Synology XS Series NAS Servers gets VMware vSphere 5 Certification

Synology has announced that its XS Series NAS servers are certified VMware Ready with full support for vSphere 5.With the newly introduced Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) technology in vSphere 5, Synology XS Series NAS servers offer a perfect solution for on-going load balancing automation, resource aggregation and automated initial placement which improves efficiency and I/O bottlenecks. Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) 5 improves scalability and performance for virtual machines, simplifying virtual machine provisioning and administration.

Storage vMotion for a virtual machine can now be used with snapshot, which greatly increases flexibility.Wayne An, Product Manager, Synology Inc. said, "We are proud to be among the first to deliver data storage solutions optimized for VMware vSphere 5. With guaranteed compatibility between vSphere 5 and XS Series NAS servers, joint customers will benefit from increased simplicity, agility plus efficiency, and be able to get the most from their virtual infrastructure investment."