Synology DS1618+ is a 6-bay desktop NAS system that is a midway product between the company’s traditional 4-bay and 8-bay units. Given the capacity points of hard drives these days, adding a 6-bay option helps companies and managed service providers tailor capacity and redundancy points for different locations.
Synology DS1618+ Overview
The Synology DS1618+ is powered by the Intel Atom C3538 quad-core CPU. This is Intel’s newest generation Atom codenamed “Denverton” which offers significantly more performance than the previous generation Atom C2000 series parts. It also upgrades the platform with more SATA III 6.0gbps ports, PCIe 3.0 ports, DDR4 support, and higher RAM capacities. All aid users in leveraging Synolgoy DSM’s great features.
Synology built the unit with four 1GbE ports via the Intel Atom C3538 SoC. One can add 10GbE via a PCIe add-in card. Another option is adding m.2 SSDs via a PCIe card as well. We wish that Synology decided to use a higher-end SoC with dual 10GbE and dual 1GbE. The unit ships with 4GB of DDR4 RAM in a single module, but can be expanded to 32GB via 2x 16GB DIMMs.
Synology DS1618+ Key Specs
Here are the key specs from the Synology website on the NAS:
| Hardware Specifications | |
| CPU | |
| CPU Model | Intel Atom C3538 |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit |
| CPU Frequency | Quad Core 2.1 GHz |
| Hardware Encryption Engine (AES-NI) | |
| Memory | |
| System Memory | 4 GB DDR4 |
| Memory Module Pre-installed | 4GB (1 x 4GB) |
| Total Memory Slots | 2 |
| Memory Expandable up to | 32 GB (16 GB x 2) |
| Storage | |
| Drive Bays | 6 |
| Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit | 16 |
| Compatible Drive Type |
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| Maximum Internal Raw Capacity | 72 TB (12 TB drive x 6) (Capacity may vary by RAID types) |
| Maximum Raw Capacity with Expansion Units | 192 TB (12 TB drive x 16) (Capacity may vary by RAID types) |
| Maximum Single Volume Size | 108 TB |
| Hot Swappable Drive | |
| Notes |
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| External Ports | |
| RJ-45 1GbE LAN Port | 4 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support) |
| USB 3.0 Port | 3 |
| eSATA Port | 2 |
| PCIe | |
| PCIe Expansion | 1 x Gen3 x8 slot (black, x4 link) |
| Add-in-card support |
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| Notes | DS1618+ with M2D17 can only support M.2 SATA SSD. M.2 NVMe/AHCI PCIe SSD is not supported. |
| File System | |
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| Notes | exFAT Access is purchased separately in Package Center. |
| Appearance | |
| Size (Height x Width x Depth) | 166 mm x 282 mm x 243 mm |
| Weight | 5.05 kg |
| Others | |
| System Fan | 92 mm x 92 mm x 2 pcs |
| Fan Speed Mode |
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| Easy Replacement System Fan | |
| Brightness adjustable front LED indicators | |
| Power Recovery | |
| Noise Level* | 23.7 dB(A) |
| Scheduled Power On/Off | |
| Wake on LAN/WAN | |
| Power Supply Unit / Adapter | 250W |
| AC Input Power Voltage | 100V to 240V AC |
| Power Frequency | 50/60 Hz, Single Phase |
| Power Consumption* | 56.86 W (Access) 25.76 W (System Hibernation) |
| British Thermal Unit | 194.01 BTU/hr (Access) 87.9 BTU/hr (System Hibernation) |
| Environment Temperature | |
| Operating Temperature | 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) |
| Storage Temperature | -20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F) |
| Relative Humidity | 5% to 95% RH |
| Certification |
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| Warranty | 3 Year Hardware Warranty |
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You can learn more about the NAS unit here.
‘All aid users in leveraging Synolgoy DSM’s great features.’
indeed, with missing full disk encryption, vulnerable security of any encrypted folders (you steal the device you have all the data), questionable BTRFS and ancient RedHat Linux kernel…
really great, you have no other options, just go and buy it! All Synology devices has above fantastic features!
Can you run FreeNAS with ZFS on it?