Superior Performance The Synology DS1813+ is built for speed. With dual core CPU & expandable RAM capacity, the DS1813+ is ideal for the mission critical tasks of SMBs as well as the most intensive applications from data-encryption to video-transcoding. With link aggregation, Synology DS1813+ can deliver up to an average 352.39 MB/sec reading & 211.88 MB/sec writing speed under RAID 5 configuration in a Windows environment. Virtualization Ready With the i SCSI support in DSM, DS1813+ provides seamless storage solutions for virtualization environments, including VMware, Citrix, & Hyper-V. VMware v Sphere 5 & VAAI integration, DS1813+ helps offload specific storage operations & optimizes computation power for unparalleled performance & efficiency in VMware environments. It is the ideal alternative to SAN solution for businesses. Affordable & cost-effective, i SCSI allows SMB users to consolidate storage into data center storage arrays while providing hosts with the illusion of locally-attached disks. Feature-Rich Business Applications Put your data to work with Synologys DS1813+. With Windows ACL & LDAP support DS1813+ fits easily into any existing workgroup environment, providing detailed access control & efficient privilege settings. A wealth of SMB applications including printer sharing, VPN server, ERP software, mail server, web server, anti-virus, & network video surveillance, allows a single Synology DS1813+ to replace several pieces of traditional hardware & helps to maximize your productivity while keeping cost & effort to a minimum. Resilient & Reliable In addition to superior performance, the DS1813+ is built for reliability. Four LAN ports provide redundancy in the event of unexpected hardware failure while hot swappable drives also help to minimize system downtime during drive replacement. Furthermore, passive cooling technology eliminates the dependency upon a dedicated processor cooling fa