The five-bay NAS can be expanded up to 15.
Synology has added to its line of plug-and-play NAS solutions, with the new five-bay DS1522+.
Running on the DiskStation Manager (DSM) 7.1 operating system, the small-footprint NAS can be expanded up to 15 drive bays with two DX517 expansion units.
Powered by a dual-core AMD Ryzen R1600 processor, it comes with 8GB of RAM (up to a maximum of 32GB) and can take both 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch SATA drives and M.2 NVMe SSDs.
While four built-in Gigabit ports give support for automatic network failover and load balancing, users can add an E10G22-T1-Mini Network Upgrade Module to instantly upgrade the speed.
This gives it the capacity and power easily handle any data management requirements, whether used for file sharing, collaboration, and video surveillance.
Peggy Weng, product manager at Synology Inc said:
The DS1522+ is a versatile solution fit for a wide range of usage needs and environments. The new 10GbE upgrade option plus scalability for 10 additional drives makes the DS1522+ cost-effective and a solution that can easily grow with any team.
The DS1522+ includes data backup, snapshot, and replication automation to ensure files and LUNs stored on it can be backed up to other devices and cloud services automatically, once set up.
Synology's Active Backup Suite allows IT systems, such as Windows systems, Hyper-V/VMware VMs, and Microsoft 365/Google Workspace accounts, to be backed up onto the DS1522+ and restored when needed.
On the flip side, the DS1522+ can also be set to become a cross-platform private cloud while still complete control over your data. Synology Drive enables file management and synchronization between platforms like Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, so your data is accessible no matter where you are, or what device you use.
Pricing and availability
There are multiple network ports for failover and load balancing.
The DS1522+ is available from Synology resellers and partners, priced at S$1,139. Note that these are just the prices for the enclosures and that storage will cost extra.
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