Synology introduces six-bay DiskStation DS1618+ NAS

As COMPUTEX is just around the corner, Synology has unveiled an all new powerful 6-bay NAS for the tech enthusiast and medium-sized businesses, the DS1618+ is powered by an Intel Atom C3538 quad-core processor paired to 4GB of non-ECC SODIMM DDR4 RAM. The DS1618+ can be expanded up to 32GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM RAM, while you can have up to 192TB of storage when connected to two DX517 expansion units, making it a highly scalable network storage that is capable of running mission critical file transfers and network applications.

The expandability of the DS1618+ doesn’t just end here, because with the optional M2D17 PCIe adapter card, the NAS can house two M.2 SATA SSD to reduce I/O latency by taking advantage of SSD cache. Otherwise, you can opt to install two PCIe network card as the DS1618+ will support dual 10GBe LAN transfers, which gives up to 1551MBps read and 586MBps write throughput.

The DS1618+ comes installed with the award winning DiskStation Manager operating system, which comes with many useful apps by Synology and great community support, customers can opt to purchase Synology’s Extended Warranty add on service (EW201) to extend up to 5 years of warranty coverage in selected regions when purchasing the DS1618+. For more information, head on over to www.synology.com/products/DS1618+