Power in A Smaller Package: Synology DS1520+
Small and remote office teams can use compact performance storage.
In 2025 and 2026, remote and hybrid work will still be a big part of how businesses run. Because of this, safe and reliable storage is no longer a nice-to-have but a must-have. The Synology DiskStation DS1520+ was made for this kind of setting. It has a small desktop form factor and offers great performance, easy expansion, and private cloud features.
The DS1520+ was first made for home and small office use, but it is still very useful for modern teams that need easy access to data, reliable backups, and safe file sharing without the hassle of enterprise rack systems.
Performance Made for Daily Business Tasks
The DS1520+ has an Intel Celeron J4125 processor, which makes everyday business tasks run much faster. For teams that work from different locations, this means that files open faster, applications respond more smoothly, and more users can be handled at the same time.
This performance boost helps with tasks like sharing documents, processing media, backing up files, and doing light collaboration work. In workplaces where people work from different locations and need to be able to access shared files at all times, consistent responsiveness is very important for keeping productivity up.
The system has two M.2 NVMe slots, which let SSD caching speed up data that is used often. This lets the DS1520+ run a lot faster without giving up drive bays for primary storage, which is a useful benefit for small offices that need to balance speed and capacity.
Networking that can grow with your team
The DS1520+ is also good at networking because it is flexible. Organizations can set up link aggregation with the four built-in 1GbE ports to increase throughput or redundancy. This is very helpful for small offices where many people need to use the same resources at the same time.
Balanced network performance helps keep things running smoothly in 2025–26 environments where video collaboration, file syncing, and backup traffic often happen at the same time. The DS1520+ isn’t meant for workloads with very high throughput, but it has more than enough networking power for small teams and branch offices.
Storage that grows with your business
The DS1520+ has five drive bays that can hold both HDDs and SSDs. This lets businesses customize performance and storage space to fit their needs. As the amount of data grows, the system can be expanded with compatible expansion units, which increases the total capacity without having to replace the core device.
This modular approach works well for businesses that are growing and would rather make small investments over time than pay for a lot of infrastructure up front. It also helps hardware last longer, which is important for businesses that want to keep their IT costs down while still being reliable.
Making it possible for private cloud collaboration
One of the DS1520+’s best features is that it can be used as a private cloud platform. When many employees work from home or in different places, relying only on public cloud storage can cause problems with performance, cost, and control.
Companies can keep files that people use often close to them by hosting them on their own servers and syncing data between sites. This way, they can keep permissions and governance centralized. This method makes things work better on home internet connections that aren’t always reliable and makes you less dependent on third-party cloud platforms.
Controlled sharing makes sure that users can only see the data that is relevant to their job, which helps both security and productivity.
Protecting Data in Remote Work Settings
Working from home increases the risk of losing data because of endpoint failures, accidental deletions, or security breaches. The DS1520+ supports full backup plans that keep local data, remote systems, and synchronized content safe.
The system helps make sure that business-critical data can still be recovered even if individual devices fail by acting as a central backup target. As laptops and home networks become more like the office, this feature becomes more and more important.
Strategic Fit in Today’s IT Architectures
The DS1520+ is best for use as a small office server, branch office NAS, or remote team collaboration hub in 2025 and 2026. It is not meant to replace enterprise datacenter systems, but it is very important in distributed architectures where local performance, backup reliability, and secure access are the most important things.
The platform will keep giving value over time if you plan ahead for things like how to set up storage, how to use caches, how to back up data, and how to sync data.
About the Epis Technology
Epis Technology helps companies build and maintain safe, scalable storage environments on Synology platforms. The company focuses on helping people with Synology, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace backups, as well as business continuity planning, large storage solutions, and fully managed PC backups. As part of a larger hybrid infrastructure strategy, Epis Technology helps businesses set up solutions like the DS1520+ to make sure that data is always available, safe, and able to keep running for a long time.