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Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.2 DS508 Highlights 5x Hot Swappable SATA Drives Dual Gb LAN ports High Performance –RAID 5 Windows Write: 30MB/Sec + –RAID 5 Windows Read: 49MB/Sec + Compact size 203mm 177mm 242mm

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.3 Feature Highlights File Sharing Windows Mac Linux FTP Server Bandwidth Control Encryption over SSL/TLS Auto-blocks uninvited IP’s Storage Management Supports Basic, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 Adding a drive to RAID 5 on the file Backup Alternatives Encrypted Network Backup Local Backup via USB Desktop Backup from PC users using Data Replicator 3 Download Server Continuous Download with PC Supports BT/HTTP/FTP links iTunes Server Shares music collection to iTunes users on the network Surveillance Station Multiple IP Camera Support Motion-detecting Recording Web Server Built-in Apache web server PHP/MySQL preinstalled HTTPS Internet Sharing Web-based File Browser Photo/Video/Blog Sharing using Photo Station 3 Printer Sharing LPR CIFS Apple Talk Multimedia Content Sharing Supports standard UPnP Sony PS3 and Microsoft Xbox360 supported More: Telnet/SSH Ready Add 3rd party applications Customize the server with more freedom

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.4 File Server Instant sharing with few clicks of setup For Windows users and Mac users Supports CIFS(SMB)/FTP/AFP Supports Windows ADS Internal Disk –Supports up to 5 x 1TB SATA disk External Disk Expansion –Via USB/eSATA port –Hibernation supported Switch/Router USB Drive SATA Drive Mac User Windows User

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.5 Windows ADS Support Supports Windows ADS Supports cross-subnet ADS User quota management for domain users Shared folder access control for domain users Domain users login via CIFS/AFP/FTP Domain Controller File Photo Web Multimedia Authentication Check Active Directory Access Granted etc. Windows Domain Users

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.6 RAID Management Volume Type: –Basic –RAID 0 –RAID 1 –RAID 5 Upgrade Basic to RAID 1 Expand RAID 5 with Larger Hard Drives Volume Auto-rebuild after Abnormal Power Failure Expand RAID 5 by Adding a Hard Drive On the Fly 80GB HDD1 HDD2 Basic RAID 1 Adding another HDD at a latter time 80GB HDD2 RAID 5 Replace with larger HDDs at a latter time 80GB HDD1 80GB HDD4 80GB HDD3 750GB HDD2 750GB HDD1 750GB HDD4 750GB HDD3

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.7 FTP Server Flexible Management –Upload/Download bandwidth control –Anonymous login –Configurable PASSIVE mode port range Hack Prevention –Automatically blocks repeated attempts of uninvited IP Security Enhancement –FTP over SSL (explicit) –FTP over TLS (explicit)

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.8 Backup Server PC Backup Using Synology Data Replicator 3 Automatic backup / Scheduled backup Restore files easily Network Backup Scheduled backup / Incremental backup Encrypted backup IP-based Internet backup Local Backup Scheduled backup / Incremental backup Switch/Router USB Drive 4 x SATA Drive Local Backup PC Backup Network Backup

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.9 Web Server (Web Station) Apache+PHP+MySQL Supports HTTPS connection Editable HTTP Error Page Web Page Internet Switch/Router Upload Web Pages View Web Pages

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.10 Surveillance Server (Surveillance Station) Supports multiple brands of IP camera –Panasonic, Axis, D-Link (list is growinig) Supports multiple IP cameras Centralized management with a web browser Recording Modes: –Continuous recording –Motion-detection recording Switch/Router

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.11 Download Server (Download Station) Continuous download without PC Drop download links to Synology Download Redirector and the download will start right away Supports BT/HTTP/FTP links Configurable upload/download bandwidth and port range Switch/Router Windows or Mac PC Bit Torrent Link FTP Link HTTP Link Drop Files Here! 1 Send Download Tasks 2 Download Files from Internet 3 Internet Download Redirector

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.12 Web Download Manager The web-based Download Manager can further assist you to manage download tasks remotely with a web browser Endless Download No Matter Where you are Office Home School Manage Download Tasks Remotely 1 Internet Download Files from Internet 2 Web Download Manager

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.13 Photo Station 3 A pre-installed web Photo+Video+Blog Sharing Application Access Control for Visitors Editable Title and Description for Photo Albums and Individual Photos Changeable Album Cover Photo Station 3 Internet Switch/Router Upload Photos View Photos

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.14 Multimedia Server Music, Movie, and Photo are instantly sent to your Stereo set and TV set when a DMA is hooked up. Supported Music Format: AAC, M4A, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, WMA, WMA VBR, WMA PRO, WMA Lossless Supported Movie Format: ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, MP4, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, VOB, WMV, XviD Supported Photo Format: BMP, JPG (jpe, jpeg), GIF, ICO, PNG, PSD, TIF (tiff), UFO Supported Playlist: WPL, M3U Switch/Router Digital Media Adapter Stereo System TV Set

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.15 iTunes Server Play music stored on DS508 with iTunes No need to download the music before playing Manageable play list with web-based management UI

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.16 Printer Server Supports a variety of USB printers* Supports LPR/CIFS/AppleTalk protocols # Switch/Router Mac User Windows User Printer ___ * Check for most updated support listwww.synology.com # Mac users should use USB printers with PostScript support

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.17 Other Features User quota management Smart FAN speed adjustment Scheduled Power On/Off USB-interface UPS support Read-only NTFS external disk support 3rd-Party Backup Support –Acronis True Image –Symantec Backup Exec 11d2 –EMC Retrospect 7.5 –LaCie SilverKeeper Setup Utilities –Synology Assistant –Synology Download Redirector –Synology Data Replicator 3 (PC only)

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.18 Summary Ultra-high-speed, 5-bay NAS Server with Hot- swappable HDD design, 2 Gigabit LAN ports and Windows ADS Authentication for Small Businesses and Corporations DS508 is designed with hot-swappable HDD and RAID 0/1/5 protection, Windows ADS authentication, 2 LAN ports as well as Scheduled Power On/Off, USB printer sharing, dynamic website hosting, and data backup. DS508 keeps business data available 24/7.

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.19Synology Inc.19 About Synology Founded in April of 2000 An international company that produces new generation Network Attached Storage servers. Aims to provide people a creative way of storing and sharing digital content. Synology products are stylish in outlook, have small footprint, energy efficient, and appliance- like in usage. Users investment is protected with free software upgrade and 24/7 online support. Synology products are ideal choice for users from Home, Small Workgroup, Small Business, and Corporate.

Synology Disk Station DS508 Synology Inc.20Synology Inc.20 Patents Granted Patent No.: US 7,055,010 B2 (2006/04/25) –The US Patent & Trademark Office revealed that Synology was granted a patent for "SNAPSHOT FACILITY ALLOWING PRESERVATION OF CHRONOLOGICAL VIEWS OF BLOCK DRIVES." Patent No.: US 7,051,156 B2 (2006/04/25) –The US Patent & Trademark Office revealed that Synology was granted a patent for "RAID-5 DISK HAVING CACHE MEMORY." Patent No.: US 7,035,974 B2 (2006/04/25) –The US Patent & Trademark Office revealed that Synology was granted a patent for "RAID-5 DISK HAVING CACHE MEMORY IMPLEMENTED USING NON-VOLATILE RAM." Patent No.: US 6,952,794 B2 (2005/10/04) –The US Patent & Trademark Office revealed that Synology was granted a patent for "METHON, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SCANNING NEWLY ADDED DISK DRIVES AND AUTOMATICALLY UPDATING RAID CONFIGURATION AND REBUILDING RAID DATA." Patent No.: (2004/04/06) –The Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C. revealed that Synology was granted a patent for "METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SCANNING NEWLY ADDED DISK DRIVES AND REBUILDING RAID DATA ON FAULT-TOLERANT RAID VOLUMES."

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