HP equipped with 3 hard drives:
- Standby: about 1.1 watts
- Operating approx 46-56 watts depending on the requirement.
Synology be specified in standby with about 5-7 watts, then in operation only 17-30 watts consume (depending on the device).
Since we use the HP Miro Server only for backups, they are completely automatically pulled from Windows Home Server 2011, much of our choice on the combination HP MicroServer + Win Home Server 2011, with the add-on LightsOut and a Disk Drive Manager add-on.
From the processing and features a real server. In our, which we bought in another shop, a DVD LW was even indoors.
The volume is OK. The power supply blows something, but that one can change.
Think about deciding the application and then you can choose between NAS and MicroServer)