DiskStation DS116
First up is the single-bay Diskstation DS116, priced at £127.70 inc. VAT. Sold primarily as an option for home use and workgroup environments, the NAS effectively replaces 2015's DS115 and is equipped out-the-box with Synology's DiskStation Manager (DSM) operating system.
The DS116 is powered by an ARMADA 385 88F6820 dual-core CPU clocked at 1.8GHz, and features 1GB DDR3 RAM. The inclusion of a LAN port makes the NAS ideal for sharing data amongst multiple users, and two USB 3.0 ports provide additional support for auxiliary high-speed storage or additional devices.
Compared to its predecessor however, the DS116 really wins with exceptional encrypted read/writes. The new hardware encryption engine boosts read rates by 241% and write rates by an eye-opening 364%, ensuring that the presence of critical data that must be held securely doesn't bog down overall performance and productivity.
DS116 Features
· It is equipped with ARMADA 385 88F6820 Dual Core 1.8GHz CPU and 1GB DDR3 memory.
· Provides an outstanding read/write performance of 112.67 MB/s in reading and over 111.82 MB/s in writing.
· Equipped with hardware encryption engine, the performance of encrypted data transmission can reach to 112.97 MB/s in reading and 93.73 MB/s in writing.
· Dual USB 3.0 ports are supported on the rear panel, providing high speed transmission to external USB devices.
· DS116 is an ideal model for small business workgroups to easily sync and share data and boost productivity through Synology’s comprehensive collaboration tools.
· DS116 is backed with Synology's 2-year limited warranty.
· Provides an outstanding read/write performance of 112.67 MB/s in reading and over 111.82 MB/s in writing.
· Equipped with hardware encryption engine, the performance of encrypted data transmission can reach to 112.97 MB/s in reading and 93.73 MB/s in writing.
· Dual USB 3.0 ports are supported on the rear panel, providing high speed transmission to external USB devices.
· DS116 is an ideal model for small business workgroups to easily sync and share data and boost productivity through Synology’s comprehensive collaboration tools.
· DS116 is backed with Synology's 2-year limited warranty.
DiskStation DS916+
The second of the new DiskStation devices is the DS916+, an effective replacement for the quad-bay DS415+. As a 4-bay solution with optional expansion possibilities, the DS916+ is intended to bridge the gap between personal/SOHO storage requirements and more comprehensive (and hence relatively costly) enterprise designs. The DS916+ comes in two models: a 2GB RAM version priced at £442.80 inc. V.A.T., and an 8GB version with an MSRP of £480.00 inc. V.A.T.; both are covered by Synology's 3-year limited warranty.
In its default configuration the DS916+ can operate as a standard 4-bay NAS, much like the DS415+. It's equipped with DSM 6.0, Synology's latest NAS operating system, which features both usability optimisations and on-board apps designed to add additional capabilities to the system. As a result the DS916+ offers more advanced transcoding options than previous models such as real-time H.264 single-channel 4K Ultra HD or triple-channel Full HD video transcoding.
When paired with the DX513 however the DS916+ storage capabilities can be expanded to up to nine drives, making it adaptable to a businesses evolving storage needs.
Like the more mainstream DS116, the DS916+ integrates a hardware encryption engine that ensures high throughput for encrypted data. This feature can also work in tandem with Link Aggregation, boosting encrypted data transmission to over 225MB/s read and 209MB/s write.
DS916+ Features
· It features an Intel Pentium N3710 quad-core processor with AES-NI hardware encryption engine,
· 2GB or 8GB memory options, Btrfs / Snapshot Replication and the scalability of up to 9 drives with DX513.
· With Link Aggregation enabled, DS916+ delivers up to an average 225.91 MB/s reading and 221.04 MB/s writing speed, and an encrypted data transmission at over 225.83 MB/s reading and 209.35 MB/s writing.
· DS916+ also features real-time H.264 single-channel 4K Ultra HD or triple-channel Full HD video transcoding, bringing more complete support to the latest multimedia file formats and contents.
· Synology DS916+ is backed with Synology’s 3-year limited warranty.
· 2GB or 8GB memory options, Btrfs / Snapshot Replication and the scalability of up to 9 drives with DX513.
· With Link Aggregation enabled, DS916+ delivers up to an average 225.91 MB/s reading and 221.04 MB/s writing speed, and an encrypted data transmission at over 225.83 MB/s reading and 209.35 MB/s writing.
· DS916+ also features real-time H.264 single-channel 4K Ultra HD or triple-channel Full HD video transcoding, bringing more complete support to the latest multimedia file formats and contents.
· Synology DS916+ is backed with Synology’s 3-year limited warranty.
Both the DS116 and DS916+ are available worldwide with pricing varying by region. For more information on these and other high-quality NAS storage solutions visit Synology.com, and find them on twitter [url=http://www.twitter.com/synologyuk]@SynologyUK[url].
