The Synology DiskStation DS1823xs+ is a high-performance 8-bay desktop NAS engineered for small and medium businesses, creative studios, and IT enthusiasts requiring powerful, compact storage. Powered by a 3.35 GHz AMD Ryzen V1780B quad-core processor with 8GB DDR4 ECC RAM (expandable to 32GB), delivering sequential read speeds over 3100 MB/s and write speeds over 2600 MB/s for fast file sharing and multi-user environments. Features built-in 10 Gigabit Ethernet port and three Gigabit Ethernet ports for robust network connectivity. Supports 3.5" and 2.5" SATA drives with flexible RAID configurations (0, 1, 5, 6, 10, F1, Basic, JBOD). Includes two M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slots for all-flash storage volumes or read/write cache acceleration to boost HDD performance. One PCIe Gen3 x8/x4 slot for 1/10/25GbE network cards or Fiber Channel expansion. Expandable to 18 drive bays using two DX517 expansion units via eSATA ports. Features hot-swappable drive trays, fanless CPU heat sinks with passive cooling, dual 120mm fans with noise-dampening design, and dedicated out-of-band (OOB) management port for remote troubleshooting. Running on DiskStation Manager (DSM) with High Availability clustering, Snapshot Replication, Active Backup Suite for endpoints, VMs, and SaaS applications, and collaboration tools including Drive, Office, Chat, MailPlus, and Calendar. Fully certified for VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and OpenStack with Storage Console, VAAI, and ODX support. Includes Virtual Machine Manager for Docker containers and Windows/Linux VMs. Backed by a 5-year limited warranty.