Built for work-intensive businesses and virtualization environments, the DiskStation DS3018xs 6-Bay NAS Enclosure from Synology is equipped with a PCIe 3.0 x8 slot that can accommodate a 10GbE network interface card for boosting network performance, or a dual M.2 SSD adapter card for caching. It is equipped with six drive bays that are capable of natively supporting 3.5" SATA hard drives, as well as 2.5" SATA hard drives and SSDs. Using its six drive bays, this NAS will allow you to store and share a large number of files, including videos, music, photos, and documents with up to 16,000 user accounts and 2000 maximum concurrent connections. The DS3018xs runs on Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) OS, which is a browser-based operating system which helps to simplify managing your Synology NAS.

Its CPU is a 2.2 GHz Intel Pentium D1508 Dual-Core with a burst frequency of up to 2.6 GHz, and its 8GB of DDR4 ECC RAM, which can be upgraded to 32GB, allows frequently-used files and applications to be quickly accessed. The NAS is capable of achieving read speeds of up to 2231 MB/s and sequential IOPS reads of up to 265,000.

• 6 x 3.5/2.5" SATA HDD/SSD Drive Bays
• 2.2 GHz Intel Pentium D1508 Dual-Core
• 8GB of DDR4 ECC RAM
• 4 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports
• 3 x USB 3.0 | 2 x Expansion Ports
• RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, Basic, and JBOD
• 1 x PCIe Gen 3.0 x8 Slot
• Reads up to 2231 MB/s | 265,000 IOPS
• AES-NI Hardware Encryption Engine
• Synology DiskStation Manager OS