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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
RS2423+	✓	-	-	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓			ⓘ	✓	✓		✓
RS2423RP+	✓	-	-	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓			ⓘ	✓	✓		✓
SA6400	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓				✓			ⓘ	✓	✓
SA3400	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓			ⓘ	✓	✓

LATEST PRICE LIST

RS2423+		2031.22 USD
RS2423RP+		2499.99 USD
SA6400		9499.99 USD
SA3400

BEST FOR Virtualisation

NAS	CPU	Cores	Threads	Speed (GHz)	Docker/VM	Score	ECC
RS2423+	AMD Ryzen V1780B	4	8	3.35	Docker/VM	8216	ECC /8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM
RS2423RP+	AMD Ryzen V1780B	4	8	3.35	Docker/VM	8216	ECC /8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM
SA6400	AMD EPYC 7272	12	24	2.9 (MAX:3.2)	Docker/VM	26446	ECC /32 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM
SA3400	Intel Xeon D-1541	8	16	2.1 (MAX:2.7)	Docker/VM	10154	ECC /16 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM

BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA

NAS	GPU	Base_GHz/Max	Codec	FPS	Transcoding	Plex
RS2423+		/			0	1080p
RS2423RP+		/			0	1080p
SA6400		/			0	4320p
SA3400		/			0	2160p

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS	BAYS	Bandwidth	HDD storage	expansion	Drive mixing	File System
RS2423+	12 HDD	12Gbit (3 ports combined)	264TB	✓	✓	EXT4 BTRFS
RS2423RP+	12 HDD	12Gbit (3 ports combined)	264TB	✓	✓	EXT4 BTRFS
SA6400	12 HDD	24Gbit (6 ports combined)	264TB	✓	✓	EXT4 BTRFS
SA3400	12 HDD	24Gbit (6 ports combined)	264TB	✓	✓	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	Google	Microsoft	encryption
RS2423+	folder/barebone	✓	face+object	✓	✓	volume/folder
RS2423RP+	folder/barebone	✓	face+object	✓	✓	volume/folder
SA6400	folder		face+object			/folder
SA3400	folder		face+object			/folder

BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING

NAS	MAX LAN speed	Ports	transcoding	PCIe	NVMe
RS2423+	10Gbit	1x RJ45		1 x Gen3 x8 slot (x4 link)
RS2423RP+	10Gbit	1x RJ45		1 x Gen3 x8 slot (x4 link)
SA6400	10Gbit	2x RJ-45 10GbE		2 x Gen3 x8
SA3400	10Gbit	2x RJ-45 10GbE		2 x Gen3 x8

BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)

NAS	HDMI	QVM	transcoding	AI
RS2423+
RS2423RP+
SA6400
SA3400

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS	Virtual switch	Docker/VM	HDMI	S/PDIF / AUX
RS2423+		Docker/VM
RS2423RP+		Docker/VM
SA6400		Docker/VM
SA3400		Docker/VM

LATEST VIDEOS RELATED

AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand	Model	TW	USA	UK	Released
Synology	RS2423+	•	•	•	2023-03
Synology	RS2423RP+	•	•	•	2023-03
Synology	SA6400	•	•	•	2022-11
Synology	SA3400	•	•	•	2020-06

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RS2423+		2031.22 USD
RS2423RP+		2499.99 USD
SA6400		9499.99 USD
SA3400

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