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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA3410 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| SA3610 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| SA6400 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| SA3400 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
LATEST PRICE LIST
| SA3410 | 6918.54 USD | |
| SA3610 | 9160.93 USD | |
| SA6400 | 11546.68 GBP | 10385.49 USD |
| SA3400 | 500 GBP |
BEST FOR Virtualisation
| NAS | CPU | Cores | Threads | Speed (GHz) | Docker/VM | Score | ECC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA3410 | Intel Xeon D-1541 | 8 | 16 | 2.1 (MAX:2.7) | Docker/VM | 10154 | ECC /16 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM |
| SA3610 | Intel Xeon D-1567 | 12 | 24 | 2.1 (MAX:2.7) | Docker/VM | 10447 | ECC /16 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA3410 | / | 0 | 2160p | |||
| SA3610 | / | 0 | 2160p | |||
| SA6400 | / | 0 | 4320p | |||
| SA3400 | / | 0 | 2160p |
BEST FOR FILE STORAGE
| NAS | BAYS | Bandwidth | HDD storage | expansion | Drive mixing | File System |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA3410 | 12 HDD | 4Gbit (4 ports combined) | 264TB | ✓ | ✓ | EXT4 BTRFS |
| SA3610 | 12 HDD | 4Gbit (4 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 | Microsoft | encryption | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA3410 | folder | face+object | /folder | |||
| SA3610 | folder | face+object | /folder | |||
| SA6400 | folder | face+object | /folder | |||
| SA3400 | folder | face+object | /folder |
BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING
| NAS | MAX LAN speed | Ports | transcoding | PCIe | NVMe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA3410 | 1Gbit | ||||
| SA3610 | 1Gbit | ||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA3410 | ||||
| SA3610 | ||||
| SA6400 | ||||
| SA3400 |
BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI
| NAS | Virtual switch | Docker/VM | HDMI | S/PDIF / AUX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA3410 | Docker/VM | |||
| SA3610 | Docker/VM | |||
| SA6400 | Docker/VM | |||
| SA3400 | Docker/VM |
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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
| Brand | Model | TW | USA | UK | Released |
| Synology | SA3410 | • | • | • | 2023-01 |
| Synology | SA3610 | • | • | • | 2023-01 |
| Synology | SA6400 | • | • | • | 2022-11 |
| Synology | SA3400 | • | • | • | 2020-06 |
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| SA3410 | 6918.54 USD | |
| SA3610 | 9160.93 USD | |
| SA6400 | 11546.68 GBP | 10385.49 USD |
| SA3400 | 500 GBP |
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