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Synology RS1221+
Entry · all-flash / hybrid (ssd + hdd) / disk (hdd) · single controller - Short-depth 2U 8-bay rackmount NAS for space-constrained SMB deployments, expandable to 12 drives.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | Synology |
| Family | RackStation |
| 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, Hybrid (SSD + HDD), Disk (HDD) |
| Drive types | SATA HDD, SATA SSD |
| Drive note | 8 x 3.5-inch SATA HDD or 2.5-inch SATA HDD/SSD bays; 4-core AMD Ryzen V1500B; single 250 W PSU |
| Flash drive sizes | n/a |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | 12 |
| Controller enclosure | 2U, 8 drive bays |
| Expansion | RX418 (4-bay), up to 1 - 4 bays, up to 1 |
| Raw capacity | n/a |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | n/a |
| Data reduction | n/a |
| Protection | Synology Hybrid RAID, Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10 |
| Protection note | Synology High Availability; Snapshot Replication |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | 100,000 |
| Maximum throughput | 2.3 GB/s |
| Latency | n/a |
| Conditions | SMB sequential read/write with SSD 2,331/1,500 MB/s; SMB sequential read/write with HDD 970/1,134 MB/s. 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: over 100K/54K 4K random read/write IOPS and up to 2,315/1,147 MB/s sequential read/write. Power = 49.89 W in access mode. |
| Protocols | SMB / CIFS, NFS, AFP, FTP, iSCSI |
| Fibre Channel | - |
| Ethernet | 25 GbE |
| Host ports | n/a |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | 128 |
| File systems | 64 |
| Snapshots | 4,096 |
| Management and support | |
| Management | Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) web UI |
| Power | 50 W |
| Positioned for | File shares, Backup target, Small business, Video surveillance |
| Warranty | 3-year hardware warranty, extendable to 5 years (EW202 or Extended Warranty Plus) |
| 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/RS1221+#specs |