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+ |
✓ |
- |
- | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ |
SA3400 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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) |
|
SA3400 |
10Gbit |
2x RJ-45 10GbE |
|
2 x Gen3 x8 |
|
BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)
NAS |
HDMI |
QVM |
transcoding |
AI |
RS2423+ |
|
|
|
|
SA3400 |
|
|
|
|
BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI
NAS |
Virtual switch |
Docker/VM |
HDMI |
S/PDIF / AUX |
RS2423+ |
|
Docker/VM |
|
|
SA3400 |
|
Docker/VM |
|
|
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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
Brand |
Model |
TW |
USA |
UK |
Released |
Synology |
RS2423+ |
• |
• |
• |
2023-03 |
Synology |
SA3400 |
• |
• |
• |
2020-06 |
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