DS1621+ vs DS1621XS+

What is the difference between DS1621+ vs DS1621XS+?

CPU benchmark on a DS1621+ is around 5000. DS1621xs+ CPU benchmark is around 8000. You also have more RAM on XS model.  You also get 10Gbit port built in and an option to add additional 10Gbit LAN via PCIe card.

In short, XS series model is much faster and made for better IOPS. This will speed up your virtual machines, web server or even Plex transcoding.

 

Here is a comparison table:

SpecsDS1621xs+DS1621+
CPU-Model Intel Xeon D-1527 AMD Ryzen V1500B
CPU Architecture 64-bit 64-bit
CPU Frequency 4-core 2.2 (base) / 2.7 (turbo) GHz 4-core 2.2 GHz
Hardware Encryption Engine (AES-NI)
System-memory 8 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM 4 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM
Memory Module Pre-installed 8 GB (8 GB x 1) 4 GB (4 GB x 1)
Total Memory Slots 2 2
Maximum Memory Capacity 32 GB (16 GB x 2) 32 GB (16 GB x 2)
Notes The specifications vary depending on system configuration and memory size. The specifications vary depending on system configuration and memory size.
Drive Bays 6 6
Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit 16 (DX517 x 2) 16 (DX517 x 2)
M2-slots 2 (NVMe) 2 (NVMe)
Maximum Single Volume Size*
  • 200 TB (32 GB RAM required, for RAID 5 or RAID 6 groups only)
  • 108 TB
108 TB
Hot Swappable Drive
RJ-45 1GbE LAN Port 2 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support) 4 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support)
RJ-45 10GbE LAN Port 1
USB 3.0 Port 3 3
eSATA Port 2 2
PCIe Expansion 1 x Gen3 x8 slot (x8 link) 1 x Gen3 x8 slot (x4 link)
Internal Drives
  • Btrfs
  • EXT4
  • Btrfs
  • EXT4
External Drives
  • Btrfs
  • EXT4
  • EXT3
  • FAT
  • NTFS
  • HFS+
  • exFAT*
  • Btrfs
  • EXT4
  • EXT3
  • FAT
  • NTFS
  • HFS+
  • exFAT*
Size (Height x Width x Depth) 166 mm x 282 mm x 243 mm 166 mm x 282 mm x 243 mm
Weight 5.3 kg 5.1 kg
System Fan 92 mm x 92 mm x 2 pcs 92 mm x 92 mm x 2 pcs
Fan Speed Mode
  • Full-Speed Mode
  • Cool Mode
  • Quiet Mode
  • Full-Speed Mode
  • Cool Mode
  • Quiet Mode
Easy Replacement System Fan
Brightness Adjustable Front LED Indicators
Power Recovery
Noise Level* 25.2 dB(A) 25.2 dB(A)
Scheduled Power On / Off
Wake on LAN / WAN
Power Supply Unit / Adapter 250 W 250 W
AC Input Power Voltage 100 V to 240 V AC 100 V to 240 V AC
Power Frequency 50/60 Hz, Single Phase 50/60 Hz, Single Phase
Power-Consumption 62.85 W (Access)
34.26 W (HDD Hibernation)
51.22 W (Access)
25.27 W (HDD Hibernation)
British Thermal Unit 214.45 BTU/hr (Access)
116.89 BTU/hr (HDD Hibernation)
174.77 BTU/hr (Access)
86.22 BTU/hr (HDD Hibernation)
Operating Temperature 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
Storage Temperature -20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F) -20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F)
Relative Humidity 5% to 95% RH 5% to 95% RH
Certification
  • EAC
  • VCCI
  • CCC
  • RCM
  • KC
  • FCC
  • CE
  • BSMI
  • EAC
  • VCCI
  • CCC
  • RCM
  • KC
  • FCC
  • CE
  • BSMI
Warranty 5 Years 3 Years
Environment RoHS Compliant RoHS Compliant
Packaging Content
  • Main Unit X 1
  • Accessory Pack X 1
  • AC Power Cord X 1
  • RJ-45 LAN Cable X 2
  • Quick Installation Guide X 1
  • Main Unit X 1
  • Accessory Pack X 1
  • AC Power Cord X 1
  • RJ-45 LAN Cable X 2
  • Quick Installation Guide X 1
Optional Accessories
  • DDR4 ECC SODIMM: D4ES01-8G
  • DDR4 ECC SODIMM: D4ECSO-2666-16G
  • Expansion Units: DX517
  • 2.5" SATA SSD: SAT5200
  • M.2 2280 NVMe SSD: SNV3400
  • 10GbE Network Interface Card: E10G18-T2/E10G18-T1/E10G17-F2
  • VisualStation: VS960HD/VS360HD
  • Surveillance Device License Pack
  • DDR4 ECC SODIMM: D4ES01-4G/D4ES01-8G/D4ECSO-2666-16G
  • Expansion Units: DX517
  • 2.5" SATA SSD: SAT5200
  • M.2 2280 NVMe SSD: SNV3400
  • 10GbE Network Interface Card: E10G18-T2/E10G18-T1/E10G17-F2
  • VisualStation: VS960HD/VS360HD
  • Surveillance Device License Pack
Maximum Internal Volume Number 256 64
Maximum iSCSI Target Number 256 128
Maximum iSCSI LUN 512 256
iSCSI LUN Clone/Snapshot, Windows ODX
SSD Read / Write Cache (White Paper)
SSD TRIM
RAID Group
Supported RAID Type
  • RAID F1
  • Basic
  • JBOD
  • RAID 0
  • RAID 1
  • RAID 5
  • RAID 6
  • RAID 10
  • Synology Hybrid RAID
  • 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
  • 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
  • Synology Hybrid RAID
  • RAID 1
  • RAID 5
  • RAID 6
  • RAID 10
Volume Expansion by Adding a HDD
  • RAID F1
  • JBOD
  • RAID 5
  • RAID 6
  • Synology Hybrid RAID
  • JBOD
  • RAID 5
  • RAID 6
Global Hot Spare Supported RAID Type
  • RAID F1
  • RAID 1
  • RAID 5
  • RAID 6
  • RAID 10
  • Synology Hybrid RAID
  • RAID 1
  • RAID 5
  • RAID 6
  • RAID 10
File Protocol CIFS/AFP/NFS/FTP/WebDAV CIFS/AFP/NFS/FTP/WebDAV
Maximum Concurrent CIFS/AFP/FTP Connections 2,000 1,000
Windows Access Control List (ACL) Integration
NFS Kerberos Authentication
Maximum Local User Accounts 16,000 2,048
Maximum Local Groups 512 256
Maximum Shared Folder 512 512
Maximum Shared Folder Sync Tasks 32 16
Synology High Availability
Log Center
Syslog Events per Second 1,500 800
VMware vSphere 6 with VAAI
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Citrix Ready
OpenStack
Networking Protocols SMB1 (CIFS), SMB2, SMB3, NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, NFS Kerberized sessions, iSCSI, HTTP, HTTPs, FTP, SNMP, LDAP, CalDAV SMB1 (CIFS), SMB2, SMB3, NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, NFS Kerberized sessions, iSCSI, HTTP, HTTPs, FTP, SNMP, LDAP, CalDAV
Supported Browsers
  • Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Edge
  • Internet Explorer 10 onwards
  • Safari 10 onwards
  • Safari (iOS 10 onwards)
  • Chrome (Android 6.0 onwards)
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Internet Explorer 10 onwards
  • Safari 10 onwards
  • Safari (iOS 10 onwards)
  • Google Chrome (Android 6.0 onwards)
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 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
Antivirus by McAfee (Trial)
Central Management System
Synology Chat
Maximum Users 2,900 1,800
Document Viewer
Download Station
Maximum Concurrent Download Tasks 80 80
exFAT Access (Optional)
Synology MailPlus / MailPlus Server
Free Email Accounts 5 (Licenses required for additional accounts) 5 (Licenses required for additional accounts)
Maximum Number of Concurrent Users 450 150
Maximum Server Performance 3,363,000 emails per day, approx. 102GB 1,484,000 emails per day, approx. 45GB
Media Server
DLNA Compliance
Moments
Facial Recognition
Subject Recognition
Auto Color & Rotate
Moments Select
Snapshot Replication
Maximum Snapshots per Shared Folder 1,024 1,024
Maximum of System Snapshots 65,536 65,536
Surveillance Station
Maximum IP cam (Licenses required) 75 (including 2 Free License) (See All Supported IP Cameras) 40 (including 2 Free License) (See All Supported IP Cameras)
Total FPS (H.264) 2250 FPS @ 720p (1280x720)
1050 FPS @ 1080p (1920x1080)
600 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536)
400 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)
280 FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)
1200 FPS @ 720p (1280x720)
1050 FPS @ 1080p (1920x1080)
600 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536)
440 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)
320 FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)
Total FPS (H.265) 2250 FPS @ 720p (1280x720)
2250 FPS @ 1080p (1920x1080)
1125 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536)
700 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)
490 FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)
1200 FPS @ 720p (1280x720)
1200 FPS @ 1080p (1920x1080)
1120 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536)
600 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)
480 FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)
Synology Drive
Recommended Number of Hosted Files 3,000,000 (applies to files indexed or hosted by Synology Drive. For file access through other standard protocols, refer to the File Services section above) 1,000,000 (applies to files indexed or hosted by Synology Drive. For file access through other standard protocols, refer to the File Services section above)
Recommended Number of Concurrent Sync Clients 900 (the number of connections that can be maintained when the recommended number of hosted files was reached) 550 (the number of connections that can be maintained when the recommended number of hosted files was reached)
Synology Office
Video Station
Virtual Machine Manager
Recommended Virtual Machine Instances 8 (Learn more) 8 (Learn more)
VPN Server
Maximum Connections 40 30
SpecsDS1621xs+DS1621+

 



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20 thoughts on “DS1621+ vs DS1621XS+

  1. Just bought the 1621xs+ for editing. 6 x 16TB Ironwolf Pros. 16gb ram. 2 x 800gb cache ssd. Solid as and great performance.Could add another card to support another edit suite without issue. 8 bays would have been better if I could find one available here at the moment but for my needs this is a great cost effective enterprise class solution. Especially with Ironwolf Pro16TB drives on sale for half price. Should my PC’s 32tb internal RAID fail I have back up media that will play back almost as well.
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  2. So I ordered the DS1621xs+ but while in transit to my door, I saw this review and realized that it doesn’t have the Hybrid RAID (SHR) that I guess ONLY the lower-end Synology NAS systems like the 1621+ come equipped with. Why on Earth would Synology take OUT this useful feature from of a higher end model is beyond me! I hope that the folks here at NASCompares really stick it to Synology so that they implement it into future higher-end NAS boxes.

    I understand that SHR is perhaps not the most efficient of RAID configurations, but anyone who has HDDs of varying sizes like I do needs to use a Hybrid RAID otherwise there will be tons of wasted space. So instead of keeping the functionality in the higher end systems and allowing the user to decide what they want to use, Synology removes the feature and forces us to use a traditional RAID configuration where all the HDDs need to be the same size to fully utilize the space.

    So, Synology, instead of getting $1,700 from me for the xs, you’re going to only get $700 on the lesser model when I return the xs for the 1621+ that has SHR…. and I’m then not as happy of a customer for getting something less than I was expecting. Boo Synology, Boo!
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  3. I wouldn’t t spend $1500 on a nas. I’d rather buy a HDD bay and a used Dell optiplex. The savings alone would cover half the cost on Nas HDD’s. Not to mention the performance of a more modern Intel CPU.
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  4. Great vid, the xs+ series are top end in Synology and geared towards business.
    I have the dual 10G card installed on 2 of these units in an HA setup with the built in 10G as the heartbeat and the card’s 2x10G in LACP. Planing to go all flash on the internal 6 bays (using RAID F1 which you showed on the specs comparison but didn’t mention), and I have an expansion bay with a 5 disk RAID5 array Cached (r/w) on the 2 NVMe drives.
    30Gbps I believe is necessary. Not for the home/Soho , but for an SMB you can’t otherwise get this type of performance , protection And convenience for this price!
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  5. Thank you very much for the great comparison review.
    PS: It’s kind of strange why audio volume is so low (I think youtube must add some ‘autocheck’ for uploaded content volume recorded as a warning, this forces to bump up volume, then when switch to other ‘normally’ recorded your ears will get a huge hit from your speakers (you will wake up the whole house if watch video in the night ) 🙂
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  6. then i have to say,i have buyed the right one of these 2 for me,and it is the 1621+ +10gb adapter+4gb ram-4x6tb wd red pro+2x wd red pro 2gb.
    for me–perfect solution for what i wanna do????thx so much for your vids++++
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  7. Didn’t search in all comments, how much costs the 2 year warranty extension of the DS1621+ ?
    As you said, add the 10GB card and 4GB more memory is around 200 bucks and the difference is still 400 bucks…..
    If the warranty extension costs 200 bucks, the difference is quite melted. As well the Xs+ has faster USB Ports (might be good for backup)
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  8. Great review. The lack of SHR for me is the main reason not to buy the DS1621xs along with the PCI slot that is actually useless. I would take the newer Ryzen even with slightly reduced performance as it will be far more efficient. Better still, buy the 1821+ and get two extra bays and stick the Dual 10GB card in that. I suspect the amount of DS1621xs sales will be quite low. If you really need to use your NAS for VM duties then look at QNAP for a true server processor IMHO. That coming from a 10 year + Synology owner!
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