Synology RS10613xs+: 10GbE 10-bay Rackmount NAS Review

Multi-Client Performance - CIFS

We put the Synology RS10613xs+ through some IOMeter tests with a CIFS share being accessed from up to 25 VMs simultaneously. The following four graphs show the total available bandwidth and the average response time while being subject to different types of workloads through IOMeter. IOMeter also reports various other metrics of interest such as maximum response time, read and write IOPS, separate read and write bandwidth figures etc. 

We put the NAS through this evaluation in two modes. In one, we just teamed up two 1Gb ports and used the others as redundant links (with the 10G ports disconnected). In the second mode, we teamed everything together to provide a link theoretically capable of providing up to 24 Gbps. The graphs below present the results.

Synology RS10613XS+ - 10 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 10G 802.3ad - 100% Sequential ReadsSynology RS10613XS+ - 10 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 10G + 4x 1G 802.3ad - 100% Sequential ReadsSynology RS10613XS+ - 10 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G 802.3ad - 100% Sequential ReadsQNAP TS-EC1279U-RP - 12 SSDs / RAID-5 / 4x 1G 802.3ad - 100% Sequential ReadsQNAP TS-EC1279U-RP - 12 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G 802.3ad - 100% Sequential ReadsSynology DS-1812+ - 8 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G 802.3ad - 100% Sequential Reads

Synology RS10613XS+ - 10 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 10G 802.3ad - Max Throughput - 50% ReadsSynology RS10613XS+ - 10 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 10G + 4x 1G 802.3ad - Max Throughput - 50% ReadsSynology RS10613XS+ - 10 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G 802.3ad - Max Throughput - 50% ReadsQNAP TS-EC1279U-RP - 12 SSDs / RAID-5 / 4x 1G 802.3ad - Max Throughput - 50% ReadsQNAP TS-EC1279U-RP - 12 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G 802.3ad - Max Throughput - 50% ReadsSynology DS-1812+ - 8 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G 802.3ad - Max Throughput - 50% Reads

Synology RS10613XS+ - 10 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 10G 802.3ad - Random 8K - 70% ReadsSynology RS10613XS+ - 10 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 10G + 4x 1G 802.3ad - Random 8K - 70% ReadsSynology RS10613XS+ - 10 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G 802.3ad - Random 8K - 70% ReadsQNAP TS-EC1279U-RP - 12 SSDs / RAID-5 / 4x 1G 802.3ad - Random 8K - 70% ReadsQNAP TS-EC1279U-RP - 12 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G 802.3ad - Random 8K - 70% ReadsSynology DS-1812+ - 8 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G 802.3ad - Random 8K - 70% Reads

Synology RS10613XS+ - 10 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 10G 802.3ad - Real Life - 65% ReadsSynology RS10613XS+ - 10 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 10G + 4x 1G 802.3ad - Real Life - 65% ReadsSynology RS10613XS+ - 10 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G 802.3ad - Real Life - 65% ReadsQNAP TS-EC1279U-RP - 12 SSDs / RAID-5 / 4x 1G 802.3ad - Real Life - 65% ReadsQNAP TS-EC1279U-RP - 12 SSDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G 802.3ad - Real Life - 65% ReadsSynology DS-1812+ - 8 HDDs / RAID-5 / 2x 1G 802.3ad - Real Life - 65% Reads

Readers interested in the actual values can refer to our evaluation metrics table available here (with teaming of two of the 1 Gbps ports together and the others were left unconnected), here (with teaming of two of the 10 Gbps ports together and the others left unconnected) and here (with a 24 Gbps uplink - teaming all available network ports together).

The graphs for the QNAP TS-EC1279U-RP as well as the Synology DS1812+ are also presented as reference, but do remember that the QNAP unit had twelve drives in RAID-5 compared to ten here. The DS1812+ was also evaluated with hard drives in RAID-5 in its eight bays. In addition, none of the other units were equipped with 10 Gb links. With speeds reaching up to 800 MBps in RAID-5 for certain access patters,  the RS10613xs+ is, by far, the fastest NAS we have evaluated in our labs as yet. Synology claims speeds of up to 2000 MBps, and this is definitely possible in other RAID configurations with specific access patterns.