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Recently we looked at Synology's DiskStation DS1517+ (review HERE ), a 5-bay NAS aimed at the business sector. Now we have its bigger sibling in for analysis, the 8-bay DiskStation DS1817+.The 8-bay DiskStation DS1817+ sits just under the flagship desktop...
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PCIe slot, Capacity expansion, User upgradable memory, DSM software...
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Still uses eSATA interfaces for expansion units, Not cheap, Kitguru says: A powerful NAS for small business with the ability to add more memory, storage capacity, faster networking and storage access to keep pace with the demands of a rapidly growing busi...
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Synology's DiskStation DS1817+ is a compact 8-bay NAS powered by an Intel Atom C2538 2.4GHz CPU backed by either 2GB or 8GB of DDR3 memory. Usefully whichever memory option you choose it can be easily upgraded to a maximum supported memory of 16GB. Upgrad...
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The much anticipated, long awaited launch of the DiskStation DS1817+ from Synology has finally happened. The upgrade to Synology's 5 and 8-bay DiskStation, which was first launched back in 2011, the DS1817+ is another 8-bay NAS system, but it's much more...
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Upgradable to 10GbE, Fast NAS performance, Excellent data protection...
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Costly M.2 SSD option...
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Overall, the Synology DiskStation DS1817+ is an excellent NAS system. It offers up to 80TB of storage on a single system, though that can be expanded to 180TB of storage with an expansion unit. We found that this system was very well designed, very easy t...
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Sign up for our daily newsletter Synology's recent focus on its higher-end business NAS appliances has meant some of its SMB boxes have had to wait in line for a refresh. Its highly popular DS1815+ is overdue for an update as it's now well over two years...
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Good value, Fast NAS performer, Great data protection features, Supports 10GbE upgrades...
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Pensionable CPU, DDR3 memory, Low IP SAN speeds, Expensive M.2 SSD option...
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Synology's DS1817+ is good value for an 8-bay appliance and adds more versatility with 10GbE and M.2 SSD support but its reliance on an elderly Atom C2538 CPU is disappointing...
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The Synology DiskStation DS1817 is a high capacity, full-featured NAS solution that promises to bring high-end functionality and performance to the SMB market, all at an affordable price point. Whereas the DS1817+ is optimized for encryption and intensive...
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Unfortunately, the DS1817 is an underwhelming release from Synology. This is certainly a surprising trend that's been following the company's SMB solutions like the previously reviewed DS1817+, which also took a hit on performance compared to competing mo...
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Synology manages to impress me every time I review one of their awesome NAS (network attached storage) devices. This time around, though, the Synology DiskStation DS1817+ fell short in the performance department, though it did manage to excite me with its...
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By 2018, it has been estimated that we will be producing upwards of 50TB of data every second. With its eight internal bays and huge expandability, Synology's new DS1817+ NAS is ready to do its part. and more.Read on for our DS1817+ review.The DS1817+ is...
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The DiskStation DS1817+ is another comprehensive 8-bay NAS system from Synology designed to centralize storage for small growing businesses. At the center of the DS1817+ is a Quad-core 2.4GHz CPU with an AES-NI hardware encryption engine and up to 16GB in...
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Good 4K performance, As usual, DSM adds powerful management functionality...
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Lacking in several performance categories...
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Though excelling in some of our workloads, the overall lack of performance due to a significant design flaw is hard to ignore making the DS1817+ a rare disappointing release by Synology...
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