Storage Solutions
Solutions for Backup, Storage and File Management

Storage Management

Efficiency at its maximum

RAIDs can be created from hard disks, and volumes from RAIDs. Protecting a group of disks with a RAID means that should one (or more) fails, its data is still accessible. What’s better: Synology Storage Manager allows for flexible deployment at all levels, so that they suit your requirements perfectly.

Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR):  IT personnel can apply unused space in any disks to future RAID expansion without the need to actually configure them – simple and optimal.	Expandability:  When facing the need for expansion, you may easily add more hard drives, SSD or expansion units to increase capacity without breaking up the original RAID.	Multiple volumes on single RAID: You might want to create multiples volumes on the same RAID for multiple purposes. Add a volume and assign precisely calculated space to it only when the need arises, so as to avoid unnecessary waste of space.

Scale-out Cluster

Aggregate your storage space, get rid of disruptions

Managing data growth and availability is one of the most exciting challenge of our digital era. Removing downtime and reducing maintenance while adapting to changing business requirements can quickly become a hassle. To achieve maximum continuity and keep on with 24-hours demands while facing an unprecedented need for storage space and flexibility, the current technologies have to evolve even faster.

	With minimal set-up, consolidate your storage assets into a single, abstract and unified storage pool. Simply add a new computing or storage server to an existing cluster and data will be redistributed for an optimal usage. The CIFS scale-out Cluster will bring all DSM innovations at the service of your storage architecture, growing will needed in order to adapt to your business requirements, ensuring an optimized and risk-free total cost of ownership.
	DSM scale-out Cluster can be linearly scaled in both capacity and performance for a total of 24 servers. It offers a transparent and agile file sharing service which can be quickly adapted to a volatile business environment. Scaling up to 1 petabyte of available space does not take more than 12 minutes. Growing your cluster can be achieved by a couple of clicks, ensuring a non-disruptive expansion, even during business hours.
	As important as business continuity, data protection is ensured by creating multiple copies of data across your servers on a per-volume basis to guarantee an optimized storage utilization. Pick the right storage mode to balance resiliency and efficiency: stripe (high performance), one replica (balance between performance and reliability) and two replica (optimum safety).

SSD Caching & TRIM command

Be faster without damaging your drives

Workload-intensive servers often face performance bottlenecks from regular hard drives. However, SSDs are still too expensive for a full-scale deployment. Synology DiskStation Manager offers full SSD cache reading & writing support on high-end servers for significant reduction in I/O latency without crippling your budget. With a small upfront investment, businesses can benefit from significant server performance enhancement. In SSD cache write mode, data is first written on the SSD then flushed back to hard drives afterward. This delivers significant IOPs benefit and generates high ROI for SSDs.

Operating at a significant different level than regular hard drives, SSDs need their own way to handle data writing cycles. If not addressed properly, SSDs will see their performance degrading and eventually will burn out prematurely. DiskStation Manager is compatible with TRIM commands, which are specifically designed to answer this issues by reducing the amount of unrequired writing actions on your drive.