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Performance
Synology strives to enhance the performance of our NAS with every software update, even long
after a product is launched. For enterprises and users that demand uncompromising
performance from their servers, check the figures below to find the most suitable choice.

FS series XS+ series XS series 12-bay to 16-bay NAS 5-bay to 8-bay NAS

4-bay NAS 1-bay to 2-bay NAS SSD Cache

Aggregated 10GbE SMB - Sequential Throughput (64KB)

Model RS1219+ DS1819+ DS1817 DS1618+

Read 1317.50 2045.20 1695.40 2037.83

Write 473.24 656.71 738.82 624.25

(Unit: MB/s)

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10GbE iSCSI - Random IOPS (4KB)

Model RS1219+ DS1819+ DS1817 DS1618+

Read 26993.08 37961.08 28050.84 38026.90

Write 23411.80 26825.38 12798.90 27279.98

(Unit: IOPS)

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Aggregated 1GbE SMB - Sequential Throughput (64KB)

Model RS1219+ DS1819+ DS1817 DS1618+ DS1019+

Read 451.15 450.72 444.89 450.79 226.00

Write 437.61 451.14 449.33 442.70 225.82

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(Unit: MB/s)

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Aggregated 1GbE SMB - Sequential Throughput via Encrypted Shared Folder (64KB)

Model RS1219+ DS1819+ DS1817 DS1618+ DS1019+

Read 443.24 450.68 341.74 450.58 225.99

Write 287.88 383.19 256.07 356.44 225.86

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1GbE SMB - Windows File Transfer (1MB file x 3000)
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Model RS1219+ DS1819+ DS1817 DS1618+ DS1019+

Windows
84.60 91.75 88.36 94.02 92.93
Download

Windows Upload 63.77 64.11 67.40 65.81 65.61

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1GbE SMB - Windows File Transfer via Encrypted Shared Folder (1MB file x 3000)

Model RS1219+ DS1819+ DS1817 DS1618+ DS1019+

Windows
79.63 84.50 79.45 82.01 92.34
Download

Windows Upload 41.59 43.53 35.88 43.57 44.51

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1GbE AFP - Mac File Transfer (3GB file x 1)

Model RS1219+ DS1819+ DS1817 DS1618+ DS1019+

AFP Download 94.53 94.53 93.83 94.46 95.71

AFP Upload 92.83 93.61 93.14 93.35 94.19

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1GbE AFP - Mac File Transfer (1MB file x 3000)

Model RS1219+ DS1819+ DS1817 DS1618+ DS1019+

AFP Download 67.72 71.37 49.90 73.07 74.41

AFP Upload 63.30 58.43 64.39 62.72 63.10

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1GbE Web Server - PHP Response Efficiency

Model RS1219+ DS1819+ DS1817 DS1618+ DS1019+

Responses per
13108.92 18654.90 11049.35 18738.48 14359.33
second

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NAS:

Operating System: DSM 6.2

Volume Type: RAID 5

Drives:

RS1219+, DS1819+, DS1817, DS1618+: Fully loaded with Intel 535 Series 240GB
SSDSC2BW240H6 SSD (10GbE network environments) / Seagate ST6000VN0001 6TB HDD
(1GbE network environments)
Other models: Fully loaded with Seagate ST6000VN0001 6TB HDD

File System:

EXT4: DS1817
Btrfs: RS1219+, DS1819+, DS1618+, DS1019+

Aggregated 10GbE SMB and 10GbE iSCSI Network Environments:

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RS1219+, 2 x 10GbE ports (1 x Intel X520-DA2 NIC); MTU 9000; connected to client PCs via
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DS1819+, DS1618+: 2 x 10GbE ports (1 x Intel X710-DA2 NIC); MTU 9000; connected to client
PCs via Juniper QFX5100-48S-AFO switch
DS1817: 2 x 10GbE ports (built-in); MTU 9000; connected to client PCs via Netgear M4300-
24X24F switch

1GbE Network Environments: Link Aggregation is enabled for Sequential Throughput tests;
MTU 1500; connected to client PCs via HP 2530-48G switch

Client PC:

Aggregated 10GbE SMB and 10GbE iSCSI Network Environments: Intel Core i7-4790 3.60GHz;
4GB DDR3-1600; Intel X520-DA2 NIC; MTU 9000; Windows 7 64 bit

1GbE SMB Network Environments: Intel Core i7-3770 3.40GHz; 4GB DDR3-1600; Intel 520
(120GB) SSD x 2; striped volume; Intel Gigabit CT; MTU 1500; Windows 7 64-bit

IOMeter setting for Sequential Throughput tests: Continuously read from/write to a single
16GB file (10GbE network environments) / 8GB file (1GbE network environments) for 3
minutes; Block size: 64KB for SMB, 4KB for IOPS and iSCSI

1GbE Web Server Network Environment:

Intel Core i7-6700 3.40GHz; 16GB DDR4-2133; Intel Gigabit CT; MTU 1500; Ubuntu 16.04
(php) wrk -t 8 -c [10-250] -d 60s -H "Host: benchmark" http://DS_IP/echo.php

1GbE AFP Network Environment: Mac Mini; 2.3GHz 4 core Intel Core i7; 16GB DDR3-1600;
RAMdisk with 7GB source partition and 4GB target partition; MTU 1500; OSX 10.12

Special Note:

Performance figures are achieved in the Synology lab by using very powerful client computers
with optimized network settings, and could vary in different environments. Regular office
desktop or notebook computers may not be able to reproduce these figures.

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