The DS1618+’s base is one of Intel’s Atom C3538 quad-core processors with a 2.1GHz clock speed. The system has two DD4 SO-DIMM slots of which one is populated with a 4GB module. The maximum memory support is 32GB through two 16GB modules. We see here, that this is a well-performing unit.

Naturally, the processor features hardware-based EAS-Ni encryption. A must these days, at least as soon as we enter the SMB market.

The connection options aren’t without either. To start with, we get four Gigabit Ethernet ports which can be combined for extra throughput or failover protection. Further, the DS1618+ has three USB 3.0 ports and two eSATA ports.