RackStation RS816
Great business starts here - compact and scalable, powerful in every way

Overview:

Synology RackStation RS816 is a compact and scalable 4-bay rackmount NAS with outstanding performance, providing a comprehensive rack-level storage solution for any growing business to effectively manage, share and sync data. You can easily expand your storage capacity with up to 8 drives, minimizing the time spent on setup and maintenance. Synology RS816 is backed with Synology’s 3-year limited warranty.

• Scalable 4-bay 1U rackmount NAS for business workgroups
• Encryption reading performance improved 80% to 148.98 MB/s and writing performance improved 142% to 81.42 MB/s
• Outstanding performance of 219.62 MB/s in reading and 145.15 MB/s in writing under Windows environment
• Dual-core CPU with built-in floating-point unit
• 12-inch depth allows for ultradense installation
• Dual 1GbE LAN with failover and Link Aggregation support
• Scale up to 8 drives with Synology RX415
• Runs on Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM)

Compact Rackmount NAS with Great Performance

Synology RS816 is a compact 1U 4-bay NAS with a depth of only 12 inches, desgined to boost your productivity in your workplace. Equipped with a Marvell® ARMADA™ dual-core CPU and 1GB DDR3 RAM, RS816 delivers high performance - 219.62 MB/s reading speed and 145.15 MB/s writing speed - under RAID 5 configuration in a Windows® environment.1 Powered with a hardware encryption engine, RS816 excels with its high-speed encrypted data transmission - over 148.98 MB/s for reading and 81.42 MB/s for writing - allowing you to enjoy rapid data transmssion while keeping your valuable data secure and away from potential threats.

RS816 comes with one eSATA port and dual USB 3.0 ports for fast data transmission to various kinds of external storage devices. The hot-swappable drive tray design allows easy installation and maintenance for both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch HDDs without any additional tools. Dual Gigabit LAN ports provide failover support to ensure continual network service uptime and Link Aggregation to increase overall network bandwidth.

Flexible Scability for More Capacity

As your data storage continues to grow, Synology RS816 can grow with you. RS816 can be connected to dedicated expansion units for additional storage on the fly, growing capacity with minimal effort. When paired with a RX415 expansion unit through the specially designed eSATA connector, RS816 can be expanded to up to a total of 8 drives with a raw capacity of up to 64TB.

Comprehensive Office Applications

With Synology RS816 and its rich business applications, you can boost personal productivity and more importantly, work more efficiently. SpreadSheet allows you to create, edit and simultaneously collaborate on a spreadsheet with multiple users on any browser, and share it with a specific group of people effortlessly. VPN Server offers an easy VPN solution, providing a secure way of connecting to a private LAN from a remote location. RADIUS Server strengthens network security by overseeing wireless access authentication via the RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) networking protocol. Surveillance Station offers a centralized interface to manage IP cameras deployed in your office or home, allowing users traveling miles away to safeguard their personal environment by watching live views, recording events, and taking snapshots with a computer or iOS/Android device.

Cross-Platform File Sharing and Data Synchronization

Synology RS816 supports comprehensive network protocols, ensuring a seamless file sharing experience across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. Windows AD and LDAP integration allow RS816 to fit quickly and effortlessly into any existing network environment without the necessity to recreate user accounts. Cloud Sync keeps your Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Baidu and Box storages in sync with your Synology NAS at home. The Cloud Station Suite allows you to sync files among multiple devices - Windows PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android tablets/phones - effortlessly keeping everything up-to-date. All file sharing over the Internet is protected at a high security level with the HTTPS, firewall, and IP auto-block mechanisms supported by RS816.

Easy and Smart Backup Solutions

With block-level incremental backup and cross-version deduplication, Synology Hyper Backup provides multi-version backup with optimized storage utilization and allows multiple backup destinations to local shared folders, external hard drives, network shared folders, rsync servers, and public cloud services. Hyper Backup Vault provides an overview of all the backup history and storage consumption of each backup task.

Anywhere/Anytime Availability

QuickConnect and EZ-Internet configure your RS816 to be accessed over the Internet with minimal effort. Multimedia content is easily accessible via Synology’s popular mobile apps like DS photo, DS audio, and DS video. Other apps, like DS download, DS file, and DS cloud, allow file download/access/synchronization from anywhere at anytime.

Energy Efficient and Easy Management Design

Synology RS816 is designed and developed with energy efficiency in mind. Compared with its other rackmount storage server counterparts, RS816 consumes only 27.9W in regular operation. The support of Wake on LAN/WAN and scheduled power on and off can further reduce power consumption and operation cost. HDD hibernation can be configured to take effect automatically when the system has been inactive for a specified period of time. This not only saves energy but also extends the lifespan of the hard disks.

All Synology products are produced with RoHS compliant parts and packed with recyclable packing materials. Synology acknowledges its responsibility as a global citizen to continually work to reduce the environmental impact of every product produced.