First Impressions

The XXX series is comprised of various products ranging from 2-bay models right upwardly to high-end viii-bay versions. The N3200XXX we take is somewhat of a middleman, armed with three (empty) iii.5" bulldoze bays, an Intel Atom N270 processor -- commonly found in nettops -- and 1GB of DDR2 RAM.

To be perfectly honest, the N3200XXX isn't the about impressive looking NAS device nosotros've had the pleasure to lay eyes on. It looks rather cheap compared to the recently the reviewed LG N2A2 and sitting it next to any of Synology's latest products doesn't do it any favors either.

Fortunately for the N3200XXX, we don't consider a NAS device's aesthetics to be of loftier importance for our needs. Withal, it'southward worth noting our offset impressions of the device's appearance considering how many people cull to store their NAS in plain sight, such as a living room.

The unit measures simply viii.six 10 6.5 x vi.four inches, which is slightly smaller than Synology's budget-oriented 4-bay DiskStation DS410j (ix.1 x 6.half dozen x 7.4 inches). Within that compact footprint, the N3200XXX can house iii 3.five" difficult drives for a maximum capacity of 9TB.

Without whatever drives installed the N2A2 weighs half dozen.2lbs (ii.80kg), which is a little heavy given the larger 4-bay Synology DS411j is iv.9lbs (2.23kg). We've excluded the ability brick from that figure, which is made by FSP Grouping and appears to be much improve quality than those usually found powering Synology and QNAP devices.

The FSP096-AHB is designed for a maximum power output of 120watt @ 2.5amps, is said to accept an efficiency of 88% and will typically terminal 100,000 hours of use.

The front of the N3200XXX has a flimsy silver plastic example door which doesn't open or close that well. With the door shut, there are iv buttons available to navigate up/down, enter and escape. These buttons collaborate with the small LED screen to the left which displays vitals among other things.

The hard drive activity LEDs are besides visible with the door closed, as are the WAN and LAN condition LEDs. With the door open, you tin can access the power button likewise every bit install/remove hard drives from the hot-swappable trophy.

Around back there's a circular 4-pivot ability connector, minor reset push button, two Ethernet jacks along with a USB 2.0 port for connecting devices such as printers and an eSATA port for external hard drives. At that place'due south also a large 92mm exhaust fan to remove estrus generated by the three 3.5" hard drives.

The ADDA AD0912DX-A76GL fan is an ultra-low speed model that is rated at 1600 RPM and moves 28.0 CFM of air.

The entire device is cased in a silver aluminum beat that feels durable. At the bottom are 4 soft rubber feet that elevator the N3200XXX a few millimeters off the desk-bound. All the same, since there's no ventilation on the underside of the instance, there doesn't appear to exist any demand for air-menstruation here.