Synology DS216 DiskStation 2-Bay 4TB Network Attached NAS Storage w/ 2x 2TB WD Red Hard Drive

The Synology DS216 DiskStation 2-Bay Network Attached NAS Storage device is a feature-rich 2-bay NAS server, suitable for workgroups and office environment. With a hardware encryption engine, the Synology DS216 DiskStation delivers speedy performance and protects data effectively, while boosting productivity.

Dual-core CPU with floating-point unit

The Synology DS216 DiskStation delivers outstanding read/write performance with an average over 111 MB/s reading and writing speeds under RAID 1 configuration in a Windows environment. The built-in floating-point unit enhances the overall capability of the main CPU, and is particularly advantageous in speeding up thumbnail creation when uploading large amounts of photos or videos.

Enhanced file transfer speeds

The Synology DS216 DiskStation is equipped with an encryption engine which offloads encryption calculation tasks away from the main CPU. Thus, the CPU can be free for other important tasks. The Synology DS216 DiskStation, compared with its predecessor DS214, has a 50% increase in encryption reading speed and an over 110% increase in encryption writing speed.

Easy installation, hassle-free maintenance

Hot-swappable drive trays support and easy installation ensure easy maintenance and continuous service uptime should a hard drive need replacement. In addition, the Synology DS216 DiskStation introduces a USB copy button for easy data transmission.

Effective backup solution

The Synology DS216 DiskStation 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. Whenever you modify a file, the changes are backed up to the Synology DS216 DiskStation automatically. Mac users also enjoy native Apple Time Machine support. You can also back up data from your DS216 to another DiskStation, rsync servers, external drives, or even Amazon S3, Glacier cloud service, Microsoft Azure, SFR, and hicloud.

"Backup and Replication" 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.

All-in-one server

With just one DS216, it's possible to handle a vast amount of tasks. The Synology DS216 DiskStation helps your company gain a competitive edge by acting as your multi-function server. Directory Server provides LDAP service, while DNS and DHCP packages allow you to host a domain name server and automate network IP assignment at no extra cost. With Synology's Proxy Server, you can regulate content access and monitor who can access which website while saving bandwidth.

You can host up to 30 websites with Web Station, safeguard the office environments with Surveillance Station, send and receive mails using your own email domain with Mail Station, share printing capability with Printer Server, make the Synology DS216 DiskStation act as a VPN server to access company’s resources remotely, and more.