The DiskStation DS1522 5-Bay NAS Enclosure from Synology provides flexible data management for homes and SOHO environments. is designed for small offices and IT enthusiasts. It is easy to scale and expand as your needs change, with optional support for up to 15 drives with two DX517 expansion units, fast networking, and NVMe SSD caching with two M.2 2280 slots. Powered by Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM), it offers a flexible all-in-one solution for data sharing, synchronization, backup, and surveillance.





This NAS is equipped with five drive bays that are capable of natively supporting 3.5" SATA hard drives, as well as 2.5" SATA hard drives and SSDs for data storage. The data stored on this NAS can include videos, music, photos, and documents with up to 2048 user accounts and 2000 maximum concurrent connections. The CPU is a 2.6 GHz AMD Ryzen R1600 Dual-Core that is paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM, both of which allow frequently used files and applications to be quickly accessed. The NAS is capable of achieving sequential read speeds of up to 736 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 796 MB/s.





Also featured are two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports and two eSATA ports, and network connectivity is achieved via the four Gigabit Ethernet ports that support Link Aggregation and Failover, allowing your stored data to be shared with users throughout the network. For those who require RAID support, the DS1522 supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10, as well Synology Hybrid RAID and Basic RAID, each of which offers performance, data redundancy, or a combination of both. For those who do not require a RAID, JBOD is also available, allowing each drive bay to be individually utilized.





The Synology DiskStation DS1522 5-Bay NAS Enclosure keeps cool using dual 92mm fans and operates on 100-240 VAC at 50/60 Hz. Included is an accessory pack, an AC adapter, an AC power cord, and two RJ45 LAN cables. Protection is provided by a limited 3-year warranty.Designed for use in 1-8 bay NAS environments within home, SOHO, and SMB environments, the 8TB IronWolf 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD from Seagate is built to withstand 24x7 operations, or 8760 hours per year. This 8TB drive has been equipped with a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, a 3.5" form factor, and a 256MB cache, providing users with an ample storage capacity and data transfer speeds of up to 210 MB/s. This IronWolf hard drive also has an MTBF rating of 1 million hours, 600,000 load/unload cycles, 1 in 1015 non-recoverable read errors per bits read, and a workload rate of up to 180TB per year.