The front of the DS209 is a nice smooth white with all the buttons and lights positioned on a smaller black panel. Synology designed the unit to look more like an appliance than another piece of computer equipment.
The lighting that aligns the right side of the unit gives device status, LAN status and the status of each of the drives inside. Just below them is a USBCopy button and connection. This is great for individuals that transport data between two locations via USB drives or flash drives. When activated all the data that reside on the connected device will be uploaded to the DS209 to the user specified folder. The last button on the device is the power button.
The rear of the drive has a small 70mm cooling fan to prolong the life of the hard drives. The unit also has two USB ports located on the rear as well. They can serve various functions such as a connection to a USB printer. Many times when you are in need of a device like the DS209, you are probably connected to a number of other computers as well. Chances are you would like for these computers to be able to print to a central printer. The DS209 can do just that. You can also use these extra USB ports to add more storage at a later time. This is easily accomplished by adding another USB drive to the DS209. A factory reset button and a lock port is also provided. You will be happy to know the LAN port supports speeds up to a gigabit. That's fast enough to help move data at a very reasonable speed.
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