When Synology said they were going to send over their 5-bay DS1019+ Network Attached Storage device for us to test I was a little confused as I had grown used to their nomenclature of using the number of bays as part of the model number. I am not quite sure when this changed, but a quick look at their site indicates this change may currently be in progress. Regardless this NAS was shipped to us populated with two 8TB Seagate IronWolf Pro drives for testing.



Bay number naming convention aside; The Synology DS1019+ is part of their Plus line. This “+” indicates it is designed for the demands of streaming and transcoding. This particular unit has a quad core 64-bit Intel Celeron J3455 CPU running at 1.5GHz (bursting to 2.3GHz), with 8GB of RAM pre-installed. Besides the (5) internal drive bays for 2.5 or 3.5” drives, you can expand it to 10 drives with an expansion unit, plus it has dual M.2NVMe slots. There are two Ethernet ports with link aggregation and fail over support. Below is a more comprehensive list of features and specifications, but for the most up to date and comprehensive list check out the official product page on the Synology website.

Features and Specifications:

Hardware Specifications:

CPU:
   » CPU Model: Intel Celeron J3455
   » CPU Frequency: Quad Core 1.5 GHz
   » CPU architecture: 64-bit
   » Hardware Encryption Engine: AES-NI
   » Hardware transcoding engine: H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), MPEG-2 and VC-1; maximum resolution: 4K (4096 x 2160); maximum frame rate per second (FPS): 30

Memory:
   » System Memory 8 GB (4 GB x 2)

Storage:
   » Drive Bay(s): 5
   » Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit: 10
   » M.2 Drive Slots: 2 (NVMe)
   » Compatible Drive Type (See all supported drives):
      » 3.5" SATA III / SATA II HDD
      » 2.5" SATA III / SATA II HDD
      » 2.5" SATA III / SATA II SSD
      » M.2 2280 NVMe SSD
   » Maximum Internal Raw Capacity: 80 TB (16 TB drive x 5) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)
   » Maximum Raw Capacity with Expansion Units: 160 TB (80 TB + 16 TB drive x 5) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)
   » Maximum Single Volume Size: 108 TB
   » Hot Swappable Drive: yes

External Ports:
   » RJ45 Port: 2 Gigabit with link aggregation and failover support
   » USB 3.0 Port: 2
   » eSATA Port: 1

File System:
   » Internal Drives: EXT4, Btrfs
   » External Drives: Btrfs, EXT4, EXT3, FAT, NTFS, HFS+, exFAT

Appearance:
   » Size (Height X Width X Depth): 166 mm X 230 mm X 223 mm
   » Weight: 2.54 kg

» Operating Temperature: 0C to 40C (32F to 104F)
» Storage Temperature: -20C to 60C (-5F to 140F)
» Humidity: 5% to 95% RH

Others:
   » System fan: 2 92mm
   » Fan Speed Mode: Full, Cool Mode, Quiet Mode
   » Brghtness adjustable front LED indicators: Yes
   » Power recovery: Yes
   » Noise Level: 20.8 dB(A)
   » Scheduled power on/off: Yes
   » Wake on LAN/WAN: Yes

PSU/Adapter: 120W
   »AC Input Power Voltage: 100V to 240V AC
   » Power Frequency: 50/60 Hz, Single Phase
   » Power Consumption: 38.59W (Access), 13.32 W (HDD Hibernation)
   » British Thermal Unit: 131.67 BTU/hr (Access), 45.45 BTU/hr (HDD Hibernation)