FlashStation FS2017
High performance all-flash NAS designed for I/O-intensive and latency-sensitive applications

Overview:

Designed for I/O-intensive and latency sensitive environments, Synology FlashStation FS2017 provides reliable, high performance all-flash storage solution with comprehensive business applications for enterprise users. Synology FlashStation FS2017 simplifies data management and optimizes virtualization environments, providing lightning-fast storage. Synology FS2017 is backed by Synology’s 5-year limited warranty.

• 90K 4K Random Write IOPS1 , high performance with low latency
• Intel Xeon 8-core CPU and 16GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM, expandable up to 128GB
• Dual onboard 10GBase-T ports, capable of installing optional 10GbE / 25GbE / 40GbE NICs
• Complete virtualization solution for VMware, Windows Hyper-V, Citrix and OpenStack
• Advanced Btrfs file system offering 65,000 system-wide snapshots and 1,024 snapshots per shared folder
• Scale up to 72 drives with 2 x Synology Expansion Unit RX2417sas
• Backed by Synology’s 5-year limited warranty & Synology Replacement Service (SRS)

Astonishing Performance

Powered by an Intel Xeon D-1541 eight-core processor and 16GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM (up to 128GB), Synology FS2017 delivers over 90K 4K Random Write IOPS1 , making it ideal for video post-production, mail server, virtualization and database solutions, which require low-latency and ultra-high performance.

FS2017 comes with dual 10GBase-T ports and supports optional 10GbE / 25GbE / 40GbE network interface cards, allowing flexible, high-performance network configurations.

Cost Effective Unified Storage

Synology FS2017 is compatible with major SAS / SATA SSD brands to avoid vendor lock-in. FS2017 is also a unified storage server supporting iSCSI protocol and file sharing services, which provides the cost savings and simplicity of consolidating storage over an existing network while providing the flexibility required by virtual server environments. In addition to the internal 24 drive bays, FS2017 supports up to two Synology RX2417sas expansion units to provide a total of 72 2.5" drive bays for scalability.

Virtualization Ready

FS2017 provides seamless storage solutions for virtualization environments, including VMware, Citrix, Hyper-V, and OpenStack. With VMware vSphere 6 and VAAI integration certified, FS2017 helps offload specific storage operations and optimizes computing power for unparalleled performance and efficiency in VMware environments. Windows Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) and Synology Advanced LUN support greatly improves the efficiency on massive data transfer and migration. With OpenStack support, FS2017 can be used as a block-based storage component for servers complying with the Cinder API.

Rock-Solid Data Protection

The Snapshot Replication application provides schedulable, near-instantaneous data protection. It replicates 65,000 system-wide backup copies to offsite servers and local volumes, bringing near-instantaneous data protection and ensuring data in shared folders or virtual machines in iSCSI LUNs remain available in the event of a disaster.

With block-level incremental backup and cross-version deduplication, Synology Hyper Backup provides multi-version backup with optimized storage space utilization and allows multiple backup destinations to local shared folders, external hard drives, network shared folders, rsync server, and public cloud services.

Comprehensive Business Applications

Powered by the innovative Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM), FS2017 comes fully-equipped with applications and features designed specifically for large-scale business:

• Windows AD and LDAP support allowing easy integration with existing business directory services without recreating user accounts.
• Windows ACL support provides fine-grained access control and efficient privilege settings, allowing FS3017 to fit seamlessly into current infrastructure.
• MailPlus allows your business to set up a secure, reliable, and private mail server while giving your employees a modern mail client for receiving and sending messages.

Reliability and System Availability

System reliability is of paramount importance to businesses which depend upon their commercial servers every day. FS2017 responds to these concerns with wide-ranging availability and redundancy features:

• Synology High Availability ensures seamless transition between clustered servers in the event of one node failing with minimal impact to applications.
• Redundant power supplies, system fans, and multiple network ports with failover support ensure maximum continuous service uptime.
• DDR4 ECC RDIMM detects and corrects errors during data transmission.
• The tool-free system fan design allows hot swapping and simple exchanging of malfunctioned system fans. Optional Synology RKS1317 rail kit provides fast and easy system installation and maintenance.

Features:

Faster performance, greater scalability, and easier management

Synology FlashStation FS2017 is a high performance 24-bay rackmount NAS designed for 2.5" SSDs. FS2017 brings easy to manage, lightning-fast storage, perfect for video post-productions, mail servers, virtualization environments, and database applications.

Btrfs: Next generation storage efficiency

Btrfs file system introduces the most advanced storage technologies to meet the management needs of modern large scale businesses:

• Flexible Shared Folder/User Quota System provides comprehensive quota control on all user accounts and shared folders
• Snapshot Replication provides schedulable and storage capacity-saving data protection with 1,024 shared folder backups and 65,000 system-wide snapshots
• File or folder level data restoration makes data recovery fast and flexible
• Automatic file self-healing detects and recovers corrupted files without user intervention

Fully certified storage virtualization solutions

Synology iSCSI storage fully supports most virtualization solutions to enhance work efficiency with easy management interface. VMware vSphere 6 and VAAI integration helps offload storage operations and optimizes computation efficiency. Windows Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) speeds up data transfer and migration rate. OpenStack Cinder support turns your Synology NAS into a block-based storage component.

Powered by Synology DSM

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Technical Specifications:

1. Power button and indicator
2. Beep off button
3. Drive status indicator
4. Drive tray
5. Power port
6. PSU indicator
7. PSU fan
8. Console port
9. 1GbE RJ-45 port
10. 10GbE RJ-45 port
11. USB 3.0 port
12. PCIe 3.0 slot
13. Expansion port
14. Reset button

Hardware Specifications:
CPU
CPU Model	Intel Xeon D-1541
CPU Architecture	64-bit
CPU Frequency	8-Core 2.1 (base) / 2.7 (turbo) GHz
Hardware Encryption Engine
Memory
System Memory	16 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM
Memory Module Pre-installed	16GB (1 x 16GB)
Total Memory Slots	4
Memory Expandable up to	128GB (32 GB x 4)
Storage
Drive Bay(s)	24
Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit	48 (RX1217sas) / 72 (RX2417sas)
Compatible Drive Type	2.5" SATA SSD 2.5" SAS HDD 2.5" SAS SSD
Maximum Internal Raw Capacity	92.16 TB (3.84 TB drive x 24) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)
Maximum  Raw Capacity with Expansion Units	276.48 TB (3.84 TB drive x 72) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)
Maximum Single Volume Size	200 TB (32GB RAM required, for RAID 5 or RAID 6 groups only) 108 TB
Hot Swappable Drive
Notes	"Compatible drive type" indicates the drives that have been tested to be compatible with Synology products. This term does not indicate the maximum connection speed of each drive bay. Expansion of the internal volume is only supported if the combined single volume size does not exceed the maximum limit of 108TB or 200TB if upgraded to 32GB RAM or more.
External Ports
RJ-45 1GbE LAN Port	4 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support)
RJ-45 10GbE LAN Port	2 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support)
USB 3.0 Port	2
Expansion Port	1
PCIe
PCIe Expansion	1 x Gen3 x8 slot (x8 link)
Add-in-card support	PCIe Network Interface Card
File System
Internal Drives	Btrfs EXT4
External Drives	Btrfs EXT4 EXT3 FAT NTFS HFS+ exFAT*
Notes	exFAT Access is purchased separately in Package Center.
Appearance
Size (Height X Width X Depth)	88 mm x 482 mm x 724 mm
Weight	14.9 kg
Others
System Fan	80 mm x 80 mm x 4 pcs
Fan Speed Mode	Full-Speed Mode Cool Mode Quiet Mode
Easy Replacement System Fan
Power Recovery
Noise Level	57 dB(A)
Scheduled Power On/Off
Power Supply Unit / Adapter	2 X 500W
AC Input Power Voltage	100V to 240V AC
Power Frequency	50/60 Hz, Single Phase
Power Consumption*	313 W (Access)  126 W (HDD Hibernation)
British Thermal Unit	1068 BTU/hr (Access)  430 BTU/hr (HDD Hibernation)
Redundant Power Supply (for xs+ and RP model)
Environment Temperature
Operating Temperature	5°C to 40°C (40°F to 104°F)
Storage Temperature	-20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F)
Relative Humidity	5% to 95% RH
Other
Certification	FCC Class A CE Class A BSMI Class A
Warranty	5 Years
DSM Specifications:
Networking protocol	CIFS, AFP, NFS, FTP, WebDAV, CalDAV, iSCSI, Telnet, SSH, SNMP, VPN (PPTP, OpenVPN, L2TP)
File system	Internal: Btrfs, ext4 External: Btrfs, ext4, ext3, FAT, NTFS, HFS+, exFAT3
Supported RAID type	Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID F1
Storage management	Maximum single volume size: 108TB, 200TB (RAID 5 or RAID 6 groups only) Maximum internal volumes: 1,024 Maximum iSCSI Targets: 128 Maximum iSCSI LUNs: 512 iSCSI LUN clone / snapshot support
File sharing capability	Maximum local user account: 16,000 Maximum local group: 256 Maximum shared folder: 512 Maximum concurrent SMB/NFS/AFP/FTP connection: 13,000
Privilege	Windows Access Control List (ACL)
Virtualization	VMware vSphere 6, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix, OpenStack
Directory service	Windows AD integration: Domain users login via Samba (CIFS) / AFP / FTP / File Station, LDAP integration
Security	FTP over SSL / TLS, IP auto-block, firewall, encrypted network backup over Rsync, HTTPS connection
Utilities	Synology Web Assistant, Cloud Station Drive, Cloud Station Backup, Cloud Sync Decryption Tool, Evidence Integrity Authenticator, Snapshot Manager for VMware, Snapshot Manager for Windows, NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
Supported client	Windows 7 onward, Mac OS X 10.10 onwards
Supported browser	Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer 9 onwards, Safari 8 onwards; Safari (iOS 7 onwards), Chrome (Android 4.0 onwards) on tablets
Interface language	English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, Dansk, Norsk, Svensk, Nederlands, Русский, Polski, Magyar, Português do Brasil, Português Europeu, Türkçe, Český
Applications:
File Station	Virtual drives, remote folders, Windows ACL editor, compressing/extracting archived files, bandwidth control for specific users/groups, creating sharing links, transfer logs
Backup solutions	Network backup; local backup; desktop backup; configuration backup; OS X Time Machine; backup data to public cloud; shared folder sync - maximum task number: 32
FTP Server	Bandwidth control for TCP connections, custom FTP passive port range, anonymous FTP, FTP SSL/TLS and SFTP protocol, boot over the network with TFTP and PXE support, transfer logs
High Availability Manager	Combines two FS3017 into one high-availability cluster
Security Advisor	Malware detection / removal, user account / password, network, system-related security scan
iOS/Android applications	DS cloud, DS file, DS finder, DS cam, DS note, MailPlus
Windows Phone applications	DS file, DS finder
Add-on Packages:
Antivirus Essential	Full system scan, scheduled scan, white list customization, virus definition auto update
Cloud Station Suite	Maximum concurrent file transfers: 8,000, retain historical and deleted file versions
Cloud Sync	One or two-way synchronization with public cloud storage providers including Amazon Cloud Drive, Amazon S3-compatible storage, Baiduyun, Box, Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage, Google Drive, hubiC, Megafon Disk, Microsoft OneDrive, OpenStack Swift-compatible storage, WebDAV servers, Yandex Disk
Log Center	SSL connection, log rotation: 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, email notification
MailPlus	Intuitive webmail interface for MailPlus Server; customizable mail labels, filters and user interface
MailPlus Server	Secure, reliable, and private mail solution with High-availability, load balancing, security and filtering design (Includes 5 free email account licenses, additional accounts require the purchasing of additional licenses)
Note Station	Rich-text note organization and versioning, encryption, sharing, media embedding and attachments
Storage Analyzer	Volume and quota usage, total size of files, volume usage and trends based on past usage, size of shared folders, largest/most/least frequently modified files
Surveillance Station	Maximum IP camera: 100 (total of 3,000 FPS at 720p, H.264) (Includes two free camera licenses, additional cameras require the purchasing of additional licenses)
VPN Server	Maximum connections: 30; supported VPN protocol: PPTP, OpenVPN, L2TP
Web Station	Virtual host (up to 30 websites), PHP/MariaDB, third-party application support
Other packages	Additional 3rd-party packages are available on Package Center
Environment & Packaging:
Environment	RoHS Compliant
Packaging Content	FS2017 main unit Quick Installation Guide Accessory pack 2 x AC power cord
Optional Accessories	16GB / 32GB DDR4-2133 ECC RDIMM (RAMRG2133DDR4-16G / RAMRG2133DDR4-32G) Synology E10G17-F2 / E10G15-F1 10Gbps Ethernet adapters Synology Expansion Unit RX2417sas/RX1217sas Synology RKS1317-Rail Kit Sliding Synology Surveillance Video Decoder VS360HD Surveillance Device License Pack MailPlus License Pack

*Model specifications are subject to change without notice. Please refer to www.synology.com for the latest information.
¹ Performance figures may vary depending on environment, usage and configuration.
² exFAT Access is purchased separately in Package Center

Performance:

FS Series

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.

Aggregated 10GbE SMB - Sequential Throughput (64KB)

Model	FS3017	FS2017
Read	6462.36	4649.87
Write	2985.53	2788.98

Aggregated 10GbE SMB - Sequential Throughput via Encrypted Shared Folder (64KB)

Model	FS3017	FS2017
Read	5111.13	3530.21
Write	2548.76	2046.92

Aggregated 10GbE SMB - Sequential IOPS (4KB)

Model	FS3017	FS2017
Read	996195.38	854436.62
Write	611566.38	504918.53

Aggregated 10GbE SMB - Random IOPS (4KB)

Model	FS3017	FS2017
Read	368300.69	247564.23
Write	232073.59	86085.95

10GbE iSCSI - Random IOPS (4KB)

Model	FS3017	FS2017
Read	541157.38	280831.84
Write	275562.88	98481.67

NAS:

• Operating System: DSM 6.1
• Volume Type: RAID F1
• Drives:
  • FS3017: Fully loaded with Intel DC S3710 series 800GB SSDSC2BA800G4 SATA SSD
  • FS2017: Fully loaded with Intel DC S3710 series 200GB SSDSC2BA200G4 SATA SSD
• Memory:
  • FS3017: 64GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM (16GB x 4)
  • FS2017: 32GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM (16GB x 2)
• File System:
  • EXT4: FS3017
  • Btrfs: FS2017
• Aggregated 10GbE SMB network environment:
  • FS3017: 6 x 10GbE ports (built-in 10GbE ports + 2 x Intel X540-T2 NIC)
  • FS2017: 4 x 10GbE ports (built-in 10GbE ports + 1 x Intel X540-T2 NIC)
  • MTU 9000; connected to client PCs via Netgear M4300-24X24F switch
• 10GbE iSCSI network environment
  • FS3017: 2 x Synology E10G17-F2 NIC with iSCSI over RDMA enabled
  • FS2017: 1 x Synology E10G17-F2 NIC with iSCSI over RDMA enabled
  • 16GB File LUN; MTU 9000; connected to client PCs via Netgear M4300-24X24F switch

Client PC:

• Aggregated 10GbE SMB network environment: Intel Core i7-4790 3.60GHz; 4GB DDR3-1600; Synology E10G17-F2 NIC; MTU 9000; Windows 7 64 bit
• 10GbE iSCSI network environment: Intel Core i7-4790 3.60GHz; 4GB DDR3-1600; Synology E10G17-F2 NIC; MTU 9000; Ubuntu 15.04
• IOMeter configuration: Continuously read from/write to a single 16GB file for 3 minutes; Block size: 64KB for SMB, 4KB for IOPS and iSCSI

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.

Documentation:

Download the Synology FlashStation FS2017 Datasheet  (PDF).