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Synology FS2500
Entry · all-flash · single controller - Compact 1U 12-bay SATA all-flash NAS for low-latency applications in smaller deployments.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | Synology |
| Family | FlashStation |
| Class | Entry |
| Architecture | Single controller |
| Status | Current |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | DSM 7 |
| Controllers | 1 |
| Nodes | n/a |
| Cache / memory | 32 GB |
| Availability | n/a |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash |
| Drive types | SATA SSD |
| Drive note | 12 x 2.5-inch SATA SSD bays; 4-core AMD Ryzen V1780B |
| Flash drive sizes | n/a |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | 12 |
| Controller enclosure | 1U, 12 drive bays |
| Expansion | n/a |
| Raw capacity | n/a |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | n/a |
| Data reduction | Volume-wide deduplication; Synology claims up to 65% space savings for VDI/VM data |
| Protection | RAID F1, Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10 |
| Protection note | Synology High Availability; Snapshot Replication; redundant PSUs |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | 230,997 |
| Maximum throughput | 4.7 GB/s |
| Latency | 1,097 µs |
| Conditions | iSCSI 4K random read/write 230,997/83,355 IOPS; NFS 4K random read/write 183,490/66,611 IOPS; SMB sequential read/write with SSD 4,726/2,701 MB/s; iSCSI latency 1.1 ms at 80% of peak IOPS (NFS 0.49 ms). Source: Synology Performance page (synology.com/en-global/products/performance): DSM 7.3, FIO, 4 KB random / 1 MB sequential, RAID 6 (12+ bays) or RAID 5 (4-8 bays), fully populated with Synology SSDs (HDD figures: Synology HDDs, DSM 7.2.1), all ports used with the maximum number of Synology 10GbE NICs. Product page: up to 172,552/82,917 4K random read/write IOPS; datasheet: over 228,000/83,000 IOPS and 4,700/2,600 MB/s. Power = 74.83 W in access mode. |
| Protocols | SMB / CIFS, NFS, AFP, FTP, iSCSI, Fibre Channel |
| Fibre Channel | - |
| Ethernet | 40 GbE |
| Host ports | n/a |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | 128 |
| File systems | 256 |
| Snapshots | 4,096 |
| Management and support | |
| Management | Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) web UI |
| Power | 75 W |
| Positioned for | Virtualization, Databases, File shares |
| Warranty | 5 years |
| Design terms | Storage pool · iSCSI LUN · iSCSI target (LUN masking) · Snapshot Replication |
| Data services | |
✓ Deduplication
✓ Compression
✓ Thin provisioning
✓ Snapshots
✓ Clones
✓ Asynchronous replication
? Synchronous replication
? Active-active / metro
✓ Encryption at rest
? Immutable snapshots
? Ransomware detection
? Quality of service
✓ Automated tiering
✓ Cloud tiering
? VMware vVols
✓ Kubernetes CSI
✓ Native file services
? Native object (S3)
? Non-disruptive upgrades
? Scale-out
✓ stated by the OEM · ✕ not offered · ? not stated | |
| Source | |
| Product page | https://www.synology.com/en-global/products/FS2500#specs |
| Datasheet | https://global.synologydownload.com/download/Document/Hardware/DataSheet/FlashStation/22-year/FS2500/enu/Synology_FS2500_Data_Sheet_enu.pdf |