The DiskStation BeyondCloud Mirror 4TB (2 x 2TB) 2-Bay NAS from Synology has a total capacity of 4TB, includes 2 x 2TB pre-installed Seagate NAS drives, and is designed to help users quickly and efficiently set up a private cloud. After this NAS is plugged in and turned on, users will only need to log in so that they may start adding data to their new NAS, which may be accessed from within or outside of their network.
The BeyondCloud Mirror has two drive bays, each of which supports 3.5" and 2.5" SATA III 6 Gb/s and SATA II 3 Gb/s hard drives and SSDs. It is powered by an 800 MHz MARVELL Armada 370 88F6707 single-core processor and 256GB of DDR3 RAM. Network connectivity is achieved using the single Gigabit LAN port. It also has dual USB 2.0 ports for connecting external peripherals, supports up to 512 user accounts, and is iSCSI-ready and DLNA-certified.
While this NAS does have 4TB of overall space, please bear in mind that it comes pre-configured as a RAID 1, or a mirrored device. This means that any data that is transferred to this NAS is written to each of the 2TB drives simultaneously. While the advantage of this is that there will be a backup in the case that one drive fails, it will also only leave users with 2TB of usable space. In order to use the full 4TB capacity of this NAS, it will be necessary to select another of the supported modes, such as RAID 0, Basic, Synology Hybrid RAID, or JBOD.
The DiskStation BeyondCloud Mirror 4TB (2 x 2TB) 2-Bay NAS operates on 100-240 VAC at 50/60 Hz using an included 60W power adapter and a power cord. Also included is an RJ-45 LAN cable.
