Equipped with five 10TB SATA 3.5" standard NAS hard drives in its five 3.5"/2.5" drive bays, the IoSafe 1517 50TB 5-Bay NAS Array with 5 x 10TB Drivesis engineered to protect business-critical data, enhance recovery times, and deliver strong reliability while protecting up to 50TB of data from natural and man-made disasters. It is fireproof up to 1550°F for up to 30 minutes and also protects data from while fully submerged in up to 10' of fresh or salt water for up to 72 hours. Cloud-enabled and powered by Synology's DiskStation Manager operating system, the 1517 NAS includes apps for collaboration, file syncing and sharing, video surveillance, and more.

ioSafe's 1517 has five drive bays, each of which natively supports 3.5" SATA hard drives, as well as 2.5" SATA hard drives and SSDs. It is powered by a 1.7 GHz Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-314 Quad-Core processor, which will allow you to run multiple functions simultaneously, while 2GB of DDR3L RAM will allow quick access to frequently used files and programs. Also featured are two USB 3.0 Type-A ports and two eSATA ports which allow it to be connected to your Windows or Mac system. Network connectivity is achieved via four Gigabit Ethernet ports with Link Aggregation and Failover support, or a separately wireless dongle for Wi-Fi connectivity.

The 1517 runs on Synology's DiskStation Manager (DSM) operating system, which helps simplify managing your NAS, as well as accessing and sharing data. A variety of RAID modes are supported, which help provide users with data redundancy, speed, or a combination of both. Supported RAID modes include RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, Basic, and Synology Hybrid RAID. For those who do not require a RAID, JBOD is also available, allowing each drive bay to be individually utilized.

ioSafe has engineered this NAS to be energy efficient. Not only does it use dual 80 x 80mm fans to help keep the system running cool, the server supports numerous scheduled power on / off cycles and hard drive hibernation to further minimize power consumption and operational expenses. The 1517 operates on 100-240 VAC at 50/60 Hz and includes an accessory pack, a 200W AC power adapter, an AC power cord, and two RJ45 LAN cables. Protection is provided by a limited 1-year hardware warranty, along with one year of ioSafe's Basic Data Recovery Service (DRS). DRS includes free in-house data recovery and up to $2500 per TB coverage for third-party data recovery services.

50TB Storage Capacity    5 x 10TB SATA 3.5" HDDs    1.7 GHz Alpine AL-314 Quad-Core    2GB of DDR3L RAM    4 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports    2 x USB 3.0 Type-A | 2 x eSATA    RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, Hybrid, Basic, JBOD    Hardware Encryption Engine    Fireproof to 1550°F for 30 Minutes    Waterproof up to 10' for 72 Hours

Purpose-built to keep on-premises data safe during building fires, the 1517 NAS protects data from temperatures up to 1550°F for 30 minutes per ASTM E119.

Designed to protect data from floods, sprinklers, and fire department's hoses, the 1517 keeps data safe during periods of complete submersion in fresh or salt water up to a 10' depth for 72 hours.

Optional floor and rack mount kits enable the 1517 to be bolted down to protect against theft. Additionally, the kit enables access to the ports and drive bays to be blocked to prevent tampering.

Maximize uptime and minimize costly service interruptions. Synology High Availability (SHA) makes it simple to combine two NAS servers into a single high availability cluster with automatic failover.

Keep data safe and secure with military-grade hardware encryption, built-in vulnerability scanning and remediation, secure data transmission, login protection, and more.

Use the 1517 as a secure backup target or as primary storage with data backed up to another ioSafe or Synology device, an rsync server, Microsoft Azure, S3-compatible storage, or other cloud services.

Easily and securely synchronize data across PCs, Macs, iOS and Android devices, and other NAS with either one-way or two-way syncing that supports file versioning, point-in-time recovery, compression, and encryption.

Share files easily, quickly, and securely across multiple platforms with optionally password-protected or time-limited download links and built-in support for FTP, WebDAV, CalDAV, and CardDAV services.

Protect your home or business. Create an easily managed, reliable, and intuitive monitoring system that delivers secure storage for recordings. With Synology Surveillance Station, you can monitor streams from multiple cameras in real time and manage and analyze recordings. Mobile support enables you to take proactive camera control on the go using iOS or Android devices. With support for more than 6000 IP camera model and integration with I/O modules and door controllers, the 1517 can be used to build a complete security system for your premises.

Boost productivity. Synology Office enables you to create documents and spreadsheets, work collaboratively, chat with colleagues, and is compatible with Microsoft Word and Excel.

Includes a standard 1-year hardware warranty and one year of ioSafe's Basic Data Recovery Service (DRS) that covers the cost of third-party forensic data recovery up to $2500 per TB.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. What is the largest size hard drive I can put into this nas?

A: The Synology DiskStation DS1522+ 5-Bay NAS Enclosure (B&H # SYDS1522P) will support up to 20TB with their Synology hard drives. With 3rd party drives the enclosure will support up to 16TB. https://bhpho.to/3V8YRJ7

Q: 2. Would this unit, using the Thunderbolt 3 connection in RAID-1 configuration be fast enough to seamlessly edit 4K ProRes on Final Cut Pro X?

A: You might be pushing the limits in Raid 1. It would not be a problem in Raid 0, but performance in Raid 1 is going to around half.

Q: 3. If using this item on iMac, can the USB C port be used to power a MacBook Pro USB C?

A: It depends on power requirements. Did NOT work for the new MacBook Pro 16”. I tried this with a thunderbolt 3 cable...no go. I’d call tech support...in India...if that’s a deal breaker for you. I’ve heard the new Promise drives can power a more powerful monitor as they were made for the new Mac Pro.

Q: 4. How does the RAID 1 configuration work for video editing? Can you still work directly off of the drive? Working with 4K footage using FCPX & Resolve. Thanks!

A: RAID 1 is a pure backup format. You will go from 8TB capacity to 4TB capacity as one drive will simply copy the same information as the other drive. This can still be used for video editing, it just will not be as fast as a RAID 0 configuration, which is both drives acting as one.

Q: 5. What are the actual read/write speeds for this specific thunderbolt 2 drive (8TB) in RAID 0? It says up to 440MB/s but that could be for the 16TB version.

A: G-Technology does not independently list the transfer speeds of the different capacities. Generally they provide real life statistics with their benchmarks. As this is a new drive, I was not able to locate third party verification of the speeds at this time.

Q: 6. I'm running OS 10.13. Is it simple to reformat these disks as JOBD? Is this the best tool for the job if I don't want a RAID? I'm just looking for a single enclosure for two fast drives.

A: Yes, I would recommend a program called "softraid" for this. This item supports the following formats RAID 0, 1, JBOD.

Q: 7. Are the drives hot swappable?

A: The drives are not hot swappable on this unit.

Q: 8. What all does a person need with this to get running with a Mac Mini M1 on a regular home network for a photographer?

A: Everything needed to setup the NAS is included in the Synology 20TB DiskStation DS1522+ 5-Bay NAS Enclosure Kit with Seagate IronWolf NAS Drives (5 x 4TB).

Q: 9. Any real downsides to running the drive as JOBD, using software like carbon copy to use the second drive as a clone and backup daily? In JOBD, does my computer recognize two drives on the desktop? Im kinda paranoid running RAID 1 because if the RAID controller gets damaged or something, itll cost thousands to recover my data. I know its unlikely, but this company doesnt offer data recovery with their warranty, theyll just give you a new unit. If I run JOBD, I ASSUME I could swap one of the drives into a standard controller/housing and recover my data?

A: I assume you could do as you say, running it as JBOD and using CCC to back-up but you face the issue of having only a single copy of the data for up to a day (until your scheduled back-up runs).Running RAID 1 gives you 'immediate' mirroring to protect your data against a hard disk failure. What is more likely to fail? The hard disk or the RAID controller?If you want to do JBOD, you are paying a lot of extra money for this unit and wouldn't be getting maximum value out of it. I ran it as RAID 1, so i took advantage of what the drive offers, and used CCC to back that up to another single hard drive for 'backup'.

Q: 10. Does this sync natively to Sharepoint Online? This will be a network scan folder synced to SPO Document Library.

A: Users of the Synology DiskStation DS1522+ 5-Bay NAS Enclosure can backup their files to Sharepoint Online by installing Active Backup for Microsoft 365, a free addon for Synology NAS units.