Synology DiskStation DS1817+ (2GB) 8-Bay Desktop NAS for SMB

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  • Quad-core 8-bay NAS with AES-NI support, with over 1,179 MB/s reading and 542 MB/s writing performance
  • PCIe slot for optional 10GbE add-on card. Four 1GbE (RJ-45) ports with failover and Link Aggregation support
  • Optional M2D17 adapter card for dual M.2 SATA SSDs for cache
  • 2GB with easily upgradable dual channel design, up to 16GB
  • Scale up to 18 drives with two DX517 expansion units

  • $1149.29

Rest assured your data remains safe and secure

DiskStation offers an arsenal of security enhancements and tools to safeguard your data from malicious or snooping parties. You can analyze network traffic, detect potential attacks, and block threats with Intrusion Prevention System (IDS), firewall, auto-blocking, and more. Audit configurations, detect weak passwords, and ensure the system remains free of vulnerabilities with the built-in Security Advisor. Lock down data storage and network communication with sophisticated AES encryption and SSL certification/Let’s Encrypt tools.

 

 

 

 

 
 
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Drive Bays 5 8 12
Maximum Internal Raw Capacity 50 TB (10 TB HDD x 5) (Capacity may vary by RAID types) 80 TB (10 TB HDD x 8) (Capacity may vary by RAID types) 120 TB (10 TB HDD x 12) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)
Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit 15 18 24
Maximum Raw Capacity with Expansion Units 150 TB (10 TB HDD x 15) (Capacity may vary by RAID types) 180 TB (10 TB HDD x 18) (Capacity may vary by RAID types) 240 TB (10 TB HDD x 24) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)
Hot Swappable Drive
CPU Quad Core 2.4 GHz Quad Core 2.4 GHz Quad Core 2.4 GHz
Hardware Encryption Engine (AES-NI)
Memory 2GB/8GB DDR3, expandable up to 16GB (dual channel) 2GB DDR3, expandable up to 16GB (dual channel) 2GB DDR3, expandable to 6GB
1GbE LAN Ports 4 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support) 4 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support) 4 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support)
PCIe slot for 10GbE NIC or M.2 SSD cache adapter  
  • Price Range
    Above 250 BHD
  • Manufacturer
    Synology
  • Weight
    6.001 kg
  • SKU
    Synology DS1817+

Product questions

  • Eng. Sari mashal
    06/03/2019, 12:35 AM

    I have one synergy diskstation, it keeps switching off by itself.
    How can i solve it.

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Hardware Specifications
CPU
CPU Model Intel Atom C2538
CPU Architecture 64-bit
CPU Frequency Quad Core 2.4 GHz
Hardware Encryption Engine (AES-NI)  
Memory
System Memory 2 GB DDR3
Memory Module Pre-installed 2GB (1 x 2GB)
Total Memory Slots 2
Memory Expandable up to 16 GB (8 GB x 2)
Storage
Drive Bays 8
Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit 18
Compatible Drive Type* (See all supported drives)
  • 3.5" SATA HDD
  • 2.5" SATA HDD
  • 2.5" SATA SSD
Maximum Internal Raw Capacity 96 TB (12 TB drive x 8) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)
Maximum Raw Capacity with Expansion Units 216 TB (96 TB + 12 TB drive x 10) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)
Maximum Single Volume Size 108 TB
Hot Swappable Drive  
Notes
  • "Compatible drive type" indicates the drives that have been tested to be compatible with Synology products. This term does not indicate the maximum connection speed of each drive bay.
  • Expansion of the internal volume is only supported if the combined single volume size does not exceed the maximum limit of 108TB.
External Ports
RJ-45 1GbE LAN Port 4 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support)
USB 3.0 Port 4
eSATA Port 2
PCIe
PCIe Expansion 1 x Gen2 x8 slot (x4 link)
Add-in-card support
Notes DS1817+ with M2D17 can only support M.2 SATA SSD. M.2 NVMe/AHCI PCIe SSD is not supported.
File System
Internal Drives
  • Btrfs
  • EXT4
External Drives
  • Btrfs
  • EXT4
  • EXT3
  • FAT
  • NTFS
  • HFS+
  • exFAT*
Notes exFAT Access is purchased separately in Package Center.
Appearance
Size (Height x Width x Depth) 166 mm x 343 mm x 243 mm 
Weight 6.0 kg 
Others
System Fan 120 mm x 120 mm x 2 pcs
Fan Speed Mode
  • Cool Mode
  • Quiet Mode
Easy Replacement System Fan  
Brightness adjustable front LED indicators  
Power Recovery  
Noise Level* 22.2 dB(A) 
Scheduled Power On/Off  
Wake on LAN/WAN  
Power Supply Unit / Adapter 250W 
AC Input Power Voltage 100V to 240V AC
Power Frequency 50/60 Hz, Single Phase
Power Consumption* 61.5 W (Access) 
31.6 W (HDD Hibernation) 
British Thermal Unit 156.55 BTU/hr (Access) 
86.09 BTU/hr (HDD Hibernation) 
Environment Temperature
Operating Temperature 5°C to 40°C (40°F to 104°F)
Storage Temperature -20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F)
Relative Humidity 5% to 95% RH
Certification
  • EAC
  • VCCI
  • CCC
  • RCM
  • KC
  • FCC
  • CE
  • BSMI
Warranty 3 Year Hardware Warranty, Extendable to 5 Year Coverage - EW201
Notes
  • Power consumption is measured when fully loaded with Western Digital 1TB WD10EFRX hard drive(s).
  • Noise Level Testing Environment: Fully loaded with Seagate 2TB ST2000VN000 hard drive(s) in idle; Two G.R.A.S. Type 40AE microphones, each set up at 1 meter away from the Synology NAS front and rear; Background noise: 16.49-17.51 dB(A); Temperature: 24.25-25.75˚C; Humidity: 58.2-61.8%
DSM Specifications ( See more )
Storage Management
Maximum Internal Volume Number 512
Maximum iSCSI Target Number 32
Maximum iSCSI LUN 256
iSCSI LUN Clone/Snapshot, Windows ODX  
SSD Read/Write Cache (White Paper)  
SSD TRIM  
Supported RAID Type
  • Synology Hybrid RAID
  • Basic
  • JBOD
  • RAID 0
  • RAID 1
  • RAID 5
  • RAID 6
  • RAID 10
RAID Migration
  • Basic to RAID 1
  • Basic to RAID 5
  • RAID 1 to RAID 5
  • RAID 5 to RAID 6
Volume Expansion with Larger HDDs
  • Synology Hybrid RAID
  • RAID 1
  • RAID 5
  • RAID 6
Volume Expansion by Adding a HDD
  • Synology Hybrid RAID
  • RAID 5
  • RAID 6
  • JBOD
Global Hot Spare Supported RAID Type
  • Synology Hybrid RAID
  • RAID 1
  • RAID 5
  • RAID 6
  • RAID 10
File Sharing Capacity
Maximum Local User Accounts 2048
Maximum Local Groups 256
Maximum Shared Folder 512
Maximum Shared Folder Sync Tasks 8
Maximum Concurrent CIFS/AFP/FTP Connections 512(2GB) / 2048(8GB)
Windows Access Control List (ACL) Integration  
NFS Kerberos Authentication  
High Availability Manager  
Log Center  
Syslog Events per Second 800
Virtualization
VMware vSphere 6 with VAAI  
Windows Server 2012  
Windows Server 2012 R2  
Citrix Ready  
OpenStack  
Add-on Packages (learn more about the complete add-on package list)
Antivirus by McAfee (Trial)  
Central Management System  
Chat  
Maximum Users 1500
Notes
  • The number of concurrent HTTP connections for Chat was configured to the maximum.
  • CPU and RAM usage were both under 80% when the number of maximum users was reached.
  • For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed.
Cloud Station Server  
Maximum Number of Concurrently Connected Devices 512 (2GB) / 2000 (8GB)
Maximum Number of Concurrently Connected Devices (with RAM expansion) 2000
Maximum Number of Synced Files (btrfs) 1,000,000 / single file reaction time 827 (2GB) / 872 (8GB) ms
Maximum Number of Synced Files (ext4) 1,000,000 / single file reaction time 533 (2GB) / 512 (8GB) ms
Notes
  • The maximum number of concurrently connected devices refers to the maximum number of devices that can remain connected at the same time. For more information on file processing capability, please refer to the reaction time for file processing.
  • File reaction time refers to the preparation time required for other devices to start downloading a 10KByte file from a Synology NAS after the file has been added to the NAS. RAM expansion was not used during testing.
  • Non-encrypted shared folders were used during the aforementioned testing.
Document Viewer  
Download Station  
Maximum Concurrent Download Tasks 80
Drive  
Maximum Number of Synced Files 1,000,000 / single file reaction time 437 ms
Maximum Number of Concurrent Connections for PC Clients 550
Notes
  • The Btrfs file system was used for the purpose of testing.
  • The maximum number of concurrent connections refers to the maximum number of connections that could be maintained when the maximum number of synced files was reached.
  • File reaction time refers to the preparation time required for other devices to start downloading a 10KByte file from a Synology NAS after the file has been added to the NAS.
  • For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed.
  • Non-encrypted shared folders were used during the aforementioned testing.
exFAT Access (optional)  
MailPlus / MailPlus Server  
Free Email Accounts (Licenses required for additional accounts)
Recommended MailPlus Client Number Up to 90(btrfs)/100(ext4)
Maximum Server Performance 825,000 emails per day, approx. 25.18 GB
Notes
  • The CPU and RAM usages were both under 80% when testing recommended client numbers.
  • For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed.
  • Read-write SSD cache was enabled in 5-bay (and above) NAS models with 2 SSDs units installed.
  • The performance of the mail system will slightly decrease in high-availability mode due to data synchronization between the two servers.
  • Functions that were enabled in all of the tests above: anti-spam, anti-virus, DNSBL, greylist, content scan, full-text search (English only).
Media Server  
DLNA Compliance  
Moments  
Facial recognition  
Subject recognition  
Office  
Maximum Users 1800
Notes
  • Multiple files were opened for testing and each file was edited by 30 users simultaneously.
  • CPU and RAM usage were both under 80% when the number of maximum users was reached.
  • For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed.
  • Client performance may affect maximum simultaneous editing users. Client PCs used for testing: Intel Core i3-3220 / 8GB RAM
Snapshot Replication  
Maximum Snapshots per Shared Folder 1024
Maximum Snapshots of all Shared Folder 65536
Surveillance Station  
Maximum IP cam (Licenses required) 40 (including 2 Free License) (See All Supported IP Cameras)
Total FPS (H.264)* 1200 (2GB RAM) / 1200 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 720p (1280x720) 
900 (2GB RAM) / 1080 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 1080p (1920×1080) 
320 (2GB RAM) / 480 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 3M (2048x1536) 
270 (2GB RAM) / 280 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 5M (2591x1944) 
120 (2GB RAM) / 160 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)
Total FPS (H.265)* 1200 (2GB RAM) / 1200 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 720p (1280x720) 
1200 (2GB RAM) / 1200 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 1080p (1920×1080) 
560 (2GB RAM) / 1120 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 3M (2048x1536) 
300 (2GB RAM) / 760 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 5M (2591x1944) 
200 (2GB RAM) / 480 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)
Total FPS (MJPEG)* 540 (2GB RAM) / 760 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 720p (1280x720) 
200 (2GB RAM) / 400 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 1080p (1920×1080) 
150 (2GB RAM) / 280 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 3M (2048x1536) 
90 (2GB RAM) / 200 (8GB RAM) FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)
Notes Surveillance Station throughput is tested with Axis network camera, using continuous recording with live view from Surveillance Station and motion detection by camera. Live view and recording are sharing the same stream from the camera.
Video Station  
Video Transcoding Group 1 - Type 1 (See more)
Maximum Transcoding Channel Number 1 channel, 30 FPS @ 1080p(1920×1080), H.264 (AVC)/MPEG-4 Part 2 (XVID, DIVX5)/MPEG-2/VC-1
Virtual Machine Manager  
Maximum Virtual DSM Number (Licenses required) 4 (including 1 Free License) (Learn more)
Notes Virtual Machine Manager is not supported on hosts running Synology High Availability.
VPN Server  
Maximum Connections 20
Environment & Packaging
Environment RoHS Compliant
Packaging Content
  • Main Unit X 1
  • Accessory Pack X 1
  • AC Power Cord X 1
  • RJ-45 LAN Cable X 2
  • Quick Installation Guide X 1
Optional Accessories
  • Surveillance Device License Pack
  • RAM1600DDR3L-4GBx2 DDR3 non-ECC SO-DIMM kit
  • RAM1600DDR3L-8GBx2 DDR3 non-ECC SO-DIMM kit
  • Expansion Unit: DX517 X 2
  • VS360HD
  • VS960HD
  • Synology Ethernet Adapter E10G15-F1
  • Synology Ethernet Adapter E10G17-F2
  • Synology M2D17 M.2 SSD adapter card