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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
UC3400 ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
SA3400D ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
SA6400 ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ⓘ✓✓✓
FS3410 ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
HD6500 ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
FS3600 ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
FS6400 ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
SA3400 ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ⓘ✓✓✓

LATEST PRICE LIST

UC34008801.33 GBP9250 USD
SA3400D9977.97 GBP10973.79 USD
SA640010763.54 GBP9499.99 USD
FS34107962.73 GBP7502 USD
HD650028017.93 GBP19900.53 USD
FS3600162.03 GBP11484.42 USD
FS6400662.81 GBP13769.16 USD
SA34009977.97 GBP10973.79 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)
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
FS3410 Intel Xeon D-1541 8 16 2.1 (MAX:2.7) Docker/VM 10154 ECC /16 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM
HD6500 Intel Xeon Silver 4210R 10 20 2.4 (MAX:3.2) Docker/VM 15191 ECC /64 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM
FS3600 Intel Xeon D-1567 12 24 2.1 (MAX:2.7) Docker/VM 10447 ECC /16 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM
FS6400 Intel Xeon Silver 4110 x 2 8 16 2.1 (MAX:3) Docker/VM 19912 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
UC3400 / 0 2160p
SA3400D / 0 2160p
SA6400 / 0 4320p
FS3410 / 0 2160p
HD6500 / 0 2160p
FS3600 / 0 2160p
FS6400 / 0 4320p
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
FS3410 24 HDD 24Gbit (6 ports combined) 528TB ✓ EXT4 BTRFS
HD6500 60 HDD 22Gbit (4 ports combined) 1320TB ✓ ✓ EXT4 BTRFS
FS3600 24 HDD 24Gbit (6 ports combined) 528TB ✓ ✓ EXT4 BTRFS
FS6400 24 HDD 22Gbit (4 ports combined) 528TB ✓ ✓ 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
FS3410 folder face+object /folder
HD6500 folder face+object /folder
FS3600 folder face+object /folder
FS6400 folder face+object /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
FS3410 10Gbit 2x RJ-45 10GbE 2x Gen3 x8
HD6500 10Gbit 2x RJ-45 10GbE 2 x Gen3 x16 2 x Gen3 x8
FS3600 10Gbit 2x RJ-45 10GbE 1 x Gen3 x8
FS6400 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
FS3410
HD6500
FS3600
FS6400
SA3400

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS Virtual switch Docker/VM HDMI S/PDIF / AUX
UC3400 Docker/VM
SA3400D Docker/VM
SA6400 Docker/VM
FS3410 Docker/VM
HD6500 Docker/VM
FS3600 Docker/VM
FS6400 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 FS3410 • • • 2022-06
Synology HD6500 • • • 2022-04
Synology FS3600 • • • 2020-06
Synology FS6400 • • • 2020-06
Synology SA3400 • • • 2020-06

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RELATED REVIEWS

SOFTWARE - 9/10
HARDWARE - 9/10
PERFORMANCE - 9/10
PRICE - 6/10
VALUE - 7/10


8.0
PROS
👍🏻High Virtualisation
👍🏻SSD Optimized like never before
👍🏻Fantastically Powerful 2x Intel Silver CPU
👍🏻F1 and F2 RAID Support
👍🏻SAS and SATA support
👍🏻2x 10Gbe Ports Included
👍🏻PCIe Slot for more ports, 10Gbe and SSD Caching
👍🏻5 Year Warranty
👍🏻Numerous business apps included
👍🏻Surveillance including multiple camera licences
👍🏻email server
👍🏻CMS and CRM systems
👍🏻Office applications
👍🏻Hugely Expandable
CONS
👎🏻No NVMe/U.2 Support
👎🏻No USB 3.1 Gen 2 backup Port
👎🏻VERY expensive

SOFTWARE - 10/10
HARDWARE - 8/10
PERFORMANCE - 9/10
PRICE - 5/10
VALUE - 7/10


7.8
PROS
👍🏻High Virtualisation
👍🏻SSD Optimized like never before
👍🏻Fantastically Powerful 2x Intel Silver CPU
👍🏻F1 and F2 RAID Support
👍🏻SAS and SATA support
👍🏻2x 10Gbe Ports Included
👍🏻PCIe Slot for more ports, 10Gbe and SSD Caching
👍🏻5 Year Warranty
👍🏻Numerous business apps included
👍🏻Surveillance including multiple camera licences
👍🏻iTunes Server
👍🏻email server
👍🏻Download server (FTP, HTTP, BT,NZB)
👍🏻CMS and CRM systems
👍🏻Office applications
👍🏻Media Center support
CONS
👎🏻No NVMe/U.2 Support
👎🏻No USB 3.1 Gen 2 backup Port
👎🏻This hardware opens the door to 20/25Gbe NICs options from the start
👎🏻VERY expensive


LATEST PRICE LIST

UC34008801.33 GBP9250 USD
SA3400D9977.97 GBP10973.79 USD
SA640010763.54 GBP9499.99 USD
FS34107962.73 GBP7502 USD
HD650028017.93 GBP19900.53 USD
FS3600162.03 GBP11484.42 USD
FS6400662.81 GBP13769.16 USD
SA34009977.97 GBP10973.79 USD
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