29 September 2017Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

Synology DiskStation DS418play Introduced

More powerful, more entertainment Synology® Inc. announced the official launch of the DiskStation DS418play, a 4-bay NAS ideal for serving as a home multimedia center. DS418play is equipped with a dual-core 2GHz processor capable of bursting up to 2.5GHz. It comes with 2GB DDR3L memory by default, which is twice the size of its predecessor, and expands up to 6GB to enhance multi-tasking operations. Powered by a new hardware transcoding engine, DS418play supports up to two channels of H.265/H.264 4K video transcoding. “Mobile devices supporting 4K video recording are becoming increasingly popular. However, since 4K video clips are capacity-consuming and not all TVs at home support 4K video playback, users tend to record videos with lower resolution as an alternative,” […]

17 June 2017Manufacturer NewsBy News Reporter

Synology DiskStation DS1517 and DS1817 NAS Introduced

Powerful all-in-one NAS solution optimized for your growing needs Synology Inc. launched the new DiskStation DS1517 and DS1817, powerful and scalable 5 and 8 bay desktop NAS. DS1817 is the first Value series equipped with built-in 10GbE LAN ports and expandable RAM module, delivering future-proof, high-speed storage for professionals and growing small/medium-sized businesses. DS1817 is powered by a quad-core 1.7GHz processor with RAM module expandable to 8GB. Thanks to the built-in 10GbE interfaces, DS1817 can achieve outstanding sequential throughput performance exceeding 1,577 MB/s reading and 739 MB/s writing when using RAID 5. The built-in 10GBASE-T ports and 1GBASE-T LAN ports pave the way for businesses to upgrade to a 10GbE environment, and provide the support of Link Aggregation and failover. […]