Synology RS3614xs+ User Manual

RackStation RS3614xs+

Synology RackStation RS3614xs+ provides the reliable, superior-performance
network attached storage solution for enterprises seeking uninterrupted service with
comprehensive business applications. Scalable up to 216TB, Synology RackStation
RS3614xs+ simplies data management, optimizes virtualization environments,
and rapidly expands storage capacity with minimal time investment in setup and
maintenance. Synology RS3614xs+ is backed with Synology’s 5-year limited warranty.

Highlights

● Blazing performance at over 3,600

MB/s throughput and 439,000 IOPS1

● Superior encryption acceleration

with AES New Instructions at over

3,600 MB/s

● Scale up to 36 HDDs with Synology

RX1214/RX1214RP

● SATA III 6Gb/s interface support

● Dual PCIe slots for dual 10GbE NIC

support

● Easy fan replacement and easy

installation with optional screwless

rail kit

● VMware

Hyper-V® certied

● SSD Cache Technology boosts

throughput

● High Availability and Disaster

Recovery solutions

● Running on Synology DiskStation

Manager (DSM)

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, Citrix®, and Microsoft®

Blazing Performance

RS3614xs+ delivers blazing performance at over 3,600 MB/s throughput and 439,000
IOPS under RAID 5 conguration with VLAN1. Through advanced ash technology,
the combination of hard drives and read-optimized SSD cache boosts throughput
efciently while minimizing cost per gigabyte. In addition, RS3614xs+ comes with
native SATA III 6Gb/s support that unleashes the full potential of blazing fast SSDs,
ensuring the optimum data process under heavy system loading.

In addition to default 4 Gigabit ports, RS3614xs+ comes with dual PCI Express
Gen3 x8 slots, allowing installation of dual 10GbE Network Interface Cards (NIC)for
maximized bandwidth, bringing you the superior performance that data-intensive
applications demand of your storage system.

Equipped with 8GB RAM and up to 32GB ECC RAM expansion support, RS3614xs+
ensures data accuracy as well as superior performance to provide a rigorous
foundation for the mission-critical tasks of your business.

Comprehensive Business Applications

Powered by the innovative Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM), RS3614xs+ comes
fully-equipped with applications and features designed specically for large-scale
business:

● Easy integration with existing business network environments through Windows

AD and LDAP directory services without recreating user accounts.

● Windows ACL support provides ne-grained access control and efcient privilege

settings, allowing RS3614xs+ to t seamlessly into current infrastructure.

● Built-in backup applications protect information assets by regularly backing up

les and iSCSI LUNs locally and remotely.

● Continuous data protection with snapshots of shared folders allows restoration of

previous versions when the need arises.

● Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) on shared folders with hardware

acceleration ensures security without compromising access performance,
providing over 3,600MB/s in reading.

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Figure 1) Reliability, Availability &
Disaster Recovery

Synology High Availability ensures
seamless transition between clustered
servers in the event of server failure
with minimal impact to businesses.

Robust Scalability

With 12 HDD trays and up to 216TB of total storage capacity2, RS3614xs+ is designed
to grow with businesses and provides the ability to seamlessly expand a single
volume up to 108TB on the y.

RS3614xs+ supports up to 36 HDDs or SSDs for exible capacity and balanced
performance to meet the needs of varying applications and processes. When the
storage capacity of RS3614xs+ nears it limit, expansion is easily accomplished with
Synology RX1214/RX1214RP via specially-designed connection cables to maximize
data transmission throughput between main server and expansion units.

Management of the large storage space on RS3614xs+ is simple and exible.
Multiple Volumes on RAID allows users to create more than one volume on a RAID
structure, providing a exible and efcient way to manage the storage across all
hard drives. When the need for more space arises, the volume could be easily
expanded without any service disruption.

Reliability, Availability & Disaster Recovery

System reliability is of paramount importance to businesses which depend upon their
commercial servers every day. RS3614xs+ responds to these concerns with wide­ranging availability and redundancy features:

● Synology High Availability ensures seamless transition between clustered servers

in the event of server failure with minimal impact to applications.

● Shared Folder Sync replicates data in real-time to another Synology NAS at

a remote location for prompt disaster recovery to meet the Recovery Time
Objective (RTO) of your business

● Redundant data paths, power supplies, system fans, and network ports with

failover support ensure continual service uptime.

● High reliability system design including fan-less CPU heat-sink and passive cooling

technology prevents single point of failure.

● ECC RAM modules detect and correct errors during data transmission.

● Tool-free system fan design allows hot swap and easy exchange of

malfunctioned system fans. With the brand-new screwless rail kit sliding: Synology
RKS1314 (optional), system installation and maintenance is fast and easy.

Unied Storage System

By integrating le-level (NAS) and block-level (SAN) storage into one unied storage
system, RS3614xs+ enables businesses to cost-effectively manage multi-protocol
data and reduce total cost of ownership:

● Comprehensive network protocol support (CIFS/SMB, AFP and NFS) ensures

seamless le sharing across Windows, Mac®, and Linux® platforms.

● Affordable and cost-effective iSCSI allows large scale business to consolidate

storage into data center storage arrays.

● Thin provisioning, available for le-level iSCSI LUN, maximizes storage utilization by

enabling administrators to oversubscribe provision and grow storage space as
needed.

Virtualization Certied

RS3614xs+ provides seamless storage solutions for virtualization environments,
including VMware, Citrix, and Hyper-V. With VMware vSphere 5 and VAAI
integration certied, RS3614xs+ helps ofoad specic storage operations and
optimizes computation power for unparalleled performance and efciency
in VMware environments. As the centralized storage of a virtual environment,
RS3614xs+ enables virtual machine migration, allowing movement from server
to server whilst eliminating service downtime and disruption to user. Windows
Ofoaded Data Transfer (ODX) and Synology Advanced LUN support extremely
improves the efciency on massive data transfer and migration.