Synology DS213 is a feature-rich 2-bay NAS server for workgroups & offices, for users who need to share & protect data cost-effectively Key Features Optimal Price/ Performance Ratio Features Super Speed USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 Hardware Encryption Engine Effective Backup Solutions Running on Synology Disk Station Manager (DSM) Synology Disk Station DS213 is a feature-rich 2-bay NAS server for workgroups & offices, specifically designed for users who need to share & protect data cost-effectively, while increasing productivity with comprehensive office applications. Optimal Price/ Performance Ratio Synology DS213 delivers an average 108.23 MB/sec reading speed under RAID 1 configuration in a Windows environment, & 65.41 MB/sec writing 1. Disk Station DS213 provides a reliable solution for data sharing with an easy to use interface, & comprehensive office applications, including a complete backup solution making it one of the best values in 2-bay NAS devices available today. Coming with USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 support which offers transmission speeds of up to 5 Gbps, namely 10 times faster than USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0, DS213 takes less time for data transfer for external hard drives & consumes less power. In addition, hot-swappable drives make it easier for maintenance & hard drive replacement. Effective Backup Solutions Synology DS213 offers a centralized backup target to consolidate fragmented & unstructured data across a network. PC users can back up their data to Synology DS213 using Synology Data Replicator software, & Mac OS X users enjoy native Apple Time Machine integration. A backup wizard is provided for backing up data from DS213 to another Synology Disk Station or any rsync server via an encrypted connection, or to an external hard drive via USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 connection. The wizard also makes it easy to back up Disk Station data to the cloud via Amazon S3 or STRATO Hi Drive. In addition, users can back up & restore Disk Station shared folders in multiple versions using Synology Time Backup package. Shared Folder Sync allows users to synchronize a specific folder from Synology DS213 to another Disk Station – a server-to-client backup mechanism that takes place whenever something is changed on the server side. Users will be able to share documents within their local office seamlessly & safely with encrypted connection. When your Disk Station is down, you will be able to have an immediate backup running in no time. You can have your own cloud by using Cloud Station to freely access & sync file across different computers. Cloud Station keep multiple versions of a document in case of accidentally delete or upon any change. Also available with WD Red drives already installed – Please see our other listings for details