Synology UC3200 12-Bay Unified Controller SAN Enclosure
Description
The Synology UC3200 is a dual-controller, active-active SAN enclosure designed for mission-critical iSCSI and Fibre Channel workloads. Each controller is powered by an Intel® Xeon® D-1521 quad-core processor and synchronized via a Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) for in-flight data protection, ensuring uninterrupted service and sub-minute failover. The UC3200 supports up to 12 hot-swappable SAS drives natively—with hardware-level AES encryption via self-encrypting drives—and scales to 36 bays (576 TB raw) with two RXD1219sas expansion units.
Hardware Specifications
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Form Factor | 2U rackmount, active-active dual-controller SAN architecture |
| Drive Bays | 12 × hot-swappable 3.5″/2.5″ SAS HDD/SSD |
| Maximum Raw Capacity | Up to 192 TB (12 × 16 TB); scales to 576 TB with 2 × RXD1219sas expansion units |
| Controllers | 2 × Intel® Xeon® D-1521 quad-core 2.4 GHz processors |
| Memory | 8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM per controller (4 slots each), expandable for improved performance |
| Network Interfaces | 2 × 1 GbE RJ-45 & 1 × 10 GbE RJ-45 per controller (Link Aggregation & failover) |
| Expansion Slot | 1 × PCIe 3.0 ×8 per controller (for 10 / 25 GbE NICs or 8 / 16 Gb Fibre Channel HBAs) |
| Controller Interconnect | Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) for memory synchronization between controllers |
| Encryption | AES-NI hardware engine; native support for SAS self-encrypting drives (SEDs) |
| Expansion Units | Up to 2 × RXD1219sas (12 bays each) for seamless, plug-and-play capacity growth |
| Power Supplies | 2 × 500 W modular, hot-swappable redundant power supplies |
| Cooling | Redundant, modular hot-swappable fan assemblies |
| OS Storage | Dedicated SATA DOM per controller |
Key Software & Features
- DiskStation Manager UC
Single-pane management console for both controllers, with built-in monitoring, alerting, and firmware updates. - High Availability & Redundancy
Active-active controllers deliver uninterrupted SAN services; automatic failover keeps workloads online if one controller fails. - Advanced LUN Services
Thin provisioning, snapshot and clone creation in seconds, and seamless integration with VMware VAAI and Windows ODX for accelerated VM operations. - Block-Level Protocol Support
Native iSCSI and Fibre Channel services with ALUA compliance to optimize host path selection and throughput. - OpenStack Cinder Integration
Turns the UC3200 into a scalable, block-device backend for cloud deployments using OpenStack® Cinder. - Security & Data Integrity
Btrfs for metadata mirroring and self-healing, plus AES hardware encryption with SED support to protect sensitive data at rest and in transit.
Performance & Scalability
- Sustains up to 140,000 4 KB random write IOPS under optimized configurations.
- Online scale-out from 12 to 36 drives via RXD1219sas units without interruption.
- Network bandwidth boost through PCIe-based 10 / 25 GbE or 8 / 16 Gb Fibre Channel add-ons.
- NTB-synced controllers ensure high availability and data integrity for in-flight transactions.
Ideal Use Cases
- Enterprise SAN storage for virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V).
- Mission-critical database and ERP systems requiring sub-minute failover.
- High-availability block storage for cloud-native applications.
- Remote office or branch office SAN deployments with AES-encrypted data.
- Any environment demanding seamless growth to hundreds of terabytes with zero downtime.
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