Synology DiskStation 8-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage (DS1812+) - $949.99

how does this compare to the DS1812? Is the CPU any difference? Not sure I need 4 lan ports.

If I recall the ds1812/ds1512 are not tooless drive cages. Dont they have to be screwed in. ??

Quote from brennok : Nice I missed that. Thanks

Didn't miss it, just happened this week.

Details are still coming out, but for anyone considering getting a DS 15xx or 18xx, might want to wait and see what's new.

Quote from breaux124 : Didn't miss it, just happened this week. Details are still coming out, but for anyone considering getting a DS 15xx or 18xx, might want to wait and see what's new.

unless the xx12s drop 2 bills.

Quote from nc88keyz : how does this compare to the DS1812? Is the CPU any difference? Not sure I need 4 lan ports. If I recall the ds1812/ds1512 are not tooless drive cages. Dont they have to be screwed in. ??

The toolless drive trays are new along with the 4 lan ports. The 1812 and 1512 have only two.
The CPU is the same based off that link since the 1812 has the 2700 also according to the wiki [synology.com].

Quote from breaux124 : Didn't miss it, just happened this week. Details are still coming out, but for anyone considering getting a DS 15xx or 18xx, might want to wait and see what's new.

Hey it is 2 days old and usually I am on top of it .

Strange they haven't made any official announcements. This seems to be the only link mentioning it.

Quote from nc88keyz : unless the xx12s drop 2 bills.

It is definitely worth keeping an eye on sale prices.

Quote from breaux124 : http://m.tomshardware.com/news/Sy...21431.html

Quote from breaux124 : Didn't miss it, just happened this week. Details are still coming out, but for anyone considering getting a DS 15xx or 18xx, might want to wait and see what's new.

Wouldn't that be a dream come true. That article specifically says the DS1513+ and DS1813+ will be powered by the Atom D2700 not the new Atom CE5300. The press release from last week for the CE5300 says Synology will only be using it in a 2 bay model.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/0...-platform/

Synology is freaking killing me with this crap. I'll buy a Thecus if they make me. The details on the DS1513+ and 1813+ are out. You get screwless drive trays and 4 gigabit ports instead of 2. Everything else is the same. Who even has a router that supports port bonding anyway? You can't get the speed benefit for 2 ports let alone 4. These are not upgrades for a home user. Synology is clearly targeting these at businesses. So why should they put in the Atom CE5300? Businesses are not concerned with being able to hardware transcode and stream video.

Will be interesting to see what QNAP brings to the table.

Quote from pilot757 : Wouldn't that be a dream come true. That article specifically says the DS1513+ and DS1813+ will be powered by the Atom D2700 not the new Atom CE5300. The press release from last week for the CE5300 says Synology will only be using it in a 2 bay model. http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/0...-platform/ Synology is freaking killing me with this crap. I'll buy a Thecus if they make me. The details on the DS1513+ and 1813+ are out. You get screwless drive trays and 4 gigabit ports instead of 2. Everything else is the same. Who even has a router that supports port bonding anyway? You can't get the speed benefit for 2 ports let alone 4. These are not upgrades for a home user. Synology is clearly targeting these at businesses. So why should they put in the Atom CE5300? Businesses are not concerned with being able to hardware transcode and stream video.

I haven't seen anywhere the rest of the specs so we don't know if everything is the same. We also don't know what price they will come in at. They might come in at a lower price point as a result though I doubt it. At least it doesn't sound like the price will go up.

I don't think the average consumer is using 5+ bays especially with 3-4TB drives becoming commonplace and affordable. Don't get me wrong I would love to see these aimed at the consumer, but I realize the average consumer isn't looking to have a 24TB NAS.

Quote from brennok : I haven't seen anywhere the rest of the specs so we don't know if everything is the same. We also don't know what price they will come in at. They might come in at a lower price point as a result though I doubt it. At least it doesn't sound like the price will go up. I don't think the average consumer is using 5+ bays especially with 3-4TB drives becoming commonplace and affordable. Don't get me wrong I would love to see these aimed at the consumer, but I realize the average consumer isn't looking to have a 24TB NAS.

They announced the specs at CeBIT. Sorry I didn't include the link. Here it is:
http://us.hardware.info/news/3381...-station-3

I see your point about most home users not needing 24TB's of storage and why Synology would think that also. Here is why I think differently.

1) The Atom CE5300 is designed to transcode and stream 1080p video. If I'm away from home and I want to watch something from my NAS my internet connection is not going to be able to handle a 1080p stream. The CE5300 is designed to convert that 1080p stream to 480p or 720p at a bitrate that my internet connection can handle without constant buffering. If I'm buying a NAS for this purpose that means I have a lot of 1080p video which requires a lot of space. Probably not 24TB's but maybe 9 or 10TB's. A 2 bay NAS is only going to give me 4TB's max in a RAID1 config. You have to give me at least a 4 bay for a RAID5 or a 5 bay for a RAID6.

2) The beauty of the 1812+ or 1813+ is that it gives you 8 bays which is a lot of room to grow. From a business standpoint price is not an issue. I'm going to fill whatever NAS up with 4TB enterprise drives. As a home user Synology's SHR technology is vital to me because I can use different size drives without wasting space. Lets say I have 4 2TB drives that I am keeping my movies on right now and 2 1TB drives laying around. The 1812+ lets me use all those drives to give myself 8TB's of backed up space right now with the option to add 2 more drives or upgrade to larger drives for more space in the future when drive prices come down.

Quote from nc88keyz : Will be interesting to see what QNAP brings to the table.

QNAP does not currently have a CE5300 NAS in the works. Right now only Synology, Thecus and Asustor will be using the new CPU.