RackStation

RS3618xs

Name: Synology RackStation RS3618xs 12 Bay Diskless Rackmount NAS Xeon D-1521 2.4 CPU
Brand: SYNOLOGY
SKU: RS3618xs
Price: 5560 AUD
Availability: InStock

Enterprise-grade rackstation storage solution

Synology RS3618xs is a reliable, superior-performance network-attached storage solution for large-scale enterprises with demanding business applications.

Uncompromising performance

Throughput

4x 1GbE LAN ports

Scalability

Up to 36 drive bays with RX1217

CPU

4-core Intel Xeon D-1521 @ 2.4 (base) / 2.7 (turbo) GHz

Memory

8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM, expandable to 64 GB (16 GB x 4)

Ready for 10GbE and beyond

PCIe 3.0 slots allow for faster networking options as you expand your infrastructure. Together with the built-in quad Gigabit ports, RS3618xs offers comprehensive connectivity options for link aggregation and failover configurations.

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.

Ultimate Backup Solution

RS3618xs integrates various backup applications into an intuitive user interface, offering durable storage technologies to safeguard your valuable data on any device.

Next-generation file system for better data protection

The Btrfs file system introduces advanced 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.Learn more

Powered by Synology DiskStation Manager

Conveniently manage your fleet of Synology NAS from a centralized console.

Performance backed by Synology drives

Engineered to handle intensive 24/7 workloads, Synology drives consistently deliver top-grade performance.

Powered by Synology DiskStation Manager

Enterprise-grade software solutions included

Active Backup for Business

Centralize backup tasks for VMware, Windows, and file servers. Restore whatever you want fast and reliably when needed.

Hyper Backup

Comprehensively back up your data to a local shared folder, an external device, another Synology NAS, an rsync server, or a public cloud to ensure data safety.

Synology Drive

Safeguard your computer with Synology Drive Client. Effortlessly perform real-time data backups and point-in-time file recovery.

Active Backup forMicrosoft 365 / Google Workspace

Protect corporate data stored on the cloud. On-premise backup solution with a centralized dashboard. Optimize storage efficiency with single instancing and block-level deduplication technology.

Central Management System

Conveniently manage your fleet of Synology NAS from a centralized console.

Snapshot Replication

Schedulable and instantaneous data protection for shared folders and iSCSI LUNs for disaster prevention.

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Technical Specifications

Complete hardware and software specifications

CPU

CPU Model Intel Xeon D-1521

CPU Quantity 1

CPU Cores 4

CPU Threads 8

CPU Architecture 64-bit

CPU Frequency 2.4 (base) / 2.7 (turbo) GHz

Hardware Encryption Engine Yes

Memory

System Memory 8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM

Total Memory Slots 4

Maximum Memory Capacity 64 GB (16 GB x 4)

Notes Synology may revise pre-installed memory module specifications in response to component lifecycle and supply conditions. All revised components undergo the same rigorous validation to ensure equivalent compatibility, stability, and performance. 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 .

Storage

Drive Bays 12

Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit 36 (RX1217 x 2)

Drive Type(See all supported drives) 3.5" SATA HDD 2.5" SATA HDD 2.5" SATA SSD

Hot Swappable Drive* Yes

External Ports

RJ-45 1GbE LAN Port 4

USB 3.2 Gen 1 Port 2

Expansion Port 2

Expansion Port Type Infiniband

PCIe

PCIe Expansion 2 x Gen3 x8 slots (x8 link)

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

System Fan 80 mm x 80 mm x 4 pcs

Fan Speed Mode Full-Speed Mode Cool Mode Quiet Mode

Easy Replacement System Fan Yes

Power Recovery Yes

Noise Level* 50.2 dB(A)

Scheduled Power On / Off Yes

Wake on LAN / WAN Yes

Power Supply Unit / Adapter 500 watts

AC Input Power Voltage 100V to 240V AC

Power Frequency 50/60 Hz, Single Phase

Power Consumption 142.76 watts (Access) 55.05 watts (HDD Hibernation)

British Thermal Unit 487.12 BTU/hr (Access) 187.84 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

Operating Temperature 5°C to 35°C (40°F to 95°F)

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

Operating Humidity 8% to 80% RH

Storage Humidity 5% to 95% RH

Certification

Certification FCC CE BSMI VCCI RCM EAC CCC KC BIS

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 1 Quick Installation Guide X 1

Optional Accessories

Optional Accessories DDR4 ECC UDIMM: D4EC-2666-8G / D4EC-2666-16G Expansion Units: RX1217 / RX1217RP Enterprise Series 3.5" SATA HDD: HAT5300 Series Enterprise Series 2.5" SATA SSD: SAT5200 Series M.2 SSD & 10GbE Combo Adapter Card: E10M20-T1 M.2 SSD Adapter Card: M2D20 / M2D18 25GbE Network Interface Card: E25G30-F2 10GbE Network Interface Card: E10G30-F2 / E10G30-T2 / E10G18-T1 Rail Kit Sliding: RKS-02

Notes All memory modules will operate at the maximum frequency specified by the CPU manufacturer.

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 128

SSD Read/Write Cache(Determining cache size) Yes

SSD TRIM Yes

RAID Group Yes

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 Volumes over 108 TB require 32 GB of memory or more. Actual maximum storage pool and volume sizes depend on drive sizes used, the number of drive bays available, and the RAID configuration. Usable capacity for each volume will be lower than the maximum volume size and is dependent on the filesystem and the amount of system metadata stored. When Peta Volume is enabled, validated services and packages are required. Please refer to this article for more information on limitations.

File System

Internal Drives Btrfs ext4

External Drives Btrfs ext4 ext3 FAT32 NTFS HFS+ exFAT

File Services

File Protocol SMB AFP NFS FTP WebDAV Rsync

Maximum Number of SMB Connections (FSCT-Based) 500

Windows Access Control List (ACL) Integration Yes

NFS Kerberos Authentication Yes

Notes Connection value of this model is tested with Synology SATA SSD fully populated and up to four 10GbE network ports Models with expandable memory are tested with the maximum supported quantity installed. SMB performance was evaluated using Microsoft File Server Capacity Tool (FSCT) version 1.3, with the following configuration: Test workload: HomeFolder scenario provided by the FSCT tool Test duration: 600 seconds Domain controller & FSCT controller: Windows Server 2022 FSCT clients: 8 × Windows 10 machines SMB feature: Directory leasing enabled

Account & Shared Folder

Maximum Local User Accounts 2,048

Maximum Local Groups 512

Maximum Shared Folder 512

Maximum Shared Folder Sync Tasks 12

Hybrid Share

Hybrid Share Folder Number 15

Hyper Backup

Data & Folder Backup Yes

Entire System Backup Yes

Notes Full-system backup requires DSM 7.2 or later.

High Availability

Synology High Availability Yes

Log Center

Syslog Events per Second 3,000

Virtualization

VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0 U2, ESXi 8.0 U1, ESXi 8.0, ESXi 7.0 U3, ESXi 7.0 U2, ESXi 7.0 U1, ESXi 7.0, ESXi 6.7 U3, ESXi 6.7 U2, ESXi 6.7 U1, ESXi 6.7, ESXi 6.5 U3, ESXi 6.5 U2, ESXi 6.5 U1, ESXi 6.5

Microsoft Hyper-V Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012

Citrix XenServer XenServer 7

OpenStack Cinder

General Specifications

Supported Protocols SMB1 (CIFS), SMB2, SMB3, NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, NFS Kerberized sessions, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, HTTP, HTTPs, FTP, SNMP, LDAP, CalDAV

Supported Browsers Chrome Firefox 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 .

Central Management System

Central Management System Yes

Synology AI Console

Third-Party AI Model Integration Yes

Maximum De-Identification Rate 500 words per second

Notes De-identification performance measurement: Filters for Credit Card Numbers, IBAN, Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, SSN, and Names applied to a 4,355-word English text. To enable de-identification, your device must have at least 8 GB of memory and Container Manager installed.

Synology Chat

Maximum Number of Users 500

Notes Measured with simulated users, each with an average record of 20,000 messages, emojis, or stickers. The required server response time is below ten seconds. Models with expandable memory are tested with the maximum supported quantity installed.

Download Station

Maximum Concurrent Download Tasks 80

SAN Manager

Maximum iSCSI Target Number 64

Maximum LUN 128

LUN Clone/Snapshot, Windows ODX Yes

Synology MailPlus / MailPlus Server

Free Email Accounts 5 (Additional accounts require purchase of licenses)

Maximum Number of Users 1,100

Notes The suggested maximum number of users is based on the following workload: 20% of users with a 20,000 item mailbox randomly performing actions and receiving 240 emails per day, and 80% of users receiving 20 emails per day. Learn more Models with SSD support are tested with a single SSD volume. Models with expandable memory are tested with the maximum supported quantity installed. Learn more about memory requirements . Operating in high-availability mode will incur additional overhead. Features enabled during evaluation: anti-spam, anti-virus, DNSBL, greylist, content scanning, and full-text search (English).

Media Server

DLNA Compliance Yes

Synology Photos

Facial Recognition Yes

Object Recognition Yes

Snapshot Replication

Maximum Snapshots per Shared Folder 256

Maximum Snapshots per LUN 64

Maximum Snapshots per System 4,096

Maximum Replication Tasks for Shared Folders 32

Maximum Replication Tasks for LUNs 16

Maximum Replication Tasks per System 32

Surveillance Station

Default Licenses 2 (Additional cameras require purchase of licenses)

Maximum IP Cameras and Total FPS (H.264) 1080p: 75 channels, 2100 FPS 3M: 75 channels, 1500 FPS 5M: 75 channels, 900 FPS 4K: 55 channels, 550 FPS

Maximum IP Cameras and Total FPS (H.265) 1080p: 75 channels, 2250 FPS 3M: 75 channels, 2250 FPS 5M: 75 channels, 1500 FPS 4K: 75 channels, 900 FPS

Notes Performance figures are obtained from testing conducted with the device fully populated with drives, with their default memory configuration, and under a continuous recording setup. Actual system capabilities may vary based on configuration, drive performance, enabled features, and the presence of additional workloads. Use NVR Selector to quickly find a suitable model based on your requirements. The number of video channels that can be viewed simultaneously is double the maximum number of cameras for the same codec and resolution.

Synology Drive

Maximum Number of Users 900

Maximum Number of Hosted Files 15,000,000 (applies to files indexed or hosted by Synology Drive . For file access through other standard protocols, refer to the File Services section above)

Notes The suggested maximum number of users is based on the following workload: 20% of users randomly perform file operations (upload, download, move, and delete), and 80% of users are logged in but idle. Learn more Models with SSD support are tested with a single SSD volume. Models with expandable memory are tested with the maximum supported quantity installed. Exceeding the recommended numbers above will not block application operations, but may result in longer response time. Btrfs file system and non-encrypted shared folders were used during the aforementioned testing.

Synology Office

Maximum Number of Users 900

Notes The suggested maximum number of users is based on the following workload: 20% of users are executing random actions at an average of 30-second intervals, and 80% of users are logged in and viewing a file. Learn more Models with SSD support are tested with a single SSD volume. Models with expandable memory are tested with the maximum supported quantity installed. Client performance may affect maximum simultaneous editing users. Client PCs used for testing: Intel Core i3-3220 / 8GB RAM

Virtual Machine Manager

Recommended Virtual Machine Instances 8 (Learn more)

Recommended Virtual DSM Number(Licenses required) 8 (including 1 Free License)

Notes The specifications vary depending on system configuration and memory size.

VPN Server

Maximum Connections 12

SKU	RS3618xs
Barcode #	846504003051
Brand	SYNOLOGY
Shipping Weight	35.0000kg
Shipping Width	0.630m
Shipping Height	0.860m
Shipping Length	0.230m
Shipping Cubic	0.124614000m3

Manufacturer Warranty: 5 Years Limited Warranty
Manufacturer Contact Info: http://www.synology.com
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