Synology DS1511+ Specifications Download Page 2

Data Sheet

CONNECTIONS & BUTTONS

Networking

SYNOLOGY INC.

Founded in 2000, Synology is a young and energetic 

company dedicated to developing high-performance, 

reliable, versatile, and environmentally-friendly 

Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. Our goal 

is to deliver user-friendly solutions and solid customer 

service to satisfy the needs of businesses, home offices, 

individual users and families.

Copyright © 2010, Synology Inc. All rights reserved. 

Synology, the Synology logo are trademarks or 

registered trademarks of Synology Inc. Other product 

and company names mentioned herein may be 

trademarks of their respective companies. Synology 

may make changes to specification and product 

descriptions at anytime, without notice.  

Printed in Taiwan,  

-2010-ENU-REV001

http://www.synology.com

Headquarters

Synology Inc.

3F-3, No. 106, Chang An W. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan

Tel: +886 2 2552 1814 Fax: +886 2 2552 1824

North & South America

Synology America Corp.

2899 152nd Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052. USA

Tel: +1 425 818 1587

Synology UK Ltd.

Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, 

Milton Keynes, Bucks, 

MK5 8PB, UK

Tel: +44 01908 673 709

Technical Specifications

Hardware

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CPU: 1.8GHz, Dual Core, with floating point

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RAM Size: 1 GB

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Internal HDD

5

: 5X 3.5” or 2.5” SATA(II)

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External HDD Interface: 4X USB ports, 2X eSATA ports

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Size: 157mm X 248mm X 233mm

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Weight: 4.25kg

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LAN: 2X Gigabit

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Fan: 2X (80mm X 80mm)

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Wake on LAN

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Noise Level

6

: 25.8 dB(A)

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Hot swappable HDD

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Power Recovery

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AC Input Power Voltage: 100V to 240V

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Power Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz, Single Phase

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Max Internal Capacity: 15TB (5X 3TB hard drives)

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Operating Temperature: 5°C to 35°C (40°F to 95°F)

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Storage Temperature: -10°C to 70°C (15°F to 155°F)

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Relative Humidity: 5% to 95% RH

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Max Operating Altitude: 10,000 feet

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Power Consumption: 68W (Access); 30W (HDD 

Hibernation)

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Certification: FCC Class B, CE Class B, BSMI Class B

Applications

File Browser / File Station
FTP Server

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Bandwidth Control

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Custom FTP Passive Port Range

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Anonymous FTP

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Transfer Log

Web Station

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Virtual Host (up to 30 websites)

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PHP/MySQL

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Alternative HTTP Error Page

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3rd-Party Applications Support

Surveillance Station

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Default IP cam #: 1

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MAX IP cam # (licenses required): 20

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Photo Station

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Supported Image Format: BMP, JPG (jpe, jpeg), GIF, RAW 

(arw, srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, 

3fr, erf, mef, mos, orf, rw2, dng, x3f)

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Supported Video Format

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 : 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, 

FLV, M4V, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, QT, WMV, XviD, RM, 

RMVB, VOB, RV30, RV40, AC3, AMR, WMA3

Download Station

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Supported Download Protocols: BT/HTTP/FTP/NZB/eMule

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Custom BitTorrent Port Range

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BitTorrent / eMule Bandwidth Control

Audio Station

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Supported Audio Format: (USB Mode) AAC, FLAC, M4A, 

MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, WMA VBR; (Streaming Mode)

MP3, M4A, M4B

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Supported Playlist Format: M3U, WPL

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Internet Radio: SHOUTcast, Radioio

DLNA/UPnP Media Server

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DLNA Certified

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PS3/Xbox 360 Support

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Supported Audio Format: AAC, FLAC, M4A, MP3, Ogg  

Vorbis, PCM, WAV, WMA, WMA VBR, WMA PRO, WMA 

Lossless

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Supported Video Format: 3GP, 3G2, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, 

DVR-MS, ISO, M2T, M2TS, M4V, MKV, MP4, MPEG1, MPEG2, 

MPEG4, MTS, MOV, QT, SWF, TP, TRP, TS, VOB, WMV, XviD, 

RV30, RV40, AC3, AMR, WMA3

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Supported Image Format: BMP, JPG (jpe, jpeg), GIF, ICO, 

PNG, PSD, TIF (tiff), UFO, RAW (arw, srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, 

cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, 3fr, erf, mef, mos, orf, rw2, 

dng, x3f)

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Supported Subtitles Format: srt, psb, smi, ass, ssa, sub, 

idx, ifo

iTunes Server

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Supported Audio Format

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: MP3, M4A, M4P, WAV, AIF

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Supported Video Format: M4V, MOV, MP4

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Supported Playlist Format: M3U, WPL

Print Server

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Max Printer #: 2

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Supported Protocols: LPR, CIFS, AppleTalk

Synology Packages

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Mail Station

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Squeezebox Server

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Webalizer

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phpMyAdmin

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Time Backup

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HASP

iPhone and Android Applications

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DS photo+

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DS audio

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DS cam

General Specifications

Networking Protocols

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CIFS, AFP, FTP, iSCSI, Telnet, SSH, NFS, WebDAV, SNMP

File System

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EXT4

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EXT3 (External Disk Only)

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FAT32 (External Disk Only)

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NTFS (External Disk Only)

Volume Management

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Synology Hybrid RAID

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Max iSCSI Target / LUN: 32 / 256

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Volume Type: Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 

5+Spare, RAID 6, RAID 10

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RAID Migration: from Basic to RAID 1, from Basic to RAID 5, 

from RAID 1 to RAID 5, from RAID 5 to RAID 5+Spare, from 

RAID 5 to RAID 6

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Expand RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 5+Spare or RAID 6 with 

Larger Hard Drives

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Expand RAID 5 by Adding a Hard Drive On The Fly

File Sharing Capability

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Max User Account: 2048

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Max Group: 256

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Max Shared Folder: 256

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Max Concurrent Connections (CIFS, FTP, AFP): 512

Windows Access Control List (ACL) Support
Windows ADS Domain Integration

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Domain Users login via CIFS/AFP/FTP/File Station

Backup Solutions

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Network Backup

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Local Backup

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Time Backup

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Desktop Backup (using Synology Data Replicator 3 or 

Apple Time Machine backup application)

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3rd-Party Backup Support

Security

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FTP over SSL/TLS

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IP Auto-Block

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Firewall

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Encrypted Network Backup over rsync

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HTTPS Connection

Management

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DSM Upgrade

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Email Notification

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SMS Notification

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Customized User Quota

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DDNS Support

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PPPoE

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Resource Monitor

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UPS Management

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Multiple Scheduled Power On/Off

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Custom Management UI HTTP/HTTPS Ports

HDD Management

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HDD Hibernation

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S.M.A.R.T.

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Dynamic Bad Sector Mapping

Utilities

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Synology Assistant

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Synology Download Redirector

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Synology Data Replicator

Supported Browsers

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Chrome 5

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Internet Explorer 7 and 8

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Firefox 3.5 and 3.6

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Safari 4 and 5 (Mac)

Supported Clients

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Windows 2000 onward

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Mac OS X 10.3 onward

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Ubuntu 9.04 onward

Supported Mobile Devices (Photo Station, File Station)

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iPhone OS 2.2.1 onward

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Android OS 1.5 onward

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Windows Mobile (IE Mobile or Opera 9.0 onward)

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Symbian OS 9.1, S60 3rd Edition onward

Language

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Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, 

Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese 

Brazil, Portuguese European, Russian, Simplified Chinese, 

Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish

Environment and Packaging

Environment

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RoHS Compliant

Package Content

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Main Unit

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Installation DVD

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Welcome Note

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Assembling Kit

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AC Power Cord

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2M RJ-45 LAN Cable

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1GB RAM module (optional)

Optional Accessories

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Remote

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Camera License Pack

1.  With Link Aggregation enabled. The performance figures could vary 

on different environments.

2.  Purchase separately.

3.   supports up to 2 Synology DX510.

4.  Expandable (up to 3GB).

5.  Hard drive not included.

6.  Fully loaded with Seagate 1TB ST31000520AS hard drive(s) in 

operation; Two G.R.A.S. Type 40AE microphones, each set up at 1 

meter away from the DiskStation front and rear; Background noise: 

17.2 dB(A); Temperature: 23.6˚C; Humidity: 58.2%; More details about 

dB(A) value, check http://www.memtechacoustical.com/facts.asp 

7.  The actual capacity will differ according to volume types.

8.  Measured with 5 Seagate 750GB ST3750640NS hard drive. The 

figures could vary on different environments.

9.  1 free license to install 1 IP camera. Additional licenses can be 

purchased to expand the license quota.

10. User can click and download the following video formats: RM, RMVB, 

VOB, RV30, RV40, AC3, AMR, WMA3, but not able to play it in Photo 

Station as compressed Flash video.

11. The music in WAV and AIF format can be streamed, but the metadata 

(ex: title, album) may not be indexed on the iTunes.

12. For Mac users, supports PostScript USB printers only.

USB Printer

External Disk

Wireless Router

Windows ADS Server

IP Camera

PC / Mac / Linux

PC / Mac / Linux

FAN

USB 2.0 

Port

eSATA 

Port

VGA 

Port

LAN 

Port

Power 

Port

RESET

Tray Lock

HDD Tray

LED Indicators

Power Button

Safety 

Lock

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