When benchmaking, the NAS device in question is connected directly to a Netgear GS108T v2 switch and the test PC is always our most high-end desktop using an SSD to read and write the data.
Our program copy test is comprised of many small non-compressed files ranging from just 1K up to 5000K in size (6104 files totaling 2.75GB). The game copy evaluation is a mixture of small and large, compressed and non-compressed files.
As expected, the power consumption figures for the Synology DS216+ are similar to the DS716+, the dual-core model saves just a few watts. Still with a maximum consumption of just 29 watts it’s safe to say the DS216+ is a power efficient device.
