Product Comparison: Synology DS2015xs vs Synology DS415play

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Synology DS2015xs Desktop NAS Enclosure

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Synology DS415play 8TB Network Attached Storage

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General Specifications

Brand

Synology

Model

DS2015xs

DS415play

Origin

Taiwan

About the Product

DS2015xs is equipped with two built-in 10GbE SFP+ ports and two 1GbE RJ-45 ports, entitling productivity-minded SMBs to lightning fast network connection that used to be the privilege of costly enterprise-grade servers.

Synology DS415play is a ready media server specifically designed for users who have a huge multimedia library and are eager to share them. With up to four drive bays, DS415play allows for flexible RAID configurations to achieve efficient data redundancy.

Key Specs

Hard Drive Capacity

48 TB

8 TB

Number Of Slots

8 -bay

4 -bay

Storage Drive Type

2.5”, 3.5”, SATA 3Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s

Hard Drive Capacity
Number Of Slots

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Synology DS2015xs Desktop NAS Enclosure

I use this as a video editing station with wd greens and it holds up alright. Great storage for videos.
Simply excellent. Excellent capacity of this one.
Reliable time capsule for your data, lot of nice slots for drives.
Drive slots are awesome for my needs.
Great capacity, fast machine. Would recommend.

Synology DS415play 8TB Network Attached Storage

Couldn't be happier with my DS415play. Great capacity for me.
Good unit for home / small office, good size of storage.
Works as expected, i like this amount of slots for drives.
Awesome NAS! Good capacity, really fast and quiet.
Best NAS I've ever owned/used. Great capacity for my drives. This is a fantastic device.

Size & Weight

Color

Black

Height

6.18 in.

6.49 in.

Width

13.38 in.

7.99 in.

Depth

9.17 in.

9.18 in.

Weight

11.7 lbs.

4.47 lbs.

Features

CPU

Alpine AL-514

Intel Atom CE5335

RAM

4 GB

1 GB

RAID Support

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, JBOD, Basic

Extras

Virtualization Certified, Unparalleled Flexibility, Feature-Rich Business Applications, Resilient and Reliable, Easy Backup Solutions, Energy Efficient Design

Built to Entertain, Full Multimedia Features, Synology QuickConnect, Easy Setup and Management, Synology DiskStation Manager, Energy Efficient Design

Included Software

File Station, Backup Solutions, MailPlus, Web Station, iOS/Android applications, Windows Phone applications, Surveillance Station, VPN Server, Antivirus Essential, Cloud Station, Cloud Sync, Download Station, Note Station

What customers say about "Features"

Synology DS2015xs Desktop NAS Enclosure

Good device with a lot of nice features.
Bought this for all my needs, has many great features.
Has many useful apps for me. Would recommend.
I recommend this product with plenty of apps and features.
Storage app are missing and the others are insecure as they don't allow full SSL.

Synology DS415play 8TB Network Attached Storage

Setting up a Synology Hybrid RAID volume was very easy.
I ended up giving up on Plex and just using the Synology DS Video and DS File apps. Good features and apps.
Quite easy to set up and has plenty of options.
I use this for a Plex server and a personal Cloud.
I am happy with this unit and use all the features. There is a ton of opinions!

Interfaces

LAN Speed

10000 Mbps

1000 Mbps

Number of LAN

Number of USB

eSATA

HDMI

What customers say about "Interfaces"

Synology DS2015xs Desktop NAS Enclosure

Easy set up and connect. Clean interface.
Incredible data transfer speed through LAN port.
It has 2 10GbE network and 2 1GbE network slots. 10GbE is very fast.
Would recommend this device to all my friends. Great connectivity via LAN and USB.
Minimal connections. Big device but useless.

Synology DS415play 8TB Network Attached Storage