x517 5-Bay Expansion
Each x517 Expansion Unit adds five bays for up to 70TB of networked storage and data protection to an ioSafe 1522+, 1520+, 1019+, 1517, or 1515+ NAS system.
*x517+ 0TB (Diskless) includes free 2-year hardware warranty only. Data Recovery Service (DRS) not included.
Pre-populated devices (10 – 70TB) include both 2-year hardware warranty + DRS. Learn more about DRS.
Specifications
Inside the Box
- x517 Expansion
- Welcome Note
- Accessory Pack
- AC Power Cord
- eSATA Cable
Drive Bays
5 per Expansion Unit
Max Internal Capacity
Up to 70 TB per Expansion Unit (Capacity may vary by RAID type)
Compatible drive type
5 x 3.5″/2.5″ SATA HDD/SSD (drives not included)
eSATA port
x 1
Product Dimensions
483mm W x 153mm L x 534mm H (19in W x 16in L x 21in H)
Product Weight
- Unpopulated: 23 kg (64 lbs)
- Populated: 33 kg (72 lbs)
System fan
(2) 120 mm x 120 mm
Electrical
100V to 240V AC 50/60 Hz, Single Phase
Power recovery
Synchronized with connected ioSafe unit (Auto Mode)
Warranty and Data Recovery Service (DRS)
2 years hardware warranty standard for all configurations.
Devices that include factory-installed hard drives include two years DRS, extendable to 5 years. DRS upgrade includes 5 years of hardware warranty coverage.
Fire Protection
Up to 1550° F, 30 minutes per ASTM E-119
Water Protection
IP68: Fully submersed, fresh or salt water, 10 foot depth, 72 hours
Theft Protection
Metal Kensington Lock Slot, optional Floor Mount Kit
Tested per UL, FCC and CE Standards
Operating Temperatures
5°C to 35°C (40°F to 95°F)
Non-operating Temperatures
-20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F)
Operating Humidity
5% – 95% Relative Humidity
Non-operating Humidity
100%, Full water immersion, 10 feet, 3 days.
Connections
- (1) eSATA
Specifications
Hardware
| Storage | |
| Drive Bays | 5 |
| Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit | 10 |
| Compatible Drive Type | 3.5″ SATA HDD |
| 2.5″ SATA HDD | |
| 2.5″ SATA SSD | |
| Qualified Drives | Western Digital |
| WD2002FFSX – Red Pro NAS 2TB | |
| WD20EFRX – Red NAS 2TB | |
| WD40EFRX – Red NAS 4TB | |
| WD4003FFBX – Red Pro NAS 4TB | |
| WD8003FFBX – Red Pro NAS 8TB | |
| WD80EFAX – Red NAS 8TB | |
| Seagate | |
| ST2000NE0025 – IronWolf Pro 2TB | |
| ST2000VN004 – IronWolf 2TB | |
| ST4000VN008 – IronWolf 4TB | |
| ST4000NE0025 – IronWolf Pro 4TB | |
| ST8000VN0022 – IronWolf 8TB | |
| ST8000NE0004 – IronWolf Pro 8TB | |
| ST14000VN0008 – IronWolf 14TB | |
| Maximum Internal Raw Capacity | 70 TB (14 TB drive x 5) (Capacity may vary by RAID types) |
| Maximum Raw Capacity with Expansion Units | 140 TB (70 TB + 14 TB drive x 5) (Capacity may vary by RAID types) |
| Maximum Single Volume Size | 108 TB |
| If your RAID type is RAID 0/1/5/6/10, you can create multiple volumes to avoid 108 TB limitations. | |
| Each volume needs to be below 108 TB. | |
| If your RAID type is SHR, you can use sizes over 108 TB by directly converting a single volume to multiple volumes. | |
| Hot Swappable Drive | ✔ |
| CPU | |
| CPU Model | Intel Celeron J3455 |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit |
| CPU Frequency | Quad Core 1.5 GHz (bursts to 2.3GHz) |
| Hardware Encryption Engine | ✔ |
| Memory | |
| System Memory | 8 GB DDR3L |
| External Ports | |
| RJ-45 1GbE LAN Port | 2 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support) |
| USB 3.0 Port | 2 |
| eSATA Port | 1 |
| File System | |
| Internal Drives | EXT4 and Btrfs |
| External Drives | Btrfs |
| EXT4 | |
| EXT3 | |
| FAT | |
| NTFS | |
| HFS+ | |
| exFAT (purchased separately in Synology Package Center) | |
| Appearance | |
| Size (Height x Width x Depth) | 375 mm X 221 mm X 317 mm (14.76 in X 8.70 in X 12.48 in) |
| Weight | 29 kg diskless, 33 kg with disks (64 lbs diskless, 72 lbs with disks) |
| Others | |
| System Fan | 120 mm x 120 mm (x2) |
| Fan Speed Mode | Quiet Mode (default) |
| Cool Mode | |
| Full Speed | |
| Easy Replacement System Fan | ✔ |
| Power Recovery | ✔ |
| Scheduled Power On/Off | ✔ |
| Wake on LAN/WAN | ✔ |
| Power Supply Unit / Adapter | 150 W |
| AC Input Power Voltage | 100V to 240V AC |
| Power Frequency | 50/60 Hz, Single Phase |
| Power Consumption* | 75 W (Access) |
| 28 W (HDD Hibernation) | |
| British Thermal Unit | 256.9 BTU/hr (Access) |
| 95.5 BTU/hr (HDD Hibernation) | |
| Environment Temperature | |
| Operating Temperature | 5°C to 35°C (40°F to 95°F) |
| Storage Temperature | -20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F) |
| Relative Humidity | 5% to 95% RH |
| Certification | FCC Class A |
| CE Class A | |
| RCM Class A | |
| Warranty | 2 Years No-Hassle Warranty and 2 years DRS. Extendable to 5 Years No-Hassle Warranty and 5 years DRS. |
DiskStation Manager (DSM)
| Storage Management | |
| Maximum Internal Volume Number | 256 |
| Maximum iSCSI Target Number | 32 |
| Maximum iSCSI LUN | 256 |
| iSCSI LUN Clone/Snapshot, Windows ODX | ✔ |
| SSD TRIM | ✔ |
| Supported RAID Type | 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 | |
| Volume Expansion with Larger HDDs | Synology Hybrid RAID |
| RAID 1 | |
| RAID 5 | |
| RAID 6 | |
| Volume Expansion by Adding a HDD | Synology Hybrid RAID |
| RAID 5 | |
| RAID 6 | |
| JBOD | |
| Global Hot Spare Supported RAID Type | Synology Hybrid RAID |
| RAID 1 | |
| RAID 5 | |
| RAID 6 | |
| RAID 10 | |
| File Sharing Capacity | |
| Maximum Local User Accounts | 2048 |
| Maximum Local Groups | 256 |
| Maximum Shared Folder | 256 |
| Maximum Shared Folder Sync Tasks | 4 |
| Maximum Concurrent CIFS/AFP/FTP Connections | 512 |
| Windows Access Control List (ACL) Integration | ✔ |
| NFS Kerberos Authentication | ✔ |
| High Availability Manager | ✔ |
| Log Center | ✔ |
| Syslog Events per Second | 400 |
| For more about Synology DiskStation Manager, visit Synology.com |
Add-on Packages
| Central Management System | ✔ |
| Chat | ✔ |
| Maximum Users | 800 |
| Notes | The number of concurrent HTTP connections for Chat was configured to the maximum. |
| For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed. | |
| Cloud Station Server | ✔ |
| Maximum Number of Concurrently Connected Devices | 512 |
| Maximum Number of Synced Files (ext4) | 500,000 / single file reaction time 763 ms |
| Notes | The maximum number of concurrently connected devices refers to the maximum number of devices that can remain connected at the same time. For more information on file processing capability, please refer to the reaction time for file processing. |
| File reaction time refers to the preparation time required for other devices to start downloading a 10KByte file from a Synology NAS after the file has been added to the NAS. RAM expansion was not used during testing. | |
| Non-encrypted shared folders were used during the aforementioned testing. | |
| Download Station | ✔ |
| Maximum Concurrent Download Tasks | 50 |
| exFAT Access (optional) | ✔ |
| Media Server | ✔ |
| DLNA Compliance | ✔ |
| Office | ✔ |
| Maximum Users | 150 |
| Notes | CPU and RAM usage were both under 80% when the number of maximum users was reached. |
| For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed. | |
| Client performance may affect maximum simultaneous editing users. Client PCs used for testing: Intel Core i3-3220 / 8GB RAM | |
| Surveillance Station | ✔ |
| Maximum IP cam (Licenses required) | 30 (including 2 Free License) |
| Total FPS (H.264)* | 900 FPS @ 720p (1280×720) |
| 300 FPS @ 1080p (1920×1080) | |
| 200 FPS @ 3M (2048×1536) | |
| 150 FPS @ 5M (2591×1944) | |
| 50 FPS @ 4K (3840×2160) | |
| Total FPS (H.265)* | 900 FPS @ 720p (1280×720) |
| 900 FPS @ 1080p (1920×1080) | |
| 660 FPS @ 3M (2048×1536) | |
| 330 FPS @ 5M (2591×1944) | |
| 150 FPS @ 4K (3840×2160) | |
| Total FPS (MJPEG)* | 250 FPS @ 720p (1280×720) |
| 120 FPS @ 1080p (1920×1080) | |
| 100 FPS @ 3M (2048×1536) | |
| 80 FPS @ 5M (2591×1944) | |
| Notes | Surveillance Station throughput is tested with Axis network camera, using continuous recording with live view from Surveillance Station and motion detection by camera. Live view and recording are sharing the same stream from the camera. |
| Video Station | ✔ |
| Video Transcoding | Group 1 – Type 2 |
| Maximum Transcoding Channel Number | 1 channel, 30 FPS @ 720p (1280×720), H.264 (AVC)/MPEG-4 Part 2 (XVID, DIVX5)/MPEG-2/VC-1 |
| VPN Server | ✔ |
| Maximum Connections | 15 |
Environment & Packaging
| Environment | RoHS Compliant |
| Packaging Content | Main Unit X 1 |
| Welcome Note X 1 | |
| Accessory Pack X 1 | |
| AC Power Cord X 1 | |
| RJ-45 LAN Cable X 1 | |
| Optional Accessories | Surveillance Device License Pack |
| Expansion Unit: DX517 X 2 | |
| VS360HD | |
| VS960HD |
General
| Networking Protocols | CIFS |
| AFP | |
| NFS | |
| FTP | |
| WebDAV | |
| CalDAV | |
| iSCSI | |
| Telnet | |
| SSH | |
| SNMP | |
| VPN (PPTP, OpenVPN) | |
| Windows AD Domain Integration | Domain Users login via Samba/AFP/FTP/File Station |
| HDD Management | HDD Hibernation |
| S.M.A.R.T. | |
| Dynamic Bad Sector Mapping | |
| Security | FTP over SSL/TLS |
| IP Auto-Block | |
| Firewall | |
| Encrypted Network Backup over Rsync | |
| HTTPS Connection | |
| Utilities | Synology Assistant |
| Supported Clients | Windows 7 and 10 |
| Mac OS X 10.11 onward | |
| Supported Browsers | Chrome |
| Firefox | |
| Internet Explorer 10 onwards | |
| Safari 10 onwards | |
| Safari (iOS 10 onwards) | |
| 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, 日本語, 한국어, 繁體中文, 简体中文 |
Features
Easily add 5 additional drive bays to your ioSafe 5-bay NAS. Supporting both 2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA drives, x517 is a flexible solution supporting on-the-fly volume expansion or serving as a local backup destination.
ALWAYS READY
- Withstands 1550°F up to 30 mins
- Office fire protection
THEY USE WATER TO PUT OUT FIRES, RIGHT?
- Fully submerged, 72 hours, 10-foot depth
- Flood protection
5-BAY, 10-BAY or 15-BAY. HAVE IT YOUR WAY.
- 14TB – 70TB capacity
- Triples to 210TB (optional expansion)
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Need a five-bay expansion chassis? Or a kit to rackmount or physically secure your x517? Let us know.
ABOUT THE x517 Expansion
OVERVIEW
- Fireproof and waterproof NAS device
- Capacities of up to 70TB
- 5-bay
- Kensington security slot and with an optional floor mount and padlock kit available
SECURE, PROTECT, RECOVER
- Engineered to protect your work and make certain that you can get your business up and running ASAP
- Acts as a backup system, disaster recovery plan, and robust collaboration tool all-in-one
- Locally, securely store data and enjoy the benefits of cloud storage
- Use our optional Data Recovery Service (DRS) to get you back in business quickly
- Get forensic data recovery (if needed)
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