Standby and power consumption of Synology NAS "DS216j"

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Standby power is 5W

When HDD is active: 16W

During read/write: 18W.

Electricity Bill

Assuming standby power is "5W", and calculating with "35 yen/1kWh" considering recent electricity price hikes:

4.2 yen per day

126 yen per 30 days

1,533 yen per year.

Since this is just a calculation of standby power, the actual cost will likely be a bit higher.

If you are looking for low power consumption, you could use a 1-bay model, or

You can also set up schedule settings (e.g., shutdown time, startup time).

I thought replacing with an SSD would also lead to lower power consumption, but
from what I've briefly researched, depending on usage, HDDs can sometimes consume less power than SSDs.

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