GENERAL NAS FEATURE COMPARISON
| NAS | Plex (local 4K) | Plex HD (remote) | Plex 4K (remote) | BACKUP (MS/GOOGLE OFFICE) | BACKUP (BAREBONE) | PHOTOS (OBJECT AI) | VIDEO EDITING (4K) | VIDEO EDITING (8K) | DOCKER | VIRTUAL MACHINES | PC MODE (QVM) | 2.5GbE | 10GbE | 25GbE | Thunderbolt | NVMe | Pcie | Expansion | HDMI | Drive Mixing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA6400 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| HD6500 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| FS6400 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
LATEST PRICE LIST
| SA6400 | 9499.99 USD | |
| HD6500 | 20101.24 USD | |
| FS6400 | 15559.3 USD |
BEST FOR Virtualisation
| NAS | CPU | Cores | Threads | Speed (GHz) | Docker/VM | Score | ECC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA6400 | AMD EPYC 7272 | 12 | 24 | 2.9 (MAX:3.2) | Docker/VM | 26446 | ECC /32 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM |
| HD6500 | Intel Xeon Silver 4210R | 10 | 20 | 2.4 (MAX:3.2) | Docker/VM | 15191 | ECC /64 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM |
| FS6400 | Intel Xeon Silver 4110 x 2 | 8 | 16 | 2.1 (MAX:3) | Docker/VM | 19912 | ECC /32 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM |
BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA
| NAS | GPU | Base_GHz/Max | Codec | FPS | Transcoding | Plex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA6400 | / | 0 | 4320p | |||
| HD6500 | / | 0 | 2160p | |||
| FS6400 | / | 0 | 4320p |
BEST FOR FILE STORAGE
| NAS | BAYS | Bandwidth | HDD storage | expansion | Drive mixing | File System |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA6400 | 12 HDD | 24Gbit (6 ports combined) | 264TB | ✓ | ✓ | EXT4 BTRFS |
| HD6500 | 60 HDD | 22Gbit (4 ports combined) | 1320TB | ✓ | ✓ | EXT4 BTRFS |
| FS6400 | 24 HDD | 22Gbit (4 ports combined) | 528TB | ✓ | ✓ | EXT4 BTRFS |
*All NAS support multiple RAID/ volume groups, if you want to mix different size drive on non supported model.
BEST FOR BACKUP
| NAS | Level | HA | AI | Microsoft | encryption | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA6400 | folder | face+object | /folder | |||
| HD6500 | folder | face+object | /folder | |||
| FS6400 | folder | face+object | /folder |
BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING
| NAS | MAX LAN speed | Ports | transcoding | PCIe | NVMe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA6400 | 10Gbit | 2x RJ-45 10GbE | 2 x Gen3 x8 | ||
| HD6500 | 10Gbit | 2x RJ-45 10GbE | 2 x Gen3 x16 2 x Gen3 x8 | ||
| FS6400 | 10Gbit | 2x RJ-45 10GbE | 2 x Gen3 x8 |
BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)
| NAS | HDMI | QVM | transcoding | AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA6400 | ||||
| HD6500 | ||||
| FS6400 |
BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI
| NAS | Virtual switch | Docker/VM | HDMI | S/PDIF / AUX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA6400 | Docker/VM | |||
| HD6500 | Docker/VM | |||
| FS6400 | Docker/VM |
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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
| Brand | Model | TW | USA | UK | Released |
| Synology | SA6400 | • | • | • | 2022-11 |
| Synology | HD6500 | • | • | • | 2022-04 |
| Synology | FS6400 | • | • | • | 2020-06 |
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| SA6400 | 9499.99 USD | |
| HD6500 | 20101.24 USD | |
| FS6400 | 15559.3 USD |
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