NAS DiskStation DS1520+

[SynoMan]

DiskStation DS1520+ - Streamline your data management

Scalable NAS with SSD cache acceleration capability
Synology DiskStation DS1520+ is an ideal network-attached storage solution suitable for small office and IT enthusiasts. Two built-in M.2 SSD slots and Synology SSD Cache technology allow you to boost system I/O and application performance. The scalable storage design of DS1520+ lets you start small and expand storage capacity with Synology DX517 as your data...

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[itsjasper]

So this is basically the new DS1019+, as it shares CPU, case style, and likely motherboard with the DS920+, albeit with an extra enclosure port and NICs like the 15xx series of old. No more PCI either, instead DS918-style onboard NVMe slots. Plus there is no chance of upgrading to 10GbE.

Wondering whether Synology are unifying the motherboard designs and reducing design costs?

 

[fredbert]

Just got one of these and going through installation.

In the UK the price difference between the DS920+ and DS1520+ was £130 (inc vat @ 20%) or £114 if you match the RAM with a Crucial 4GB module: so the price per bay is slightly cheaper with the DS1520+.

I can confirm that the RAM slot is fitted with the same Synology DD4 non-ECC 4GB module (D4NESO-2666-4G) that is listed for the DS720+ and DS920+: the module's online spec hasn't been updated yet to include the DS1520+.

The main reason for opting for the DS1520+ over the DS920+ is that there are more options for storage pools and hopefully the extra bay will put off having to upgrade for a long while. Having the four 1GE interfaces was intriguing to see what can be done with LAG plus dedicated connections [just ideas at the moment].

Today it will have two Ironwolf 8TB in SHR-1 but the plan is to grow this after the migration from the DS218+. My biggest challenge is settling on a backup strategy without having to buy yet more disks, for the moment.

 

[SynoMan]

Nice, @fredbert. Good buy and may it serve you well.

 

[fredbert]

Nice, @fredbert. Good buy and may it serve you well.

Somehow, and I'm not sure how I managed it, but I got this purchase approved by the-CFO-downstairs!

 

[Rusty]

I got this purchase approved

You are our hero!

 

[fredbert]

Thinking where this sits in the DS family. The DS1520+ is more the successor to the DS1019+ in terms of styling and network connection types than it is the DS1517+. Why?

• Gone is the DS1517+'s expandability with PCIe port
• Styling is status and disk LEDs and right hand power button of the DS1019+
• No longer any LAN LEDs: the bay caddies are from DS9xx+ not DS16xx+.
• Reduction in USB3 ports
• Power supply is the external brick and DIN connector used by lower-end plus models
• Other than 5 bays and 2 eSata ports the DS15xx+ has now become the biggest 1GbE DS NAS rather than the smallest 10GbE DS NAS.

Still glad I got it, just hadn't spent time looking at what the DS1517+ had prior to it.

 

[Rusty]

Thinking where this sits in the DS family. The DS1520+ is more the successor to the DS1019+ in terms of styling and network connection types than it is the DS1517+. Why?

• Gone is the DS1517+'s expandability with PCIe port
• Styling is status and disk LEDs and right hand power button of the DS1019+
• No longer any LAN LEDs: the bay caddies are from DS9xx+ not DS16xx+.
• Reduction in USB3 ports
• Power supply is the external brick and DIN connector used by lower-end plus models
• Other than 5 bays and 2 eSata ports the DS15xx+ has now become the biggest 1GbE DS NAS rather than the smallest 10GbE DS NAS.

Still glad I got it, just hadn't spent time looking at what the DS1517+ had prior to it.

True successor to 1517 is 1621+ or better 1621xs+. This 1520 is, as you said a refresh of 1019 with 5 more drives support.