Comprehensive evaluation of qunhui DS620slim: although young, it is actually very strong.

For many people, the brand Qunhui has been equated with NAS. Speaking of NAS, it is estimated that everyone who knows will mention Qunhui. The user base of Qunhui is also the highest among several NAS brands, and the related articles, tutorials and experience sharing about Qunhui are also the most. It can be said that if you want to start directly from NAS, it is the most worry-free, and Qunhui itself is industry-leading in both hardware and software; Among a large number of users, there are many answers when searching for questions. For Xiaobai or fans, it is easy to get started with Qunhui or advanced (there are many things to share about Qunhui).

As an enthusiast, I recently got a miniature 6-disk NAS with a 2.5-inch hard disk. Its design is similar to the mainstream products of Qunhui, and its compact size can make it better integrated into the office. Even the weak box in soho office is not a big problem. This product itself is less noisy and more energy-saving. DS620slim with 2.5-inch SATA hard disk will be a good choice.

The packaging box is still familiar with Qunhui style, and the model is DS620slim, with 6 sets of NAS products.

The familiar Qunhui style stickers also have product parameters to introduce product features, such as dual-core Intel J3355 processor up to 2.5GHz, 2G RAM, Btrfs storage technology, 4K decoding capability and so on.

After opening the package, you can see that the product is really small, with a 6-bit design. The overall design language is still familiar with Qunhui style, and you can't feel how small the product is just by looking at the product pictures.

You can see how small he is by comparing coke cans. 121*151*175 mm allows him to flexibly integrate into various positions. The 6-disk design will not have a hard disk space bottleneck.

Product accessories are still familiar: power adapter, quick start guide, network cable *2.

The power adapter is also designed with a 4-pin interface, 12V5.45438+0A, with a maximum of 64.92W.

Due to the small overall design, the USB one-button backup function is not reserved on the front of the product. At the top of the front is: status light, warning light, power button, network indicator light and hard disk indicator light on each tray.

The 6-bit design makes it possible to flexibly configure various RAID modes, and it can also cooperate with SSD cache acceleration to further improve the reading and writing performance. The bottom of the product also has the product model and brand logo.

There are also sets of lights on both sides of the fuselage.

The compact design makes the whole interface design behind the fuselage. In fact, although the design is compact. The number of its own interfaces is not small. From left to right: 4-pin power interface, 1GbE RJ-45 network interface *2, safety lock, reset key and dual USB3.0 interface, which is convenient for expansion. In addition, we can see that the fan of the product is fixed with cushioning plastic nails.

I have always liked the design of Qunhui's hard disk compartment. Even if this DS620slim is designed with a 2.5-inch hard disk position, its hard disk installation is screw-free, and the plug-in installation is very smooth.

Deep hard drive.

Because I didn't buy a large-capacity solid-state drive with the right size, I took Seagate's Cool Wolf 2.5-inch 240G SSD for testing. Of course, if you are extravagant, you can directly choose 2T or larger SSD as the storage disk, which is also a good choice. This DS620slim can support up to 5T SSD hard disk and up to 30TB capacity. Of course, I later considered the combination of four 4T 2.5-inch mechanical hard disks and two Cool Wolf 240G SSD. This can be very compatible with storage space and speed.

Find a friend to test with 240G Seagate Cool Wolf SSD, so don't spit out the current test capacity.

It's also time to use Seagate's Cool Wolf SSD.

In terms of installation, it is mentioned that even with the 2.5-inch hard disk design, Qunhui provides users with a screw-free installation design.

Just plug the installed hard disk into the interface, and after power-on, you can observe whether the hard disk light lights up normally and judge the running state of the hard disk.

In addition, the compatibility of hard disk, UPS and other devices can be found in the relevant interface of Qunhui official website. Will be subdivided into different product models. The following is a screenshot for your reference, or you can directly filter and view the list of incompatible devices. Why do you want to show everyone incompatible devices? The main reason is that there are too many compatible devices in Qunhui.

In terms of use, just connect the network interface after booting. When the router supports aggregation, the highest reading and writing speed can reach 200 MB/s, and it will have a better experience for multi-users or companies with multi-user access requirements in the network aggregation mode.

Although the DS620slim is small, it also supports memory expansion. Maximum support for 6G DDR3L memory. The standard 2G memory is also at the bottom of the fuselage.

In addition, there is an interface at the bottom of the fuselage. At present, I haven't figured out what it is for.

In terms of memory, I just got a 4G DDR3L memory. When you remove the bottom, you can see that there are two memory slots as standard, and it is not difficult to upgrade yourself.

In addition, the disassembly of the whole machine is not too difficult, mainly the disassembly of several screws behind the fuselage. There is no tamper-proof sticker, so you don't need to worry about the warranty. Our own Qunhui provides a two-year warranty service. After opening, you can see that there is an 8cm fan 3Pin behind the fuselage responsible for daily heat dissipation.

Take a look at the motherboard, there is not much research. I won't analyze what each position is. The overall feeling is that the workmanship is quite satisfactory.

In fact, I think that the 6-disk NAS can start to come standard with 10 Gigabit network interface, and it can also give full play to its performance.

In terms of software installation, if you don't know Qunhui for the first time. I will push you to try Synology Assistant, the management software of Group Exchange, to set it up. For example, if you don't know the IP address of NAS access, you can automatically search for NAS devices in the network through this software. After that, you can set it. Of course, mobile management is no problem. You can quickly set up by downloading the Qunhui Butler APP through your mobile phone. It's just that I'm still more traditional and prefer to manage my NAS on the computer.

The DSM system of Qunhui is very simple as a whole, which can be said to be a fool's setup. Just do it, and you can complete the setting without thinking.

If there is any problem with the settings, Qunhui also provides detailed help for users. You can find relevant support directly in official website. Besides text and picture types, there are many video contents for reference. For white users or advanced users, the help content here will make you gain a lot after reading it.

After completing the above steps, you can see the familiar group exchange management interface.

Because I took the machine apart and added memory before using it, I checked the information center in the control panel first, where I could find the hardware information of the product. You can see that the added memory has been recognized normally, and it seems that the overall compatibility is still good.

Since then, the key to playing Qunhui NAS is undoubtedly the suite center of Qunhui, and the reason why Qunhui is strong is also here. But when you come in, you will find that there was no hard disk space when DSM system was installed before. Here, you can first manage the hard disk in the storage space manager.

If you are in doubt about the storage space setting, you can calculate the hard disk space corresponding to different RAID modes through the RAID capacity calculator of Qunhui official website. Here, you can also check the capacity and hard disk location you need, and what type of NAS can meet your needs, and it will also give you some reference.

Then set the required hard disk mode according to your own needs. The DS620slim has 6 disk locations to choose from. Hard disk space can be allocated according to actual needs. I chose a more mainstream way. SHR mode is selected for the first four disks, and the last two disks are accelerated as SSD.

About what is SHR:

For more information about SHR, please refer to the introduction of Qunhui official website. Simply put, SHR is a group benefit, which helps you simplify your needs and choices. Help you design the most reasonable hard disk mode.

In addition, in order to better use NAS to improve access and reading and writing speed, I promoted the use of SSD cache acceleration. Although two hard disk locations are lost, it is worthwhile to get an efficient use environment.

After setting, you can view the current hard disk configuration and manage it in the storage pool management.

Although DS620slim is small in size, it also has two gigabit RJ45 network interfaces, which can cooperate with routers to realize network aggregation. You can find the network in the control panel and see the current link status.

If you want to set up network aggregation, click Add to start link aggregation and set the appropriate network type. Here I choose IEEE 802.3ad dynamic link aggregation.

Select the network interface you want to set.

It's not too difficult to set up. The key is that your router or switch supports network aggregation. After setting up, you can return to the control panel to check the current network status. The speed became 2000MB/s, full duplex. In addition, there is a load-balanced aggregation mode, which can balance the reading and writing speed when accessing multiple devices. The subsequent comprehensive reading and writing test is conducted in the last paragraph of the article.

Because the test router only supports the aggregation equilibrium mode, there is no condition to test aggregation superposition. So it is used to test the reading and writing speed of the same copy on two computers. One computer is a wireless link network, and the test result shows that the reading speed of NAS is 54MB/s at 526.5Mbps, while the reading speed of another desktop is111MB/s at the same time under 2.5Gbps wired link. At the same time, the speed of copying files from the two devices to the computer by NAS is basically stable, and the superposition has exceeded the performance of gigabit single-wire link, so it is judged that the equilibrium mode of double gigabit network aggregation has been reached.

For many users who have small computer hard disks at home or in the office, NAS is undoubtedly a good solution. Of course, you will say that it is inconvenient for NAS to connect with network neighbors every time, so it is better to plug in a mobile hard disk to help. Here we introduce a method to solve the problem of small hard disk space and insufficient hard disk-iSCSI. This is also the standard suite of Qunhui. It can bring some space to computers with small space or temporary storage space, and relieve the storage pressure of computers. Find the iSCSI Manager settings in the kit.

After selecting the LUN, click New. You can set the name and free space. Generally speaking, for a 6-disk NAS, it is easy to divide the space from 500GB to 1T (of course, my test space is very small at present, only 200G is divided). This capacity can also solve the problem of insufficient space for various ultrabooks.

In terms of settings, you can go all the way down, followed by the operation of the computer.

First of all, find the management tools in the control panel of the computer, or find the Windows management tools under the Windows system under the Start menu, or you can directly find the iSCSI initiator we need.

First, find the management tools in the control panel of the computer.

After that, the operation is simple. Enter the network address of your NAS, which will be added to the hard disk you set up earlier. Here you can also see and manage the iSCSI network hard disk you added before.

After that, you can set a drive letter for this disk in Computer Management-Disk Management.

Then I can see that there is a hard disk with 200G space under my computer. This kind of disk may not have much advantage for desktop users, but for notebook users, it may be a big problem for users with only 128G or 250G solid state. After all, the current wireless network card is not bad, basically 867 speed, and the latest laptop also supports AX, which is WiFi 6 wireless network. AX routers for daily use will not be the same as ordinary ones.

In the actual iSCSI read-write test, the test read-write speed reaches Gigabit in Gigabit environment.

It can be seen from the test that although the reading and writing have not reached the full-speed Gigabit, the actual 80MB/s reading and writing is not unavailable. Of course, it would be better if it was 10 Gigabit.

The actual reading and writing test of NAS under Gigabit shows that both reading and writing have reached Gigabit level.

After the hard disk is set up, you can configure and select the software in suite center according to your own needs. This is also a reason why most users choose Qunhui. The software in the center of the suite is a powerful source of Qunhui.

Download:

In terms of downloading, the actual experience speed of the download station in GroupM suite can only be said to be available, and things can still be downloaded every day.

The test shows that it takes more than 2 hours to download a 1.7 1GB power supply, but you can use it if you are not in a hurry.

Docker installs Thunder Remote Control:

In other respects, I still recommend installing Thunder for remote use through Docker suite. Docker itself is very powerful. There are many functions to play. After installing the Docker suite, you can have many presets similar to those designed by others. For example, if you want to install Thunderbolt, search xware in the registry and find the location indicated by the arrow on the map.

Then just run down step by step as mentioned at the beginning.

After the installation is completed, find the installed xware in the container, and open it to see the random number behind the active core in the log. This is the activation code of Xunlei Remote.

In addition, you need to configure the download location of Thunder, and add folders in Mirror-General Settings-Advanced Settings-Volume.

Then log in to Xunlei Remote Web Edition, click Add Downloader, and enter the activation code found before.

After that, you can add the remote download of Thunder. After all, there are many download methods supported by Thunder, but the speed is not as fast as before.

Cloud synchronization Cloud synchronization:

In addition, Cloud Sync cloud synchronization is also very useful in downloading, such as supporting various cloud synchronization backups. We can see that jingdong cloud, Baidu Cloud, Tencent Cloud and Alibaba Cloud all support it.

Because the web version has landed in Baidu cloud, it is also very convenient to bind.

After logging in, set the local path, remote path and synchronization mode of Baidu Cloud to be backed up. Daily backup of important data is very convenient.

Set up Baidu cloud synchronization management.

Audio and video playback:

In terms of audio-visual entertainment, Qunhui's video station itself is quite easy to use, and there is also support for Android boxes. Apple also has corresponding DS video support.

Support online transcoding in playback, and have a good experience on mobile phones or boxes. Of course, it feels better to pursue the effect with Kodi, or if you are an Apple user, Infuse Pro6 will also have a good experience.

In addition, Plex will be recommended. The UI is friendly, and the information automatically loaded on the photo wall is easy to classify and share with friends. It has a good experience in supporting streaming media. And the effect experience is better after recharging!

Photo management:

Daily photo management will be a headache for many people, and photo management and classification of multiple devices and users will be a very troublesome thing. Qunhui has two suites, which are convenient for managing photos. In fact, both of them should be familiar with Photo Station6 and Moments. Both models also have corresponding mobile phone management software, namely DS photo and Moment. Generally speaking, it is very convenient for the management of multiple mobile devices at home.

I recommend two photo management software Moments, whose photo classification function is very convenient to use. He will help you automatically identify and classify the different types of photos you take every day.

Of course, the best use is for photographers. It is inevitable that family members will take some family photos every day. Everyone will photograph the same person, such as a child. Here, you can manage the backup by automatically grouping at all times, and grouping at all times according to different portraits is convenient for later management. I think it's very convenient, especially for taking pictures of children.

Drive:

Synology Drive Client is a suite that Qunhui is now promoting. NAS has suite support, and computer or mobile phone has supporting software. In general, you can set daily backup settings by setting the location of files that need to be backed up or synchronized on your computer. After all, NAS is chosen for data security. Just follow the prompts to set up the backup task. Daily backup is automatic, and you can also set backup mode requirements as required.

Note that if you need to use it, you need NAS suite support to support it, so as to realize computer-side backup. Daily mistakes can also be recovered from backed-up data. You can also back up and manage the important data of the computer according to the previously specified backup plan.

The mobile terminal supports Groupon itself a lot, and Groupon suite and mobile app have corresponding ones. Here I also mainly use these apps to share with you.

Qunhui Manager is a good group management software, which can directly manage the group equipment through the mobile terminal. Even if you don't use a computer, you can directly configure the settings of Qunhui on your mobile phone. In addition, it can also realize the management of group benefits, which is a very useful software for group benefits. The daily management of the equipment can be carried out directly through Qunhui Butler, without management on the login page.

In addition, DS files and drivers on the mobile terminal are software that can be backed up on the mobile terminal. Users of DS file group meeting should be very familiar with it, and they can easily view files in NAS, manage file uploading and photo backup, and so on. Drive is also the backup management software promoted by Qunhui at present, and the computer side also has suitable management software to facilitate backup.

In terms of photos, I recommend Moments itself. Photo backup and classification management are as easy to use as Apple. And the backed-up photo content can be sent back to the computer directly according to the classification.

Daily NAS will be the multimedia center at home, so it is convenient to play the HD hard disk in NAS with Plex or DS video on the mobile phone. You can play hard disks with different formats through device transcoding. Of course, it is best to play with box products, and there are corresponding apps to choose from on Android or Apple. I recommend you to try it when you have time.

In terms of noise, there is no noise in daily operation because of the use of SSD. The measured noise value is the decibel of noise when the home is quiet, which is very low. So you don't need to worry that he makes too much noise every day. Of course, if you use a mechanical hard disk, the daily noise will be louder than if I use a solid-state hard disk.

On the whole, DS620slim will be a differentiated product of Qunhui, mainly for users who need multi-disk NAS and have high requirements on product size. In the actual experience, this DS620slim is still the standard of Qunhui in terms of experience and application, which is convenient and efficient. It is also very friendly to users who have no DSM system experience. With its powerful suite service, it will be a good choice for users from beginner to advanced. Qunhui is not the first time to launch a 2.5-inch hard disk, but this time it is more in line with the aesthetics of mainstream users in appearance and hard disk. The 6-disk design also enables the product to achieve a higher level of RAID function, and there are additional disks for users to experience a faster operating experience after opening the SSD cache. At present, products like DS620slim may only have two Gigabit interfaces, and it would be better if they were equipped with a 10 Gigabit experience.