Synology DS1621+ 6-bay NAS Evaluate – Meant For Enterprise

Introduction

I wish to thank Synology for supplying the evaluate pattern.

Synology launched the DS1621+, its first Ryzen-based NAS, some time in the past, and after exhaustive testing, I’ve all of the leads to hand to lastly end this evaluate. Each NAS analysis takes over a month as a result of I run prolonged exams to examine on not solely efficiency, however reliability and the way it operates below numerous situations. Because of this I can not ship lots of NAS evaluations. These merchandise are supposed to function across the clock, so checking on how they behave after many hours of steady use and below excessive hundreds earlier than you come to any conclusions is immensely essential.

The DS1621+ makes use of a quad-core AMD Ryzen V1500B CPU primarily based on the ZEN Microarchitecture, clocked at 2.2 GHz. That is fairly a powerful CPU for a NAS server. In complete, it has 4 cores and eight threads. At 16 W, its TDP is extraordinarily low, so no energetic cooling is required, which makes it ideally suited for a NAS. The one draw back is that it would not have an embedded GPU, which suggests it lacks {hardware} video encoding and decoding capabilities.

With six bays and the choice to attach as much as two non-obligatory DX517 enlargement items, the potential storage capability on supply with the DS1621+ is large. It could additionally take two NVMe drives for cache acceleration. Though it would not have a 10G port, you have got the choice of putting in the corresponding community card; that stated, included out-of-the-box 10G functionality would have been ideally suited. The trays additionally characteristic locks. Whereas not of top quality, these make for a pleasant characteristic in enterprise environments. Lastly, the facility provide is inside, so you will not must mess with energy adapters, which take up extra area. Nevertheless, it’s simpler to switch an influence adapter if it has an issue.

Specs

This an costly NAS, however it’s meant for companies, the place budget-orientated options aren’t the highest precedence. A 3-year guarantee has been included, and round a further $100 will get you their EW201 bundle, which extends it to 5 years.