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Kitguru has reviewed many of the Synology range over the last year and today we are looking at something very special indeed. The new Diskstation DS3611xs, which is an ‘ultra high' performance NAS server which can scale up to 100TB, for larger businesses.
Synology claim that the Diskstation DS3611xs can deliver 1000 MB/s throughput and with the DX1211 12 bay expansion bay, storage capacities are never going to be a problem. When the DS3611xs starts to run out of room, the DX1211 can be connected via the Infiniband cable which carries 12GB/s SATA signals, maximising data transfer speeds.
This is a no compromise design which has 4 Gigabit ports on the rear of the chassis. Dual 10GbE are supported with the add on PCI Express x8 Gen2 Network Interface Card, for even more demanding situations. The network ports also have failover support and when combined with hot swappable drives can ensure that the system will maintain continual service uptime.
The system uses ECC Ram to detect and correct any errors that can occur during transmission. While it ships with 2GB of memory it can be upgraded to 8GB, ideal for larger scale operations.
At £2,000 this is certainly not going to be an impulse buy and only a very small percentage of the home audience would even contemplate it.
Can I have your review sample for keepsies ? 😉
Funny really, my network, im lucky to get 12mbit to my NAS. this is 50 times faster and its still not even at the limit. I need to win the lotto.
More expensive than my computer and monitor and desk combined.
STunning bit of work from Synology, they are really cornering this market in the last year.
My boss will be very interested in this, looks ideal for our business
I wish they would make a home version of this , an upgrade to the 1511, for a little more, with more bays, key locking system, and metal bays. their plastic mounts are very poor. QNAP can do it.
This might interest you http://www.kitguru.net/networking/nas/carl/synology-launch-the-ds2411-for-the-hardcore-enthusiast/
That is incredible, they have certainly not compromised with this unit. its a very good price considering its targeting some cisco systems
Nice to see them using more metal and less plastic. for this market though they wouldnt get away with it.
Out of my price bracket but ive been looking at their other models. Something for everyone 😉
Hi,
There are some things I don’t see clearly on the pictures:
1) can the CPU be changed (i.e. normal CPU with fan or soldered onboard?)
2) how many memory sockets are available? what memory is installed (those initial 2GB?)
Thanks
Cool stuff, the rack version of the xs series has some crazy performance
http://blog.synology.com/blog/?p=13
Just some user experience after using QNAP and Synology.
1) The front panel is plastic. The casing is steel. External Built quality is far inferrior than QNAP.
2) Each HDD bracket is not labeled like QNAP. Be sure to label them yourself; or label on the HDD, for future maintenance. I label both.
3) Boot time is quite fast, less than 2 min.
4) Network cables in the box are type CAT5e, not CAT6. 2m length.
5) Heavy and big, ouch… Quiet during operation. Fan speed is “Quiet” by default.
No test result yet, building volume. Intel I305-T4 network card will only arrive next week.