Best 4/5 bay NAS- Synology 2016
Best for Plex, Surveillance, Performance, Connectivity, Energy saving, Warranty, Transcoding.
Compared models: ds1515 vs ds1515+ vs ds415+ vs ds415play vs ds416 vs ds416j
1. Best 4 /5 bay NAS- Synology 2016
Best for Plex, Surveillance, Performance, Connectivity, Energy saving, Warranty,
Transcoding
2. Best 4 bay Synology NAS for Performance
DS1515+ DS1515 DS415+ DS415play DS416 DS416J
£487.00 £439.00 £366.00 £306.00 £291.00 £196.00
Intel Atom
C2538Quad Core
2.4GHz
Annapurna Labs
Alpine AL-314 CPU
- Quad Core 1.4 GHz
Intel
Atom QuadCore 2.4
GHz
Intel Atom DualCore
1.6 GHz
Annapurna Labs
Alpine AL-212 dual-
core 1.4GHz
Marvell Armada
88F6828 dual-core
1.3GHz
2GB (exp 6GB) 2GB 2GB 1GB 1GB 512MB
3. Best 4 bay Synology NAS for Connectivity
DS1515+ DS1515 DS415+ DS415play DS416 DS416J
£487.00 £439.00 £366.00 £306.00 £291.00 £196.00
4xLAN 4xLAN 2xLAN 1xLAN 2xLAN 1xLAN
1x USB 2.0 3x USB 2.0 1x USB 2.0
4x USB 3.0 2x USB 3.0 2x USB 3.0 2x USB 3.0 3x USB 3.0 1x USB 3.0
2X eSATA 2X eSATA 1X eSATA
4. Best 4 bay Synology NAS for Expansion
DS1515+ DS1515 DS415+ DS415play DS416 DS416J
£487.00 £439.00 £366.00 £306.00 £291.00 £196.00
expand to 15 drives expand to 15 drives
RAM 6 GB (2 GB + 4 GB)
5. Best 4 bay Synology NAS for Power Consumption and noise
DS1515+ DS1515 DS415+ DS415play DS416 DS416J
22.3 dB(A) 22.4 dB(A) 20.2 dB(A) 20.0 dB(A) 20.2 dB(A) 19.1 dB(A)
38.39 W (Access)
21.63 W (HDD
Hibernation)
32.3 W (Access)
18.2 W (HDD
Hibernation)
32.64 W (Access)
14.78 W (HDD
Hibernation)
27.33 W (Access)
16.84 W (HDD
Hibernation)
31.96 W (Access)
10.14 W (HDD
Hibernation)
21.6 W (Access)
12.75 W (HDD
Hibernation)
8. Best 4 bay Synology NAS for PLEX
DS1515+ DS1515 DS415+ DS415play DS416 DS416J
Plex Server Plex Server Plex Server Plex Server Plex Server -
SD (480p/576p) no transcoding SD (480p/576p) SD (480p/576p) no transcoding -
HD (720P) no transcoding HD (720P) - no transcoding -
HD (1080P) * no transcoding HD (1080P) * - no transcoding -
9. Best 4 bay Synology NAS for shared folders
DS1515+ DS1515 DS415+ DS415play DS416 DS416J
512 folders 256 512 256 256 256
512 512 512 256 256 128
2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 1024
10. Best 4 bay Synology NAS for Surveillance
DS1515+ DS1515 DS415+ DS415play DS416 DS416J
Maximum IP cam 40 Maximum IP cam 30 Maximum IP cam 40 Maximum IP cam 15 Maximum IP cam 25 Maximum IP cam 16
2 Free License 2 Free License 2 Free License 2 Free License 2 Free License 2 Free License
1200 FPS @ 720p
(1280x720)
900 FPS @ 720p
(1280x720)
1200 FPS @ 720p
(1280x720)
450 FPS @ 720p
(1280x720)
750 FPS @ 720p
(1280x720)
480 FPS @ 720p
(1280x720)