Synology DS718+ 2bay NAS (DS718+)
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Overview

Flexible scalability meeting growing needs

Powered by an Intel Celeron J3455 quad-core processor and AES-NI hardware encryption engine, DS718+ delivers excellent file transfer speeds. With the scalability to expand up to 7 drives with Synology Expansion Unit DX517 and the support for real-time 4K/1080p video transcoding, DS718+ is ideal for centralizing data backup and storing ultra-high definition media contents.

CPU

Quad-core burst up to 2.3GHz

RAM options

DDR3L 2GB, up to 6GB

Encryption Performance

226 MB/s encrypted reading, 184 MB/s encrypted writing

Transcoding

2-channel 4K H.264/H.265 video transcoding

Features

Hardware Specifications
CPU
CPU Model Intel Celeron J3455
CPU Architecture 64-bit
CPU Frequency Quad Core 1.5 burst up to 2.3 GHz
Hardware Encryption Engine (AES-NI)
Hardware Transcoding Engine H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), MPEG-2 and VC-1; maximum resolution: 4K (4096 x 2160); maximum frame rate per second (FPS): 30
Memory
System Memory 2 GB DDR3L
Memory Module Pre-installed 2GB (1 x 2GB)
Total Memory Slots 2
Memory Expandable up to 6 GB (2 GB + 4 GB)
Storage
Drive Bays 2
Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit 7
Compatible Drive Type* (See all supported drives)
  • 3.5" SATA HDD
  • 2.5" SATA HDD
  • 2.5" SATA SSD
Maximum Internal Raw Capacity 28 TB (14 TB drive x 2) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)
Maximum Raw Capacity with Expansion Units 98 TB (28 TB + 14 TB drive x 5) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)
Maximum Single Volume Size 108 TB
Hot Swappable Drive
Notes
  • "Compatible drive type" indicates the drives that have been tested to be compatible with Synology products. This term does not indicate the maximum connection speed of each drive bay.
  • The maximum single volume size is not directly related to the maximum raw capacity. (Learn more)
  • Expansion of the internal volume is only supported if the combined single volume size does not exceed the maximum limit of 108TB.
External Ports
RJ-45 1GbE LAN Port 2 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support)
USB 3.0 Port 3
eSATA Port 1
Copy Button
File System
Internal Drives
  • Btrfs
  • EXT4
External Drives
  • Btrfs
  • EXT4
  • EXT3
  • FAT
  • NTFS
  • HFS+
  • exFAT*
Notes exFAT Access is purchased separately in Package Center.
Appearance
Size (Height x Width x Depth) 157 mm x 103.5 mm x 232 mm
Weight 1.74 kg
Others
System Fan 92 mm x 92 mm x 1 pcs
Fan Speed Mode
  • Full-Speed Mode
  • Cool Mode
  • Quiet Mode
Brightness adjustable front LED indicators
Power Recovery
Noise Level* 18.4 dB(A)
Scheduled Power On/Off
Wake on LAN/WAN
Power Supply Unit / Adapter 65W
AC Input Power Voltage 100V to 240V AC
Power Frequency 50/60 Hz, Single Phase
Power Consumption* 20.1 W (Access)
9.1 W (HDD Hibernation)
British Thermal Unit 68.58 BTU/hr (Access)
31.05 BTU/hr (HDD Hibernation)
Environment Temperature
Operating Temperature 5°C to 40°C (40°F to 104°F)
Storage Temperature -20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F)
Relative Humidity 5% to 95% RH
Certification
  • EAC
  • VCCI
  • CCC
  • RCM
  • KC
  • FCC
  • CE
  • BSMI
Warranty 3 Years
Notes
  • Power consumption is measured when fully loaded with Western Digital 1TB WD10EFRX hard drive(s).
  • Noise Level Testing Environment: Fully loaded with Seagate 2TB ST2000VN000 hard drive(s) in idle; Two G.R.A.S. Type 40AE microphones, each set up at 1 meter away from the Synology NAS front and rear; Background noise: 16.49-17.51 dB(A); Temperature: 24.25-25.75°C; Humidity: 58.2-61.8%
DSM Specifications ( See more )
Storage Management
Maximum Internal Volume Number 512
Maximum iSCSI Target Number 128
Maximum iSCSI LUN 256
iSCSI LUN Clone/Snapshot, Windows ODX
SSD Read/Write Cache (White Paper)
SSD TRIM
Supported RAID Type
  • Synology Hybrid RAID
  • Basic
  • JBOD
  • RAID 0
  • RAID 1
  • RAID 5 (with Expansion Unit)
  • RAID 6 (with Expansion Unit)
  • RAID 10 (with Expansion Unit)
RAID Migration
  • Basic to RAID 1
  • Basic to RAID 5 (with Expansion Unit)
  • RAID 1 to RAID 5 (with Expansion Unit)
  • RAID 5 to RAID 6 (with Expansion Unit)
Volume Expansion with Larger HDDs
  • Synology Hybrid RAID
  • RAID 1
  • RAID 5 (with Expansion Unit)
  • RAID 6 (with Expansion Unit)
Volume Expansion by Adding a HDD
  • Synology Hybrid RAID
  • RAID 5 (with Expansion Unit)
  • RAID 6 (with Expansion Unit)
  • JBOD (with Expansion Unit)
Global Hot Spare Supported RAID Type
  • Synology Hybrid RAID
  • RAID 1 (with Expansion Unit)
  • RAID 5 (with Expansion Unit)
  • RAID 6 (with Expansion Unit)
  • RAID 10 (with Expansion Unit)
File Sharing Capacity
Maximum Local User Accounts 2048
Maximum Local Groups 256
Maximum Shared Folder 512
Maximum Shared Folder Sync Tasks 8
Maximum Concurrent CIFS/AFP/FTP Connections 500
Maximum Concurrent CIFS/AFP/FTP Connections (with RAM expansion) 1500
Windows Access Control List (ACL) Integration
NFS Kerberos Authentication
High Availability Manager
Log Center
Syslog Events per Second 800
Virtualization
VMware vSphere 6 with VAAI
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Citrix Ready
OpenStack
Add-on Packages (learn more about the complete add-on package list)
Antivirus by McAfee (Trial)
Central Management System
Chat
Maximum Users 1500
Notes
  • The number of concurrent HTTP connections for Chat was configured to the maximum.
  • CPU and RAM usage were both under 80% when the number of maximum users was reached.
  • For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed.
Cloud Station Server
Maximum Number of Concurrently Connected Devices 500
Maximum Number of Concurrently Connected Devices (with RAM expansion) 1500
Maximum Number of Hosted Files (btrfs) 1,000,000
Maximum Number of Hosted Files (ext4) 1,000,000
Notes
  • The maximum number of concurrently connected devices refers to the maximum number of devices that can remain connected at the same time.
  • The maximum number of hosted files refers to the maximum number of files that can be indexed and hosted by the Cloud Station Server service. RAM expansion was not used during testing.
  • Non-encrypted shared folders were used during the aforementioned testing.
Document Viewer
Download Station
Maximum Concurrent Download Tasks 80
Drive
Maximum Number of Hosted Files 500,000
Maximum Number of Concurrent Connections for PC Clients 450
Notes
  • The Btrfs file system was used for the purpose of testing.
  • The maximum number of hosted files refers to the maximum number of files that can be indexed and hosted by the Drive service.
  • The maximum number of concurrent connections refers to the maximum number of connections that can be maintained when the maximum number of hosted files was reached.
  • For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed.
  • Non-encrypted shared folders were used during the aforementioned testing.
exFAT Access (optional)
MailPlus / MailPlus Server
Free Email Accounts 5 (Licenses required for additional accounts)
Maximum number of concurrent users Up to 100
Maximum Server Performance 1,052,000 emails per day, approx. 32GB
Notes
  • The CPU and RAM usage were both under 80% when testing the maximum number of concurrent users.
  • For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed.
  • Read-write SSD cache was enabled in 5-bay (and above) NAS models with 2 SSDs units installed.
  • The performance of the mail system will slightly decrease in high-availability mode due to data synchronization between the two servers.
  • Functions that were enabled in all of the tests above: anti-spam, anti-virus, DNSBL, greylist, content scan, full-text search (English only).
Media Server
DLNA Compliance
Moments
Facial recognition
Subject recognition
Office
Maximum Users 1800
Notes
  • Multiple files were opened for testing and each file was edited by 30 users simultaneously.
  • CPU and RAM usage were both under 80% when the number of maximum users was reached.
  • For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed.
  • Client performance may affect maximum simultaneous editing users. Client PCs used for testing: Intel Core i3-3220 / 8GB RAM
Snapshot Replication
Maximum Snapshots per Shared Folder 1,024
Maximum of system snapshots 65,536
Surveillance Station
Maximum IP cam (Licenses required) 40 (including 2 Free License) (See All Supported IP Cameras)
Total FPS (H.264)* 1200 FPS @ 720p (1280x720)
800 FPS @ 1080p (1920×1080)
350 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536)
280 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)
170 FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)
Total FPS (H.265)* 1200 FPS @ 720p (1280x720)
1200 FPS @ 1080p (1920×1080)
600 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536)
480 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)
200 FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)
Total FPS (MJPEG)* 450 FPS @ 720p (1280x720)
250 FPS @ 1080p (1920×1080)
200 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536)
100 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)
Notes Surveillance Station throughput is tested with Axis network camera, using continuous recording with live view from Surveillance Station and motion detection by camera. Live view and recording are sharing the same stream from the camera.
Video Station
Video Transcoding 4K Group 1 (See more)
Maximum Transcoding Channel Number 2 channel, 30 FPS @ 4K (4096 x 2160), H.264 (AVC)/H.265 (HEVC) or
2 channel, 30 FPS @ 1080p (1920×1080), H.264 (AVC)/H.265 (HEVC)/MPEG-2/VC-1
Virtual Machine Manager
Recommended Virtual Machine Instances 2 (Learn more)
Recommended Virtual DSM Number (Licenses required) 2 (including 1 Free License)
Notes
  • Virtual Machine Manager is not supported on hosts running Synology High Availability.
  • The specifications vary depending on system configuration and memory size.
VPN Server
Maximum Connections 20
Environment & Packaging
Environment RoHS Compliant
Packaging Content
  • Main Unit X 1
  • Accessory Pack X 1
  • AC Power Adapter X 1
  • AC Power Cord X 1
  • RJ-45 LAN Cable X 2
  • Quick Installation Guide X 1
Optional Accessories
  • Surveillance Device License Pack
  • D3NS1866L-4G DDR3 non-ECC SO-DIMM
  • Expansion Unit: DX517 X 1
  • VS360HD
  • VS960HD

Specs

Operating system

Operating system
DiskStation Manager

Processor & chipset

Processor speed
1.50 GHz
Processor vendor
Intel
Processor
Celeron
Processor cores
Quad-core (4 Core)
Processor model
J3455

Memory

Memory (standard)
2 GB
Memory technology
DDR3L SDRAM

Storage

Controller type
Serial ATA
Max disks
2
Max supported disks (HDD)
2
Max supported disks (SSD)
2
RAID
Yes
RAID levels
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, Basic, Hybrid RAID, JBOD

Display & graphics

Display depth
232 mm
Display height
157 mm
Display width
103.5 mm, 103.5 mm

Ports & expansion

Total expansion bays
2

Networking & connectivity

Ethernet
Yes
Ethernet technology
Gigabit Ethernet

Exterior & appearance

Form factor
Desktop
USB 3.0 ports
3
USB ports
3

Environment & regulatory

Eco friendly
Eco friendly

Packaging

Package quantity
1

Product info

Brand
Synology
Product line
DiskStation
Product name
DiskStation DS718+ SAN/NAS Storage System
Product model
DS718+
Product series
+
Product type
SAN/NAS Storage System
Vendor
Synology, Inc
Vendor code
DS718+
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Service & support

Supported protocols
AFP, CalDAV, DNS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, iSCSI, LDAP, NFS, PPTP, RSync, SFTP, SMB, SNMP, SSH, SSL/TLS, Telnet, TFTP, WEBDAV

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