Synology SA3610 12-Bay NAS Enclosure
Description
The Synology SA3610 is a diskless, 2U rackmount 12-bay enterprise NAS powered by DiskStation Manager (DSM). It combines petabyte-scale on-demand expansion, high-throughput performance, and comprehensive data protection in a compact chassis optimized for data centers and media studios.
Hardware Specifications
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Drive Bays | 12 × hot-swappable 3.5″/2.5″ SAS-3/SATA III HDD/SSD |
| Maximum Raw Capacity | 240 TB (12 × 20 TB); scales to 1.9 PB with up to seven RX1222sas expansion units |
| CPU | Intel® Xeon® D-1541 8-core 2.1 GHz |
| Memory | 16 GB DDR4 ECC (expandable to 128 GB across 4 slots) |
| Network Interfaces | 2 × 10 GbE RJ-45; 4 × 1 GbE RJ-45 (Link Aggregation & failover) |
| Expansion Slots | 2 × PCIe 3.0 ×8 (for 10/25/40 GbE or Fibre Channel adapters; SSD cache cards) |
| USB Ports | 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A |
| Expansion Port | 1 × mini-SAS HD for RX1222sas (up to 96 total bays) |
| Power Supplies | Dual 550 W redundant, hot-swappable modules |
| Cooling | 4 × 80 mm hot-swappable fans |
| Sequential Throughput | Up to 6,200 MB/s read; 3,000 MB/s write |
| Dimensions (H × W × D) | 88 × 482 × 724 mm |
| Warranty | 5-year limited hardware warranty |
Key Software & Features
- On-Demand Scalability
Add up to seven 12-bay RX1222sas units without service interruption to grow from 12 to 96 drive bays as data needs evolve. - High-Speed Networking
Dual 10 GbE ports out of the box, complemented by four Gigabit ports and two PCIe slots for optional 25/40 GbE or Fibre Channel adapters ensure bandwidth for bandwidth-intensive workloads. - Central Management & Monitoring
Central Management System (CMS) for group policy enforcement, batch firmware updates, and task delegation; Active Insight cloud dashboard offers real-time fleet analytics and proactive alerts. - Enterprise-Grade Data Protection
Btrfs file system with metadata mirroring, inline compression, checksums, and near-instant snapshots guard against silent data corruption and enable point-in-time recovery. - Unified SAN/NAS Storage
Serve files over SMB, NFS, AFP, and object protocols while providing block-level access via iSCSI and Fibre Channel for virtualization and database applications. - Flexible Backup & Collaboration
Active Backup Suite consolidates backups for physical, virtual, and cloud workloads; Synology Drive enables private-cloud file sharing, version control, and real-time collaboration.
Performance & Scalability
Thanks to its Xeon-class CPU, ample ECC memory, and built-in 10 GbE networking, the SA3610 delivers up to 6,200 MB/s sequential read and 3,000 MB/s sequential write—ideal for large-scale multimedia archives and high-density virtual machine storage. Online scale-out to 96 bays ensures capacity growth without downtime.
Ideal Use Cases
- Enterprise data centers and media production studios managing petabyte-scale archives
- Centralized backup repositories for thousands of endpoints with global deduplication
- Surveillance storage supporting 128+ IP cameras with retention policies
- Virtualization and database storage requiring block-level performance and protocol flexibility
- Hybrid-cloud gateways balancing on-premises acceleration with cloud archiving
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