Synology Adds Four-Bay RackStation RS812 and RS212 NAS

Synology, Inc. launched RackStation RS812and RS212, four-bay scalable and two-bay compact rackmount NAS servers, providing workgroups and offices with data sharing and backup solutions, along with versatile business applications.

              RackStation RS812

"The RS812 and the RS212 both come with dual LAN failover and hot-swappable HDD support to guard against LAN or disk failure, providing reliable solutions at an economical price point," said Wayne An, product manager of Synology Inc. "Both models are certified by VMware vSphere, Citrix XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V to work as storage solutions for virtualization servers."

When paired with a Synology RX410 expansion unit, the RS812 can grow capacity to up to 8 hard drives on-the-fly. The RS812 can manage demanding business applications. It reads at 109.7 MB/sec and writes at 50.6 MB/sec under RAID-5 configuration.

Featuring a shallow form factor, the RS212 is 12 inches in depth, fitting to 2-post and wall mount rack cabinets, for space-constrained environments, such as school dorms and small offices.

It comes with replaceable motherboard and I/O ports positioned on the front panel to streamline server management process. The RS212 can operate in a stringent thermal environment of 45 degree Celsius at the highest, offering reliability under rigorous conditions. Its fan spinning can adjust according to system temperature, which contributes to its low noise level measured as 28dB(A).

Powered by a 1.6 GHz processor, the RS812 and the RS212 are equipped with 512MB and 256MB RAM respectively, two USB ports and one eSATA port. Both the RS812 and RS212 are energy efficient, consuming 37 watts and 25.3 watts respectively in operation.

The RS812 and the RS212 both run DiskStation Manager 3.2 (DSM 3.2), the OS of every Synology NAS Server. DSM provides versatile features on an intuitive and multitasking web-based user interface. Synology has received a plethora of recognitions worldwide, among which include "Excellence Award of 2011" for storage from PC PRO, U.K.

Synology RS812, RS212, and RX410 are shipping.