Synology DS3018xs 6-Bay Desktop Nas Enclosure

A reliable and powerful network attached storage solution for small and medium businesses, the DS3018xs is powered by a dual-core processor with AES-NI hardware encryption engine, and comes with a PCIe slot which can be installed with a 10GbE network interface card or dual M.2 SSD adapter card. It is the ideal solution for simplifying data management and planning virtualisation deployment, and offers SSD cache support to enhance network speeds and boost performance, allowing the DS3018xs to meet data-intensive requirements.

With an installed, optional, 10GbE network card, the DS3018xs delivers over 2,231 MB/s sequential reading and 265,000 sequential read IOPS under RAID 5 configuration in a 10GbE environment. The DS3018xs is powered by a dual-core 2.2GHz processor with a boost frequency of 2.6GHz and backed by 8GB RAM, which is expandable up to 32GB.

Equipped with dual-channel memory and a PCIe slot, DS3018xs supports installing the dual M.2 SSD adapter card, M2D18, or the 10GbE NIC, for high-IOPS system cache and ultra-fast data transmission respectively.

• SSD – Dual M.2 NVMe / SATA SSD slot, compatible with 2280/2260/2242 form factors
• 10GbE – 10GbE network capacity for bandwidth intensive environments

The Btrfs file system introduces advanced storage technologies and optimised snapshots to prevent data corruption and reduce maintenance overhead. While ensuring high-level data integrity, it also offers flexible, efficient data protection and recovery tools.

• Flexible Shared Folder/User Quota System provides comprehensive quota control on all user accounts and shared folder
• Advanced snapshot technology with customisable backup schedule allows up to 1,024 copies of shared folder backups and 65,000 copies of system-wide snapshots without occupying huge storage capacity and system resources
• File or folder level data restoration brings huge convenience and saves time for users who wish to restore only a specific file or folder
• File self-healing: Btrfs file system is able to auto-detect corrupted files with mirrored metadata, and recover broken data using the supported RAID volumes, which include RAID 1, 5, 6, and 10.