Late terminal year, Synology announced its newest twelve-bay DiskStation DS2413+ for small-scale to medium sized businesses who need loads of storage. Forth with supporting upwards to 48TB worth of drives out of the box, the DS2413+ can be paired with the visitor's DX1211 expansion enclosure that houses an actress 12 drives, doubling the maximum storage capacity of the base unit of measurement to a whopping 96TB.

The DS2413+ is currently the flagship model of the latest x13 Series, featuring more retentiveness and greater storage than whatsoever other NAS in the line. A little over a twelvemonth and a half ago we tested its predecessor, the DS2411+, which besides supported the DX1211 expansion enclosure and looked similar to what nosotros accept here today -- at least on the outside. It'southward a different story under the hood.

The DS2413+'s processor has been upgraded to a gutsier Intel Cantlet model and there is twice every bit much retention. Synology has also been working hard to ameliorate their DSM (Disk Station Manager) software, which is already widely regarded as the all-time in the industry and just so happened to receive an update recently. DSM 4.2 includes new features and functioning improvements over version 4.1.

For those of you who haven't seen what DSM includes since our review of version iii.1 on the DS2411+, you'll be amazed with what's been added. We should as well make a quick note before you go to the finish and belittle at the price: the DS2413+ isn't for average dwelling users. It'southward retailing for $1,700 without drives or the 12-bay expansion. With that in heed, allow'due south meet what the DS2413+'s upgrades offer.

DS2413+ NAS in Detail

The DiskStation DS2413+ is based on the aforementioned design equally the older DS2411+ and therefore looks very similar barring modest changes that we will get to shortly.

Every bit you would await, this 12-bay NAS is annihilation merely small. The unit measures 270 x 300 ten 340mm which are the exact dimensions of the DS2411+, while the weight also remains the aforementioned at 21.89lbs (9.93kg), roughly twice that of Synology'due south 5-bay devices. Because that the average hard drive weighs about 1.50lbs (0.68kg), the DS2413+ volition weigh around 40lbs (18.15kg) in one case fully loaded.

The front of the instance features twelve hot-swappable drive bays, each with a pair of greenish activity lights. Synology has designed these bays in a way that is very applied.

Rather than brand each individual bulldoze bay lockable, Synology has just included a modest lock at the top of the unit which lets yous lock or unlock every bay at once. Considering this is a business organisation-class product, security is a concern and the DS2413+ does a fair job of physically securing each drive.

Once unlocked, the bays are easy to release as you just have to press down on them. Sliding the drives in and out of the DS2413+ is a breeze.

Above the hot-swappable bays are 4 more than activity LEDs which betoken condition, LAN1, LAN2, and warning. We should signal out that there are no front end-mounted USB connectors which are used on the lower end small role/dwelling office models for the quick copy function, equally Synology does not believe this is a requirement for business use and we tend to agree.

Spinning around to the back reveals a pair of 120mm fans, dual Gigabit LAN ports, iv USB 2.0 ports, ii USB three.0 ports, a COM port and a VGA port. At that place is also a three-pin power connector that attaches to a standard PC ability plug, pregnant the ability supply is located internally.

Compared to the older DS2411+, the DS2413+ brings USB 3.0 support to the tabular array, making information technology possible to re-create data from supported devices much faster. Synology has also given the rear of the DS2413+ a coat of black paint whereas the previous model was unfinished.

By installing the power supply within the enclosure, you don't have to worry about dealing with external ability bricks, which could become a nuisance for those pairing the DS2413+ with a DX1211 expansion enclosure. Speaking of which, the DX1211 supports some other 12 drives expanding the maximum storage chapters to an incredible 96TB.

Synology has also included a factory reset push forth with an InfiniBand port labeled "expansion." In the past, the visitor used eSATA to connect its expansion devices, just the DS2413+ requires more bandwidth than a single 3Gb/s SATA port can deliver. The InfiniBand cable can carry 12Gb/s of data to and from the DS2413+ for maximum throughput.

The dual Gigabit LAN ports are used to achieve the claimed 196.87MB/s write and 201.03MB/south read performance. They do this by using Link Aggregation engineering science which allows grouping several physical Ethernet links to create one logical Ethernet link for the purpose of providing fault-tolerance and high-speed links between switches, routers, servers and in this instance the Synology DS2413+.

Yous should find the lack of front mounted connectivity and this is becoming common practice for loftier-terminate Synology products. Those wanting to rapidly attach an external difficult drive volition have to proceeds admission to the rear of the DS2413+, which could exist a hassle. Because the intended purpose of this device, most information is going to be transmitted to and from the network anyway.