Synology Releases FS1018, DS218, & Virtual Machine Manager

Today Synology Inc. announced the release of two new desktop NAS devices as well as the official launch of Virtual Machine Manager. Of the two new NAS, one is the FlashStation FS1018, Synology’s first all-flash Desktop NAS. The company is also releasing the 2-bay DiskStation DS218. And Synology announced that Virtual Machine Manager has moved out of beta to its official release.

Today Synology Inc. announced the release of two new desktop NAS devices as well as the official launch of Virtual Machine Manager. Of the two new NAS, one is the FlashStation FS1018, Synology’s first all-flash Desktop NAS. The company is also releasing the 2-bay DiskStation DS218. And Synology announced that Virtual Machine Manager has moved out of beta to its official release.

The FS1018 is a compact form factor, 12-bay, all-flash desktop NAS. Aside from the performance boost and low latency of all the SSDs, the NAS is powered by an Intel Pentium D1508 dual-core CPU and 8GB DDR4 EEC memory, expandable up to 32GB. The FS1018 supports network add-on cards with a PCIe 3.0 x8 slot. All told, it has a claimed performance of over 40K IOPS in 4k random write.

FS1018 specifications:

• CPU: Intel Pentium D1508 dual-core 2.2GHz, boost up to 2.6GHz
• Hardware encryption engine: Yes (AES-NI)
• Memory: 8GB DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM (expandable up to 32 GB)
• Compatible drive type: 12 x 2.5″ SATA SSD (drives not included)
• Hot swappable drive: Yes
• External port
  • 3 x USB 3.0 ports
  • 2 x expansion ports
• Size (HxWxD): 166 x 282 x 243 mm
• Weight: 5.2 kg
• LAN: 4 x 1GbE (RJ-45)
• Wake on LAN/WAN: Yes
• PCIe 3.0 slot:
  • x8 slot x 1 (8-lane)
  • 10GbE network interface cards support
• M2D17 M.2 SSD adapter card support
• Scheduled power on/off: Yes
• System fan: 2 (92 x 92 x 25 mm)
• AC input power voltage: 100V to 240V AC
• Power frequency: 50/60Hz, single phase
• Operating temperature: 5°C to 40°C (40°F to 104°F)
• Storage temperature: -20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F)
• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% RH
• Maximum operating altitude: 3,048 m (10,000 ft)

Synology has rolled out another 2-bay NAS as well with the DiskStation DS218. This NAS is powered by a 64-bit quad-core processor and 2 GB DDR4 memory. It has quoted sequential throughput performance at over 112 MB/s read and 112 MB/s write. The new NAS is optimized for 10-bit 4K H.265 video transcoding via Video Station.

DS218 Specifications:

• CPU: Realtek RTD1296 quad-core 1.4GHz
• Hardware encryption engine: Yes
• Hardware transcoding engine
• Supported codec: MPEG-4 Part 2 (XVID, DIVX5), MPEG-2, VC-1, 10-bit H.265 (HEVC) Maximum resolution: 4K (4096 x 2160)
• Maximum frames per second (FPS): 30
• Memory: 2GB DDR4
• Compatible drive type: 2 x 3.5″ or 2.5″ SATA SSD/HDD (drives not included)
• External port
  • 1 x USB 2.0
  • 2 x USB 3.0
• Size (HxWxD): 165 x 108 x 233.2 mm
• Weight: 1.2kg
• LAN: 1 x 1GbE (RJ-45)
• Wake on LAN/WAN: Yes
• Scheduled power on/off: Yes
• System fan: 1 (92 x 92 x 25 mm)
• AC input power voltage: 100V to 240V AC
• Power frequency: 50/60Hz, single phase
• Operating temperature: 5°C to 40°C (40°F to 104°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)

Synology has officially released its Virtual Machine Manager. This is the company’s new virtualization software provides the ability to install and run multiple virtual machines including Windows, Linux, and Virtual DSM on Synology NAS. The software also enables users to back up VMs sing tools providing through Btrfs, such as the ability to complete virtual machine snapshots and replication in just a few seconds. Virtual Machine Manager can be ran on the new FS1018.

Both of the new NAS devices run Synology’s award winning DiskStation Manager (DSM). DSM can run as a virtual machine on Virtual Machine Manager via Virtual DSM. Synology goes on to state, that by separating multiple Virtual DSM virtual machines on a single Synology NAS, users can achieve NAS server virtualization while creating a highly resilient, easy-to-manage, and multi-tenant environment.

FlashStation FS1018

DiskStation DS218

Virtual Machine Manager

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