Synology DiskStation DS1812+ Eight Bay NAS Released

Synology has released the DS1812+, their first eight-bay DiskStation. The freestanding NAS supports up to 32TB of storage natively with 4TB hard drives, along with up to another 40TB using two five-bay DX510 expansion units. While designed for the SMB user the DS1812+ still provides great support for products like VMware, Citrix Xen and Microsoft’s Hyper-V while offering tremendous ease of use and flexibility with Synology’s DiskStation Manager 3.2 software.

Synology has released the DS1812+, their first eight-bay DiskStation. The freestanding NAS supports up to 32TB of storage natively with 4TB hard drives, along with up to another 40TB using two five-bay DX510 expansion units. While designed for the SMB user the DS1812+ still provides great support for products like VMware, Citrix Xen and Microsoft’s Hyper-V while offering tremendous ease of use and flexibility with Synology’s DiskStation Manager 3.2 software.

The DS1812+ uses a dual-core 2.13GHz processor with 1GB of memory, expandable to 3GB. The net result is Synology’s fastest SMB NAS to date, with read speeds of up to 202 MB/s and writes of 194 MB/s utilizing two 1GbE ports with link aggregation enabled.

Synology also includes plenty of access, with two USB 3.0 ports, four USB 2.0 ports, two eSATA ports and twin Gigabit Ethernet ports. Synology also provides hot swap support and key locks so drives aren’t accidentally removed during operation.

Synology DiskStation DS1812+ Specs

• CPU – Dual Core 2.13GHz
• Memory – DDR3 1 GB (Expandable, up to 3GB)
• Internal HDD/SSD – 3.5″ or 2.5″ SATA(II) X8
• Max Internal Capacity – 32TB (8X 4TB HDD)
• Hot Swappable HDD
• External Interface : USB 3.0 Port X 2, USB 2.0 Port X 4, eSATA Port X 2
• Size (HxWxD) – 157 X 340 X 233 mm
• Weight – 5.21Kg
• LAN – Gigabit X 2
• Link Aggregation
• Wake on LAN/WAN
• System Fan – 120x120mm X 2
• Noise Level – 23.1 dB(A)
• Power Consumption – 71.5W (Access) ; 28.6W (HDD Hibernation)
• Operating Temperature – 5°C to 35°C (40°F to 95°F)
• Storage Temperature – 15 to 155°F (-10 to 70°C)
• Relative Humidity – 5% to 95% RH
• Maximum Operating Altitude – 10,000 feet
• Warranty – 3 Years

Pricing and Availability

The Synology DiskStation DS1812+ is available now with a suggested retail of $999.99 without disks.

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