Scalable storage server
The RS2418+/RS2418RP+ is the ideal storage solution for small and medium-sized businesses, offering high flexibility to increase storage capacity, expandable storage and support for ultra-fast network cards or M.2 SSD cache. This makes the appliance perfect as a central file server, for backing up corporate data across multiple locations, or as a backup destination for employee computers in a growing business.
Improve storage capacity by easily installing additional cards The RS2418+ is equipped with a PCIe 3.0 slot and supports the installation of an M.2 SSD adapter or a 10GbE network adapter for high IOPS system cache and ultra-fast data transfer.
Next-generation file system for better data protection The Btrfs file system offers advanced data storage technologies and optimised snapshots to prevent data corruption and reduce maintenance costs. It ensures high data integrity and offers flexible and efficient data protection and recovery tools.
The best solution for backing up your data The RS2418+ features a user-friendly interface and reliable storage technologies, and includes a variety of backup applications to protect your important data on all your devices.
- Active Backup for Server: An agentless backup solution that protects data from Windows and Linux servers via SMB and Rsync, reducing installation and management costs.
- Hyper Backup: Comprehensive data backup to a local shared folder, external device, another Synology NAS, rsync server or public cloud service to ensure data security.
- Backing up desktop computers: Use Cloud Station Backup to protect your PCs. And for macOS, you can easily back up your data from Time Machine to Synology NAS.
- Active Backup for Office 365/ G Suite: Local data backup solution with a central control panel. Optimised storage performance with one-time storage and block-level deduplication.
Fully certified storage virtualisation solutions Synology iSCSI Storage fully supports most virtualization solutions, enabling improved work efficiency and easy management.
- Integration with VMware vSphere 6 and VAAI reduces storage load and optimises compute performance.
- Windows Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) significantly improves performance in large data transfers and migrations.
- Support for OpenStack Cinder enables the use of Synology NAS as a block storage component.
Protecting digital assets Synology NAS runs on Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) and offers advanced security measures to protect against sudden data loss and potential security risks.
- Security Advisor check system settings, password strength, network settings and remove any malware.
- AppArmor is an operating system extension that prevents malware from accessing unauthorised system resources.
- AES 256-bit encryption protect shared folders and network traffic from unauthorised access.
- Two-factor authentication Prevents unauthorised access to the DSM using a one-time password (OTP) on a mobile device.
- Level of trust prevents software from unreliable sources from being installed in package control.
Working with Synology DSM DSM is an award-winning operating system with an intuitive user interface and powerful features.
- Integration with public cloud services: Easy backup and synchronisation of data between your cloud and NAS accounts.
- High Availability: Ensures uninterrupted service with failover between two servers in case of failure.
- Drive: A versatile solution for file management and synchronisation.
- Snapshot Replication: Provides scheduled and instant data protection for shared folders and virtual machines on iSCSI LUNs.
- VMM (Virtual Machine Manager): Enables the execution of different operating systems in isolated sandbox environments, capable of cloning, restoring and migrating virtual machines.
Specifications
- Processor: Intel Atom C3538 (4 cores, 2.1 GHz)
- Memory: 4 GB DDR4 RAM (expandable up to 64 GB)
- Supported discsHDD/SSD (up to 24 drives, expandable, 288 TB total capacity)
- RAID support: RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, JBOD
- Network: 4x RJ-45 (1 GbE), iSCSI support
- Connectivity2x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1x PCIe 3.0 x8
- Energy consumption: 119.6 W (operation), 500 W power supply
- Dimensions and weight482 x 724 x 88 mm, 13,8 kg
- Supported OS: Windows, Linux
Certificates: EAC, VCCI, CCC, RCM, FCC, CE, BSMI
