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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	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓				✓			ⓘ	✓	✓		✓
SA3400	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓			ⓘ	✓	✓		✓

LATEST PRICE LIST

UC3400	8681.96 GBP	9950 USD
SA3400D	9893.97 GBP	10580.85 USD
SA6400	11086.45 GBP	9499.99 USD
SA3400	9893.97 GBP	10580.85 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
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
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
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
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
SA3400	10Gbit	2x RJ-45 10GbE		2 x Gen3 x8

BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)

NAS	HDMI	QVM	transcoding	AI
UC3400
SA3400D
SA6400
SA3400

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS	Virtual switch	Docker/VM	HDMI	S/PDIF / AUX
UC3400		Docker/VM
SA3400D		Docker/VM
SA6400		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	SA3400	•	•	•	2020-06

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LATEST PRICE LIST

UC3400	8681.96 GBP	9950 USD
SA3400D	9893.97 GBP	10580.85 USD
SA6400	11086.45 GBP	9499.99 USD
SA3400	9893.97 GBP	10580.85 USD

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