Compact Storage Server with Outstanding Performance Synology Disk Station DS716+II is designed for small offices pursuing a compact yet powerful shared storage solution, featuring an Intel Celeron quad-core CPU, built-in AES-NI hardware encryption engine, 2GB DDR3 RAM, & storage scalability up to 7 drives with Synology Expansion Unit DX5132. With Link Aggregation enabled, DS716+II delivers up to an average 226.1 MB/s reading & 141.19 MB/s writing speed under RAID 1 configuration in a Windows environment, & an encrypted data transmission at over 226.09 MB/s reading & 138.04 MB/s writing. DS716+II comes with 3 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 ports both on the front & rear panel, providing fast & convenient data transfer & backup to external storage devices. Dual Gigabit LAN with failover support & hot-swappable drive tray design ensure continual service uptime during drive replacement or unexpected LAN failure. High Availability Manager ensures seamless transition between clustered servers in the event of server failure with minimal impact to applications to decrease the risk of unexpected interruptions & costly downtime. Virtualization Ready With i SCSI support in DSM, DS716+II provides seamless storage solutions for virtualization environments, including VMware, Citrix, & Hyper-V. With VMware v Sphere 5 & VAAI integration, DS716+II 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.