Synology DS620slim User Manual

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DS620slim

Mini Private Server

Combining Performance

and Style

Greet the unique and compact DS620slim,

ready to boost your productivity at work, and its

mini design allows it to blend in any workplace

harmoniously. With feature-rich DiskStation

Manager (DSM) at your disposal, DS620slim

is an ideal le server delivering seamless le

synchronization and solid backup solution

while securely safeguarding your critical

services. DS620slim also comes with 4K video

Highlights

Mini-sized yet powerful 6-bay NAS, ready to

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maximize your work productivity

6 drive bays with better RAID flexibility to configure

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2.5” HDDs and SSDs

2GB DDR3L memory, expandable up to 6GB

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Over 220 MB/s reading and 190 MB/s writing even

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under encrypted data transmission

Dual-channel H.265/H.264 4K video transcoding on

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the fly Advanced Btrfs file system, offering 65,000 system-

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wide snapshots and 1,024 snapshots per shared

folder

Anywhere access with iOS and Android™ ready

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mobile apps

transcoding support, perfect for streaming

ultra-high denition media contents. DS620slim

is backed up by Synology's 2-year limited

warranty.

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Robust File Syncing & Sharing Suite

With Synology Drive, Synology DS620slim can

serve as a centralized le server, allowing les to

be synced and accessed across platforms while

enabling easy le sharing and management.

Ultra-compact yet Flexible in RAID Configuration

Synology DS620slim is a mini 6-bay NAS with 2.5" drive support, yet

flexible when building different RAID types with HDDs or SSDs to reach

better data protection. Moreover, the storage performance can be

further enhanced by taking advantage of SSD cache while still having

enough drive bays for data storage.

DS620slim features a dual-core processor and 2GB memory,

expandable up to 6GB. With AES-NI encryption, the model delivers

sequential throughput performance at over 220 MB/s reading and 190

MB/s writing1 under encrypted data transmission in dual 1GbE Link

Aggregation environment. DS620slim comes with dual USB 3.0 ports,

providing rapid data transfer and backup to external storage devices.

Cross-Platform File Sharing and Data Synchronization

Synology DS620slim supports comprehensive network protocols,

ensuring a seamless file sharing experience across Windows, Mac®,

and Linux® platforms. Windows AD and LDAP integration allows

DS620slim to fit quickly and effortlessly into any existing network

environment, without needing to create identical user accounts. With

Synology Drive, you can sync files across Windows, macOS and Linux

computer platforms, and access files on the go with mobile devices

to keep information up-to-date and share files effortlessly. Cloud

Sync keeps your Dropbox, Google™ Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Baidu,

and Box storage in sync with your personal DiskStation at home.

Synology Active Backup Suite

Integrated, modern, and license-free backup and instant recovery solution for business workloads in physical, virtual, and cloud environments.

Ultimate Backup Solution

DS620slim integrates various backup applications to safeguard your

important data on any device with an intuitive user interface and durable

storage technologies.

• Workstation/Server/Virtual Machine Backup: Active Backup for

Business centralizes backup tasks for virtual machines, Windows

PC, servers, and rsync/SMB file servers. Fast and reliable recovery

options ensure running services, VMs and files instantly available

when needed.

• SaaS backup: Active Backup for Office 365/G Suite is an

on-premises backup solution for public clouds with a centralized

dashboard, optimizing storage efficiency through the single

instancing and block-level deduplication technology.

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• NAS backup: Hyper Backup comprehensively backs up your data to

a local shared folder, an external device, another Synology NAS, an

rsync server, or a public cloud service to ensure data safety.

• Computer backup: Synology Drive Client backs up your Windows,

Mac, and Linux desktop devices to safeguard important computer

files. DS620slim is also compatible with Time Machine, allowing you

to effortlessly back up your Mac to Synology NAS.

• Highly integrated backup solution: Synology C2 Backup3 is a public

cloud service powered by Synology. By using Hyper Backup to back

up your data on Synology Cloud2 (Synology C2), data safety and

availability can be ensured when a disaster happens.

Btrfs: Next Generation Storage Efficiency

DS620slim introduces the Btrfs file system, bringing the most advanced

storage technologies to meet the management needs of modern

businesses:

• Advanced snapshot technology provides schedulable and

near-instantaneous data protection of share folders and iSCSI LUNs.

Next-Generation File System

A modern le system designed to address obstacles

often encountered in enterprise storage systems, safeguarding data integrity through metadata mirroring, self-healing and snapshot replication.

• File and folder level data restoration brings huge conveniences

and saves time for users who wish to restore only a specific file or

folder.

• Flexible Shared Folder and User Quota System provide

comprehensive quota control on all user accounts and shared

folders.

• File self-healing allows Btrfs file system to auto-detect corrupted

files with mirrored metadata, and to recover broken data using

the supported RAID volumes including RAID1, 5, 6, and 10.

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4K Ultra HD multimedia library

Real-time H.265/H.264 4K video transcoding provides hassle-free and high-quality video playback among various devices.

4K Ultra HD Multimedia Library

DS620slim features real-time transcoding for up to 2 channels of

H.264/H.265 4K videos at the same time, bringing more powerful

support to the latest multimedia formats and contents. With Video

Station, you can organize your personal digital video library based on

media information, and watch 4K Ultra HD movies and films. Audio

Station comes with Internet radio and supports lossless audio formats,

providing music playback via DLNA and AirPlay®-compliant devices. The

intuitive design of Photo Station allows professional photographers

to effortlessly organize photos into customized categories or smart

albums, and share them to social networks within a few clicks.

Serving as a brand-new photo solution designed for personal and

home use, Synology Moments promises users a modern browsing

experience by offering mobile photo backup, photo sharing, image

recognition, similar photo detection, auto-editing functions such as color

correction and angle adjustments, and AI selection of the top photos.

Available Anytime and Anywhere

Anytime Availability

Access your DiskStation anywhere using Synology mobile apps.

Synology provides mobile applications for you to enjoy your multimedia

library at anytime and anywhere. Available on iOS and Android™

platforms, DS photo, DS audio, DS video, and DS file allow access to

your Synology NAS respectively through Photo Station, Audio Station,

Video Station, and File Station. QuickConnect allows connection to

your Synology NAS via a secure and customizable address, so that you

can instantly access media and work files on any Windows, Mac, Linux

computer, and mobile device.

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Front

Rear

Hardware Overview

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1 Status indicator 2 Alert indicator 3 Power button 4 LAN indicator

5 Drive status indicator 6 Drive tray 7 FAN 8 Power port

9 1GbE RJ-45 port 10 Kensington Security Slot 11 USB 3.0 port 12 Reset button

Technical Specications

Hardware

CPU

Hardware encryption engine Yes (AES-NI)

Hardware transcoding engine

Memory 2 GB DDR3L (expandable up to 6 GB)

Compatible drive type 6 x 2.5” SATA HDD/SSD (drives not included)

Hot swappable drive

External port 2 x USB 3.0 port

Size (HxWxD) 121 x 151 x 175 mm

Weight 1.40 kg

LAN 2 x Gigabit (RJ-45)

Wake on LAN/WAN Yes

Scheduled power on/o Yes

System fan 80 x 80 x 20 mm

AC input power voltage 100V to 240V AC

Power frequency 50/60Hz, single phase

Operating temperature 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)

Storage temperature -20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F)

Relative humidity 5% to 95% RH

Maximum operating altitude 5,000 m (16,400 ft)

Intel Celeron J3355 dual-core 2.0 GHz, burst up to 2.5 GHz

• Supported codecs: H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), MPEG-2, VC-1

• Maximum resolution: 4K (4096 x 2160)

• Maximum frames per second (FPS): 30

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General DSM Specication

Networking protocol SMB, AFP, NFS, FTP, WebDAV, CalDAV, iSCSI, Telnet, SSH, SNMP, VPN (PPTP, OpenVPN™, L2TP)

File system

Supported RAID type Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR), Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10

Storage management

SSD cache Read-write cache support

File sharing capability

Privilege Windows Access Control List (ACL), application privilege

Directory service Windows® AD integration: Domain users login via SMB/NFS/AFP/FTP/File Station, LDAP integration

Virtualization VMware vSphere® 6.5, Microsoft Hyper-V®, Citrix®, OpenStack

Security

Supported client Windows 7 and 10, Mac OS X 10.11 onwards

Supported browser

Interface Language

• Internal: Btrfs, ext4

• External: Btrfs, ext4, ext3, FAT, NTFS, HFS+, exFAT

• Maximum single volume size: 108 TB

• Maximum of system snapshots: 65,536

• Maximum internal volumes: 64

• Maximum local user account: 2,048

• Maximum local group: 256

• Maximum shared folder: 256

• Maximum concurrent SMB/NFS/AFP/FTP connection: 500

Firewall, encryption shared folder, SMB encryption, FTP over SSL/TLS, SFTP, rsync over SSH, login auto block, Let's Encrypt support, HTTPS (customizable cipher suite)

Chrome®, Firefox®, Edge®, Internet Explorer® 10 onwards, Safari® 10 onwards; Safari (iOS 10 onwards), Chrome (Android™ 6.0 onwards) on tablets

English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, Dansk, Norsk, Svensk, Nederlands, Русский, Polski, Magyar, Português do Brasil, Português Europeu, Türkçe, Český,

ภาษาไทย,

Packages and Applications

File Server & Synchronization

Provide a universal portal to synchronize your les across various platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and

Synology Drive

File Station

FTP Server

Presto File Server

Cloud Sync

Universal Search Oer global search into applications and les

iSCSI Storage & Virtualization

iSCSI Manager

Virtual Machine Manager Deploy and run various virtual machines on Synology NAS, including Windows, Linux, or Virtual DSM

Data Protection & Backup Solution

Hyper Backup Support local backup, network backup, and backup data to public clouds

Backup tools

Snapshot Replication

Synology High Availability Reduce service downtime by setting up two identical NAS into one high-availability cluster

Active Backup for G Suite Support G Suite My Drive and Team Drive backup and restoration

iOS. The built-in universal portal allows you to access data anytime and anywhere.

• Maximum number of hosted files: 500,000

• Maximum number of concurrent connections for PC clients: 450

Virtual drive, remote folder, Windows ACL editor, compressing/extracting archived les, bandwidth control for specic users

or groups, creating sharing links, transfer logs

Bandwidth control for TCP connections, custom FTP passive port range, anonymous FTP, FTP SSL/TLS and SFTP protocol, boot over the network with TFTP and PXE support, transfer logs

High-speed data transfer over WAN with exclusive SITA technology between Synology NAS and desktop

One or two-way synchronization with public cloud storage providers including Alibaba Cloud OSS, Amazon Drive, Amazon S3-compatible storage, Backblaze B2, Baidu Cloud, Box, Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage, Google Drive, hubiC, MegaDisk, Microsoft OneDrive, OpenStack Swift-compatible storage, Tencent COS, WebDAV servers, Yandex Disk

• Maximum iSCSI target: 128

• Maximum iSCSI LUN: 256

• iSCSI LUN clone/snapshot support

DSM conguration backup, macOS Time Machine support, Synology Drive Client desktop application

Shared folder sync - maximum task number: 8

• Maximum of shared folder snapshots: 1,024

• Maximum of Replication: 32

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Active Backup for Oce 365 Support Oce 365 OneDrive for Business, mail, contacts, and calendar backup and restoration

Active Backup for Business

All-in-one backup solution designed for heterogeneous business IT environment, enabling IT admins to remotely manage and monitor protection over PC, servers and VM on one centralized console

Productivity & Collaboration

Collaborate with instant message service Synology Chat, online editor Synology Oce, and scheduling assistant Synology

Collaboration tools

Note Station Rich-text note organization and versioning, encryption, sharing, media embedding and attachments

Synology MailPlus Server

Synology MailPlus Intuitive webmail interface for MailPlus Server, customizable mail labels, lters, and user interface

Calendar

• Chat maximum user: 1,000

• Office maximum user: 400

• Calendar: support CalDAV and access via mobile devices

Secure, reliable, and private mail solution with high-availability, load balancing, security and ltering design (Includes 5 free

email account licenses; additional accounts require the purchasing of additional licenses)

Multimedia

Moments

Other packages Video Station, Photo Station, Audio Station, iTunes® Server

Support smart AI album with facial and subject recognition, photo editing and sharing features, similar photo detection, autoediting functions such as color correction and angle adjustments, and AI selection of the best photos. Mobile applications are available on iOS and Android devices.

Surveillance

Surveillance Station

Maximum IP camera: 25 (total of 750 FPS at 720p, H.264) (Including two free camera licenses; additional cameras require the purchasing of additional licenses)

All-in-One Server

Synology Directory Server Provide a exible and cost-eective domain controller solution

Central Management System Provide a single interface to manage and monitor multiple Synology NAS

VPN Server Maximum connection: 30, supported VPN protocol: PPTP, OpenVPN™, L2TP/IPSec

Mail Server Supported Mail Server Protocols: POP3, SMTP, IMAP, Support LDAP/AD account

Mail Station Webmail interface for Mail Server to receive emails from multiple POP3 mailboxes, customizable SMTP server

Web Station Virtual host (up to 30 websites), PHP/MariaDB®, third-party applications support

Other packages DNS Server, RADIUS Server, Log Center

Others

Storage Analyzer

Antivirus Essential Full system scan, scheduled scan, white list customization, virus denition auto update

Security Advisor Malware detection/removal, user account/password, network, system-related security scan

iOS/Android™ applications Synology Drive, Synology MailPlus, DS audio, DS photo, DS video, DS cam, DS le, DS nder, DS note, Moments

Other packages Additional 3rd-party packages available on Package Center

Volume and quota usage, total size of les, volume usage and trends based on past usage, size of shared folders, large les, most recently modied les, least recently accessed les

Environment and Packaging

Environment safety RoHS compliant

• DS620slim main unit x 1

Package content

Optional accessories

Warranty 2 years

*Model specications are subject to change without notice. Please refer to www.synology.com for the latest information.

1. Performance gures may vary depending on environment, usage, and conguration.

• Quick Installation Guide x 1

• AC power adapter x 1

• AC power cord x 1

• RJ-45 LAN cable x 2

• D3NS1866L-4G

• VisualStation VS360HD, VS960HD

• Surveillance Device License Pack

• Synology MailPlus License Pack

• Virtual DSM License Pack

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2. DS620slim can transcode 4K video to 1080p or lower. The maximum number of concurrent video transcoding channels may vary depending on the video codec,

China

Synology Shanghai

200070, Room 201, No. 511 Tianmu W. Rd., Jingan Dist. Shanghai, China

United Kingdom

Synology UK Ltd.

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France

North & South America

resolution, bitrate and FPS.

3. Synology C2 Backup is purchased separately when you select Synology C2 cloud backup as your destination in Hyper Backup. Synology C2 Backup provides onetime 30-day free-trial for each Synology Account.

4. exFAT Access is purchased separately in Package Center.

5. System snapshot includes snapshots taken by iSCSI Manager, Snapshot Replication, and Virtual Machine Manager. Availability of these packages varies by model.

6. Presto File Server License is purchased separately in Package Center.

7. The warranty period starts from the purchase date as stated on your purchase receipt. Visit https://www.synology.com/company/legal/warranty for more information.

SYNOLOGY INC.

Synology creates network-attached storage, IP surveillance solutions, and network equipment that transform the way users manage data, conduct surveillance, and manage networks in the cloud era. By taking full advantage of the latest technologies, Synology aims to help users centralize data storage and backup,

share les on-the-go, implement professional surveillance solutions, and manage networks in reliable and aordable ways. Synology is committed to delivering

products with forward-thinking features and the best in class customer services.

company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Synology may make changes to specication and product descriptions at

anytime, without notice.

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Headquarters

Synology Inc. 9F., No.1, Yuandong Rd., Banqiao Dist., New Taipei City 220, Taiwan Tel: +886 2 2955 1814 Fax: +886 2 2955 1884

nit 5 Danbury Court, Linford Wood,

ton Keynes, MK14 6PL, United Kingdom

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Germany

Synology GmbH

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Synology America Corp.

3535 Factoria Blvd SE #200 Bellevue, WA98006, USA Tel: +1 425 818 1587

Japan

Synology Japan Co., Ltd

4F, 3-1-2, Higashikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0031, Japan

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