Synology RackStation (RS818+)
The Synology (RS818+) is a 1U 4-bay rackmount NAS designed for small and medium sized businesses. Powered by a quad-core processor with AES-NI hardware encryption engine, RS818+/ RS818RP+ provides both high performance and scalable storage, ideal for centralising data backups, protecting critical assets, and sharing files across different platforms. Synology RS818+/RS818RP+ is backed by Synology’s 3-year limited warranty.
Synology (RS818+) Key Features
- High-speed Scalable Storage Server
- Btrfs: Next Generation Storage Efficiency
- Comprehensive Business Applications
- Virtualisation Ready
- Reliability, Availability & Disaster Recovery
- Quad-core 4-bay NAS with AES-NI support, with over 1,099 MB/s reading and 401 MB/s writing performance
- PCIe slot for optional 10GbE add-in network interface card
- Four 1GbE (RJ-45) ports with failover and Link Aggregation support
- 2GB DDR3 memory, expandable up to 16GB
- Scale up to 8 drives with RX418 expansion unit
High-speed Scalable Storage Server
Synology RS818+/RS818RP+ is a 4-bay network attached storage solution equipped with an quad-core processor and 2GB DDR3 memory (expandable up to 16GB). RS818+/RS818RP+ supports one optional 10GbE add-in network interface card, and with Link Aggregation enabled, RS818+/RS818RP+ delivers high sequential throughput performance at over 1,099 MB/s reading and 401 MB/s writing. RS818+/RS818RP+ can support up to 8 drives when connected to one Synology RX418 expansion unit. Storage capacity can be expanded according to your business needs with minimal effort.
Btrfs: Next Generation Storage Efficiency
RS818+/RS818RP+ introduces the Btrfs file system, bringing the most advanced storage technologies to meet the management needs of modern businesses:
- Built-in data integrity check detects data and file system corruption with data and meta-data checksums and improves the overall stability.
- Flexible Shared Folder/User Quota System provides comprehensive quota control over all user accounts and shared folders.
- Advanced snapshot technology with customisable backup schedule allows up to 1,024 copies of shared folder backups in a minimum 5-minute interval without occupying huge storage capacity and system resources.
- File or folder level data restoration brings huge conveniences and saves time for users who wish to restore only a specific file or folder.
- File self-healing: Btrfs file system can auto-detect corrupted files with mirrored metadata, and recover broken data using the supported RAID volumes, which include RAID1, 5, 6, and 10.
Comprehensive Business Applications
Powered by the innovative Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM), RS818+/RS818RP+ comes fully-equipped with applications and features designed specifically for small or growing businesses:
- Windows® AD and LDAP support allows easy integration with existing business directory services.
- Windows ACL support provides fine-grained access control and efficient privilege settings, allowing RS818+/RS818RP+ to fit seamlessly into existing infrastructure.
- Internet file access is simplified by the encrypted FTP server and the web-based file explorer, Synology File Station. HTTPS, firewall, and IP auto-block support ensures file sharing over the Internet is protected with a high level of security.
- Application Privileges controls access to applications and packages based on each individual account, user group, or IP address.
- MailPlus allows your business to set up a secure, reliable, and private mail server while giving your employees a modern mail client for receiving and sending messages.
- With Synology Office, Calendar and Chat, the powerful Collaboration Suite allows secure and efficient private communications as well as content organisation that your business can easily manage and control.
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Virtualisation Ready
Synology’s Virtual Machine Manager adds unlimited capabilities to your NAS. Set up and run various virtual machines, including Windows, Linux, and Virtual DSM so that you can test new software versions in a sandbox environment, isolate your customers' machines, and increase the flexibility of your RS818+/RS818RP+ with reduced hardware deployment and maintenance costs. Synology iSCSI storage fully supports most virtualisation solutions to enhance work efficiency with a simple management interface. VMware vSphere™ 6.5 and VAAI integration helps offload storage operations and optimises computation efficiency. Windows Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) speeds up data transfer and migration rates, while OpenStack Cinder support turns your Synology NAS into a block-based storage component.
Reliability, Availability & Disaster Recovery
System reliability is of paramount importance to businesses which depend upon their commercial servers every day. RS818+/RS818RP+ responds to these concerns with wide-ranging availability and redundancy features:
- Synology High Availability ensures seamless transition between clustered servers in the event of server failure with minimal impact on applications.
- Redundant power supplies (RS818RP+ only), system fans and network ports with failover support ensure maximum continuous service uptime.
- High reliability system design including fan-less CPU heat-sink and passive cooling technology, preventing single points of failure.
Synology (RS818+) Technical Specification
Hardware
- CPU: Intel Atom C2538 quad-core 2.4GHz
- Hardware encryption engine: Yes (AES-NI)
- Memory: 2 GB DDR3L Non-ECC SO-DIMM (expandable up to 16 GB with 8GB SO-DIMM x 2)
- Compatible drive type: 4 x 3.5" or 2.5" SATA SSD/HDD (drives not included)
- Hot swappable drive: Yes
- External port:
- 2 x USB 3.0 port
- 1 x Expansion port
- Size (HxWxD): 44 x 430.5 x 457.6 mm / 44 x 480 x 492.6 mm (with server ears)
- Weight: 6.21 kg
- LAN: 4 x 1GbE (RJ-45)
- Wake on LAN/WAN: Yes
- PCIe 2.0 slot:
- 1 x 4-lane x8 slot
- High-performance network interface card support
- Scheduled power on/off: Yes
- System fan: 3 (40 x 40 x 20 mm)
- AC input power voltage: 100V to 240V AC
- Power frequency: 50/60Hz, single phase
- Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C (40°F to 95°F)
- Storage temperature: -20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F)
- Relative humidity: 5% to 95% RH
- Maximum operating altitude: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
General DSM Specification
- Networking protocol: SMB, AFP, NFS, FTP, WebDAV, CalDAV, iSCSI, Telnet, SSH, SNMP, VPN (PPTP, OpenVPN ™, L2TP)
- File system:
- Internal: Btrfs, ext4
- External: Btrfs, ext4, ext3, FAT, NTFS, HFS+, exFAT3
- Supported RAID type: Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR), Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10
- Storage management:
- Maximum single volume size: 108TB
- Maximum internal volumes: 512
- Maximum iSCSI targets: 32
- Maximum iSCSI LUNs: 256
- iSCSI LUN clone/snapshot support
- SSD cache: SSD read-write cache support
- File sharing capability:
- Maximum local user accounts: 2,048
- Maximum local groups: 256
- Maximum shared folders: 512
- Maximum concurrent SMB/NFS/AFP/FTP connections: 500
- Privilege: Windows Access Control List (ACL), application privilege
- Directory service: Windows® AD integration: Domain users login via SMB/NFS/AFP/FTP/File Station, LDAP integration
- Virtualisation: VMware vSphere® 6.5, Microsoft Hyper-V®, Citrix®, OpenStack®
- Security: Firewall, encrypted shared folder, SMB encryption, FTP over SSL/TLS, SFTP, rsync over SSH, login auto block, Let's Encrypt support, HTTPS (Customisable cipher suite)
- Supported client: Windows 7 and 10, Mac OS X® 10.11 onwards
- Supported browser: Chrome®, Firefox®, Internet Explorer® 10 onwards, Safari® 10 onwards; Safari (iOS 10 onwards), Chrome (Android™ 6.0 onwards)
- Interface Language: English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, Dansk, Norsk, Svensk, Nederlands, Русский, Polski, Magyar, Português do Brasil, Português Europeu, Türkçe, Český and more
Packages and Applications
- File Station: Virtual drive, remote folder, Windows ACL editor, compressing/extracting archived files, bandwidth control for specific users or groups, creating sharing links, transfer logs
- FTP Server: Bandwidth control for TCP connections, custom FTP passive port range, anonymous FTP, FTP SSL/TLS and SFTP protocol, boot over the network with TFTP and PXE support, transfer logs
- Universal Search: Offer global search into applications and files
- Hyper Backup: Support local backup, network backup, and backup data to public clouds
- Active Backup for Server: Centralise data backup for Windows and Linux servers without client installation
- Backup tools: DSM configuration backup, macOS Time Machine support, Cloud Station Backup Shared folder sync - maximum tasks: 8
- Cloud Station Suite: Sync data between multiple platforms by installing the client utilities on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS devices, while retaining up to 32 historical versions of files. Maximum concurrent file transfers: 500
- Cloud Sync: One or two-way synchronisation with public cloud storage providers including Amazon Drive, Amazon S3-compatible storage, Baidu cloud, Box, Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage, Google Drive, hubiC, MegaDisk, Microsoft OneDrive, OpenStack Swift-compatible storage, WebDAV servers, Yandex Disk
- Surveillance Station: Maximum IP cameras: 40 (total of 1,200 FPS at 720p, H.264) (includes two free camera licenses; additional cameras require the purchasing of additional licenses)
- Virtual Machine Manager: Deploy and run various virtual machines on Synology NAS, including Windows, Linux, or Virtual DSM
- High Availability Manager: Reduce service downtime by setting up two identical NAS into one high-availability cluster
- Snapshot Replication:
- Maximum replications: 64
- Maximum shared folder snapshots: 1,024
- Maximum system snapshots: 65,536
- Synology Directory Server: A flexible and cost-effective domain controller solution
- CMS: Provide a single interface to manage and monitor multiple Synology NAS
- VPN Server: Maximum connections: 20, supported VPN protocol: PPTP, OpenVPN™, L2TP/IPSec
- MailPlus Server: Secure, reliable, and private mail solution with high-availability, load balancing, security and filtering design (Includes 5 free email account licenses; additional accounts require the purchasing of additional licenses)
- MailPlus: Intuitive webmail interface for MailPlus Server, customisable mail labels, filters, and user interface
- Collaboration tools:
- Chat maximum users: 1500
- Office maximum users: 400, maximum simultaneous editing users: 80
- Calendar: support CalDAV and access via mobile devices
- Note Station: Rich-text note organisation and versioning, encryption, sharing, media embedding and attachments
- Storage Analyser: Volume and quota usage, total size of files, volume usage and trends based on past usage, size of shared folders, largest/most/least frequently modified files
- Antivirus Essential: Full system scan, scheduled scan, white list customisation, virus definition auto update
- Download Station: Supported download protocols: BT, HTTP, FTP, NZB, eMule, Thunder, FlashGet, QQDL .Maximum concurrent download tasks: 80
- Web Station: Virtual host (up to 30 websites), PHP/MariaDB®, 3rd-party applications support
- Other packages: Video Station, Photo Station, Audio Station, DNS Server, RADIUS Server, iTunes® Server, Log Center, additional 3rd-party packages are available in Package Center
Environment and Packaging
- Environment safety: RoHS compliant
- Package content:
- RS818+ main unit x 1
- Quick Installation Guide x 1
- Accessory pack x 1
- Accessory pack x 1
- AC power cord x 1
- Optional accessories:
- 8GB / 16GB DDR3L-1600 Non-ECC SO-DIMM kit (RAM1600DDR3L-4GBx2 / RAM1600DDR3L-8GBx2)
- E10G15-F1 10Gbps Ethernet adapters
- Expansion Unit RX418
- Rail Kit RKM114-Rail Kit Mounted / RKS1317-Rail Kit Sliding
- VisualStation VS360HD, VS960HD
- Surveillance Device License Pack
- MailPlus License Pack
- Virtual DSM License Pack
- Warranty: 3 years
