Geek Grotto

Synology today has released the DS216+, the "little brother" to the DS716+ that was just released recently. Besides the $299 price, which is $150 LESS than the DS217+, it retains the most important feature... on the fly 4K transcoding! Running on an Intel Celeron N3050, this little guy is no slouch. Full press release after the break

Synology has announced the release of the 12-bay RS18016xs+ and it's expansion, the RX1216sas. These enterprise level network storage devices can be expanded beyond 1PB,  yes, a petabyte! By adding additional RX1216sas devices, a single RS18016xs+ can manage over 180 individual drives! As a current Synology user and former enterprise employee, this seems like a great and easy way to add tons of storage without the headaches usually involved in adding and configuring enterprise level storage. The RS18016xs+ is priced at $7,599.99 and the RX1216sas is $2,999.99. Read the press release after the break

If you are in the market for a NAS for home or small business, Synology has you covered today. The 5-bay DS1515 and 4-bay 1U rack mountable RS815 are now available for purchase. Running DSM 5.1 (5.2 is in beta), the DS1515 features 4 Gigabit ethernet ports and a quad core, Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-314 1.4GHz CPU and 2GB ram. The RS815 runs on a Marvell Armada XP MV78230 Dual Core 1.33 GHz CPU with 1GB of ram. You can read the full press release after the break

Synology has 1 more NAS for today, and this is new territory for them! Rocking a 1.6Ghz Dual Core CPU, 1 GB of RAM, 2 Hot-Swappable Bays, and the ability to transcode 1080P video to whatever you want to stream to! This is what every movie junkie wants on their network. So, if you have a media streamer on your TV, or an IOS, Android, or Windows Phone, stream just about anywhere! More pictures and PR after the break.

Designed for the small business in mind, Synology just released a single and quad bay NAS.  The DS114 is a single drive solution with a 1.2Ghz CPU, 512MB RAM, 2 USB 3.0 ports and eSATA! The DS414 ups the ante with a 1.3Ghz Dual Core CPU and 4, tool-less , hot-swappable drives. More picture and the PR after the break.

Synology is happy to announce the availability of their latest NAS for the home/small office, the DS214.  What makes this stand out from the DS212 and DS213J? How about a front USB 2.0 port and 2 rear USB 3.0 ports! Read the full PR after the break

From what was a smooth beta, for me at least, Synology has announced that DSM 4.3 is now golden and ready for your NAS!!! I have has zero issues with the beta, and the including of DS File for Windows Phone worked great, after enabling WebDav! Read the full PR after the break!