Synology DiskStation DS1812+ Brochure & Specs

Synology DiskStation DS1812+

High Performance NAS Server Scales up to 18 Drives for SMB Users

Synology DiskStation DS1812+ oers a high-performance, scalable, and full-featured network
attached storage solution that meets the needs of small and medium-sized businesses that require
an ecient way to centralize data protection, simplify data management, and rapidly scale storage
capacity with minimal time spent on setup and management. The Synology DS1812+ is backed with
Synology’s 3-year limited warranty.

Highlights

● 194.48 MB/sec Writing, 202.20 MB/sec Reading

● Scaling up to 18 Drives with Synology DX510

● Featuring SuperSpeed USB 3.0

● Expandable RAM Module (Up to 3GB)

● 2 LAN with Link Aggregation Support

● CPU Passive Cooling Technology & System Fan Redundancy

● VMware®, Citrix®, Microsoft® Hyper-V® Compliance

● Running on Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM)

High Performance, High Data Availability

With the Link Aggregation enabled, Synology DS1812+ delivers an average

194.48 MB/sec writing speed under RAID 5 conguration in a Windows®
environment, and 202.20 MB/sec reading. Coming with USB 3.0 support which
oers transmission speeds of up to 5 Gbps, namely 10 times faster than USB 2.0,
DS1812+ takes less time for data transfer for external hard drives and consumes
less power. Synology DS1812+ brings you the high performance that your
data-intensive applications demand for a storage system, and oers the ability to
scale the storage capacity.

High Reliability

Reliable functioning of commercial systems is of paramount concern to business
users who depend on these servers every day. Synology DS1812+ is now
introduced with the fanless CPU heatsink to prevent the single point of failure.
With the CPU passive cooling technology, Synology DS1812+ achieves the high
reliability system design. When one of your system fans malfunctions, the built-in
system fan redundancy mechanism can extend service uptime by keeping the
remaining fan running and your DS1812+ performing basic operations until the
replacement fan arrives. The 2 LAN with failover support and hot-swappable
drives will ensure continual service uptime should the drives need replacement
or the unexpected LAN failure occurs. Business need a strong foundation to face
mission-critical tasks so the Synology DS1812+ delivers high reliability ensuring
data access when it is needed.

Robust & Aordable Scalability Up to 72 TB

When the storage capacity of the Synology DS1812+ is nearing its limits, it can
easily be expanded with the Synology DX5102. The Synology DX510 securely
connects to the Synology DS1812+ via an eSATA cable of specially-designed
connectors on both ends to ensure maximum throughput. The Synology
DX510 can directly expand the existing storage on the Synology DS1812+ to a
maximum 72 TB capacity.

Unied-Architecture and Virtualization Ready

Synology DS1812+ runs on the novel operating system, Synology DiskStation
Manager (DSM), which integrates le-level and block-level storage in one unied
storage system. Comprehensive network protocol support (CIFS/SMB, AFP and
NFS) assures seamless le sharing across Windows, Mac®, and Linux® platforms.

iSCSI is also supported as the ideal alternative to SAN solution for business.
Aordable and cost-eective iSCSI allows large scale business to consolidate
storage into data center storage arrays while providing hosts with the illusion
of locally-attached disks. With the iSCSI support, DS1812+ provides a seamless
storage solution for virtualization servers, such as VMware, Citrix, and Hyper-V.

Thin Provisioning is available for le-level iSCSI, enabling administrators to
oversubscribe provision and then grow storage space as needed in safety. With
Thin Provisioning, users are able to maximize the storage utilization to reduce
the total cost of ownership for the storage system.

Full-featured Business Applications

The Synology DS1812+ runs on the renowned operation system, Synology DSM,
oering applications and features designed specically for SMBs. Comprehensive
network protocol support assures seamless le sharing across Windows, Mac,
and Linux platforms. Windows ADS and LDAP integration allows the Synology
DS1812+ to quickly and easily t in an existing business network environment
with no need to recreate user accounts.

Data Sheet

DS1812+

1

Directory Server package can turn DS1812+ into an LDAP-based directory server
within minutes. IT administrators can bind other DiskStations to the directory
server. With the same batch of directory user accounts or groups, employees can
access all the DiskStations with the same user credentials.

Windows ACL support on DS1812+ provides much ner-grained access control
and ecient privilege settings, allowing IT stas to set up privileges to les and
folders on DS1812+ through their familiar Windows user interface. The privileges
set on Windows ACL will be applied to all access entries, including AFP, FTP, File
Station, NFS and WebDAV. The secure privilege oers IT sta peace of mind, no
worries about any loopholes.

Internet le access is simplied with the included encrypted FTP server and the
web-based le explorer, Synology File Station. HTTPS, the built-in rewall, and
IP auto-block support ensure le sharing over the Internet is protected at a high
security level.

A wealth of additional features allows the Synology DS1812+ to replace
several pieces of network hardware. Synology Web Station with support for
PHP/MySQL® content allows for the hosting of up to 30 websites on a single
Synology DS1812+. Synology Surveillance Station oers a centralized interface
to safeguard the oce environments by deploying IP cameras throughout the
network. The built-in mail server turns a Synology DS1812+ into a dedicated mail
service provider and the USB printer sharing capability minimizes businesses’
printing cost by sharing printing resources throughout the oce.

Energy Ecient Design

Synology DiskStation are designed and developed with energy eciency
in mind. Compared with the average PC counterparts, Synology DS1812+
consumes only 50.6 watts in operation. The support of wake on LAN, scheduled
power on/o and hard drive hibernation can further reduce power consumption
and operation cost.

All Synology products are produced with RoHS compliant parts and packed with
recyclable packaging materials. Synology acknowledges the responsibility as a
global citizen to continually work to reduce the environmental impact of every
product produced.

DS1812+

DX510 DX510

Data Sheet

DS1812+

CONNECTIONS & BUTTONS

LED Indicators Power Button

Tray LockHDD Tray

RESET

Button

USB 2.0

Ports

Power Port

Safety
Lock

USB 3.0

Ports

Fans

eSATA

Ports

SYNOLOGY INC.

Founded in 2000, Synology is a young and energetic
company dedicated to developing high-performance,
reliable, versatile, and environmentally-friendly
Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. Our goal
is to deliver user-friendly solutions and solid customer
service to satisfy the needs of businesses, home oces,
individual users and families.

Copyright © 2012, Synology Inc. All rights reserved.
Synology, the Synology logo are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Synology Inc. Other product
and company names mentioned herein may be
trademarks of their respective companies. Synology
may make changes to specication and product
descriptions at anytime, without notice.
Printed in Taiwan,
DS1812+-2012-ENU-REV008

http://www.synology.com

Headquarters

Synology Inc.
3F-3, No. 106, Chang An W. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

North & South America

Synology America Corp.
2899 152nd Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052. USA
Tel: [phone]

UK

Synology UK Ltd.
Etheridge Avenue,
Brinklow, Milton Keynes,
MK10 0BP, UK
Tel: [phone]

Germany

Synology GmbH
Königsallee 92a
40212 Düsseldorf
Tel: [phone]

LAN

Ports

Technical Specications

Hardware

• CPU Frequency: Dual CoreTM 2.13GHz, with oating point

• RAM Size: 1 GB

• Internal HDD/SSD: 3.5” or 2.5” SATA(II) X8 (Hard drives not
included)

• Max Internal Capacity: 32TB (8X 4TB hard drives) (The actual
capacity will dier according to volume types.)

• External HDD Interface: 4X USB 2.0 ports, 2X USB 3.0 ports,
2X eSATA ports

• Size: 157mm X 340mm X 233mm

• Weight: 5.21kg

Applications

File Browser

• Virtual Drive

• Remote Folder

File Station

FTP Server

• Bandwidth Control

• Custom FTP Passive Port Range

• Anonymous FTP

• Transfer Log

Mail Server

• Supported Mail Server Protocol : POP3, SMTP, IMAP

Web Station

• Virtual Host (up to 30 websites)

• PHP/MySQL®

• Alternative HTTP Error Page

• 3rd-Party Applications Support

Surveillance Station

• Default IP cam #: 1

• MAX IP cam # (licenses required): 20 (1 free license to install
1 IP camera. Additional licenses can be purchased to expand
the license quota.)

Photo Station

• Facebook Integration

• Supported Image Format: BMP, JPG (jpe, jpeg), GIF, RAW (arw,
srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, 3fr, erf,
mef, mos, orf, rw2, dng, x3f)

• Supported Video Format: 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, FLV,

General Specications

Networking Protocols

• CIFS, AFP, FTP, iSCSI, Telnet, SSH, NFS, SNMP, WebDAV, CalDAV

File System

• EXT4

• EXT3 (External Disk Only)

• FAT32 (External Disk Only)

• NTFS (External Disk Only)

Volume Management

• Synology Hybrid RAID

• Max Volume #: 512

• Max iSCSI Target / LUN: 32 / 256

• Volume Type: Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID
5+Spare, RAID 6, RAID 10

• RAID Migration: from Basic to RAID 1, Basic to RAID 5, Basic to
RAID 5+Spare, RAID 1 to RAID 5, RAID 1 to RAID 5+Spare, RAID
5 to RAID 5+Spare, RAID 5 to RAID 6

• Expand RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 5+Spare or RAID 6 with Larger
Hard Drives

• Expand RAID 5, RAID 5+Spare, and RAID 6 by Adding a Hard
Drive On The Fly

• Volume Expansion with DX510

File Sharing Capability

• Max User Accounts: 2048

• Max Groups: 256

• Max Shared Folders: 256

• Max Concurrent Connections (CIFS, FTP, AFP): 512

Environment and Packaging

Environment

• RoHS Compliant

Package Content

• DS1812+ Main Unit

• Installation DVD

1. With Link Aggregation enabled. The performance gures could

vary on dierent environments.

2. DS1812+ supports up to two Synology DX510, purchased

separately.

3. Fully loaded with Seagate® ST31000520AS hard drive(s) in

Networking

External Disk

DS1812+

PC / Mac / Linux

• LAN: 2X Gigabit

• Link Aggregation

• Fan: 2X (120mm X 120mm)

• Wireless Support (wireless dongles not included)

• Wake on LAN

• Noise Level: 23.1 dB(A)

• Hot Swappable HDD

• Power Recovery

• AC Input Power Voltage: 100V to 240V

• Power Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz, Single Phase

M4V, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, QT, WMV, XviD, RM, RMVB, VOB,
RV30, RV40, AC3, AMR, WMA3 (User can click and download
the following video formats: RM, RMVB, VOB, RV30, RV40,
AC3, AMR, WMA3, but not able to play it in Photo Station as
compressed Flash® video.)

Download Station

• Supported Download Protocols: BT/HTTP/FTP/NZB/eMule

• Custom BT Port

• BT / eMule Bandwidth Control

Audio Station

• Supported Audio Format: (USB Mode) AAC, FLAC, M4A,
MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, WMA VBR; (Streaming Mode) MP3,
M4A, M4B

• Supported Playlist Format: M3U, WPL

• Internet Radio: SHOUTcast®, Radioio®

DLNA®/UPnP® Media Server

• DLNA Certied

• PS3/Xbox 360® Support

• Supported Audio Format: AAC, FLAC, M4A, MP3, Ogg Vorbis,
PCM, WAV, WMA, WMA VBR, WMA PRO, WMA Lossless

• Supported Video Format: 3GP, 3G2, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, DVR­MS, ISO, M2T, M2TS, M4V, MKV, MP4, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4,
MTS, MOV, QT, SWF, TP, TRP, TS, VOB, WMV, XviD, RMVB

• Supported Image Format: BMP, JPG (jpe, jpeg), GIF, ICO, PNG,
PSD, TIF (ti), UFO

• Supported Subtitles Format: srt, psb, smi, ass, ssa, sub, idx, ifo

iTunes® Server

• Supported Audio Format: MP3, M4A, M4P, WAV, AIF (The music

3

Windows Access Control List (ACL) Support

Windows ADS Domain Integration

• Domain Users login via CIFS/AFP/FTP/File Station

Backup Solutions

• Network Backup

• Shared Folder Sync

• Local Backup

• Time Backup

• Desktop Backup (using Synology Data Replicator 3 or Apple®
Time Machine® backup application)

• 3rd-Party Backup Support

Security

• FTP over SSL/TLS

• IP Auto-Block

• Firewall

• Encrypted Network Backup over rsync

• HTTPS Connection

Management

• Auto DSM Update

• Email Notication

• SMS Notication

• Customized User Quota

• DDNS Support

• PPPoE

• Resource Monitor

• UPS Management

• Multiple Scheduled Power On/O

• Custom Management UI HTTP/HTTPS Ports

• Welcome Note

• Assembling Kit

• AC Power Cord

• 2M RJ-45 LAN Cable X 2

operation; Two G.R.A.S. Type 40AE microphones, each set up at
1 meter away from the DiskStation front and rear; Background
noise: 17.2 dB(A); Temperature: 23.6˚C; Humidity: 58.2%; More
details about dB(A) value, check http://www.memtechacoustical.
com/facts.asp

DS1812+

Wireless Router

PC / Mac / Linux

• Operating Temperature: 5°C to 35°C (40°F to 95°F)

• Storage Temperature: -10°C to 70°C (15°F to 155°F)

• Relative Humidity: 5% to 95% RH

• Max Operating Altitude: 10,000 feet

• Power Consumption: 71.5W (Access); 60.5W (Idle);28.6W (HDD

4

Hibernation)

• Certication: FCC Class B, CE Class B, BSMI Class B

• 3-year Limited Warranty

in WAV and AIF format can be streamed, but the metadata (ex:
title, album) may not be indexed on the iTunes.)

• Supported Video Format: M4V, MOV, MP4

• Supported Playlist Format: M3U, WPL

Print Server

• Max Printer #: 2

• Printing Protocols: LPR, CIFS, AppleTalk®, Apple AirPrint™,
Google Cloud Print™ (For Mac users, DS1812+ supports
PostScript USB printers only)

• Multi Functional Print Server

Synology Packages

• Mail Station

• Logitech® Media Server

• Webalizer

• phpMyAdmin

• Time Backup

• VPN Server

• WordPress®

• Syslog Server

• Directory Server

• HiDrive® Backup

• OpenERP

• HASP

iOS® and Android™ Applications

• DS photo+

• DS audio

• DS cam

• DS le

• DS nder

HDD Management

• Deep Sleep

• HDD Hibernation

• S.M.A.R.T.

• Dynamic Bad Sector Mapping

Utilities

• Synology Assistant

• Synology Data Replicator

Supported Browsers

• Chrome™

• Internet Explorer® 7, 8, and 9

• Firefox®

• Safari® 4 and 5 (Mac)

Supported Clients

• Windows 2000 onward

• Mac OS X 10.3 onward

• Ubuntu 9.04 onward

Supported Mobile Devices (Photo Station, File Station)

• iPhone® OS 2.2.1 onward

• Android OS 1.5 onward

• Windows Mobile (IE Mobile or Opera 9.0 onward)

• Symbian™ OS 9.1, S60 3rd Edition onward

Language

• English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, Dansk,
Norsk, Svensk, Nederlands, Русский, Polski, Magyar,
Português do Brasil, Português Europeu, Türkçe, Český,

Optional Accessories

• Remote

• Camera License Pack

• 2GB RAM Module

4. Measured with 8 Western Digital® 3TB WD30EZRS hard drives. The

gures could vary on dierent environments.

USB Printer

Windows ADS Server

IP Camera