![]() Yet it can also take on a range of cloud-like and server-like duties, including email, Dropbox-style synced folders, instant messaging and even project management and Office apps. It’s a great choice for more basic file-sharing and backup duties, or for providing iSCSI target storage for virtual machines. ![]() What’s more, this is a hugely versatile NAS. Basic processes such as managing users, creating shared folders and applying permissions are logical and easy to follow, and things that don’t always work reliably on other systems just seem to work. The setup process takes you through the key stages of adding drives, creating a storage pool and setting up your NAS, and from there you can go with Synology’s recommended apps or install your own manually later on. Hardware has always been just one part of Synology’s success story, and while some of the other manufacturers are beginning to catch up with its DSM software, it’s still the most mature, feature-packed and carefully thought-out NAS operating system of the bunch. This allows you to expand the DS1019+ with a five-bay DX517 expansion unit, which then effectively transforms it into a ten-bay NAS. To this end it has no HDMI video output or inputs for a keyboard and a mouse: there’s just a USB 3 port on the front and another at the rear, where you’ll also find an eSATA port. You could argue that the DS1019+ doesn’t have all the connectivity of some Asustor and Qnap rivals, but then it’s not trying to be a media centre or a desktop PC, just a NAS with some server aspirations. In fact, at 20.8dB, it’s not noticeably noisier than most compact two-bay NAS devices. ![]() And while the twin 92mm fans at the back threaten to make a racket, this isn’t a particularly loud NAS. An Allen key locks the drives securely in position, while the DS1019+’s chassis manages to feel simultaneously light and solid. In fact, you’re positively encouraged to by the elegant, tool-less design, where the trays slide out and neatly clip back into place once filled, with the drives held in, without screws, by click-in side plates. You can add the drives you require and then upgrade later. ![]() Of course, you don’t have to fill the DS1019+ to capacity all at once. What’s more, using five drives in a RAID6 or SHR setup gives you redundancy across two drives with the minimum of lost capacity lose two drives and your NAS keeps on trucking with all your data still recoverable, without you wasting terabytes in the process. So why is a five-bay appliance better than a four-bay one? Capacity is the obvious answer, particularly if you use the more space-efficient RAID5 and RAID6 configurations or the company’s own Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR). ![]()
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