Synology Entering Into SSDs

Synology Inc. launched a series of SSDs built to meet increasingly demanding environments, such as virtualization workloads, high traffic volume database storage, and AI and HPC projects.

The company’s SSD lineup covers 2.5″ SATA, M.2 2280, and M.2 22110 form factors and is designed to provide consistent performance while maintaining low I/O latency.

“Storage is a fundamental part of any business today, whether for on-premises or hybrid cloud infrastructure. Requirements for performance and low latency in modern deployments have shifted trends towards hybrid or all solid-state storage arrays,” said Michael Wang, product manager. “We have also seen SSD cache adoption increased by 2.4x in 2019, and all-solid-state deployments have increased by 53% as well. Our customers have been demanding more reliable drives that can deliver consistent performance on our systems than what the market readily offers. We engineered our new products to exceed those demands by putting them through thousands of hours of validation and heavy stress tests on our systems.“

SAT5200 SATA Series SSDs

Speed up workloads with performance. SAT5200 delivers up to 98,000/67,000 sustained 4K random R/W IO/s ⁽²⁾ with minimal performance degradation across the lifespan of the drive. This series includes power-loss protection and end-to-end data path protection for enhanced data durability, minimizing service disruptions due to data corruption. SAT5200 drives are rated for 1.3 Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD) under the JESD219A enterprise workload and are intended for mixed-usage deployments.

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SNV3400, SNV3500 NVMe Series SSDs

Accelerate existing HDD storage pools with SNV series NVMe SSD cache drives, optimized for low latency and random write performance.The series are built to be consistent, providing over 40,000 IO/s under sustained random write workloads ⁽²⁾. SNV3400 and SNV3500 are both rated for 0.68 DWPD under the JESD219A enterprise workload.

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M2D20 and E10M20-T1

E10M20-T1

Designed to boost I/O performance and streamline storage experience, the firm’s M.2 adapters allow existing company’s customers to take advantage of the enterprise-grade endurance and performance of SNV3000 series NVMe SSDs. E10M20-T1 is designed for users looking to increase storage and networking performance, with the addition of a 10GbE RJ-45 port. It additionally supports multi-gigabit (5/2.5GbE) standards to enable cost-effective networking upgrades at home or office environments.

E10M20-T1 specifications
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Built for firm’s NAS
Integration with the company’s DiskStation Manager (DSM) enables lifespan prediction ⁽³⁾ based on actual workloads, providing accurate estimations to remove the guesswork for system administrators. Comprehensive validation tests ensure maximum long-term reliability.

Synology SSDs and add-in cards will soon be available through the company’s solution partners and channel networks.

⁽¹⁾ Based on the company’s internal sales statistics and usage statistics data.
⁽²⁾ Performance may vary based on firmware, system configuration, and test setup. (SAT5200-960G) Performance was measured using FIO on Linux with Queue Depth 32 (4KB=4,096 bytes). (SNV3400/SNV3500) Performance was measured using FIO on Linux with Queue Depth 256 (4KB=4,096B).
⁽³⁾ Requires DiskStation Manager 6.2.3 or newer.
⁽⁴⁾ 5 years or based on SSD SMART. indicators (displayed in DSM>Storage Manager), whichever comes first.