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LATEST PRICE LIST

UC3400	9178.79 GBP	10776.15 USD
DS423	414.99 GBP	965.95 USD
DVA1622	579 GBP	637.17 USD
FS2500	2999.97 GBP	136.98 USD
DS620slim	800 GBP	448.99 USD

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)
DS423	Realtek RTD1619B	4	4	1.7	Docker	700	NO /2 GB DDR4 non-ECC
DVA1622	Intel Celeron J4125	4	4	2 (MAX:2.7)	Docker/VM	2982	NO /6 GB DDR4
FS2500	AMD Ryzen V1780B	4	8	3.35	Docker/VM	8216	ECC /8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM
DS620slim	Intel Celeron J3355	2	2	2 (MAX:2.5)	Docker/VM	1183	NO /2 GB DDR3L non-ECC

BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA

NAS	GPU	Base_GHz/Max	Codec	FPS	Transcoding	Plex
UC3400		/			0	2160p
DS423	Mali-G51 GPU	/	H.264, H.265	60	2160
DVA1622	Intel® UHD Graphics 600	250/750	H.264	60	2160	2160p
FS2500		/			0	1080p
DS620slim	Intel® HD Graphics 500	250/700	H.264	30	2160	1080p

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS	BAYS	Bandwidth	HDD storage	expansion	Drive mixing	File System
UC3400	12 HDD	12Gbit (3 ports combined)	264TB	✓	✓	EXT4 BTRFS
DS423	4 HDD	2Gbit (2 ports combined)	88TB		✓	EXT4 BTRFS
DVA1622	2 HDD	1Gbit (1 ports combined)	44TB		✓	EXT4 BTRFS
FS2500	12 HDD	22Gbit (4 ports combined)	264TB		✓	EXT4 BTRFS
DS620slim	6 HDD	2Gbit (2 ports combined)	132TB		✓	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
DS423	folder		face			/folder
DVA1622	folder		face+object			/folder
FS2500	folder		face+object			/folder
DS620slim	folder		face			/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)
DS423	1Gbit		✓
DVA1622	1Gbit		✓
FS2500	10Gbit	2x RJ-45 10GbE		1 x Gen3 x4
DS620slim	1Gbit		✓

BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)

NAS	HDMI	QVM	transcoding	AI
UC3400
DS423			✓
DVA1622	yes		✓	✓
FS2500
DS620slim			✓

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS	Virtual switch	Docker/VM	HDMI	S/PDIF / AUX
UC3400		Docker/VM
DS423		Docker
DVA1622		Docker/VM	yes
FS2500		Docker/VM
DS620slim		Docker/VM

LATEST VIDEOS RELATED

AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand	Model	TW	USA	UK	Released
Synology	UC3400	•	•	•	2023-06
Synology	DS423	•	•	•	2023-03
Synology	DVA1622	•	•	•	2022-05
Synology	FS2500	•	•	•	2021-12
Synology	DS620slim	•	•	•	2020-06

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RELATED REVIEWS

SOFTWARE - 9/10

HARDWARE - 7/10

PERFORMANCE - 7/10

PRICE - 7/10

VALUE - 8/10

7.6

PROS

👍🏻Affordable 6-Bay Solution
👍🏻Incredible low footprint in your environment
👍🏻Supports Plex Media Server
👍🏻4K Media Playback and Transcoding
👍🏻LAG/Trunking Support
👍🏻Supports 15mm Drives
👍🏻VERY quiet
👍🏻Supports DSM 6.2.2 Very Well
👍🏻2.5″ Focused, but very capable

CONS

👎🏻Shame it’s not the 4-Core J3455
👎🏻Only 2x RJ45, Bottleneck for Faster Media
👎🏻10Gbe would have made this INCREDIBLE

SOFTWARE - 10/10

HARDWARE - 8/10

PERFORMANCE - 8/10

PRICE - 9/10

VALUE - 9/10

8.8

PROS

👍🏻Runs BOTH Surveillance Station + DSM
👍🏻All the DVA Task for fraction of DVA3221 Price
👍🏻Supports Local KVM Standalone Access
👍🏻8 Camera Licenses Included
👍🏻No HDD Compatibility Limits
👍🏻Run VERY Quietly
👍🏻MASSIVE IP Camera Support List
👍🏻Easily the \'BEST\' Synology 2-Bay
👍🏻Surveillance Station 9.1 Is Still BRILLIANT

CONS

👎🏻Cannot be Expanded
👎🏻6GB Default/Max Memory is Weird
👎🏻CPU is a little old
👎🏻No M.2 NVMe SSD Support
👎🏻Only 2x AI Tasks at once
👎🏻Only 1x Network Port (no failover)

LATEST PRICE LIST

UC3400	9178.79 GBP	10776.15 USD
DS423	414.99 GBP	965.95 USD
DVA1622	579 GBP	637.17 USD
FS2500	2999.97 GBP	136.98 USD
DS620slim	800 GBP	448.99 USD

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