Synology embraces media hub with NAS features

Synology has introduced a two-bay NAS server, DiskStation DS214play, designed to serve as a full entertainment suite. Optimized for multimedia processing, the DS214play is tailored to users’ needs for high-quality video streaming, photo, and music sharing, while keeping all other aspects of NAS uncompromised.

Designed as the ultimate media hub with complete NAS features, the all-new DS214play will satisfy users’ complete viewing needs. Users can easily enjoy movies, TV shows, music and more from DS214play right on their best screen in the house, said Chad Chiang, Product Manager, Synology.

Powered by a 1.6 GHz dual-core CPU, DS214play delivers read/write speeds of over 110MB/s and 100MB/s, respectively under RAID 1 configuration in a Windows environment. It comes with a built-in floating-point unit (FPU) and 1GB of RAM.

Synology DS214play is equipped with an SD card slot for plug-n-save solution, one eSATA port for external backup option, and two USB 3.0 ports for higher data transmission. Front mount tool-less drive bays with hot-swap capability are available on the DS214play to simplify hard disk installation and ensure system reliability.

The DS214 play runs on DiskStation Manager (DSM) 4.3, that provides a host of applications to bring better productivity at work and offer a new level of multimedia experience.