Synology
The network-attached storage (NAS) market had a break-out decade in the 2010s, with a large number of vendors trying to get a slice of the pie. Brands such as EMC / Lenovo and Thecus have fallen by the wayside, and even established storage vendors like Seagate decided to drop out of the market. QNAP and Synology have held firm in the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) NAS market meant for home users, prosumers, SOHO, and SMB installations. ASUSTOR (backed by ASUS) has also been regularly releasing NAS units since their first product appeared in late 2012. TerraMaster released their first NAS around the same time, but opted to focus more on the direct-attached storage segment throughout the 2010s. The brand has shown renewed interest in the...
Synology Introduces DS1621xs+ - First Desktop x86 DSM NAS with Native 10GbE
Synology is one of the top-tier vendors in the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) network-attached storage (NAS) market for SOHOs, SMBs, and SMEs, with QNAP being the other major player. While...
57 by Ganesh T S on 9/11/2020
Synology Unveils DiskStation DS220j Dual-Bay NAS: A Basic NAS For the Home
Coming in on the heels of TerraMaster's recently introduced entry-level dual-bay NAS, Synology has announced its own basic NAS, the DiskStation DS220j. Synology's latest NAS can store up to...
24 by Anton Shilov on 3/17/2020
Asustor, QNAP, and Synology Introduce New NAS Units at CES 2020
The network-attached storage (NAS) vendors had a relatively quiet presence at CES 2020 compared to what we used to see in earlier years. We have a few announcements and...
65 by Ganesh T S on 1/10/2020
Synology 2018 NAS and Wi-Fi Lineup Sneak Peek
Yesterday we published an interview with Alex Wang, CEO of Synology America, and as part of that interview we were able to get a sneak peak into some of...
14 by Ganesh T S & Anton Shilov on 7/25/2018
Next-Gen NAS: An Interview with Alex Wang, CEO of Synology America
At AnandTech, we have been following the consumer and SMB NAS market very closely over the last decade. Synology is one of the leading vendors in this space. Similar...
42 by Ganesh T S on 7/24/2018
Synology Introduces DiskStation DS1618+ with Intel Denverton
Synology recently introduced their much-awaited hardware platform upgrade in the DS1618+. Over the last several years, Synology has introduced a number of SMB NAS units with the Intel Rangeley...
5 by Ganesh T S on 5/24/2018
Synology Launches Major Package Updates and Demonstrates Recent NAS Models at CES 2018
CES provides us the opportunity to look at the latest and greatest products in each technology vertical. Our NAS coverage started with Asustor's AS4000 series last week. Today, we...
22 by Ganesh T S on 1/18/2018
Synology at CES 2017 - RT2600ac Wi-Fi Router, DSM Value Additions, and New Business NAS Units
As part of my usual CES vendor visits, I caught up with Synology and took a look at the new products and DSM features that had been announced around...
28 by Ganesh T S on 1/31/2017
Synology, Seagate, and Amcrest's 2016 Surveillance Bundle Capsule Review
Recent technological advancements have led to a number of cost-effective video surveillance solutions. IP cameras (devices that can capture and stream video over an IP network while keeping latency...
8 by Ganesh T S on 12/22/2016
Commercial NAS Operating Systems - Exploring Value-Additions - Part I
A comprehensive overview of how various commercial off-the-shelf NAS operating systems address the core requirements was posted last month. From the perspective of addressed features, the core requirements are...
31 by Ganesh T S on 12/22/2016
Commercial NAS Operating Systems - A Comprehensive Overview of Core Features
The market for network-attached storage units has expanded significantly over the last few years. The rapid growth in public cloud storage (Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive and the like) has...
103 by Ganesh T S on 11/14/2016
ioSafe Launches BDR 515 Backup and Disaster Recovery Appliance
ioSafe's disaster-resistant storage devices are unique in the market. Yesterday, they introduced the latest member of their backup and data recovery (BDR) server lineup - the BDR 515. It...
2 by Anton Shilov on 2/4/2016
Synology Demonstrates RT1900ac 802.11ac Router at CES
Synology had organized the Synology 2016 Conference back in September 2015 to talk about their plans for the next couple of quarters. We had covered it in great detail...
17 by Ganesh T S on 1/10/2016
Synology Launches DSM 6.0 Long-Term Beta and New Hardware
We had the opportunity to attend the Synology 2016 Conference in San Francisco last month. The event gave us quite a bit of insight into what Synology has lined...
34 by Ganesh T S on 10/7/2015
Synology's DS216play - A Transcoding NAS with ST Microelectronics STiH412
The Synology DS214play was one of the unique NAS units from Synology released last year. It used Intel's Evansport platform (the CE5300 Berryville set-top box (STB) platform re-launched for...
25 by Ganesh T S on 10/7/2015
Synology Launches RC18015xs+ / RXD1215sas High-Availability Cluster Solution
Synology is no stranger to high-availability (HA) systems. Synology High Availability is touted as one of the features that differentiate Synology's NAS units from other vendors' for small business...
4 by Ganesh T S on 6/11/2015
Synology Launches ARM-based DS1515 and RS815 Value Series NAS Units
Synology introduced their x15+ series in the second half of 2014. The models were all based on the Intel Rangeley platform (x86). It is now time for a refresh...
43 by Ganesh T S on 4/14/2015
Synology DS2015xs Review: An ARM-based 10G NAS
Synology is one of the most popular COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) NAS vendors in the SMB / SOHO market segment. The NAS models introduced by them in 2014 were mostly...
51 by Ganesh T S on 2/27/2015
Synology Introduces RS815+ and DS2415+ Rangeley NAS Units
Synology announced two new NAS models today as updates to the existing RS814+ and the DS2413+ units. Both models are based on the 4C/4T Intel Atom C2538 Rangeley SoC...
9 by Ganesh T S on 1/20/2015
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