Synology Launches RS18016xs+ & RX1216sas Business NASes

If the July 4 weekend doesn’t give Americans enough to celebrate, add the release of two new Synology enterprise-focused NAS devices to the list of reasons to light fireworks and grill food.

Announced this morning, the powerful RS1810xs+ and it’s partner in expandability, the RX1216sas, promise to deliver more than 1PB of expandable capacity for environments where such storage needs exist.  Powered by the fabulous DSM NAS firmware, the RS18016xs offers users an incredible suite of features and add ons.  According to Synology product manager, Michael Wang, “Belonging to the next generation of NAS servers, the RS18016xs+ can be extended beyond 1PB of storage capacity while simplifying any backup strategy, making it the perfect choice for businesses in need of a cost-efficient, scalable, and modern storage solution.”

The RS18016xs+ is designed to deliver the following cutting-edge technologies:

• Extreme performance: providing over 3,900 MB/s and 348,000 IOPS throughput, the RS18016xs+ effortlessly provides storage and application serving to hundreds of users. With a dedicated encryption engine, the RS18016xs+ boasts over 3,000 MB/s reading on encrypted shared folders, ensuring data security without any major performance drop.
• Point-in-time data recovery: The RS18016xs+ brings snapshot technology which allows businesses to automatically capture point-in-time copies of data as frequently as every 5 minutes without occupying system resources. Customize the retention policy to save up to 256 recovery points on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis.
• High uptime: With support for Synology High Availability, as well as numerous redundant hardware components including: redundant data paths, power supplies, system fans, and four network ports with failover support; the RS18016xs+ maximizes service uptime.
• Future-ready: The RS18016xs+ natively supports 6Gb/s SAS/SATA III technologies and can be upgraded with up to 32GB ECC RAM and 10GbE capabilities to ensure maximum compatibility and return on investment.
• Seamless scalability: when storage capacity on the Synology RS18016xs+ reaches its limit, Synology RX1216sas provides an easy way to immediately scale up. Stacking up to 14 RX1216sas expansion units creates a 180-drive cluster managed from a single point of entry.

The RS18016xs+ and RX1216sas are backed by Synology’s advanced 5-year warranty and the Synology Replacement Services (SRS) for select regions. Pricing starts at $2,999.99 for the RX1216sas and $7,599.99 for the RX18016xs+.