SA3600

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SA3600

Achieving petabyte-scale storage on demand

Features
Specs

Uncompromising performance

Synology SA3600 is a 2U rackmount server with flexible storage scalability and performance. Equipped with a 12-core CPU and high-speed network support, SA3600 delivers sequential throughput at over 5,561 MB/s¹. Supporting SAS and SATA drives, SA3600 provides an elastic and expandable storage solution with optimized total cost of ownership (TCO).

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CPU

Intel® Xeon® D-1567 12-core 2.1 GHz

Memory

16 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM, up to 128 GB

Scalability

Up to 180/96 SAS/SATA drives²

Expandability

2 x PCIe 3.0 for optional network adapter cards

Petabyte-scale flexibility

Scalable to 180/96 drives delivering more than 1.5 petabytes of raw capacity, SA3600 can easily fulfill extensive storage needs, including video post-production and massive surveillance deployment.

Supercharge network performance effortlessly

Built-in dual 10GbE Ethernet ports and dual PCIe 3.0 slots provide high-speed network transmission with additional network interface cards' expansion.

Btrfs: Next generation storage efficiency

The Btrfs file system introduces cutting-edge storage technologies and optimized snapshots to prevent data corruption and reduce maintenance overhead. While ensuring high-level data integrity, it also offers flexible, efficient data protection and recovery tools.

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Btrfs: Next generation storage efficiency

Flexible Shared Folder/User Quota System provides comprehensive quota control on all user accounts and shared folders

Snapshot Replication provides schedulable and storage capacity-saving data protection with 1,024 shared folder backups and 65,000 system-wide snapshots

File or folder level data restoration makes data recovery fast and flexible

Automatic file self-healing detects and recovers corrupted files without user intervention

Btrfs: Next generation storage efficiency mobile version

Access and sync your files seamlessly

Synology Drive provides a built-in universal portal to access your data anytime and anywhere, and synchronize all your files across platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.

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Fully certified storage virtualization solutions

Synology iSCSI storage fully supports most virtualization solutions to enhance work efficiency with easy management interface. VMware vSphere 6 and VAAI integration helps offload storage operations and optimizes computation efficiency. Windows Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) speeds up data transfer and migration rate. OpenStack Cinder support turns your Synology NAS into a block-based storage component.

5-year warranty

At Synology, we are committed to product innovation and quality. Synology guarantees a robust and reliable data management experience with a 5-year limited warranty, providing responsive technical support and hardware replacement services to maximize your return on investment.

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Synology High Availability

Seamless transition between clustered servers in the event of a server failure to minimize the impact on applications.

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Synology Office

Collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and slides in real time to boost team productivity.

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Synology MailPlus

Secure, reliable, and private mail server solution with an intuitive and modern mail client.

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Virtual Machine Manager

Run various operating systems in isolated sandboxes. Seamlessly clone, store, and migrate virtual machines.

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Security

Shield your Synology NAS from the most sophisticated threats with industry-leading security solutions.

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Surveillance

Protect your home or business with intelligent monitoring and video management tools.

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SA3600

1 Power button and indicator
2 Beep off button
3 Drive status indicator
4 Drive tray

5 Power port
6 PSU indicator
7 PSU fan
8 Console port

9 1GbE RJ-45 port
10 10GbE RJ-45 port
11 USB 3.0 port
12 PCIe expansion slot

13 Expansion port
14 Reset button

Notes:

Performance figures may vary depending on environment, usage, and configuration.
SA3600 can scale up to 96 drives with 7 x RX1217sas or 180 drives with 7 x RX2417sas, sold separately.

Hardware Specs
Software Specs

Hardware Specifications
CPU
CPU	CPU Model	Intel Xeon D-1567
	CPU Quantity	1
	CPU Architecture	64-bit
	CPU Frequency	12-core 2.1 (base) / 2.7 (turbo) GHz
	Hardware Encryption Engine (AES-NI)
Memory
Memory	System Memory	16 GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM
	Memory Module Pre-installed	16 GB (16 GB x 1)
	Total Memory Slots	4
	Maximum Memory Capacity	128 GB (32 GB x 4)
	Notes	For more information on memory upgrade limitations, visit here. Please select Synology memory modules for optimum compatibility and reliability. Synology will not provide complete product warranty or technical support if non-Synology memory modules are used for memory expansion. For more information on the recommended memory configurations, visit here. Synology reserves the right to replace memory modules with the same or higher frequency based on supplier's product life cycle status. Rest assured that the compatibility and stability have been strictly verified with the same benchmark to ensure identical performance.
Storage
Storage	Drive Bays	12
	Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit	96 (RX1222sas/RX1217sas x 7) / 180 (RX2417sas x 7)
	Compatible Drive Type* (See all supported drives)	3.5" SAS HDD 2.5" SAS HDD 2.5" SAS SSD 3.5" SATA HDD 2.5" SATA HDD 2.5" SATA SSD
	Hot Swappable Drive
	Notes	"Compatible drive type" indicates drives that have been tested to be compatible with Synology products. This term does not indicate the maximum connection speed of each drive bay.
External Ports
External Ports	RJ-45 1GbE LAN Port	4 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support)
	RJ-45 10GbE LAN Port	2 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support)
	USB 3.2 Gen 1 Port*	2
	Expansion Port	1
	Notes	The USB 3.0 standard was renamed to USB 3.2 Gen 1 by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) in 2019.
PCIe
PCIe	PCIe Expansion	2 x Gen3 x8 slots (x8 link)
File System
File System	Internal Drives	Btrfs EXT4
	External Drives	Btrfs EXT4 EXT3 FAT NTFS HFS+ exFAT
	Notes	exFAT Access can be installed for free from Package Center in DSM 7.0. In DSM 6.2 or earlier versions, exFAT Access needs to be purchased in Package Center.
Appearance
Appearance	Form Factor (RU)	2U
	Size (Height x Width x Depth)	88 mm x 482 mm x 724 mm
	Weight	14.5 kg
	Rack Installation Support*	4-post 19" rack (Synology Rail Kit - RKS-02)
	Notes	The rail kit is sold separately
Others
Others	System Fan	80 mm x 80 mm x 4 pcs
	Fan Speed Mode	Full-Speed Mode Cool Mode Quiet Mode
	Easy Replacement System Fan
	Power Recovery
	Noise Level*	49.8 dB(A)
	Scheduled Power On / Off
	Wake on LAN / WAN
	Power Supply Unit / Adapter	500 W
	Redundant Power Supply
	AC Input Power Voltage	100 V to 240 V AC
	Power Frequency	50/60 Hz, Single Phase
	Power Consumption*	156.23 W (Access) 72.37 W (HDD Hibernation)
	British Thermal Unit	533.08 BTU/hr (Access) 246.94 BTU/hr (HDD Hibernation)
	Notes	Power consumption is measured when it is fully loaded with Western Digital 1TB WD10EFRX hard drive(s). Noise Level Testing Environment: Fully loaded with Seagate 2TB ST2000VN000 hard drive(s) in the idle state. Two G.R.A.S. Type 40AE microphones, each set up 1 meter away from the Synology NAS at the front and rear. Background noise: 16.49-17.51 dB(A); Temperature: 24.25-25.75˚C; Humidity: 58.2-61.8%
Temperature
Temperature	Operating Temperature	0°C to 35°C (32°F to 95°F)
	Storage Temperature	-20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F)
	Relative Humidity	5% to 95% RH
Certification
Certification	FCC CE BSMI EAC CCC KC VCCI RCM
Warranty
Warranty	5 Years
	Notes	The warranty period starts from the purchase date as stated on your purchase receipt. (Learn more)
Environment
Environment	RoHS Compliant
Packaging Content
Packaging Content	Main Unit X 1 Accessory Pack X 1 AC Power Cord X 2 Quick Installation Guide X 1
Optional Accessories
Optional Accessories	DDR4 ECC RDIMM: D4RD-2666-16G*/D4RD-2666-32G Expansion Units: RX2417sas/RX1222sas/RX1217sas 3.5" SAS HDD: HAS5300 3.5" SATA HDD: HAT5300 2.5" SATA SSD: SAT5210 M.2 SSD & 10GbE Combo Adapter Card: E10M20-T1 M.2 SSD Adapter Card: M2D20 25GbE Network Interface Card: E25G21-F2 10GbE Network Interface Card: E10G21-F2/E10G18-T2/E10G18-T1 Rail Kit Sliding: RKS-02 VisualStation: VS360HD Surveillance Device License Pack
	Notes	It is required to use D4RD-2666-16G with identical memory modules of the same capacity and frequency. For more information, visit here.

DSM Specifications
Storage Management
Storage Management	Maximum Single Volume Size*	1 PB (64 GB memory required, for RAID 6 groups only) 200 TB (32 GB memory required) 108 TB
	Maximum Internal Volume Number	256
	SSD Read / Write Cache (White Paper)
	SSD TRIM
	RAID Group
	Supported RAID Type	RAID F1 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	RAID F1 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10
	Volume Expansion by Adding a HDD	RAID F1 JBOD RAID 5 RAID 6
	Global Hot Spare Supported RAID Type	RAID F1 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 10
	Notes	For more information on Peta Volume, visit here. Each internal volume (may consist of multiple drives) is expandable up to 108 TB (with memory less than 32 GB) or 200 TB (with memory equal to or greater than 32 GB).
File Services
File Services	File Protocol	SMB/AFP/NFS/FTP/WebDAV
	Maximum Concurrent SMB/AFP/FTP Connections	4,000
	Maximum Concurrent SMB/AFP/FTP Connections (with RAM expansion)	10,000
	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. 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.
Account & Shared Folder
Account & Shared Folder	Maximum Local User Accounts	16,000
	Maximum Local Groups	512
	Maximum Shared Folder	512
	Maximum Shared Folder Sync Tasks	32
Hybrid Share
Hybrid Share	Maximum Hybrid Share Folders	8
	Notes	For more details about the maximum number of Hybrid Share folders, check this article.
High Availability
High Availability	Synology High Availability
Log Center
Log Center
	Syslog Events per Second	3,000
Virtualization
Virtualization	VMware vSphere with VAAI
	Windows Server 2016
	Windows Server 2019
	Citrix Ready
	OpenStack
General Specifications
General Specifications	Networking Protocols	SMB1 (CIFS), SMB2, SMB3, NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, NFS Kerberized sessions, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, HTTP, HTTPs, FTP, SNMP, LDAP, CalDAV
	Supported Browsers	Google Chrome Firefox Microsoft Edge Safari
	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
	Notes	For an updated list of supported browser versions, check the DSM Technical Specifications.
Add-on Packages view the complete package list
Antivirus by McAfee (Trial)
Antivirus by McAfee (Trial)
Central Management System
Central Management System
Synology Chat
Synology Chat
	Maximum Users	6,000
	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
Document Viewer
Download Station
Download Station
	Maximum Concurrent Download Tasks	80
SAN Manager
SAN Manager
	Maximum iSCSI Target Number	256
	Maximum LUN	512
	LUN Clone/Snapshot, Windows ODX
	Notes	iSCSI Manager has been renamed to SAN Manager in DSM 7.0.
Synology MailPlus / MailPlus Server
Synology MailPlus / MailPlus Server
	Free Email Accounts	5 (Licenses required for additional accounts)
	Maximum Number of Concurrent Users	1,600
	Maximum Server Performance	5,040,000 emails per day, approx. 151 GB
	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
Media Server
	DLNA Compliance
Synology Photos
Synology Photos
	Facial Recognition
	Notes	Photo Station and Synology Moments are succeeded by Synology Photos in DSM 7.0. For a features comparison, check this article.
PetaSpace
PetaSpace
Snapshot Replication
Snapshot Replication
	Maximum Snapshots per Shared Folder	1,024
	Maximum of System Snapshots	65,536
Surveillance Station
Surveillance Station
	Maximum IP cam (Licenses required)	128 (including 2 Free License) (See All Supported IP Cameras)
	Total FPS (H.264)	3840 FPS @ 720p (1280x720) 2800 FPS @ 1080p (1920x1080) 1200 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536) 700 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944) 500 FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)
	Total FPS (H.265)	3840 FPS @ 720p (1280x720) 3840 FPS @ 1080p (1920x1080) 2400 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536) 1300 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944) 800 FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)
	Total FPS (MJPEG)	1000 FPS @ 720p (1280x720) 650 FPS @ 1080p (1920x1080) 490 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536) 320 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)
	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
Synology Drive
	Recommended Number of Hosted Files	50,000,000 (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	2,000 (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
Synology Office
	Maximum Users	3,400
	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
Video Station
	Video Transcoding	Group 1 - Type 1 (See more)
	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
Virtual Machine Manager
	Recommended Virtual Machine Instances	24 (Learn more)
	Recommended Virtual DSM Number (Licenses required)	24 (including 1 Free License)
	Notes	The specifications vary depending on system configuration and memory size.
VPN Server
VPN Server
	Maximum Connections	60

Notes:

Model specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
The figures are based on Synology internal testing. Each performance test is done individually. No other services or applications are processed at the same time.
The actual performance may be lower than lab testing figure due to differences in server configuration, deployment, and the number of active operations.
If usage requirements exceed the specifications above, please contact our regional partners for professional advice.