Built for your SAN storage needs
Certified for VMware® vSphere™, Microsoft® Hyper-V®, Citrix® XenServer™, and OpenStack Cinder, Synology systems easily integrate with common virtualization platforms.

Built-in data protection and up to 5 years of warranty1 means you can focus on making the most out of your storage without worrying about maintenance contracts or license fees.

Choose the right storage solution for your virtualized workloads, with support for 10/25/40GbE2 interfaces to maximize bandwidth.
All-flash FS series
Delivers high IOPS and low latency for databases, analytics, and financial transactions.
Hybrid storage
Combines HDD arrays with SSD cache to provide an optimal balance between performance, cost, and storage capacity.

Synology systems can be expanded up to 180 drive bays without interrupting services by attaching compatible expansion units.3

Efficient integration
Boost performance of virtual applications and manage storage devices directly from VMware, Windows, and Kubernetes interfaces with Synology plugins and packages.
Synology Storage Console
Manage and monitor multiple Synology NAS/SAN on VMware or Windows environments. Learn more.
Synology Storage Replication Adapter
Enable disaster recovery directly via VMware vCenter Server with Synology Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) to simplify complicated configurations and optimize the process.
Synology SMI-S Provider for SCVMM
Manage multiple Synology NAS servers as storage nodes using Microsoft's System Center Virtual Machine Manager user interface.
Synology CSI Driver for Kubernetes
Provision and manage storage volumes, and configure snapshots directly from the K8s CLI. Volume expansions are mirrored seamlessly from K8s to Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM).
Storage protocols for deployment flexibility
iSCSI / Fibre Channel | NFS | |
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Availability/load balancing | MPIO | NFS multipathing (NFS 4.1) |
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Windows ODX 4 ODX dramatically improves the speed of data manipulation by offloading data transfer operations from the host's CPU to the Synology device. This frees up the host's CPU and networking resources, so that they can be used for other important tasks. | - | |
Citrix iSCSI Storage Repository | - | |
OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder) | - | |
Data protection / management granularity | Datastore-level | VM-level |
Security | CHAP (iSCSI) | IP-based |
Use cases | To achieve consistently high performance in larger deployments | For quicker setup and smaller deployments; easy file/folder-level management |
Built-in data protection
More advanced features

Fast clone
Create near-instantaneous virtual copies of LUNs or vDisks on NFS with a simple click.

NFS v4.1 support
Access an NFS server via multiple network connections at the same time and enable higher bandwidth and auto-failover.

Thin provisioning support
Enable IT admins to maximize storage utilization and lower their TCO.
Consolidate your NAS and SAN infrastructure
For remote or branch offices that need a file server, as well as iSCSI/Fibre Channel/NFS storage for virtualized workloads, Synology allows the creation of NAS and SAN environments on one system, greatly simplifying management and reducing the hardware footprint.
Find the best storage option for your needs
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Notes:
Synology NAS come with either a 2 year, 3 year, or 5 year limited warranty. Some models with the 3 year warranty in select regions can extend this to 5 years with extended warranty options, purchased separately.
For supported 10/25/40GbE network cards and their compatibility with units, please check the compatibility list.
Capacity may vary by the drives and RAID types selected. Scalability up to 180 drives is currently only available on SA3400 and SA3600 models.
Learn more about virtual machine platform compatibility here.
Supports VMware vSphere 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, and 6.7, and Microsoft Hyper-V 2016 and 2019.
The Btrfs file system is required on both the source and the destination array.
The Btrfs file system is required on the destination array.
Synology High Availability clusters can only be created with two identical Synology units. For more information, please refer to this FAQ.
Model | VMware vSphere | Microsoft Hyper-V | Citrix XenServer | |||||
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vSphere 6 & VAAI | vSphere 5.X & VAAI | vSphere 4.X | 2016 | 2012 R2 | 2012 | 2008 | ||
FS series | ||||||||
FS6400 | V | V | V | |||||
FS3600 | V | V | V | |||||
FS3410 | V | V | ||||||
FS3400 | V | V | V | |||||
FS3017 | V | V | V | V | V | |||
FS2500 | V | V | ||||||
FS2017 | V | V | V | V | V | |||
FS1018 | V | V | V | V | V | |||
HD series | ||||||||
HD6500 | V | V | V | |||||
SA series | ||||||||
SA6400 | V | V | ||||||
SA3610 | V | V | ||||||
SA3600 | V | V | V | |||||
SA3410 | V | V | ||||||
SA3400 | V | V | V | |||||
SA3200D | V | V | V | |||||
UC Series | ||||||||
UC3200 | V | V | V | |||||
XS+ series | ||||||||
RS18017xs+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS18016xs+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS10613xs+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS4021xs+ | V | V | V | |||||
RS4017xs+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS3621xs+ | V | V | V | |||||
RS3617xs+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS3614xs+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS3413xs+ | V | V | V | V | ||||
RS1619xs+ | V | V | V | |||||
RC18015xs+ | V | V | V | V | ||||
DS3622xs+ | V | V | ||||||
DS1823xs+ | V | V | ||||||
DS1621xs+ | V | V | V | |||||
XS series | ||||||||
RS3621RPxs | V | V | V | |||||
RS3618xs | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS3617RPxs | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS3617xs | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS3614RPxs | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS3614xs | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS3412RPxs | V | V | V | V | ||||
RS3412xs | V | V | V | V | ||||
DS3617xsII | V | V | V | |||||
DS3617xs | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS3615xs | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS3612xs | V | V | V | V | ||||
DS3018xs | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS2015xs | V | V | V | V | V | |||
Plus series | ||||||||
RS2821RP+ | V | V | ||||||
RS2818RP+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS2423RP+ | V | V | ||||||
RS2423+ | V | V | ||||||
RS2421RP+ | V | V | ||||||
RS2421+ | V | V | ||||||
RS2418RP+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS2418+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS2416RP+ | V | V | V | V | V | V | ||
RS2416+ | V | V | V | V | V | V | ||
RS2414RP+ | V | V | V | |||||
RS2414+ | V | V | V | |||||
RS2212RP+ | V | V | V | V | V | V | ||
RS2212+ | V | V | V | V | V | V | ||
RS1221RP+ | V | V | V | |||||
RS1221+ | V | V | V | |||||
RS1219+ | V | V | V | |||||
RS822RP+ | V | V | ||||||
RS822+ | V | V | ||||||
RS820RP+ | V | V | V | |||||
RS820+ | V | V | V | |||||
RS818RP+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS818+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS815RP+ | V | V | V | V | V | V | ||
RS815+ | V | V | V | V | V | V | ||
RS814RP+ | V | V | V | V | ||||
RS814+ | V | V | V | V | ||||
RS812RP+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
RS812+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS2422+ | V | V | ||||||
DS2419+II | V | V | ||||||
DS2419+ | V | V | V | |||||
DS2415+ | V | V | V | V | V | V | ||
DS2413+ | V | V | V | V | ||||
DS1821+ | V | V | V | |||||
DS1819+ | V | V | V | |||||
DS1817+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS1815+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS1813+ | V | V | V | |||||
DS1812+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS1621+ | V | V | V | |||||
DS1618+ | V | V | V | |||||
DS1522+ | V | V | ||||||
DS1520+ | V | V | V | |||||
DS1517+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS1515+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS1513+ | V | V | V | |||||
DS1512+ | V | V | V | V | ||||
DS1019+ | V | V | V | |||||
DS923+ | V | V | ||||||
DS920+ | V | V | V | |||||
DS918+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS916+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS723+ | V | V | ||||||
DS720+ | V | V | V | |||||
DS718+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS716+II | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS716+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS713+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS712+ | V | V | V | V | ||||
DS620slim | V | V | V | |||||
DS423+ | V | V | ||||||
DS420+ | V | V | V | |||||
DS415+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
DS412+ | V | V | V | V | V | |||
Value series | ||||||||
RS812 | V | V | V | V | ||||
RS212 | V | V | V | |||||
DS1817 | V | V | V | V | V |