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FlashStation

FS2500

Enterprise-grade flashstation storage solution

FS2500

FS2500 is backed by Synology's 5-year limited warranty, including technical support and hardware replacement services to maximize your return on investment and ensure continued high-quality performance.

Uncompromising performance

Throughput
Throughput
2x 10GbE LAN ports
Scalability
Scalability
12 drive bays
CPU
CPU
4-core AMD Ryzen V1780B @ 3.35 (base) / 3.6 (turbo) GHz
Memory
Memory
8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM, expandable to 32 GB (16 GB x 2)

Dependable storage for many scenarios

Synology NAS is a versatile storage platform that fits perfectly in file server, block storage, or light application server roles that require high availability, reliability, and leading-edge storage technology.

All the connectivity options you need

Ample built-in and supported networking options ensure that your applications fully benefit from the speed of all-flash arrays and make the FS2500 easy to integrate in any IT environment.

Built to boost service continuity

The FS2500 protects data and services through robust hardware and software safeguards, ensuring access to your digital assets even in the face of disaster.

Flash volume deduplication

Remove duplicate data on all-flash arrays with volume-wide deduplication to greatly increase storage efficiency. Eliminate redundant data to save up to 65% in storage space use in applications like virtual desktop infrastructure, and virtual machine.

Enabling effective collaboration

Give your teams reliable tools to collaborate and communicate, wherever they are.Learn more

Get more with DiskStation Manager

Take advantage of a whole host of native productivity, management, and security solutions available on the web-based Synology DSM operating system.

Powered by Synology DiskStation Manager

Enterprise-grade software solutions included

Simple and efficient SAN storage

Choose certified block storage that fits into any environment from day one, with a short learning curve, easy management plugins, free snapshots, and built-in high availability options.

Fast and secure SMB file sharing

Get great shared file storage that makes permission management a breeze, with powerful RAID options, reliable SMB file serving, efficient backup tools, and easy maintenance.

Business application platform

Host cost-efficient business solutions, including a powerful free backup server, a versatile mail server, lightweight directory server, or surveillance server with transparent licensing.

Built-in connectivity

Leverage fast transfer speeds right out of the box and integrate easily with your existing infrastructure with dual 10GbE and dual 1GbE ports.

Support for 25/40GbE

Enable faster networking with 25 or 40GbE network interface cards, thanks to the PCIe 3.0 expansion slot.

Availability and protection

Enable automatic minute-level failover by pairing up two FS2500 units to create a high-availability cluster, minimizing service downtime in the event of a server failure.Learn more

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Technical Specifications

Complete hardware and software specifications

CPU

CPU Model AMD Ryzen V1780B
CPU Quantity 1
CPU Cores 4
CPU Threads 8
CPU Architecture 64-bit
CPU Frequency 3.35 (base) / 3.6 (turbo) GHz
Hardware Encryption Engine Yes

Memory

System Memory 8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM
Total Memory Slots 2
Maximum Memory Capacity 32 GB (16 GB x 2)
Notes Synology may revise pre-installed memory module specifications in response to component lifecycle and supply conditions. All revised components undergo the same rigorous validation to ensure equivalent compatibility, stability, and performance. Please select Synology memory modules for optimum compatibility and reliability. Synology will not provide complete product warranty or technical support if non-Synology memory modules are used for memory expansion. For multi-module memory configurations, all modules must be identical and share the same model number. Check the Product Manual of your Synology product for recommended memory configurations.

Storage

Drive Bays 12
Drive Type(See all supported drives) 2.5" SATA SSD
Hot Swappable Drive* Yes
Notes Synology only guarantees full functionality, reliability, and performance for Synology drives listed on the compatibility list . The use of non-validated components may limit certain functionality and result in data loss and system instability.

External Ports

RJ-45 1GbE LAN Port 2
RJ-45 10GbE LAN Port 2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 Port 2
Notes MTU value of 1GbE LAN port has a limit of 1500.

PCIe

PCIe Expansion 1 x Gen3 x8 slot (x4 link)

Appearance

Form Factor (RU) 1U
Size (Height x Width x Depth) 44 mm x 481.9 mm x 555.9 mm
Weight 8.3 kg
Rack Installation Support* 4-post 19" rack (Synology Rail Kit - RKS-01 )
Notes The rail kit is sold separately

Others

System Fan 40 mm x 40 mm x 4 pcs
Fan Speed Mode Full-Speed Mode Cool Mode Quiet Mode
Easy Replacement System Fan Yes
Power Recovery Yes
Noise Level* 57.6 dB(A)
Scheduled Power On / Off Yes
Wake on LAN / WAN Yes
Power Supply Unit / Adapter 350 watts
Redundant Power Supply Yes
AC Input Power Voltage 100V to 240V AC
Power Frequency 50/60 Hz, Single Phase
Power Consumption 74.83 watts (Access)
British Thermal Unit 255.17 BTU/hr (Access)
Notes For more information on how power consumption is measured, refer to this article . Noise testing was conducted with the Synology system fully installed with Synology SATA SSDs and in an idle state. Two G.R.A.S. type 40AE microphones were placed at a 1 m distance from the front and rear of the device. Background noise: 16.49-17.51 dB(A); Temperature: 24.25-25.75˚C; Humidity: 58.2-61.8%.

Temperature

Operating Temperature 0°C to 35°C (32°F to 95°F)
Storage Temperature -20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F)
Operating Humidity 8% to 80% RH
Storage Humidity 5% to 95% RH

Certification

Certification FCC CE BSMI VCCI RCM UKCA EAC KC UL

Warranty

Warranty 5 Years
Notes The warranty period starts from the purchase date as stated on your purchase receipt. (Learn more)

Environment

Environment RoHS Compliant

Packaging Content

Packaging Content Main Unit X 1 Accessory Pack X 1 AC Power Cord X 2 Quick Installation Guide X 1

Optional Accessories

Optional Accessories DDR4 ECC UDIMM: D4EU01-8G / D4EU02-16G Enterprise Series 2.5" SATA SSD: SAT5200 Series 25GbE Network Interface Card: E25G30-F2 10GbE Network Interface Card: E10G30-F2 / E10G30-T2 / E10G30-T1 Rail Kit Sliding: RKS-01
Notes For multi-module memory configurations, all modules must be identical and share the same model number. Check the Product Manual of your Synology product for recommended memory configurations.

Storage Management

Maximum Single Volume Size 200 TB (32 GB memory required) 108 TB
Maximum Internal Volume Number 256
SSD Read/Write Cache(Determining cache size) Yes
SSD TRIM Yes
RAID Group Yes
Supported RAID Type RAID F1 Basic JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10
RAID Migration Basic to RAID 1 Basic to RAID 5 RAID 1 to RAID 5 RAID 5 to RAID 6
Volume Expansion with Larger HDDs RAID F1 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10
Volume Expansion by Adding a HDD RAID F1 JBOD RAID 5 RAID 6
Global Hot Spare Supported RAID Type RAID F1 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10
Notes Volumes over 108 TB require 32 GB of memory or more. Actual maximum storage pool and volume sizes depend on drive sizes used, the number of drive bays available, and the RAID configuration. Usable capacity for each volume will be lower than the maximum volume size and is dependent on the filesystem and the amount of system metadata stored.

File System

Internal Drives Btrfs ext4
External Drives Btrfs ext4 ext3 FAT32 NTFS HFS+ exFAT

File Services

File Protocol SMB AFP NFS FTP WebDAV Rsync
Maximum Number of SMB Connections (FSCT-Based) 700
Windows Access Control List (ACL) Integration Yes
NFS Kerberos Authentication Yes
Notes Connection value of this model is tested with Synology SATA SSD fully populated and up to four 10GbE network ports Models with expandable memory are tested with the maximum supported quantity installed. SMB performance was evaluated using Microsoft File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) version 1.3, with the following configuration: Test workload: HomeFolder scenario provided by the FSCT tool Test duration: 600 seconds Domain controller & FSCT controller: Windows Server 2022 FSCT clients: 8 × Windows 10 machines SMB feature: Directory leasing enabled

Account & Shared Folder

Maximum Local User Accounts 2,048
Maximum Local Groups 512
Maximum Shared Folder 512
Maximum Shared Folder Sync Tasks 12

Hybrid Share

Hybrid Share Folder Number 15

Hyper Backup

Data & Folder Backup Yes
Entire System Backup Yes
Notes Full-system backup requires DSM 7.2 or later.

High Availability

Synology High Availability Yes

Log Center

Syslog Events per Second 3,000

Virtualization

VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0 U2, ESXi 8.0 U1, ESXi 8.0, ESXi 7.0 U3, ESXi 7.0 U2, ESXi 7.0 U1, ESXi 7.0, ESXi 6.7 U3, ESXi 6.7 U2, ESXi 6.7 U1, ESXi 6.7, ESXi 6.5 U3, ESXi 6.5 U2, ESXi 6.5 U1, ESXi 6.5
Microsoft Hyper-V Windows Server 2022
Citrix XenServer XenServer 8, Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 LTSR CU1
OpenStack Cinder

General Specifications

Supported Protocols SMB1 (CIFS), SMB2, SMB3, NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, NFS Kerberized sessions, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, HTTP, HTTPs, FTP, SNMP, LDAP, CalDAV
Supported Browsers Chrome Firefox Edge Safari
Supported Language English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, Dansk, Norsk, Svenska, Nederlands, Русский, Polski, Magyar, Português do Brasil, Português Europeu, Türkçe, Český, ภาษาไทย, 日本語, 한국어, 繁體中文, 简体中文
Notes For an updated list of supported browser versions, check the DSM Technical Specifications .

Central Management System

Central Management System Yes

Synology AI Console

Third-Party AI Model Integration Yes
Maximum De-Identification Rate 700 words per second
Notes De-identification performance measurement: Filters for Credit Card Numbers, IBAN, Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, SSN, and Names applied to a 4,355-word English text. To enable de-identification, your device must have at least 8 GB of memory and Container Manager installed.

Synology Chat

Maximum Number of Users 300
Notes Measured with simulated users, each with an average record of 20,000 messages, emojis, or stickers. The required server response time is below ten seconds. Models with expandable memory are tested with the maximum supported quantity installed.

SAN Manager

Maximum iSCSI Target Number 64
Maximum LUN 128
LUN Clone/Snapshot, Windows ODX Yes

Synology MailPlus / MailPlus Server

Free Email Accounts 5 (Additional accounts require purchase of licenses)
Maximum Number of Users 1,600
Notes The suggested maximum number of users is based on the following workload: 20% of users with a 20,000 item mailbox randomly performing actions and receiving 240 emails per day, and 80% of users receiving 20 emails per day. Learn more Models with SSD support are tested with a single SSD volume. Models with expandable memory are tested with the maximum supported quantity installed. Learn more about memory requirements . Operating in high-availability mode will incur additional overhead. Features enabled during evaluation: anti-spam, anti-virus, DNSBL, greylist, content scanning, and full-text search (English).

Snapshot Replication

Maximum Snapshots per Shared Folder 256
Maximum Snapshots per LUN 64
Maximum Snapshots per System 4,096
Maximum Replication Tasks for Shared Folders 32
Maximum Replication Tasks for LUNs 16
Maximum Replication Tasks per System 32

Surveillance Station

Default Licenses 2 (Additional cameras require purchase of licenses)
Maximum IP Cameras and Total FPS (H.264) 1080p: 100 channels, 2800 FPS 3M: 100 channels, 1200 FPS 5M: 70 channels, 700 FPS 4K: 50 channels, 500 FPS
Maximum IP Cameras and Total FPS (H.265) 1080p: 100 channels, 3000 FPS 3M: 100 channels, 2400 FPS 5M: 100 channels, 1300 FPS 4K: 80 channels, 800 FPS
Notes Performance figures are obtained from testing conducted with the device fully populated with drives, with their default memory configuration, and under a continuous recording setup. Actual system capabilities may vary based on configuration, drive performance, enabled features, and the presence of additional workloads. Use NVR Selector to quickly find a suitable model based on your requirements. The number of video channels that can be viewed simultaneously is double the maximum number of cameras for the same codec and resolution.

Synology Drive

Maximum Number of Users 1,300
Maximum Number of Hosted Files 15,000,000 (applies to files indexed or hosted by Synology Drive . For file access through other standard protocols, refer to the File Services section above)
Notes The suggested maximum number of users is based on the following workload: 20% of users randomly perform file operations (upload, download, move, and delete), and 80% of users are logged in but idle. Learn more Models with SSD support are tested with a single SSD volume. Models with expandable memory are tested with the maximum supported quantity installed. Exceeding the recommended numbers above will not block application operations, but may result in longer response time. Btrfs file system and non-encrypted shared folders were used during the aforementioned testing.

Synology Office

Maximum Number of Users 1,300
Notes The suggested maximum number of users is based on the following workload: 20% of users are executing random actions at an average of 30-second intervals, and 80% of users are logged in and viewing a file. Learn more Models with SSD support are tested with a single SSD volume. Models with expandable memory are tested with the maximum supported quantity installed. Client performance may affect maximum simultaneous editing users. Client PCs used for testing: Intel Core i3-3220 / 8GB RAM

Virtual Machine Manager

Recommended Virtual Machine Instances 8 (Learn more)
Recommended Virtual DSM Number(Licenses required) 8 (including 1 Free License)
Notes The specifications vary depending on system configuration and memory size.

VPN Server

Maximum Connections 12
SKU FS2500
Barcode # 4711174724215
Brand SYNOLOGY
Shipping Weight 8.3000kg
Shipping Width 0.670m
Shipping Height 0.600m
Shipping Length 0.200m

Manufacturer Warranty : 5 Years Manufacturer Warranty

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Synology FlashStation FS2500 - 1U Rackmount, 12- Bay x 2.5" SATA SSD, Scalable

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