![]() ![]() You also get three USB 3.0 ports (one on the front) plus dual eSATAs. 2.5GbE would have been fantastic, and is offered by some of the competition at a similar price point - albeit with lower performance and no ECC RAM. Round the back are four gigabit LAN ports supporting link aggregation and failover, which means you can boost performance beyond gigabit, provided you have a compatible managed switch. Notably, the M.2 slots are for caching drives only, and can’t actually be used to increase your storage capacity. ![]() The NAS has two M.2 2280 NVMe slots built in, leaving the PCIe x8 slot free for network upgrades. Despite the higher price, it’s great to see the ECC RAM used for improved protection against data corruption. The DS1621+ comes populated with 4GB of ECC DDR4 in one slot of two slots, and can support up to 32GB. One downside to this AMD chip is the lack of hardware transcoding, meaning this is not really a NAS aimed at those who want higher-end video capabilities. In contrast to many Intel NAS CPUs, it supports two threads per core instead of just one. Under the hood of the DS1621+ we have a Ryzen V1500B CPU, packing four cores that burble along at 2.2GHz. (Image credit: Future) Design and features Round the back you get four Gigabit Ethernet ports that can work together for faster access speeds or provide failover support. But for those businesses who are looking at upgrading from a less-capable NAS, or getting a NAS for the first time, the DS1621+ is worth investigating. ![]() Of course, businesses that already have a NAS such as Synology's own excellent DS1618+ might not be so excited, and the upgraded DS1621+ has a lot to prove. yes, those last two are definitely exciting, but they're not exactly new, and the DS1621+ truly stands out thanks to something that is: its AMD Ryzen CPU, which is a first for a Synology NAS, and a welcome change in a space that's dominated by Intel processors. The PCIe slot for expansion cards? Nope again! Actually wait. Is it its inclusion of dual M.2 NVMe SSD slots? No. Warranty: 3 years (extendable to 5 years) RAM: 4GB DDR4 ECC (Dual slot upgradeable to 32GB)ĭrive Bays: 6 x 3.5”/2.5” + 2 x M.2 Caching CPU: AMD Ryzen V1500B (quad-core 2.2 GHz) ![]()
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