Synology DS214play: Intel Evansport Almost Done Right
by Ganesh T S on May 20, 2014 3:00 PM ESTMulti-Client Performance - CIFS
We put the Synology DS214play through some IOMeter tests with a CIFS share being accessed from up to 25 VMs simultaneously. The following four graphs show the total available bandwidth and the average response time while being subject to different types of workloads through IOMeter. IOMeter also reports various other metrics of interest such as maximum response time, read and write IOPS, separate read and write bandwidth figures etc. Some of the interesting aspects from our IOMeter benchmarking run can be found here.
All the units compared with the DS214play in the above graphs come with a single GbE link except for the Netgear ReadyNAS RN312 (which has two). Compared to other units, we find that the Synology DS214play exhibits better consistency in performance as the number of simultaneous connections goes up. In fact, the performance of the unit starts showing some signs of weakness only after 20 simultaneous connections, and that too, only for certain workloads.
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Lundmark - Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - link
Plex does work on the ds214play! I use it all the time on mine. Just download the latest package from the Plex website and upload manually.It doesn't support hardware transcoding however, and it probably never will (on evansport).
Be Careful - Friday, May 30, 2014 - link
Hey what do you know about İntel?Please read and learn.
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ScooterComputer - Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - link
One place that I also found it interesting that Synology didn't employ the transcoding feature of the SoC was with Surveillance Station, even in the latest SS6.3 Beta. The number of cameras and features the DS214play supported (requiring transcoding) was below what I'd expect compared to even the DS214. [http://www.synology.com/en-us/products/compare_pro...]Fallout552 - Monday, June 16, 2014 - link
How would hooking one of these up to the router and then (best case conditions in theory) streaming via powerline to an HTPC for transcoding work? Would a DS214se work just as well since the transcoding is taking place on the HTPC, not the NAS?raymondub - Saturday, September 20, 2014 - link
Hii was thinking to buy the Synology DS-214+ or DS214Play and to use it with the raspberry Pi to watch movies on TV. I d like to watch also movies on 2 different samsung galaxy tab 2 through DS Video . So which is the best ? DS-214+ or DS214Play ?
thx