RS816

Great business starts here – compact and scalable, powerful in every way.

Compact, robust, and scalable, RS816 comes with compelling and crucial features that growing businesses are looking for in a rackmount file server. With the dual LAN failover support, this 1U 4-bay rackmount NAS ensures continual availability, promising steadily growing success at a minimum cost.

Compact and agile, centralized on the business essentials with high efficiency

The 1U 4-bay rackmount NAS is only 12 inches deep, and can be deployed in a 2-post or wall-mount rack, ideal for businesses where space is at a premium. In the meanwhile, RS816 does not compromise any bit of its computing power, delivering excellent read and write performance with providing an impressive 142% increase in its encrypted writing performance compared to its predecessor.

Dual core CPU with floating-point unit enhances productivity

Powered by an upgraded dual-core CPU with hardware encryption engine, RS816 delivers greatly advanced encryption performance in dual LAN bonding environments at over 148 MB/s reading, 81 MB/s writing, making sure every bit of your data is safe from prying eyes. Plus the built-in floating-point unit enables faster thumbnail creation when uploading a large amount of photos and videos, and the 1GB RAM significantly increases RS816’s multi-tasking capability, making RS816 the optimal rackmount server for demanding businesses.¹

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The performance figures vary on different environments. Synology is dedicated to continual performance enhancement.

Flexible scalability up to eight drives, providing great capacity to businesses

Designed to satisfy growing businesses, RS816 can be easily scaled up to eight drives with Synology’s RX415 expansion unit for an additional 40TB volume, merging into one big 80TB volume, so businesses can start with a lower upfront cost and scale up storage capacity as demands grow while reducing time on storage management.

Dual LAN with failover and Link Aggregation support

RS816 is equipped with dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports capable of applying Link Aggregation technology; while enjoying automatic bandwidth optimization for each connected device, the dual LAN ports also support failover, ensuring continual network service even when one connection is down. RS816’s hot-swappable design allows easy and risk-free hard drive replacement and maintenance, providing growing businesses with reliable redundancy mechanisms to keep operations running smoothly.

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2. RS816 supports one RX415, sold separately.

Award winning OS - DiskStation Manager

Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) is a sleek, browser-based operating system running on every DiskStation and RackStation, which makes managing your Synology NAS a breeze. Featuring an intuitive user interface, DSM makes accessing and sharing your data smarter and simpler. Synology's Package Center lets you download and install useful add-on packages designed specifically for individual or business needs, meaning you can enjoy more entertainment in your life or better productivity at work.

Ultimate file center

File Station is a fast and secure feature for sharing and managing your files stored on RS816. Just drag-n-drop and upload data from Mac or PC. Advanced filters make it easy to search for documents, photos, or videos. With built-in FTP or email clients, RS816 lets you organize and share files through an advanced web application effortlessly. You can even share files and folders with others by simply sending a link. Files can be reached on mobile devices via the companion mobile app DS file. HTTPS, SSL/TLS encryption, and link expiry dates also ensure file sharing over the Internet is highly secure.

Effective backup solution

Synology RS816 can serve as a centralized backup target. Whether you are a Windows or Mac user, you can back up everything on your computer directly to Synology NAS using Cloud Station Backup. Whenever you modify a file, the changes are backed up to RS816 automatically. Mac users also enjoy native Apple^® Time Machine support. You can also back up data from your RS816 to another DiskStation, rsync servers, external drives, or even Amazon^® S3, Glacier cloud service, Microsoft Azure, SFR, and hicloud. Synology Hyper Backup allows you to schedule backup tasks and restore the server to any particular point in time, while minimizing storage consumption and processing time by saving only the specific data block that has been changed between versions.

Your files anywhere with cloud service

RS816 brings you comprehensive cloud service. Cloud Station lets you sync files among DiskStations and multiple devices, including Windows PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, as well as Windows mobile devices, whereas 2-way sync allows file synchronization among different DiskStations. With Cloud Sync, you can even sync your DiskStation with Amazon Cloud Drive, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, Baidu Cloud, and many more — establish your hybrid cloud to enjoy more storage flexibility and prevent data loss.

Fit into business environments easily

With the support of Windows AD, LDAP, and Domain Trust, RS816 enables seamless account integration. The User Home feature can automatically create a "home" folder for every user account to minimize the administrator's effort in repeatedly creating "home" folders for all accounts. Windows ACL support on RS816 allows IT administrators to fine tune access controls and set up privileges to files and folders on RS816 through the familiar Windows user interface. With compatibility for major protocols, RS816 can eliminate server configuration overhead and enhance IT administrators’ efficiency.

Eco-friendly NAS server

All Synology NAS is designed with energy efficiency in mind. RS816 only consumes 12.4W in HDD Hibernation and 27.9W in access. The support of Wake on LAN/WAN and scheduled power on and off can further reduce power consumption and operation cost. Synology acknowledges the responsibility as a global citizen, so all Synology products are produced with RoHS compliant parts and packed with recyclable packing materials.

* The power comsumtion figures may vary on different environments.

Experience A Better Cloud

DiskStation Manager is an intuitive web-based operating system found on every Synology NAS. It’s been designed to help you manage your data: documents, photos, music, videos and all other important forms of digital assets. With DiskStation Manager, it’s more than just storing data. DSM offers a various range of applications and services to bring more entertainment to your home life as well as better productivity at work.

Enjoy 24/7 File Accessibility

The ability for users to access and share digital files is the core functionality of a NAS. Thanks to its great compatibility with Windows^®, Mac^®, and Linux^®, DiskStation is the best medium for any types of file storage and exchange.

Cloud & File Syncing

The majority of people now switch between multiple devices every day, resulting in a dramatic increase in the popularity of cloud storage. Sometimes our entire productive life — working reports, notes, references — relies on the cloud, meaning we need a cost-efficient, high-capacity yet absolutely private cloud solution more than ever. Synology offers all of these, and more.

Enterprise Storage

Go out and collect beautiful ideas in your digital notebooks. As you come and go between home, office, or on business trips, relax and find your files synced across all devices. A private cloud can help you do so much more.

The All-in-One Server Fitted for Every Use

Synology’s storage solutions have been designed to help you manage your digital assets. There is a suite of added-value packages to facilitate business daily life, flexible administrative options, as well as tools to secure your DiskStation and valuable data.

Your multi-function server
Applications that used to require dedicated servers are unified on DiskStation. It’s a cost-efficient all-in-one server for start-ups and large scale businesses.

Server management can be easy
Server management stays simple on DSM, regardless of the amount of units you own. Managing rows of servers is just as easy as managing one.

Synology storage solutions
Synology developed many tools related to various storage solutions, helping all users to meet different storage demands. Your server stays on top performance at all times.

Trustworthy data backup for all situations
We all have data that we don’t want to lose. That’s why you should make DiskStation as a backup destination. Your files will always be available.

iSCSI & virtualization
You need affordable storage designed for a virtualized infrastructure that’s easy to manage, supports continuous data growth, and keeps your business up and running. Learn how DSM meets the need for simplicity and flexibility in today’s virtual datacenters.

Secure your data and maintain server availability
In businesses where 24/7 service is paramount, DSM offers series of high availability and security measures to safeguard you from unexpected server disruption and data loss.

Anytime anywhere entertainment

Whether it is live TV shows or songs stored in DiskStation, enjoy seamless streaming anytime anywhere. It’s an ideal online album to store and share pictures with your loved ones.

Customize it all with Packages

DiskStation Manager is an open source platform with a variety of packages, making your DiskStation fit into any kind of environment. From being a hi-definition multimedia center, to an all-purpose business server, there is a package to meet your requests.

Want to know what packages we offer? Find out in the Package Center.

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DiskStation Manager 6.0

DSM 6.0 is an intelligently engineered and reliable data storage platform that comes with a completely private collaboration suite. Exciting virtualization technologies are designed to benefit the next generation of businesses. Get these and much, much more with DSM 6.0.

Mail Service in Private Cloud Beta

Up your productivity with secure, private email

The all-new MailPlus and MailPlus Server packages allow your business to set up a secure, reliable, and private mail server while giving your employees a modern mail client for receiving and sending messages. Best of all, MailPlus and MailPlus Server run on your Synology NAS, so there's no need to rely on third-party services. Keep absolute control over your data privacy.

Your Own Collaboration Tools

Organize, collaborate, and present

Whether you're calculating prices for a customer or keeping track of household expenses, having a spreadsheet makes it much easier to collect and organize data. With the new SpreadSheet package, you can create, edit, and collaborate on spreadsheets with other people. In addition, Note Station lets you and your team accomplish even more tasks with new features, such as charts, presentation view, mail clipper, and much more. Save your documents in Synology NAS servers － collaboration is easier and safer than ever!

Enterprise Storage

Cost-effective and efficient storage solutions for large deployments

Flexible enterprise storage solutions now offer greater support for SSD cache, ensuring a significant boost in business performance. The new PetaSpace package allows for creating shared folders with over one petabyte of storage space while Btrfs file system is now supported on more Synology NAS models with a number of new and enhanced features such as Data Compression and Data Scrubbing.

Data Protection

Replication, backup, and recovery for data availability

Enterprises need an efficient data protection strategy to eliminate the risk of data loss. With the introduction of Snapshot Replication, DSM 6.0 provides businesses with near-continuous data protection, as well as multi-site replication for more comprehensive protection. In addition, the Synology Hyper Backup package can now perform multi-version backups to all types of destination.

Virtual DSM & Docker DSM

Virtual technology for flexible resource allocation

Today, organizations need to accommodate rapid business growth with minimal hardware investment. DSM 6.0 introduces Docker DSM and Virtual DSM, enabling businesses to consolidate multiple physical servers with virtualization technology and build a reliable, multi-tenant environment on Synology NAS.

Cloud & File Syncing

Your files, everywhere you want

No matter what device you use, it is important for your files to be available at all times. With the Cloud Station Suite, it's easier than ever to synchronize files across multiple devices and build your own private cloud. In addition, Cloud Sync offers more precise controls for syncing or backing up files from your Synology NAS to a host of cloud storage services.

Multimedia

Best companion for your music, videos, and pictures

In DSM 6.0, Synology focuses on optimizing your multimedia experience with thoughtful and powerful features, as well as integrating popular third party devices and applications. The redesigned Video Station with offline transcoding allows you to watch movies anytime, anywhere. Multimedia mobile apps support multiple devices including the new Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Windows 10, ensuring smooth experience anytime, anywhere.

Network & Security

Analyze, optimize, and protect your infrastructure

To help protect critical data and other assets, DSM 6.0 brings new management and security tools so Synology NAS can serve as the heart of your network strategy. Tackle authentication challenges with DSM 6.0's support for the 802.1X protocol, or save time and energy when executing your SSL strategy thanks to Let's Encrypt integration.

Powerful Content Indexing

Keep an eye on all your files in a snap

Synology empowers you to achieve more while reducing time and resource consumption. DSM 6.0 introduces a powerfully comprehensive, yet extremely efficient search feature, allowing you to quickly reach all your data. Running on all servers compatible with DSM 6.0, DSM's full content search indexes more than 700 file formats including office documents, and covers metadata of media files for an even more in-depth search experience.

DSM Advancements

Bringing the future to network storage

With every version of DiskStation Manager, Synology strives to bring the most forward-thinking features and intuitive usability to the world of network storage and serving.

64-bit architecture		DSM 6.0 switches to 64-bit computing to ensure you always benefit from the most popular and efficient architecture, in a completely transparent fashion. This allows your Synology NAS to process tasks more efficiently so you can do more in the same amount of time. In addition, 64-bit architecture increases RAM capabilities on new Synology NAS models in the future.
Modularization		With DSM 6.0, Synology delivers a leaner system architecture by modularizing a greater number of non-essential applications. Separating more applications from DSM brings numerous benefits, such as maximized uptime by reducing unnecessary system updates, flexible development of individual applications, reduced patch size, lighter system burden, and much more.
Accessibility		One of Synology's core beliefs is that advanced storage and applications should be easy to use and available to more people. That's why DSM 6.0 introduces new accessibility features to help visually impaired users navigate DSM, manage files in File Station, and change settings in Control Panel using screen reader software NVDA and Firefox.