Unveiling the best Synology NAS enclosures for your data storage needs! This article explores what NAS is, delves into Synology’s offerings, and unveils their distinct features.
Key Takeaways
- Synology NAS centralizes storage, simplifying file management.
- Feature-packed, they offer storing, accessing, backing up, and sharing.
- Diverse models cater to individual and business requirements.
Q: What is the best Synology NAS enclosure?
A: The “best” depends on your needs and budget. This article explores various Synology NAS models, highlighting their features to aid your informed decision.
Intelligent Management on Private Cloud
Store, archive, and process petabytes of data
With a wide variety of models and expansion models, Synology has a NAS for you whichever storage side you need. Let your NAS grow with your business with the option to start smaller and add larger drives and expansion units over time. All without monthly fees!
Sync and Share Across Offices
With Synology’s cross-office file management solutions you can seamlessly sync data across multiple sites and locations.
Protection Against Ransomware Attacks
With efficient backups and snapshot technology to enablle file restoration, rest assured your file storage will remain secure.
Protection Endpoints and Infrastucture
Ensure business continuity with the powerful Active Backup Suite. Simplify your protection plan with custom backup scheduling tasks, easy to manage even with limited IT staffing.
Increase Productivity
With an on-premise suit of collaboration tools, you can bring your team together no matter how far apart they are. Enjoy a private mail server, an instant messaging application, and an online office suite for concurrent editing of documents, spreadsheets, and slides.
Maintain physical security
No matter the size of your premise, use Synology’s comprehensive and intuitive surveillance solution to protect your physical assets. The surveillance station can provide you with real-time statistics and alerts, works with a wide range of IP cameras and I/O modules, and can be managed remotely.
Let’s introduce you to the best Synology NAS (Network Attached Storage) Enclosures
5. Synology DS218 DiskStation
Versatile 2-bay NAS for small offices and home users
Synology DiskStation DS218 is a high-performance and compact 2-bay NAS, specifically designed for offices and home users to effectively manage, protect, and share data. Its new 64-bit quad-core processor supports 10-bit 4K H.265 video transcoding to enrich multimedia entertainment. Synology DS218 is backed by Synology’s 2-year limited warranty.
Features:
- Quad-core 1.4GHz
- 2GB DDR3
- Up to 113 MB/s reading and 112 MB/s writing performance
- 9.4W in access and 4.22 W in HDD hibernation
4. Synology DS1821+ DiskStation
8-Bay NAS Storage Tower
The 8-bay Synology DS1821+ is aimed at IT enthusiast and SMB customers looking for a powerful and scalable storage solution, its business-grade backup solutions keep users safe and protected from potential data loss, while major improvements to compute capabilities and throughput means workloads are finished faster than ever before.
Features:
- AMD Ryzen™ Quad-core 2.2 GHz CPU
- Cache Acceleration – Dual M.2 2280 slots for NVMe Cache
- 113K 4K random read IOPS performance
- Expand up to 18 drives with two DX517 expansion units
3. Synology DS920+ DiskStation
4-bay desktop NAS
Synology DS920+ is an ideal network-attached storage solution to streamline data management and productivity. Two built-in M.2 SSD slots and Synology SSD Cache technology allow you to boost system I/O and application performance. Scalable storage design lets you start small and expand storage capacity with Synology DX517 as your data grows.
DS920+ provides two built-in M.2 SSD slots so that you can take full advantage of Synology SSD Cache functionality. Add SSD cache for up to 20 times faster I/O response without using front drive bays. You can add five more drives with Synology DX517 to expand storage capacity.
Features:
- 4-core 2.0 GHz CPU, burst up to 2.7 GHz
- Cache Acceleration – 2 x built-in M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slots
- Average 15% performance boost to computing-intensive applications
- Expand up to 9 drives with a DX517 expansion unit
Synology DS920+ DiskStation NAS
2. Synology DiskStation DS118
3TB WD Red HDD
Synology DiskStation DS118 is a high-performance and compact 1-bay NAS, specifically designed for offices and home users to effectively manage, protect, and share data. Its new 64-bit quad-core processor supports 10-bit 4K H.265 video transcoding to enrich multimedia entertainment.
DS118 is also optimised for 10-bit 4K H.265 video transcoding via Video Station. You can organise personal digital video library with comprehensive media information and stream 4K Ultra HD movies and films to various devices such as computers, smartphones, media players and TVs.
Features:
- Quad-core 1.4GHz
- 1GB DDR3
- Up to 113 MB/s reading and 112 MB/s writing performance
- 9.4W in access and 4.22 W in HDD hibernation
1. Synology DiskStation DS218play
Network NAS
Synology DiskStation DS218play is a feature rich, two-bay tower equipped with a 64-bit quad-core processor. Featuring powerful multimedia processing capabilities, DS218play supports real-time transcoding of 4K Ultra HD source content, and is perfect for multimedia streaming and file sharing for home users. Synology DS218play is backed by Synology’s 2-year limited warranty.
Features:
- Quad-core 1.4GHz
- 2GB DDR3
- Up to 112 MB/s reading and 112 MB/s writing performance
- 16.79W in access and 5.16W in HDD hibernation
More from Synology at Comms Express:
Synology DS218Play | Synology DS118 | Synology DS218 | Synology Value Series | Synology Plus Series | Synology XS/XS+ Series | Synology Sata Hard Drives | Synology Rail Kits
If you require any further information on these or any other Aruba Networks products that we stock, please do not hesitate to contact our team who will be only too happy to help.
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