Synology DS1821+ 32TB 8-Bay NAS Bundle

The Synology DS1821+ is an 8-bay desktop NAS aimed at small-to-medium businesses and advanced home users who need scalable, high-performance network storage. At its core is an AMD Ryzen V1500B quad-core processor clocked at 2.2GHz, paired with 4GB of DDR4 ECC SODIMM memory that can be expanded for more demanding workloads like Docker containers or virtual machine hosting through Synology's Virtual Machine Manager. This particular bundle comes preconfigured with eight 4TB Seagate IronWolf drives for 32TB of raw capacity, which can be configured in various RAID levels—including Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR)—to balance usable storage against redundancy based on your data protection requirements.

The DS1821+ is built for growth. Two M.2 2280 NVMe slots provide SSD caching to accelerate read and write operations on frequently accessed data, and the unit can scale from 8 to 18 total drive bays by adding up to two DX517 five-bay expansion units. Network connectivity includes four 1GbE RJ-45 ports supporting link aggregation and failover, with a PCIe 3.0 x8 slot available for installing a 10GbE network adapter when higher throughput is needed. Running Synology's DiskStation Manager operating system, the NAS provides a comprehensive suite of built-in applications covering file sharing, automated backup (including cloud sync to services like AWS and Azure), surveillance station support, and multimedia streaming—all managed through an intuitive browser-based interface.