TESTING METHODOLOGY – TEST RESULTS

    Since some of the NAS servers/devices we have tested in the past are no longer in our possession (naturally) we will keep performing the exact same testing methodology we did in the past for as long as possible in order to provide accurate comparison results. So as always we will be using Seagate Constellation ES.3 4TB SATA III hard disk drive(s) (in order to also perform RAID tests we were able to switch from the old ES.2 model to the ES.3 since we recorded no differences between them when used inside NAS servers) with the unit at hand and perform several upload/download tests with 10.9GB (Single) and 40,8GB (RAID) files. Tests are repeated a total of 4 times after which we record the average numbers (from the 4 peak ones) into our charts. Finally the network device used is the same Netgear DGN3500 Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem/Router we always use when performing tests on NAS servers.

SINGLE DISK FILE TRANSFER TEST

A single 10.9GB file was uploaded and downloaded to and from all the NAS units in this test. In terms of performance the HS-210 may not be the fastest of the bunch but going up against the AS-202TE by ASUSTOR especially when passively cooled is not a small deal.

TEMPERATURES

Passive cooling has downsides and the temperature of the drives is obviously one of them.

POWER CONSUMPTION

Power consumption is somewhat high for a passively cooled NAS server but nothing we haven’t seen in the past.

NOISE LEVELS

Although the HDDs we used were quite audible when accessed that shouldn’t be so much the case if you decide to use one of the models designed for NAS use (WD Red/Seagate NAS). Since the NAS is passively cooled however we can't register any noise in our charts.

RAID

As you can see our RAID chart is not complete since our 10GBe hardware is still not here. However we have included the results from pretty much all the Gigabit NAS Servers we reviewed in the past and could get our hands on.