Storage Management
Maximum Internal Volume Number: 64
SSD Read / Write Cache (White Paper)
SSD TRIM
Supported RAID Type
• Synology Hybrid RAID
• Basic
• JBOD
• RAID 0
• RAID 1
• RAID 5
• RAID 6
• RAID 10
RAID Migration
• Basic to RAID 1
• Basic to RAID 5
• RAID 1 to RAID 5
• RAID 5 to RAID 6
Volume Expansion with Larger HDDs
• Synology Hybrid RAID
• RAID 1
• RAID 5
• RAID 6
• RAID 10
Volume Expansion by Adding a HDD
• Synology Hybrid RAID
• JBOD
• RAID 5
• RAID 6
Global Hot Spare Supported RAID Type
• Synology Hybrid RAID
• RAID 1
• RAID 5
• RAID 6
• RAID 10
File Services
File Protocol CIFS/AFP/NFS/FTP/WebDAV
Maximum Concurrent CIFS/AFP/FTP Connections 1,000
Maximum Concurrent CIFS/AFP/FTP Connections (with RAM expansion) 2,000
Windows Access Control List (ACL) Integration
NFS Kerberos Authentication
Notes
• Regarding data concerning tests with RAM expansion, all memory slots are installed with the maximum capacity of supported RAM.
• 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.
Account & Shared Folder
Maximum Local User Accounts 2,048
Maximum Local Groups 256
Maximum Shared Folder 512
Maximum Shared Folder Sync Tasks 16
High Availability
Synology High Availability
Log Center
Syslog Events per Second 800
Virtualization
VMware vSphere 6 with VAAI
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Citrix Ready
OpenStack
General Specifications
Networking Protocols SMB1 (CIFS), SMB2, SMB3, NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, NFS Kerberized sessions, iSCSI, HTTP, HTTPs, FTP, SNMP, LDAP, CalDAV
Supported Browsers
• Google Chrome
• Firefox
• Microsoft Edge
• Internet Explorer 10 onwards
• Safari 10 onwards
• Safari (iOS 10 onwards)
• Google Chrome (Android 6.0 onwards)
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
Antivirus by McAfee (Trial)
Central Management System
Synology Chat
Maximum Users 1,500
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.
Document Viewer
Download Station
Maximum Concurrent Download Tasks 80
exFAT Access (Optional)
iSCSI Manager
Maximum iSCSI Target Number 128
Maximum iSCSI LUN 256
iSCSI LUN Clone/Snapshot, Windows ODX
Synology MailPlus / MailPlus Server
Free Email Accounts 5 (Licenses required for additional accounts)
Maximum Number of Concurrent Users 150
Maximum Server Performance 1,484,000 emails per day, approx. 45GB
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).
Media Server
DLNA Compliance
Moments
Facial Recognition
Subject Recognition
Auto Color & Rotate
Moments Select
Snapshot Replication
Maximum Snapshots per Shared Folder 1,024
Maximum of System Snapshots 65,536
Surveillance Station
Maximum IP cam (Licenses required) 40 (including 2 Free License) (See All Supported IP Cameras)
Total FPS (H.264) 1200 FPS @ 720p (1280x720)
1050 FPS @ 1080p (1920x1080)
600 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536)
440 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)
320 FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)
Total FPS (H.265) 1200 FPS @ 720p (1280x720)
1200 FPS @ 1080p (1920x1080)
1120 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536)
600 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)
480 FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)
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).
Synology Drive
Recommended Number of Hosted Files 1,000,000 (applies to files indexed or hosted by Synology Drive. For file access through other standard protocols, refer to the File Services section above)
Recommended Number of Concurrent Sync Clients 550 (the number of connections that can be maintained when the recommended number of hosted files was reached)
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.
Synology Office
Maximum Users 1,800
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
Video Station
Virtual Machine Manager
Recommended Virtual Machine Instances 8 (Learn more)
Recommended Virtual DSM Number (Licenses required) 8 (including 1 Free License)
Notes The specifications vary depending on system configuration and memory size.
VPN Server
Maximum Connections 30