Storage Management |
Maximum Internal Volume Number |
256 |
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SSD Read / Write Cache (White Paper) |
Yes |
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SSD TRIM |
Yes |
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RAID Group |
Yes |
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Supported RAID Type |
- RAID F1
- Basic
- JBOD
- RAID 0
- RAID 1
- RAID 5
- RAID 6
- RAID 10
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RAID Migration |
- Basic to RAID 1
- Basic to RAID 5
- RAID 1 to RAID 5
- RAID 5 to RAID 6
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Volume Expansion with Larger HDDs |
- RAID F1
- RAID 1
- RAID 5
- RAID 6
- RAID 10
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Volume Expansion by Adding a HDD |
- RAID F1
- JBOD
- RAID 5
- RAID 6
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Global Hot Spare Supported RAID Type |
- RAID F1
- RAID 1
- RAID 5
- RAID 6
- RAID 10
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File Services |
File Protocol |
CIFS/AFP/NFS/FTP/WebDAV |
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Maximum Concurrent CIFS/AFP/FTP Connections |
2,000 |
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Maximum Concurrent CIFS/AFP/FTP Connections (with RAM expansion) |
10,000 |
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Windows Access Control List (ACL) Integration |
Yes |
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NFS Kerberos Authentication |
Yes |
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Notes |
- Regarding data concerning tests with RAM expansion, all memory slots are installed with the maximum capacity of supported RAM.
- During testing, the maximum number of SSDs supported by this model is installed in a RAID 5 configuration.
- The testing standard was based on the maximum number of concurrent connections supported by this model. During the testing, 25% of the connections were used to transfer files concurrently. The transfer process guaranteed that the connections were not interrupted; the minimum transfer speed was not guaranteed.
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Account & Shared Folder |
Maximum Local User Accounts |
16,000 |
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Maximum Local Groups |
512 |
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Maximum Shared Folder |
512 |
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Maximum Shared Folder Sync Tasks |
32 |
High Availability |
Synology High Availability |
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Log Center |
Syslog Events per Second |
3,000 |
Virtualization |
VMware vSphere with VAAI |
Yes |
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Windows Server 2012 |
Yes |
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Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Yes |
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Windows Server 2016 |
Yes |
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Windows Server 2019 |
Yes |
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Citrix Ready |
Yes |
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OpenStack |
Yes |
General Specifications |
Networking Protocols |
SMB1 (CIFS), SMB2, SMB3, NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, NFS Kerberized sessions, iSCSI, HTTP, HTTPs, FTP, SNMP, LDAP, CalDAV |
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Supported Browsers |
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Microsoft Edge
- Internet Explorer 10 onwards
- Safari 10 onwards
- Safari (iOS 10 onwards)
- Google Chrome (Android 6.0 onwards)
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Supported Language |
English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, Dansk, Norsk, Svenska, Nederlands, Русский, Polski, Magyar, Português do Brasil, Português Europeu, Türkçe, Český, ภาษาไทย, 日本語, 한국어, 繁體中文, 简体中文 |
Add-on Packages view the complete package list |
Antivirus by McAfee (Trial) |
Yes |
Central Management System |
Yes |
Synology Chat |
Maximum Users |
6,000 |
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Notes |
- The number of concurrent HTTP connections for Synology Chat was configured to the maximum.
- For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed.
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Cloud Station Server |
Recommended Number of Hosted Files |
3,000,000 |
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Recommended Number of Concurrent Sync Clients |
1,800 (the number of connections that can be maintained when the recommended number of hosted files was reached) |
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Notes |
- The maximum number of concurrently connected devices refers to the maximum number of devices that can remain connected at the same time.
- The maximum number of hosted files refers to the maximum number of files that can be indexed and hosted by the Cloud Station Server service. RAM expansion was not used during testing.
- Non-encrypted shared folders were used during the aforementioned testing.
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Document Viewer |
Yes |
Download Station |
Maximum Concurrent Download Tasks |
80 |
exFAT Access (Optional) |
Yes |
iSCSI Manager |
Maximum iSCSI Target Number |
256 |
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Maximum iSCSI LUN |
512 |
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iSCSI LUN Clone/Snapshot, Windows ODX |
Yes |
Synology MailPlus / MailPlus Server |
Free Email Accounts |
5 (Licenses required for additional accounts) |
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Maximum Number of Concurrent Users |
800 |
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Maximum Server Performance |
4,235,000 emails per day, approx. 129GB |
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Notes |
- Models with more than 4 bays were installed with two SSDs for SSD cache.
- For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed.
- The performance of the mail system will slightly decrease in high-availability mode due to data synchronization between the two servers.
- Functions that were enabled in all of the tests above: anti-spam, anti-virus, DNSBL, greylist, content scan, full-text search (English only).
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Media Server |
DLNA Compliance |
Yes |
Moments |
Facial Recognition |
Yes |
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Subject Recognition |
Yes |
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Auto Color & Rotate |
Yes |
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Moments Select |
Yes |
PetaSpace |
Yes |
Snapshot Replication |
Maximum Snapshots per Shared Folder |
1,024 |
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Maximum of System Snapshots |
65,536 |
Surveillance Station |
Maximum IP cam (Licenses required) |
90 (including 2 Free License) (See All Supported IP Cameras) |
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Total FPS (H.264) |
2700 FPS @ 720p (1280×720)
2250 FPS @ 1080p (1920×1080)
900 FPS @ 3M (2048×1536)
800 FPS @ 5M (2591×1944)
550 FPS @ 4K (3840×2160) |
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Total FPS (H.265) |
2700 FPS @ 720p (1280×720)
2700 FPS @ 1080p (1920×1080)
1530 FPS @ 3M (2048×1536)
1350 FPS @ 5M (2591×1944)
1080 FPS @ 4K (3840×2160) |
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Total FPS (MJPEG) |
1050 FPS @ 720p (1280×720)
525 FPS @ 1080p (1920×1080)
350 FPS @ 3M (2048×1536)
220 FPS @ 5M (2591×1944) |
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Notes |
- Surveillance Station throughput is tested with Axis network camera, using continuous recording with live view from Surveillance Station and motion detection by camera. Live view and recording are sharing the same stream from the camera.
- The maximum channel number also includes devices installed on Virtual DSM.
- Total FPS may be affected by other services running at the same time (e.g., archive tasks performed by Archive Vault).
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Synology Drive |
Recommended Number of Hosted Files |
3,000,000 (applies to files indexed or hosted by Synology Drive. For file access through other standard protocols, refer to the File Services section above) |
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Recommended Number of Concurrent Sync Clients |
1,800 (the number of connections that can be maintained when the recommended number of hosted files was reached) |
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Notes |
- Exceeding the recommended numbers above will not block application operations, but may result in longer response time.
- Utilizing SSD cache can significantly improve performance.
- For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed.
- Btrfs file system and non-encrypted shared folders were used during the aforementioned testing.
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Synology Office |
Maximum Users |
3,000 |
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Notes |
- Multiple files were opened for testing and each file was edited by 30 users simultaneously.
- For tested models with expandable memory, the maximum amount of RAM was installed.
- Client performance may affect maximum simultaneous editing users. Client PCs used for testing: Intel Core i3-3220 / 8GB RAM
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Video Station |
Video Transcoding |
Group 1 – Type 1 (See more) |
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Maximum Transcoding Channel Number |
1 channel, 30 FPS @ 1080p(1920×1080), H.264 (AVC)/MPEG-4 Part 2 (XVID, DIVX5)/MPEG-2/VC-1 |
Virtual Machine Manager |
Recommended Virtual Machine Instances |
12 (Learn more) |
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Recommended Virtual DSM Number (Licenses required) |
12 (including 1 Free License) |
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Notes |
The specifications vary depending on system configuration and memory size. |
VPN Server |
Maximum Connections |
40 |