Synology DS415+ Review: DSM on Intel Rangeley

Multi-Client Performance - CIFS on Windows

We put the Synology DS415+ 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. The tool 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.

Synology DS415+ - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - 100% Sequential ReadsSeagate NAS Pro 4-bay - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - 100% Sequential ReadsThecus N4800 - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - 100% Sequential ReadsQNAP TS-451 4-bay - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - 100% Sequential ReadsSynology DS414j - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 1x 1G - 100% Sequential ReadsSeagate NAS 4-bay - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - 100% Sequential ReadsAsustor AS-304T - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 1x 1G - 100% Sequential ReadsLenovoEMC ix4-300d - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - 100% Sequential ReadsWD My Cloud EX4 - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - 100% Sequential Reads

Synology DS415+ - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Max Throughput - 50% ReadsSeagate NAS Pro 4-bay - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Max Throughput - 50% ReadsThecus N4800 - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Max Throughput - 50% ReadsQNAP TS-451 4-bay - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Max Throughput - 50% ReadsSynology DS414j - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 1x 1G - Max Throughput - 50% ReadsSeagate NAS 4-bay - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Max Throughput - 50% ReadsAsustor AS-304T - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 1x 1G - Max Throughput - 50% ReadsLenovoEMC ix4-300d - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Max Throughput - 50% ReadsWD My Cloud EX4 - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Max Throughput - 50% Reads

Synology DS415+ - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Random 8K - 70% ReadsSeagate NAS Pro 4-bay - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Random 8K - 70% ReadsThecus N4800 - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Random 8K - 70% ReadsQNAP TS-451 4-bay - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Random 8K - 70% ReadsSynology DS414j - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 1x 1G - Random 8K - 70% ReadsSeagate NAS 4-bay - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Random 8K - 70% ReadsAsustor AS-304T - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 1x 1G - Random 8K - 70% ReadsLenovoEMC ix4-300d - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Random 8K - 70% ReadsWD My Cloud EX4 - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Random 8K - 70% Reads

Synology DS415+ - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Real Life - 65% ReadsSeagate NAS Pro 4-bay - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Real Life - 65% ReadsThecus N4800 - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Real Life - 65% ReadsQNAP TS-451 4-bay - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Real Life - 65% ReadsSynology DS414j - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 1x 1G - Real Life - 65% ReadsSeagate NAS 4-bay - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Real Life - 65% ReadsAsustor AS-304T - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 1x 1G - Real Life - 65% ReadsLenovoEMC ix4-300d - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Real Life - 65% ReadsWD My Cloud EX4 - 4 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G - Real Life - 65% Reads

The attractiveness of the Rangeley platform is brought out by the latencies observed when subject to heavy loading. This is one of the key metrics that shows the advantage of a a SoC tuned towards storage appliances (particularly when compared to the previous-generation Atom platforms).