Synology DiskStation DS1817+

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Pros:

Good 4K performance, As usual, DSM adds powerful management functionality

Cons:

Lacking in several performance categories

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Last revision on June 21, 2019

Reviewers Liked

Good 4K performance, As usual, DSM adds powerful management functionality

Reviewers Didn't Like

Lacking in several performance categories

Expert reviews and ratings

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....

By Kitguru.net on September 20, 2017

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...

By geeklingo.net on September 14, 2017

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...

By IT PRO on July 03, 2017

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...

By StorageReview on December 12, 2017

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...

By channelpostmea.com on August 22, 2017

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+...

By DigitalReviews on July 20, 2017

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...

By StorageReview on July 17, 2017