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Data Sheet

DS712+

CONNECTIONS & BUTTONS

Networking

SYNOLOGY INC.

Founded in 2000, Synology is a young and energetic 

company dedicated to developing high-performance, 

reliable, versatile, and environmentally-friendly 

Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. Our goal 

is to deliver user-friendly solutions and solid customer 

service to satisfy the needs of businesses, home offices, 

individual users and families.

Copyright © 2011, Synology Inc. All rights reserved. 

Synology, the Synology logo are trademarks or 

registered trademarks of Synology Inc. Other product 

and company names mentioned herein may be 

trademarks of their respective companies. Synology 

may make changes to specification and product 

descriptions at anytime, without notice.  

Printed in Taiwan,  

DS712+-2011-ENU-REV001

http://www.synology.com

Headquarters

Synology Inc.

3F-3, No. 106, Chang An W. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan

Tel: +886 2 2552 1814 Fax: +886 2 2552 1824

North & South America

Synology America Corp.

2899 152nd Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052. USA

Tel: +1 425 818 1587

Synology UK Ltd.

Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, 

Milton Keynes, Bucks, 

MK5 8PB, UK

Tel: +44 01908 673 709

Technical Specifications

Hardware

•  CPU: 1.8GHz, with floating point

•  RAM Size: 1 GB

•  Internal HDD

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: 3.5” or 2.5” SATA(II) X 2

•  External HDD Interface: 3X USB ports, 1X eSATA ports

•  Size: 157mm X 103.5mm X 232mm

•  Weight: 1.69kg

•  LAN: 2X Gigabit

•  Fan: 1X (92mm X 92mm)

•  Wireless Support

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•  Wake on LAN

•  Noise Level

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: 19.2 dB(A)

•  Hot swappable HDD

•  Power Recovery

•  AC Input Power Voltage: 100V to 240V

•  Power Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz, Single Phase

•  Max Internal Capacity: 6TB (2X 3TB hard drives)

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•  Operating Temperature: 5°C to 35°C (40°F to 95°F)

•  Storage Temperature: -10°C to 70°C (15°F to 155°F)

•  Relative Humidity: 5% to 95% RH

•  Max Operating Altitude: 10,000 feet

•  Power Consumption: 27.5W (Access); 24.2W (Idle);17.6W 

(HDD Hibernation)

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•  Certification: FCC Class B, CE Class B, BSMI Class B

Applications

File Browser / File Station
FTP Server

•  Bandwidth Control

•  Custom FTP Passive Port Range

•  Anonymous FTP

•  Transfer Log

Web Station

•  Virtual Host (up to 30 websites)

•  PHP/MySQL

•  Alternative HTTP Error Page

•  3rd-Party Applications Support

Surveillance Station

•  Default IP cam #: 1

•  MAX IP cam # (licenses required): 16

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Photo Station

•  Supported Image Format: BMP, JPG (jpe, jpeg), GIF, RAW 

(arw, srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, 

3fr, erf, mef, mos, orf, rw2, dng, x3f)

•  Supported Video Format

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 : 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, 

FLV, M4V, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, QT, WMV, XviD, RM, 

RMVB, VOB, RV30, RV40, AC3, AMR, WMA3

Download Station

•  Supported Download Protocols: BT/HTTP/FTP/NZB/eMule

•  Custom BitTorrent Port Range

•  BitTorrent / eMule Bandwidth Control

Audio Station

•  Supported Audio Format: (USB Mode) AAC, FLAC, M4A, 

MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, WMA VBR; (Streaming Mode)

MP3, M4A, M4B

•  Supported Playlist Format: M3U, WPL

•  Internet Radio: SHOUTcast, Radioio

DLNA/UPnP Media Server

•  DLNA Certified

•  PS3/Xbox 360 Support

•  Supported Audio Format: AAC, FLAC, M4A, MP3, Ogg  

Vorbis, PCM, WAV, WMA, WMA VBR, WMA PRO, WMA 

Lossless

•  Supported Video Format: 3GP, 3G2, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, 

DVR-MS, ISO, M2T, M2TS, M4V, MKV, MP4, MPEG1, MPEG2, 

MPEG4, MTS, MOV, QT, SWF, TP, TRP, TS, VOB, WMV, XviD, 

RV30, RV40, AC3, AMR, WMA3

•  Supported Image Format: BMP, JPG (jpe, jpeg), GIF, ICO, 

PNG, PSD, TIF (tiff), UFO, RAW (arw, srf, sr2, dcr, k25, kdc, 

cr2, crw, nef, mrw, ptx, pef, raf, 3fr, erf, mef, mos, orf, rw2, 

dng, x3f)

•  Supported Subtitles Format: srt, psb, smi, ass, ssa, sub, 

idx, ifo

iTunes Server

•  Supported Audio Format

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: MP3, M4A, M4P, WAV, AIF

•  Supported Video Format: M4V, MOV, MP4

•  Supported Playlist Format: M3U, WPL

Print Server

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•  Max Printer #: 2

•  Supported Protocols: LPR, CIFS, AppleTalk, AirPrint

Synology Packages

•  Mail Station

•  Squeezebox Server

•  Webalizer

•  phpMyAdmin

•  Time Backup

•  HASP

•  VPN Server

iPhone and Android Applications

•  DS photo+

•  DS audio

•  DS cam

•  DS file

•  DS finder

General Specifications

Networking Protocols

•  CIFS, AFP, FTP, iSCSI, Telnet, SSH, NFS, WebDAV, SNMP

File System

•  EXT4

•  EXT3 (External Disk Only)

•  FAT32 (External Disk Only)

•  NTFS (External Disk Only)

Volume Management

•  Synology Hybrid RAID

•  Max Volume #: 512

•  Max iSCSI Target / LUN: 32 / 256

•  Volume Type: Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1

•  RAID Migration: from Basic to RAID 1

•  Volume Expansion with DX510

File Sharing Capability

•  Max User Account: 2048

•  Max Group: 256

•  Max Shared Folder: 256

•  Max Concurrent Connections (CIFS, FTP, AFP): 512

Windows Access Control List (ACL) Support
Windows ADS Domain Integration

•  Domain Users login via CIFS/AFP/FTP/File Station

Backup Solutions

•  Network Backup

•  Shared Folder Sync

•  Local Backup

•  Time Backup

•  Desktop Backup (using Synology Data Replicator 3 or 

Apple Time Machine backup application)

•  3rd-Party Backup Support

•  USBCopy

Security

•  FTP over SSL/TLS

•  IP Auto-Block

•  Firewall

•  Encrypted Network Backup over rsync

•  HTTPS Connection

Management

•  Auto DSM Upgrade

•  Email Notification

•  SMS Notification

•  Customized User Quota

•  DDNS Support

•  PPPoE

•  Resource Monitor

•  UPS Management

•  Multiple Scheduled Power On/Off

•  Custom Management UI HTTP/HTTPS Ports

HDD Management

•  Deep Sleep

•  HDD Hibernation

•  S.M.A.R.T.

•  Dynamic Bad Sector Mapping

Utilities

•  Synology Assistant

•  Synology Data Replicator

Supported Browsers

•  Chrome

•  Internet Explorer 7, 8, and 9

•  Firefox 3.5 and 3.6

•  Safari 4 and 5 (Mac)

Supported Clients

•  Windows 2000 onward

•  Mac OS X 10.3 onward

•  Ubuntu 9.04 onward

Supported Mobile Devices (Photo Station, File Station)

•  iPhone OS 2.2.1 onward

•  Android OS 1.5 onward

•  Windows Mobile (IE Mobile or Opera 9.0 onward)

•  Symbian OS 9.1, S60 3rd Edition onward

Language

•  English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, Dansk, 

Norsk, Svensk, Nederlands, Русский, Polski, Magyar, 

Português do Brasil, Português Europeu, Türkçe, Český, 

Environment and Packaging

Environment

•  RoHS Compliant

Package Content

•  DS712+ Main Unit

•  Installation DVD

•  Welcome Note

•  Assembling Kit

•  AC Power Adapter (72W)

•  AC Power Cord

•  2M RJ-45 LAN Cable X 2

Optional Accessories

•  Remote

•  Camera License Pack

1.  With Link Aggregation enabled. The performance figures could 

vary on different environments.

2.  DS712+ supports up to one Synology DX510, purchased 

separately.

3.  Hard drive not included.

4.  Wireless dongles not included. Please check http://www.synology.

com/ for supported wireless dongloes.

5.  Fully loaded with Seagate ST31000520AS hard drive(s) in 

operation; Two G.R.A.S. Type 40AE microphones, each set up at 

1 meter away from the DiskStation front and rear; Background 

noise: 17.2 dB(A); Temperature: 23.6˚C; Humidity: 58.2%; More 

details about dB(A) value, check http://www.memtechacoustical.

com/facts.asp

6.  The actual capacity will differ according to volume types.

7.  Measured with 2 Western Digital 3TB WD30EZRS hard drive. The 

figures could vary on different environments.

8.  1 free license to install 1 IP camera. Additional licenses can be 

purchased to expand the license quota.

9.  User can click and download the following video formats: RM, 

RMVB, VOB, RV30, RV40, AC3, AMR, WMA3, but not able to play it 

in Photo Station as compressed Flash video.

10. The music in WAV and AIF format can be streamed, but the 

metadata (ex: title, album) may not be indexed on the iTunes.

11. For Mac users, DS712+ supports PostScript USB printers only.

USB Printer

DS712+

External Disk

Wireless Router

DS712+

Windows ADS Server

IP Camera

PC / Mac / Linux

PC / Mac / Linux

Power 

Button

HDD Tray 

Lock

Fan

Power 

Port

USB 2.0 

Port

eSATA 

Port

RESET Button

LAN Port

LED 

Indicators

USB 2.0 

Port

HDD Tray

Copy 

Button

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