… And DX513 5-Bay Expansion Unit for DiskStations

Synology Inc. announced a 5-bay expansion unit, the DX513 for selected DiskStations with hot-swappable drive design aimed at businesses and power users.

As storage drives on Synology DiskStations reach their capacity limits, the DX513 provides a solution by scaling up DiskStation storage allowance through an additional five bays.

RAID volume expansion can be performed by the paired DiskStation without reformatting existing hard drives; this allows continuous service uptime for the paired DiskStation throughout the storage expansion process. Furthermore, DX513 can function as an alternative local backup solution if created as an independent volume for the paired DiskStation.

DX513 pairs to DiskStations via an eSATA cable with unique connector design on both ends to ensure reliability. Maximum throughput at 3.0GB/sec allows DX513 to operate with DiskStation as one single unit.

DX513 is designed with the same energy efficiency concepts as DiskStations, with hard drive and system hibernation modes that can be configured to operate automatically when the system has been inactive for a period of time. It can also automatically power on/off with paired DiskStation, so no user intervention is required to keep the system running.

The DX513 is shipping.