Synology DiskStation DS211 is an affordable and full-featured 2-bay NAS server designed to increase productivity for business workgroups. Cross platform file sharing, rich office applications, data backup and security are easily achieved in a flexible solution. Running on DiskStation Manager 3.0 (DSM 3.0) operating system, it delivers ease of use and variety of features.
- Optimal Price/Performance Ratio
- RAID Protection
- Windows+Mac+Linux Cross Platform File Sharing
- Rich Office Applications
- Effortless File Backup
- Peace of Mind with AES 256-bit Share-level encryption
Overview
Optimal Price/Performance Ratio
The Synology DS211 delivers an average 104.37 MB/sec reading speed under RAID 1 configuration in a Windows environment, and 53.29 MB/sec writing. The Synology DS211 provides a reliable solution for data sharing with an easy to use interface, and comprehensive office applications, including a complete backup solution making it one of the best values in 2-bay NAS devices available today.
Easy Setup and Management
Synology DSM 3.0 operating system offers intuitive and easy-to-use web experience. For users who are limited on time and not familiar with configuring complicated routers, the Synology EZ-Internet Wizard simplifies the process of setting up access to the Synology DS211 from the Internet. The EZ-Internet Wizard steps through all of the settings including firewall settings, port-forwarding, PPPoE setup and DDNS registration
The multi-tasking web UI on DSM 3.0 lets users to run multiple applications simultaneously on one tab browser and switch between them instantly. User Home feature makes creating private shared folders for a large number of users an easy task as it minimizes the steps and time for the administrator to create private shared folders. Sub-folder privilege settings further extend the flexibility to allocate permissions for different workgroups. All of these features are performed in a web browser, akin to a full desktop experience.
Windows+Mac+Linux Cross Platform File Sharing
Synology DiskStation is designed for data storage and sharing among Windows, Mac, and Linux. Seamless file sharing across different operation systems is an effortless process. Windows ADS integration allows the Synology DS211 to quickly and easily fit into an existing network environment with no need to recreate user accounts on the Synology DS211.
Peace of Mind with Data Encryption
Data protection is an important matter for business of all sizes. Synology DS211 comes with share-level AES 256-bit encryption to aid in the prevention of unauthorized access attempts to the hard drives.
Rich Office Applications
Synology Mail Station add-on provides a one step installation and enables Synology DS211 to be a mail server that supports Outlook-like Web mail, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP.
Synology Web Station with Virtual Host option allows users to host up to 30 websites on one single Synology DS211. The built-in PHP+MySQL provides the ability to create interactive websites without complicated settings.
Synology DS211 supports two USB printers simultaneously as a Print Server, and the Add Printer Wizard simplifies setup process with a wizard.
Effortless File Backup
The Synology DS211 offers a centralized backup target to consolidate fragmented and unstructured data across a network. PC Users can back up their data to the Synology DS211 using the free Synology Data Replicator software, while Mac OS X users enjoy native Apple Time Machine integration. A web-based backup wizard is provided for backing up data in the Synology DS211 to another Synology DiskStation or any rsync server via an encrypted transmission, or to an external hard drive via USB connection. In addition, backing up to the cloud using Amazon S3 service is also supported.
Eco Friendly
Synology DiskStation is designed and developed perpetually with the concept of energy saving. Compared with average PC counterparts, Synology DS211 consumes a relatively low amount of power in operation (22W) and has the HDDs hibernate when not in use (10.8W). This not only helps to save energy but also extends the lifespan of the hard disk. Unique Scheduled Power On/Off feature, and the smart fan design effectively cools down the system with minimum power consumption, yet keeps the system quiet on operation.
Finally, all Synology products are produced with RoHS compliant parts and packed with recyclable packing materials. Synology recognizes its responsibility as a global citizen and is continually working to reduce the environmental impact of the products we create.
Features
DiskStation Manager 3.0
The NAS Operating System with Multitasking User Interface
Sleek and full-featured. Synology DiskStation Manager 3.0 takes your NAS experience to the next level. Running on Synology NAS servers, DSM 3.0 offers more robust task-handling capability, greater storage reliability, and higher productivity. The intuitive and feature-rich applications help you simplify the otherwise time-consuming tasks.
Multitasking UI DSM 3.0 is the first NAS operating system that offers a personal touch to the user interface, realizing the idea of software personalization. The revamped user interface is a true multi-tasker, allowing you to switch between applications all under one browser tab, no more waiting for reloading of the webpage.
Multimedia Fun DSM 3.0
brings you innovative and enjoyable multimedia entertainment. You can stream your music collection or get connected with an Internet radio station easily, just via a web browser. DSM 3.0 is also compatible with many UPnP/DLNA media servers. Whats more, enrich your life with the built-in photo albums and blog services. The best part is, you can take your music and photo collection all on-the-go.
Full Backup Support DSM 3.0 comes with complete choice of desktop backup. Backing up files on your computer has never been easier. Whats more, Synology Time Backup takes care the files on your DiskStation by creating multiple backup versions and allowing you to roll back to previous ones anytime you want to.
Storage & iSCSI
DSM 3.0 includes complete RAID protection, easy storage expansion, and multiple iSCSI LUN support.
File Sharing
DSM 3.0 provides easy file navigation on your Desktop, cross-platform compatibility, and seamless Windows ADS integration.
Privilege & Security
Achieve efficient file control with the complete privilege setup rules including Windows ACL support. Secure network access with HTTPS, firewall, and auto block.
Surveillance
Over 600 IP camera support and compatible with ONVIF/PSIA standard, Surveillance Station 5 is the easy and economical surveillance solution.
Rich Applications
Use full-featured applications to launch websites, host mail servers, or share printer resources.
Energy Saving
The energy saving features in DSM 3.0 ensure a minimum power usage of DiskStation, saving not only the energy bill, but also the earth.
Network
Whether it's IPv6 support or in a wireless environment, your can always establish Internet connection to DiskStation.
Management
DSM 3.0 offers revamped user interface, which delivers faster responsiveness, better interactions, and more useful tools to manage DiskStation.
Hardware
- CPU Frequency: 1.6GHz
- Hardware Encryption Engine
- Memory: 256MB
- Internal HDD1: 3.5" SATA(II) X2 or 2.5" SATA/SSD X2
(with the Disk Holder)
- Max Internal Capacity: 4TB (2x 2TB hard drives)9(See All Supported HDD)
- External HDD Interface: USB 2.0 port X3
- Size (HxWxD): 161mm X 88mm X 218mm
- Weight: 0.98kg
- LAN: Gigabit X1
- Wireless Support11
- Fan: X1(70mmX70mmX25mm)
- Noise Level221.0dB(A)
- Power Recovery
- AC Input Power Voltage: 100V to 240V
- Power Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz, Single Phase
- Power Consumption3: 22W(Access); 10.8W(HDD Hibernation)
- Operating Temperature: 5C to 35C (40F to 95F)
- Storage Temperature: -10C to 70C (15F to 155F)
- Relative Humidity: 5% to 95%RH
- Maximum Operating Altitude: 10,000 feet
- Certification: FCC Class B, CE Class B, BSMI Class B
Applications
File Browser
File Station
FTP Server
- Bandwidth Control
- Custom FTP Passive Port Range
- Anonymous FTP
- Transfer Log
Web Station
- Virtual Host (up to 30 websites)
- PHP/MySQL
- Alternative HTTP Error Page
- 3rd-Party Applications Support
Surveillance Station
- Default IP cam #: 1
- MAX IP cam # (licenses required): 84
(See All Supported IP Cameras)
- Recording ModesManual, Continuous, Motion Detection, Alarm, Motion Detection and Alarm
- Event PlaybackSync Mode (4 Channels), Time Slicing Mode
- Centralized Management
- Compression FormatsMJPEG, MPEG-4, H.264
Photo Station
- Supported Image Format: BMP, JPG (jpe, jpeg), GIF, RAW (arw, srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, 3fr, erf, mef, mos, orf, rw2, dng, x3f)
- Supported Video Format5: 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, FLV, M4V, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, QT, WMV, XviD, RM, RMVB, VOB, RV30, RV40, AC3, AMR, WMA3
Download Station
- Supported Download Protocols: BT/HTTP/FTP/NZB/eMule
- Custom BitTorrent Port Range
- BitTorrent / eMule Bandwidth Control
Audio Station
- Supported Audio Format: (USB Mode) AAC, FLAC, M4A, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, WMA VBR; (Streaming Mode) MP3, M4A, M4B
- Supported Playlist Format: M3U, WPL
- Internet Radio: SHOUTcast, Radioio
DLNA/UPnP Media Server
- PS3/Xbox 360 Support
- Supported Audio Format: AAC, FLAC, M4A, MP3, Ogg, Vorbis, PCM, WAV, WMA, WMA VBR, WMA PRO, WMA Lossless
- Supported Video Format: 3GP, 3G2, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, DVR-MS, ISO, M2T, M2TS, M4V, MKV, MP4, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, MTS, MOV, QT, SWF, TP, TRP, TS, VOB, WMV, XviD, RV30, RV40, AC3, AMR, WMA3
- Supported Image Format: BMP, JPG (jpe, jpeg), GIF, ICO, PNG, PSD, TIF (tiff), UFO, RAW (arw, srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, 3fr, erf, mef, mos, orf, rw2, dng, x3f)
- Supported Subtitles Format: srt, psb, smi, ass, ssa, sub, idx, ifo
iTunes Server
- Supported Audio Format6: MP3, M4A, M4P, WAV, AIF
- Supported Video Format: M4V, MOV, MP4
- Supported Playlist Format: M3U, WPL
Printer Server7
- Max Printer #: 2
- Printing Protocols: LPR, CIFS, AppleTalk
Synology Packages
- SqueezeCenter
- Mail Station
- Webalizer
- phpMyAdmin
- Time Backupbeta
iPhone/Android Applications
General Specifications
Networking Protocols
- CIFS
- AFP
- FTP
- WebDAV
- iSCSI
- Telnet
- SSH
- NFS
- SNMP
File System
- EXT4
- EXT3
- FAT32 (External Disk Only)8
- NTFS (External Disk Only)8
Volume Management
- Synology Hybrid RAID
- Max iSCSI Target10
- Max iSCSI LUN10
- Volume Type: Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1
- RAID Migration: from Basic to RAID 1
- Expand RAID 1 volume with Larger Hard Drives
File Sharing Capability
- Max User Accounts: 2,048
- Max Groups: 256
- Max Shared Folder: 256
- Max Concurrent Connections(SAMBA, FTP, AFP): 128
Windows Access Control List (ACL)
Windows ADS Domain Integration
- Domain Users login via Samba/AFP/FTP/File Station
Backup Solutions
- Network Backup
- Local Backup
- Desktop Backup (using Synology Data Replicator 3 or Apple Time Machine backup application)
- Time Backup - Max task number2
- USBCopy
- 3rd-Party Backup Support
Security
- FTP over SSL/TLS
- IP Auto-Block
- Firewall
- Encrypted Network Backup over Rsync
- HTTPS Connection
Management
- Firmware Upgrade
- Email Notification
- SMS Notification
- Customized User Quota
- DDNS Support
- PPPoE
- Resource Monitor
- UPS Management
- Scheduled Power On/Off
- Custom Management UI HTTP/HTTPS Ports
HDD Management
- HDD Hibernation
- S.M.A.R.T.
- Dynamic Bad Sector Mapping
Utilities
- Synology Assistant
- Synology Download Redirector
- Synology Data Replicator
Supported Clients
- Windows 2000 onward
- Mac OSX 10.3 onward
- Ubuntu 9.04 onward
Supported Browsers
- Internet Explorer 7
- Internet Explorer 8
- Firefox 3
- Firefox 3.6
- Safari 4 (Mac)
- Safari 5 (Mac)
- Chrome 5
Supported Mobile Devices
(Photo Station, File Station)
- iPhone OS 2.2.1 onward
- Android OS 1.5 onward
- Windows Mobile (IE Mobile or Opera 9.0 onward)
- Symbian OS 9.1, S60 3rd Edition onward
Language
- Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese Brazil, Portuguese European, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
Environment and Packaging
Environment
Package Content
- DS211 Main Unit
- Installation CD
- Welcome Note
- Assembling Kit
- AC Power Adapter
- AC Power Cord
- 2M RJ-45 LAN Cable
Optional Accessories
- Remote
- Camera License Pack
