| Developers: | Synology (SLMP PTE) |
| Last Release Date: | 2021/01/28 |
| Branches: | Information technologies |
| Technology: | DWH |
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Main article: Storage system
2021
RS3621RPxs, RS3621xs+, RS4021xs+
On January 28, 2021 the Synology company provided RackStation devices of the next generation which support highly effective solutions for backup, virtualization of storage system, video surveillance and remote work.
RS3621RPxs and RS3621xs devices + with 12 compartments 2U high and RS4021xs + with 16 compartments 3U high are intended for the enterprises small and medium business which needs high-performance storage system. Synology devices provide the platform for the applications using large volume of data such as solutions for large-scale backup, storage system iSCSI SAN, local solutions for joint work and deployment for video surveillances.
 | "The xs and xs series + represent universal devices with a high capacity for the enterprises of small and medium business and also for corporate deployments — Julien Chen, Synology Inc products manager noted. — Thanks to the built-in reserve power capability and to processors Intel Xeon they are suitable for processing of crucial data for large-scale video surveillance, the file servers corporate level, problems of backup, packets office applications and economic virtualizations storage system". |  |
According to Synology, all three devices provide considerable improvement of performance measures in comparison with devices of the previous generation. RS3621RPxs provides accomplishment 68% more input-output operations per second at any reading, than the previous model, RS3621xs + — is 50% more, and RS4021xs + — for 21%. Besides, RS3621xs + and RS4021xs + are equipped with two built-in ports 10GbE for fall forward of connection without accomplishment of additional actions.
The provided devices are equipped with two slots of PCIe Gen 3.0 8x that allows to execute upgrade using compatible network interface cards 10GbE3 and/or a SSD cache of NVMe. RS3621RPxs and RS3621xs + give a scaling option thanks to 36 compartments for disks, and RS4021xs + — thanks to 40 compartments for disks, using two expansion units of RX1217 (RP) and compatible disks.
Devices RackStation RS3621RPxs, RS3621xs+, RS4021xs + are already available at resellers Synology worldwide.
RackStation RS1221+ и RS1221RP+
On January 14, 2021 the Synology company announced RackStation RS1221 release + and RS1221RP+ (with reserve power capability) — rack servers of data storage 2U high with 8 compartments.
According to the company, RS1221+ and RS1221RP + — the first devices of the RackStation series created based on processor AMD Ryzen V1500B. In comparison with the previous model these devices provide increase in calculating capacity by 3.6 times and also accomplishment of 108 thousand input-output operations per second at any reading (3.8 times more) and consecutive record with a speed of 1147 Mbps (2.3 times higher). It optimizes data management also accomplishment of tasks backup and also allows to work at the same time to bigger number of users and services.
Depth of RS1221+ and RS1221RP + is only 306.6 mm and 407.5 mm (with handles of servers on the front panel) that there is less than a half of size of standard rack devices 2U therefore they are suitable for small racks, such as wall cabinets or double-support racks (only RS1221+) with limited space.
Devices are by default equipped with memory of DDR4 ECC with a capacity of 4 GB with a possibility of expansion to 32 GB. Thanks to the slot of PCIe 3.0 it is possible to execute updating to 10GbE, using the compatible network interface card, or to add NVMe cache memory at the expense of payments of Synology M.2 and Synology solid state drives of SVN30004 series. Devices can be scaled thanks to 12 compartments for disks, using expansion unit of RX4185 and compatible disks.
Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM), the unified Synology operating system, optimizes difficult and labor-intensive processes of data management. This system provides accomplishment of backup of IT infrastructure using Synology Active Backup Suite and local placement of a private cloud using Synology Drive, virtual machines using Virtual Machine Manager, mail servers using MailPlus and other services SaaS.
RS1221 + and RS1221RP+ are already available at resellers Synology worldwide.
2019
RackStation RS820+/RS820RP+
On October 4, 2019 the Synology company announced release of RackStation RS820+/RS820RP+, the rack NAS system of a form factor 1U with 4 compartments which provides high-performance data transmission and scalability of storage systems for the companies of medium business.
| | "The upgraded processor in RS820+/RS820RP+ provides high capacity of consecutive reading with a speed more than 1621 Mbps in environment 10GbE. Thanks to upgradeability of memory, support of additional network adapters and a possibility of expansion of storage system of RS820+/RS820RP+ will be suitable for the companies of medium business which requires the effective and simple solution for data exchange in use", 'Michael Wang, the manager on products of Synology Inc company noted' | |
Characteristics of RS820+/RS820RP+ mentioned by the producer:
- The 4-core processor of 2.1 GHz with AES-NI support;
- Memory of DDR4 of 2 GB (with a possibility of expansion to 18 GB);
- Scaling up to 8 disks with connection of expansion unit of Synology RX418;
- One PCIe 3.0 connector for additional network interface card 10GbE or a payment of the M2D18 adapter for solid state drives M.2;
- The advanced Btrfs file system with a possibility of creation of 65,000 pictures of a system and 1024 pictures of each shared folder;
- Synology High Availability (SHA) ensures smooth operation of services due to smooth switching between servers in clusters.
As noted in Synology, RS820+/RS820RP+ works based on the operating system for Synology NAS — DiskStation Manager devices — and offers a set of the applications increasing performance.
RackStation RS819 of the Value series
On April 11, 2019 the company Synology released RackStation RS819 — compact and scalable rack server NAS with 4 compartments and support of technology of instant pictures, intended for business groups. The server allows data backup to execute, manage and exchange effectively them and also to synchronize them.
| | For the growing business groups with the limited budget development of the effective plan of protection and data backup sometimes is not the main priority that leads to catastrophic data loss in case of refusal servers. Thanks to the 64-bit quad-core RS819 processor is the first RackStation device in the Value series with support of technology of instant pictures which provides simple solutions for data protection. Michael Wang, product manager of Synology company | |
According to the company, the compact RS819 server in a form factor 1U with 4 compartments for disks and less than 12 inches in depth, is easily mounted in a double-support or wall rack and is suitable for installation in conditions of limited space.
Key RS819 functions
- 64-bit quad-core processor and memory of DDR4 with a capacity of 2 GB
- Speed of enciphering is more than 224 Mbps when reading
- The advanced Btrfs file system with a possibility of creation of 4096 instant pictures of a system and 256 instant pictures for each shared folder
- Expansion of capacity of storage to 112 TB when using one expansion unit of Synology RX418
RS819 works based on the operating system for Synology NAS — DiskStation Manager devices — and offers a set of the applications increasing performance.
2018
RackStation RS1619xs+
On November 29, 2018 the company Synology Inc. released RackStation RS1619xs+ mounted in a rack 4- disk NAS-server with a form factor 1U. According to the company, the NAS server is scalable storage with support of M.2 SSD, intended for the growing companies and tasks which solution requires high rates on IOPS.
| | RS1619xs + with multifunction applications for joint work are suitable the enterprises of small and medium business for increase in employee performance. A possibility of performance improvement of RS1619xs + at the expense of network adapters, the cache of the M.2 SSD and increase in capacity of storage, allow to increase the potential of a storage system at different stages according to business needs. Michael Wang, product manager of Synology Inc company. | |
Key RS1619xs functions +
- Quad-core processor and memory of DDR4 expanded to 64 GB
- The optional network adapter 10GbE providing capacity at consecutive reading over 1523 Mbps
- Two built-in slots of M.2 2280 SSD with support of the cache increasing performance at any input-output when installing the drives NVMe/SATA SSD
- Expansion of capacity of storage to 224 TB when using expansion unit of Synology RX1217/RX1217RP
RS1619xs + works based on the operating system for Synology NAS — DiskStation Manager devices — and offers a range of the applications increasing performance.
RackStation RS1219+
On August 9, 2018 it became known that the company Synology released RackStation RS1219+ scaled 8 disk NAS server Synology with support of disks M.2 SSD for performance improvement. Thanks to the compact RS1219+ chassis is established in a double-support or wall rack and is suitable, according to the producer, for the companies of small and medium business, allowing them to begin development of the business without considerable investments into creation data processing center.
Thanks to depth of 12 inches of RS1219+ it is possible to set in a double-support rack that allows to work in limited space without unnecessary investments into sets of guides or server premises, noted in Synology.
| | "We see demand for creation of mini-data processing centers in the conditions of limited space, especially for the developing companies. Capacity of storage of RS1219+ can be increased up to 144 TB at connection of one expansion unit of RX418. Thanks to it the companies receive a storage system which is scaled in process of business development. Using caching of SATA M.2 SSD, having inserted a payment of adapter M.2 under two disks SSD into the PCIe connector, it is possible to increase performance and to lower delays without occupying front compartments for disks". Katarina Shao, the product manager in Synology Inc | |
According to information provided by the developer, RS1219+ works based on the operating system for Synology NAS — DiskStation Manager — and offers the useful applications ensuring data security and increasing productivity of work.
RS1219 + can be purchased together with an additional service "an expanded guarantee the" of Synology prolonging guaranty period for the equipment up to 5 years.[1]
2016
RackStation RS3617xs+ и RS3617RPxs
On September 14, 2016 the Synology company announced replenishment of a line of Synology RackStation the RS3617xs servers + and RS3617RPxs.
According to the statement of the company, the rack Synology RackStation RS3617xs servers + and RS3617RPxs are focused on the solution of business challenges and are easily scaled.
The RS3617xs model + provides performance of 4937 Mbps of consecutive capacity and 556,727 IOPS at consolidation of six network ports in the Link Aggregation mode. Two network interfaces of 10 Gbps and four 1 Gbps are installed in the server, besides, it is possible to involve two more network interface cards of 10 Gbps[2].
Servers are equipped with 8 GB of RAM of DDR4 ECC with a possibility of expansion to 64 GB. Using servers as the platform, it is possible to construct a cluster of Synology High Availability, increasing fault tolerance at the hardware level, including a ventilation system, network switching and abnormal switching. Both devices give an opportunity of seamless information storage for an environment of virtualization of Citrix, Hyper-V, OpenStack Cinder and VMware.
The RS3617RPxs server is focused on the companies needing storage of large volumes of data and is the high-performance rack NAS server with 12 compartments equipped with reserve power capabilities that guarantees smooth operation.
RackStation RS816
On August 12, 2016 the Synology company announced release of the server for installation in a mounting rack of RackStation RS816.
The server of 1U in size with four disk drive bays of a standard size 2.5 or 3.5 inches with the SATA interface, is created for the small companies and offices. Integration into the Synology RX415 device provides scaling options by means of use to 8 disks (the general capacity of storage can reach 80 TB), the optimized computing opportunities and an application package[3].
| | In addition to high-speed performance, RS816 differs in the compact sizes and scalability thanks to what this server mounted in a rack easily adapts to quickly changing business conditions, without requiring special efforts for adaptation to the changing scenarios and requirements to the extent of memory. Jason Fan, manager on products of Synology company | |
In the RS816 server the Marvell Armada 385 88F6820 dual-core processor working at frequency of 1.8 GHz is used. Amount of RAM of DDR3 is 1 GB. The CCP it is equipped with the mechanism of hardware protection. It reaches the speed of reading 148 Mbps and record of 81 Mbps. Existence in the RS816 server of two LAN ports 1GbE with support of working off of failure and use of technology of "hot" replacement of hard drives provide a progressive tense of trouble-free operation and the minimum mean time to repair of working capacity, economy of working resources and time necessary for management of data storage and disaster recovery.
Overall dimensions of the device: 44 mm x 430.5 mm x 290 mm, weight are 4.34 kg.
RS816 works under control of DiskStation Manager (DSM). According to the statement of vendor, the RS816 servers are available to shipment in all regions of the world.
RackStation RS3617xs
On August 11, 2016 kompanya Synology provided the NAS server for the big companies - RackStation RS3617xs.
| | Today large business feels the need of storage of the growing information arrays. RS3617xs is the NAS solution of the corporate level supporting advanced technologies for storage and processing of superdata bulks with a possibility of accumulation of capacity of storage. Michael Wang, manager on products of Synology Inc company | |
The RS3617xs system is equipped with the quad-core processor of 3.3 GHz and provides performance more than 3263 Mbps of consecutive capacity and 333941 IOPS in the RAID 5 configuration with connection to GbE high-speed links 10 in the Link Aggregation mode.
RS3617xs is equipped with two slots of PCIe - installation of two net boards with interface 10GbE (NIC) is supported. It increases capacity and conforms to requirements to performance necessary for applications of intensive data processing.
The RS3617xs model works with the Btrfs file system with which fast data recovery on a certain time point on Snapshot technology is reached that prevents losses and provides the high level of integrity and consistency of information.
The RS3617xs NAS server is created for maintenance of perspective growth of the company. Expansion units of Synology RX1217/RX1217RP offer opportunities of expansion of an array to 36 disks, providing 12 additional slots for installation of disks in each module. RS3617xs also supports data storage for the virtualized environments of VMware, Citrix and Hyper-V.
RS3617xs works under control of DiskStation Manager (DSM), the operating system for network attached storages of data.
2013: Synology RackStation RS214
The Synology company provided in the fall of 2013 of RackStation RS214, odnoyunitovy, two-disk, for installation to 19' a rack the NAS server. Thanks to ease of management, efficiency of sharing of data and the numerous office applications directed to improvement of work and performance improvement, RS214 is specially developed for the growing enterprises of any scale.
Synology RS214 provides optimal performance. Working at frequency of processor of 1.2 GHz and in the Link Agregation mode, RS214 provides on average writing rate of 70 Mbps and reading more than 160 Mbps in RAID1 configuration in the environment of Windows. The integral unit with a floating point increases the overall performance of the processor that provides to RS214 more high efficiency of work when processing multimedia data. With RAM of 512 MB of DDR3, twice bigger than at the predecessor, RS214 shows noticeable increase in productivity in the environment of multitasking that does it by one of the best among the two-disk rekovy NAS servers available today. RS214 has two USB interfaces 3.0 that considerably increases data transfer rate during the work with external carriers.
When developing RS214 special attention is paid to questions of reliability. Existence of two gigabit LAN-of ports provides the increased fault tolerance, and the provided solution on "hot swap" allows simply and without risk to replace the hard drive. New guides, for installation of hard drives, protect work of your HDD from unauthorized or accidental shutdown. Besides, having the body of 12-inch depth, RS214 allows to rack-mount or wall fastening two such devices, without use of an additional set installation a rail.
2012: Synology RackStation RS10613xs+ и RX1213sas
The Synology company in the fall of 2012 announced entry into the market of the new NAS server of a corporate class of RackStation RS10613xs + with an ultrahigh performance up to 400.000 IOPS of reading with a scaling option up to 106 disks. In addition, the new product has several levels of reservation, for ensuring reliable and continuous work.
RS10613xs + supports SAS/SATA 6G the interface and SSD disks, and has a possibility of increase in capacity up to 424TB, at connection of eight expansion units of RX1213sas. New RackStation works based on the Xeon® Quad Core™ 3.3 GHz CPU processor and 8GB ECC of RAM with a possibility of building to 32GB. RS10613xs + reaches reading speed more than 2.000 Mbps, in the RAID 5 mode, when using dual connection 10gbe. Besides, application of SSD of a cache, increases device capacity more than by 50%, at intensive any reading. Use of AES New Instructions, provides high performance, at the increased data security.
According to Synology Inc products manager Rosiel Lee: "Considerable opportunities of expansion and high performance, do RS10613xs + by the ideal solution for the growing companies which prefer step-by-step investments. You receive the server of a corporate class, on the reliability, performance and functionality, for a half of cost of the solutions which are already existing in the market".
The cluster solution based on Synology High Availability (SHA), is imperceptible for the user, transfers all services from the faulty server, to other operating block, from group of the interconnected devices, without any interruption of work. RAID groups and active global algorithms of protection, at failure of disks, provide "hot" reservation of data. For a guarantee of optimal and maximum operability of a system, both RS10613xs +, and RX1213sas expansion unit, are equipped with stand-by power supplies and fans, and are connected with each other by means of the dual digital bus.
RS10613xs + proposes solutions on information storage for large servers on creation of virtual environment Microsoft Windows Sever 2012Hyper-V and VMware VSphere 5 VAAI and also supports a configuration Citrix XenServer.
As well as all products Synology, RS10613xs + works running DiskStation Manager (DSM) 4.1 OS which provides high performance, and the user-friendly interface simplifies work with it. The Synology company already deserved a set of awards for achievements in a corporate segment of DWH. In particular, RS3412(RP)xs received the nomination It "is recommended" from Noticias3D.com and also won in the NVR Excellent nomination at the Secutech exhibition.
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