The Synology DS115j has a very simple, yet effective design. The white case blends in well and if you place it up against a white wall, you'll barely notice it. The promised silent operation was offered as well. The fan wasn't audible at all, so all you'll hear is the hard drive.

Price, this is truly a budget oriented device, Software, the DSM system offers you the same options as on all the other Synology devices; and that is a lot, Easy set-up, Good transfer speeds

Not the best at handling encrypted shares

I bought the DS115 to replace an old NAS unit that stopped working. The hard drive in the old unit was still good so I was able to salvage that for the DS115. The total setup time for the unit was about 45 minutes, including the reformat of the hard drive.

For single user home use this little guy rocks. It's slightly older tech, but my needs do not demand peak performance (Most scheduled tasks are afterhours anyways). I use this to back up a secondary volume in my desktop PC, so even though it is a 1 bay system I still have redundancy.

Cheap - I picked up mine for about $110; Versatile app selection and intuitive interface; OS seems very stable and snappy despite only having a single core 800 MHz proc and 256MB of RAM

3Gbps SATA2 connection; 6Gpbs SATA3 would have been nice, but it is an older model and very (relatively) cheap, this is an acceptable tradeoff for a single user environment; USB 2.0 instead of 3.0; Once again, acceptable tradeoff.

Mine was junk! Tried 3 different drives. System never did start. Downloaded their Synology Assistant, it failed to find the server. I followed instructions carefully, but it just did not work! Returned.

KitGuru says: In the world of single bay NAS devices the DS115 is a peach, however we do recommend you choose a twin bay NAS such as DS215j, especially if you value data protection.

Low price; Superb DSM 5.1 software; Zippy performance; Excellent range of add-on software package; USB 3.0 port for connecting an external drive; Quiet 60mm cooling fan; Smart styling

Single bay so no option of using RAID to mirror your drives; You only get one USB 3.0 port – the other is USB 2.0

This is a great improvement to my old WD MyBook that is nearing its MTBF time. So many features to play with. I just wish I bought the version with more RAM.

The DiskStation DS115j, which is a single-bay version of the DS216se , is Synology's least expensive NAS. It was designed to give personal users the ability to create a basic cloud with access to all of Synology's DSM features.

Low startup cost; Includes all of Synology's DSM features

Modest specs/performance; Single drive means no RAID1 data protection

Today we are checking out a new and very affordable single bay NAS product from Synology known as the DiskStation DS115j. This NAS device is ideal for those that want the convenience of network attached storage without the typically high price tag that goes along with it.

Top-end consumer routers now can write to and read from an attached USB 3.0 drive at over 60 MB/s and 80 MB/s respectively. They also support SMB network sharing, DLNA media serving and some even serve FTP and have built-in Torrent downloaders.

je suis surpris par la gamme de possibilit?? que procure ce NAS, je l'utilise principalement pour synchroniser mes fichiers entre mon portable et mon pc de bureau, et aussi pour la musique sur mon iPad avec les apps disponibles.

Le logiciel de Synology est plus que complet; facile a configurer pour un d??butant et aussi complet pour les utilisateurs avanc??s

En temps que mod?¨le d'entr??e de gamme le processeur est beaucoup utilis?