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UC3400
SA3400D
SA6400
RS3621xs+
SA3400

BEST FOR Virtualisation

NAS	CPU	Cores	Threads	Speed (GHz)	Docker/VM	Score	ECC
UC3400	Intel Xeon D-1541	8	16	2.1 (MAX:2.7)	Docker/VM	10154	ECC /8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM (per controller)
SA3400D	Intel Xeon D-1541	8	16	2.1 (MAX:2.7)	Docker/VM	10154	ECC /8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM (per controller)
SA6400	AMD EPYC 7272	12	24	2.9 (MAX:3.2)	Docker/VM	26446	ECC /32 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM
RS3621xs+	Intel Xeon D-1541	8	16	2.1 (MAX:2.7)	Docker/VM	10154	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
UC3400		/			0	2160p
SA3400D		/			0	2160p
SA6400		/			0	4320p
RS3621xs+		/			0	2160p
SA3400		/			0	2160p

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS	BAYS	Bandwidth	HDD storage	expansion	Drive mixing	File System
UC3400	12 HDD	12Gbit (3 ports combined)	264TB	✓	✓	EXT4 BTRFS
SA3400D	12 HDD	12Gbit (3 ports combined)	264TB	✓	✓	EXT4 BTRFS
SA6400	12 HDD	24Gbit (6 ports combined)	264TB	✓	✓	EXT4 BTRFS
RS3621xs+	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
UC3400	folder		face+object			/folder
SA3400D	folder		face+object			/folder
SA6400	folder		face+object			/folder
RS3621xs+	folder/barebone	✓	face+object	✓	✓	volume/folder
SA3400	folder		face+object			/folder

BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING

NAS	MAX LAN speed	Ports	transcoding	PCIe	NVMe
UC3400	10Gbit	1x RJ45		1 x Gen3 x8 slot (x8 link) (per controller)
SA3400D	10Gbit	1x RJ45		1 x Gen3 x8 slot (x8 link) (per controller)
SA6400	10Gbit	2x RJ-45 10GbE		2 x Gen3 x8
RS3621xs+	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
UC3400
SA3400D
SA6400
RS3621xs+
SA3400

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS	Virtual switch	Docker/VM	HDMI	S/PDIF / AUX
UC3400		Docker/VM
SA3400D		Docker/VM
SA6400		Docker/VM
RS3621xs+		Docker/VM
SA3400		Docker/VM

LATEST VIDEOS RELATED

AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand	Model	TW	USA	UK	Released
Synology	UC3400	•	•	•	2023-06
Synology	SA3400D	•	•	•	2023-06
Synology	SA6400	•	•	•	2022-11
Synology	RS3621xs+	•	•	•	2021-01
Synology	SA3400	•	•	•	2020-06

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RELATED REVIEWS

SOFTWARE - 9/10

HARDWARE - 9/10

PERFORMANCE - 9/10

PRICE - 7/10

VALUE - 8/10

8.4

PROS

👍🏻8-Core Xeon Processor
👍🏻Two 10GBe Connections as Standard
👍🏻Two PCIe Gen 3 x8 PCIe Equipped
👍🏻4 Slots that Support DDR4 ECC UDIMM Memory
👍🏻Excellent choice of Apps
👍🏻Redundant PSU as Standard
👍🏻Numerous Backup Software Options
👍🏻Huge Virtualization Support
👍🏻Storage Can be Expanded to 36 SATA Drives
👍🏻5yr Warranty

CONS

👎🏻NVMe SSDs Ports not available, unlike desktop alternatives
👎🏻Very Limited Hard Drives Supported (Largely ONLY Synology HAT5300 series)
👎🏻64GB Memory Maximum Seems Low, given other Enterprise Solutions support 128/256GB

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UC3400
SA3400D
SA6400
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