

Now if this is lacking features that you absolutely NEED - then it's obviously not for you. I just want something to back up my photos, music and movies to.

I also want to be able to start a torrent from my phone to download right to the nas without having to figure out how to configure each client. Then I want to stream a few movies to my cell phone / tablet or smart TV(when I get this tv) so that I can have them all centrally located.

This NAS does all this and saves my money in the long run.

Quote from Graphikzking : The problem with the 2hrs to set up is that I have a crying baby at home. To get 2 straight dedicated hours to PROPERLY set-up is difficult. Also, I just think people pay for convenience. Smaller form factor and basically plug/play. Last, power consumption IS a big factor IF you don't loose features that you require. This thing idles at like 2watts versus like 15watts for an N40 when in STANDBY(yes in Standby it still consumes 15watts). That's an extra $11 per year in energy costs if they are both in standby. When in regular mode you are looking at $32 per year in energy savings. Considering I plan to buy this and leave it on 24/7 for the next 10 years I'd say it pays for itself over that time period so it's essentially FREE compared to the N40L option. Now if this is lacking features that you absolutely NEED - then it's obviously not for you. I just want something to back up my photos, music and movies to. I also want to be able to start a torrent from my phone to download right to the nas without having to figure out how to configure each client. Then I want to stream a few movies to my cell phone / tablet or smart TV(when I get this tv) so that I can have them all centrally located. This NAS does all this and saves my money in the long run.

Fair enough

As I said 20-30 Watts extra is what I am expecting for extra power usage for the N40L, and I suppose depending on how much you pay for electricity where you are, it can be worth it (assuming these systems last that long).

Just in case you didn't know, Freenas does have android/Iphone support, and it does have bittorrent support.

As you said, there are some features that are an absolute requirement for me (cli, snapshotting, >16tb, zfs, speed etc.) I definitely agree that if one does not have these requirements then you don't need an open system.

thanks for the answer. Maybe in 10 years, I'll get to the point of wanting one of these things

If Freenas supported WOL so that it would suspend or hibernate when it's not busy, then the power usage factor would not be an issue, but as far as I know it's not simple to set up.

i knew it! canned again


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booooo cancelled my order as well. thumbs down mwave.

Quote from deckard : If Freenas supported WOL so that it would suspend or hibernate when it's not busy, then the power usage factor would not be an issue, but as far as I know it's not simple to set up.

Just replying to a genuine question, not arguing.
But what you are describing sounds like a simple background service to run; here is one guy's interpretation of it:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/que...er-730037/

obviously it would be much better if freenas had something builtin