Synology DS1621+ NAS Server

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After that, you can install them via the slot on the server's underside. The process is easy and painless. All you need is a small Philip-head screwdriver. Synology DS1821+: SSD caching upgrade

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That amount is enough for general usage, but a memory upgrade is a must if you want to get the most out of the server. Synology hardware upgrades: Here's my new Synology DS1821+ and the upgrade parts, including a 10Gbps PCIe add-on card, a 32GB DDR4 RAM kit, and two 1.92GB Seagate IronWolf NVMe SSDs. Thanks for an awesome writeup. I have a server for Plex Media Server (and various other things) that uses 4x USB3.1 16TB drives in 2x RAID-1 (one cold spare, not mounted other than during sync) on a Linux server. Both the DS1821+ and DS1621+ are excellent servers. They are essentially the same, except the former has two more built-in drive bays. What's more, each server has two built-in M.2 slots to host two NVMe SSDs -- a good upgrade option if you use the server for applications that can benefit from caching. There's no way to use these slots for general storage.

PCIe add-in cards, expansion units, and storage drives are sold separately. Refer to the compatibility list for compatible devices. Power consumption is measured when it is fully loaded with Western Digital 1TB WD10EFRX hard drive(s). Creating M.2 storage pools requires the use of Synology-verified SSDs, which are rigorously tested under extreme temperature conditions. Thermal parameters for SSDs and NAS units are fine-tuned to ensure optimal management of thermal conditions under I/O-intensive environments. ( Learn more) For performance testing, we installed four of Toshiba’s new air-filled 4TB MG08-D series of hard disks. These are aimed specifically at business users that are more focused on cost and reliability, and don’t need the massive capacities of helium-filled spinners. To test caching efficacy, we fitted two 480GB Kingston DC1000B enterprise-class M.2 NVMe SSDs and although neither these nor the Toshiba drives feature on Synology’s compatibility list, the DSM software allowed us to use them. Synology DS1821+ vs DS1621 (left): The Storage Manager of the servers before and after an in-place upgrade using the same drives. Note the empty drive bays.Regarding data concerning tests with RAM expansion, all memory slots are installed with the maximum capacity of supported RAM. Synology DS1621+ is a powerful and compact 6-bay network attached storage solution designed to store and protect critical data assets. Today’s growing amount of unstructured data requires smarter and increasingly higher performance methods of storing, accessing, and collaborating. Designed for scalability, the DS1621+ enables you to start small, then expand as your data grows.

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With that, let's proceed with the upgrade. For this post, I did the upgrades on a DS1821+, but the processes and parts are the same on a DS1621+. Synology DS1821+: RAM upgrade The DS1621 Digital Thermometer and Thermostat provides 9–bit temperature readings which indicate the temperature of the device. The thermal alarm output, TOUT, is active when the temperature of the device exceeds a user–defined temperature TH. The output remains active until the temperature drops below user defined temperature TL, allowing for any hysteresis necessary. In our testing we saw performance for random access improve up to 2.1x using SSD caching, but for most uses it was a lot lower. The biggest real world difference was when running multiple virtual machines, which were a lot more responsive with SSD caching. We also tested with 16GB of RAM, which helped a lot for memory heavy applications.

And that difference can be a huge deal if you want a ton of extra storage space or just more volumes or RAID configurations. In this case, the cost difference between the two is lower than getting an expansion unit.Asus Chromebook Vibe CX34 Flip review: This gaming Chromebook makes a seriously impressive Business tool User-defined temperature settings are stored in nonvolatile memory so parts may be programmed prior to insertion in a system. Temperature settings and temperature readings are all communicated to/from the DS1621 over a simple 2-wire serial interface. SMB1 (CIFS), SMB2, SMB3, NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, NFS Kerberized sessions, iSCSI, HTTP, HTTPs, FTP, SNMP, LDAP, CalDAV