Synology DS212 4TB DS212/4TB Leaflet

DS212

Founded in 2000, Synology is a young and energetic 

company dedicated to developing high-performance, 

reliable, versatile, and environmentally-friendly 

Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. Our goal 

is to deliver user-friendly solutions and solid customer 

service to satisfy the needs of businesses, home offices, 

individual users and families.

Copyright © 2011, Synology Inc. All rights reserved. 

Synology, the Synology logo are trademarks or 

registered trademarks of Synology Inc. Other product 

and company names mentioned herein may be 

trademarks of their respective companies. Synology 

may make changes to specification and product 

descriptions at anytime, without notice.  

Printed in Taiwan,  

DS212-2011-ENU-REV004

Synology Inc.

3F-3, No. 106, Chang An W. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan

Tel: +886 2 2552 1814 Fax: +886 2 2552 1824

Synology America Corp.

2899 152nd Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052. USA

Tel: +1 425 818 1587

Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, 

Milton Keynes, Bucks, 

MK5 8PB, UK

Tel: +44 01908 673 709

•  CPU Frequency: 1.6GHz
•  Memory: 256MB
•  Internal HDD: 2X 3.5” SATA(II) or 2X 2.5” SATA/SSD
•  Max Internal Capacity: 6TB (2X 3TB hard drives)

 

(hard drives 

not included)

•  Hot swappable HDD
•  Size (HxWxD): 165mm X 108mm X 233.2mm
•  External Storage Interface: USB 3.0 X 2, USB 2.0 x 1, SD card 

slot X 1

•  Wake On LAN
•  Weight: 1.25Kg
•  LAN: Gigabit X1
•  Wireless Support 

 

(wireless dongles not included)

•  Hardware Encryption Engine
•  Fan: X1(92 X 92mm)
•  Power Recovery
•  AC Input Power Voltage: 100V to 240V
•  Power Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz, Single Phase

•  Power Consumption

1

: 18.2W (Access); 6.8W (HDD Hibernation)

•  Operating Temperature: 5°C to 35°C (40°F to 95°F)
•  Storage Temperature: -10°C to 70°C (15°F to 155°F)
•  Relative Humidity: 5% to 95%RH
•  Maximum Operating Altitude: 10,000 feet
•  Certification: FCC Class B, CE Class B, BSMI Class B

•  Virtual Drive
•  Remote Folder

•  Bandwidth Control
•  Custom FTP Passive Port Range
•  Anonymous FTP
•  Transfer Log

•  Supported Mail Server Protocol : POP3, SMTP, IMAP

•  Virtual Host (up to 30 websites)
•  PHP/MySQL
•  Alternative HTTP Error Page
•  3rd-Party Applications Support

•  Default IP cam #: 1
•  MAX IP cam # (licenses required): 8 (1 free license to install 1 

IP camera. Additional licenses can be purchased to expand 
the license quota.)

•  Facebook Integration
•  Supported Image Format: BMP, JPG (jpe, jpeg), GIF, RAW (arw, 

srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, 3fr, erf, 
mef, mos, orf, rw2, dng, x3f)

•  Supported Video Format: 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, FLV, 

M4V, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, QT, WMV, XviD, RM, RMVB, VOB, 

RV30, RV40, AC3, AMR, WMA3 (User can click and download 
the following video formats: RM, RMVB, VOB, RV30, RV40, 
AC3, AMR, WMA3, but not able to play it in Photo Station as 
compressed Flash video.)

•  Supported Download Protocols: BT/HTTP/FTP/NZB/eMule
•  Custom BT Port 
•  BT / eMule Bandwidth Control

•  Supported Audio Format: (USB Mode) AAC, FLAC, M4A, 

MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, WMA VBR; (Streaming Mode) MP3, 
M4A, M4B

•  Supported Playlist Format: M3U, WPL
•  Internet Radio: SHOUTcast, Radioio

•  PS3/Xbox 360 Support
•  Supported Audio Format: AAC, FLAC, M4A, MP3, Ogg, Vorbis, 

PCM, WAV, WMA, WMA VBR, WMA PRO, WMA Lossless

•  Supported Video Format: 3GP, 3G2, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, DVR-

MS, ISO, M2T, M2TS, M4V, MKV, MP4, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, 
MTS, MOV, QT, SWF, TP, TRP, TS, VOB, WMV, XviD, RV30, RV40, 
AC3, AMR, WMA3, RMVB

•  Supported Image Format: BMP, JPG (jpe, jpeg), GIF, ICO, PNG, 

PSD, TIF (tiff), UFO, RAW (arw, srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, cr2, crw, nef, 
mrw, ptx, pef, raf, 3fr, erf, mef, mos, orf, rw2, dng, x3f)

•  Supported Audio Format: MP3, M4A, M4P, WAV, AIF (The music 

in WAV and AIF format can be streamed, but the metadata (ex: 
title, album) may not be indexed on the iTunes.)

•  Supported Video Format: M4V, MOV, MP4
•  Supported Playlist Format: M3U, WPL

•  Max Printer #: 2
•  Printing Protocols: LPR, CIFS, AppleTalk, Apple AirPrint, Google 

Cloud Print (For Mac users, DS212 supports PostScript USB 
printers only)

•  Multi Functional Print Server

•  Mail Station 
•  Squeezebox Server
•  Webalizer
•  phpMyAdmin
•  Time Backup
•  VPN Server
•  WordPress
•  Syslog Server
•  Directory Server
•  HiDrive Backup

•  DS photo+
•  DS audio
•  DS cam
•  DS file 
•  DS finder 

•  CIFS, AFP, FTP, iSCSI, Telnet, SSH, NFS, SNMP, WebDAV, CalDAV

•  EXT4
•  EXT3 (External Disk Only)
•  FAT (External Disk Only)
•  NTFS (External Disk Only)

•  Synology Hybrid RAID
•  Max Volume #: 256
•  Max iSCSI Target #: 10
•  Max iSCSI LUN #: 10
•  Volume Type: Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1
•  RAID Migration: from Basic to RAID 1
•  Expand RAID 1 with Larger Hard Drives

•  Max User Account #: 2048
•  Max Group #: 256
•  Max Shared Folder #: 256
•  Max Concurrent Connections # (SAMBA, FTP, AFP): 128

•  Domain Users login via Samba/AFP/FTP/File Station

•  Network Backup
•  Local Backup
•  Desktop Backup (using Synology Data Replicator or Apple 

Time Machine backup application)

•  3rd-Party Backup Support

•  FTP over SSL/TLS
•  IP Auto-Block
•  Firewall
•  Encrypted Network Backup over Rsync
•  HTTPS Connection

•  DSM Upgrade
•  DSM mobile
•  Email Notification
•  SMS Notification
•  Customized User Quota
•  DDNS Support
•  PPPoE
•  Resource Monitor
•  UPS Management
•  UPnP Router Support
•  Scheduled Power On/Off
•  Custom Management UI HTTP/HTTPS Ports

•  HDD Hibernation 
•  S.M.A.R.T.
•  Dynamic Bad Sector Mapping

•  Synology Assistant
•  Synology Data Replicator

•  Internet Explorer 7/8/9
•  Firefox 
•  Safari 4/5 (Mac)
•  Chrome

•  Windows 2000 onward
•  Mac OS X 10.3 onward
•  Ubuntu 9.04 onward

•  English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, Dansk, 

Norsk, Svensk, Nederlands, Русский, Polski, Magyar, 

Português do Brasil, Português Europeu, Türkçe, Český, 

•  RoHS Compliant

•  DS212 Main Unit
•  Installation DVD

•  Welcome Note
•  Assembling Kit
•  AC Power Adapter
•  AC Power Cord 
•  2M RJ-45 LAN Cable

•  Synology Remote
•  Camera License Pack

1.  Measured with 2 Western Digital 3TB WD30EZRS hard drives. The figures could vary on different environments.

USB Printer

DS212

External Disk

Wireless Router

DS212

Windows ADS Server

IP Camera

PC / Mac / Linux

PC / Mac / Linux

Copy Button

USB 2.0

Power Button

Fan

USB 3.0
LAN Port

Power Port

SD Slot

HDD Tray Cover

LED Indicators

RESET Button