Synology launched the DiskStation DS1819+, an 8-bay
desktop NAS that provides performance with expansion options. The DiskStation DS1819+ is a
compact NAS sporting an expandable design that is an ideal option for small to medium
businesses. It is capable of hosting versatile applications. It boasts a 57
percent increase in performance in terms of sequential reading compared to its
predecessors. This makes the DS1819+ more than capable of being a file server
or a backup target to store and secure business data.
It has an Intel C3535 quad-core processor with clock
speeds of 2.1GHz, a pre-installed 4GB of DDR4 RAM that can be maxed to 32GB and
a storage that can go up to 216TB raw capacity with expansion units. It has
four Gigabit Ethernet ports and one PCIe expansion slot that can support a
10GbE add-on card for bigger data transmission bandwidth. It also supprts M.2
SSD adapter cards.
Transfer speeds can go up to 2,045 MB/s sequential
reading and 656 MB/s sequential
righting. The DS1819+ runs on DiskStation Manager which an OS made for Synology
NAS devices. The DiskStation DS1819+ is priced at PHP 57,999 and is now available
through Synology's local distributors.