RackStation

RS3621xs+

Accelerating Business Highlights

• High Performance
Workloads with Enterprise- Up to 238,273 random read IOPS and 5,819 MB/s
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sequential read performance
Grade Data Protection • Powerful Compute
Host multiple compute-intensive services with its 8-core
Intel® processor
The Synology RackStation RS3621xs+ is a • Upgradability
Two PCIe expansion slots allow for M.2 NVMe cache
powerful 12-bay 2U storage solution with 2
adapters and high-bandwidth network cards
built-in redundant power. Engineered to • Redundant Power
Ensure business continuity with two redundant power
deliver high throughput and robust data
supplies
protection, its 8-core processor and built- • On-demand Scalability
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Supports up to 36 drive bays using two RX1217(RP)
in dual 10GbE ports enable it to handle
• Warranty
even the most demanding of workloads in Comes with Synology's 5-year warranty
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modern business environments. DiskStation

Manager (DSM) provides comprehensive
software solutions covering file management,
data protection, surveillance, collaboration,
virtualization and more.

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 Built to Handle Intensive Workloads

Synology RackStation RS3621xs+ is built to deliver exceptional

performance, flexibility, and scalability to meet the requirements of
businesses.

• Up to 238,273 4K random read IOPS and 5,819 MB/s sequential read

performance for demanding workloads1
• Featuring 12 drive bays supporting both SATA HDD/SSD 2.5/3.5"
drives5, expandable to 36 bays using two Synology RX1217(RP)
expansion units3

Optimized for Data Protection and Integrity

Powered by Synology DSM, our unified data management operating

system, and built upon the Btrfs file system, data stored on the
RS3621xs+ is safely guarded by modern data protection technologies.

Next-Generation File System • Advanced snapshot technology provides schedulable and

Btrfs is a modern file system designed to safeguard

near-instantaneous data protection of shared folders and LUNs
data integrity through metadata mirroring, file self-
• File and folder-level data restoration enables restoration of specific
healing, and fast snapshot replication.
files or folders
• Flexible storage quota system helps admins effortlessly manage
available space by specifying storage limits for shared folders
• File self-healing detects and recovers corrupted files using mirrored
metadata and RAID configurations
• Inline compression compresses data before writing it to the drive,
reducing write commands and optimizing storage space

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 Virtualization and Certified Storage

DSM streamlines the provisioning and management of storage for virtual

machines (VM). Certified for VMware® vSphere™, Microsoft® Hyper-V®,
Citrix® XenServer™, and OpenStack, it integrates with your virtualization
platform of choice through iSCSI or NFS protocols. Install Synology
Storage Console on VMware or Windows platforms for additional
management convenience and functionality right in the hypervisor.

Flexible Virtualization Synology Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) is a hosted hypervisor for
Whether providing VM storage through iSCSI, virtual machines running Windows®, Linux®, or virtualized versions of
NFS, or running VMs directly on the RS3621xs+
using Virtual Machine Manager, Synology DSM DSM with recovery mechanisms that ensure data protection on each VM6.
provides comprehensive tools to protect your
virtual machines.

Data Backup Solutions for IT Infrastructure

Synology Active Backup Suite is a collection of license-free backup

solutions built to protect Windows PCs and servers, VMs, other file
servers, and cloud-based storage.

Active Backup for Business (ABB) consolidates backup tasks for physical
and virtual environments and enables rapid restoration of files, entire
physical machines, and VMs.

Active Backup for Google Workspace enables backup of Google

Workspace data including Gmail, Contacts, Calendar, and Drive.

Active Backup for Microsoft 365 enables backup of Microsoft 365 data
including OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, emails, contacts, and
calendar.

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 On-Premises Collaboration

Synology's collaboration suite is a private SaaS for file sharing, concurrent

document editing, emails, instant messaging, and more. By leveraging
a private cloud infrastructure, it ensures data ownership while multi-
layered security enables secure multi-platform access.

Synology Drive allows data access, synchronization, on-demand file

Synology Collaboration Suite restoration, and backup.
A powerful and secure private cloud solution
that lets teams collaborate, sync files, and Synology MailPlus7 provides a secure, reliable, and private email server.
communicate with others anytime, anywhere.

Synology Chat brings teams together through instant multi-platform

communication.

Synology Calendar helps teams keep track of what is most important

with convenient calendar sharing and scheduling.

Private Video Surveillance

With Synology Surveillance Station, the RS3621xs+ becomes a powerful

Network Video Recorder solution with support for up to 90 IP cameras8.

• 7,900+ supported camera models

• ONVIF support to prevent vendor lock-in
• Private, subscription-free storage of the recordings
• Access through web browser, dedicated desktop clients, or mobile app
Always On Guard
• Event-based rules to trigger specific actions
Surveillance Station combines intelligent
monitoring and robust management features for • Email, SMS, or push notification systems
flexible deployment scenarios.

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Hardware Overview
Front

Rear A 16 Rear B 17

1 Power Button & Indicator 2 Alert Off Button 3 Drive Trays 4 Drive Status Indicator
5 Power Ports 6 PSU Indicators & Alert Off Buttons 7 PSU Fans 8 Console Port
9 1GbE/10GbE RJ-45 Ports 10 USB 3.2 Ports 11 Expansion Ports 12 PCIe Expansion Slots

13 Reset Button

Technical Specifications
Hardware
CPU Intel® Xeon® D-1541 8-core (16-thread) 2.1 GHz, Turbo Boost up to 2.7 GHz

Hardware encryption engine Yes (AES-NI)

Memory 8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM (expandable up to 64 GB)

• 12 x 3.5" or 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD (drives not included)

• It is strongly recommended that you only install drives listed on your device's compatibility list5. Storage pool and volume
Compatible drive types
creation processes may fail when using unverified drives. Synology is unable to provide technical support for devices
using unsupported components.

Hot swappable drive Yes

• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

External ports
• 2 x Expansion ports (Infiniband)

Form factor Rackmount 2U

Size (HxWxD) 88 x 482 x 724 mm (with server handles)

Weight 14.5 kg

• 4 x 1GbE RJ-45
LAN ports
• 2 x 10GbE RJ-45

Wake on LAN/WAN Yes

• 2 x 8-lane x8 slots
PCIe 3.0 slots
• Supports 10GbE/25GbE network interface cards2 and M.2 NVMe SSD adapter cards for SSD cache9

Scheduled power on/off Yes

System fans 4 x (80 x 80 x 32 mm)

AC input power voltage 100 V to 240 V AC

Power frequency 50/60 Hz, single phase

Operating temperature 0°C to 35°C (32°F to 95°F)

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 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)

General DSM Specification

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

• Internal: Btrfs, ext4

File systems
• External: Btrfs, ext4, ext3, FAT32, NTFS, HFS+, exFAT10

Supported RAID types Synology RAID F1, Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10

• Maximum single volume size: 108/200 TB11

Storage management • Maximum system snapshots: 65,53612
• Maximum internal volumes: 256

• Read/write cache support

SSD cache • 2.5" SATA SSD support
• M.2 NVMe SSD support9

• Maximum local user accounts: 16,000

• Maximum local groups: 512
File sharing capabilities
• Maximum shared folders: 512
• Maximum concurrent SMB/NFS/AFP/FTP connections: 2,00013

Privileges Windows® Access Control List (ACL), application privileges

Connects with Windows® AD/LDAP servers enabling domain users to login via SMB/NFS/AFP/FTP/File Station using their
Directory services
existing credentials.

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

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

Supported clients Windows® 7 onwards, macOS® 10.12 onwards

Chrome®, Firefox®, Edge®, Internet Explorer® 10 onwards, Safari® 10 onwards, Safari (iOS 10 onwards), Chrome (Android™ 6.0
Supported browsers
onwards) on tablets
English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, Dansk, Norsk, Svensk, Nederlands, Русский, Polski, Magyar,
Interface languages
Português do Brasil, Português Europeu, Türkçe, Český,

Packages and Applications

File Server & Synchronization
Synchronizes files across Windows®, macOS®, Linux®, Android™ and iOS. The built-in cross-platform portal allows access to
data anytime and anywhere.
Drive
• Maximum number of hosted files: 5,000,000
• Maximum number of concurrent connections for PC clients: 2,000

Provides virtual drives, remote folders, Windows® ACL editor, compression/extraction of archived files, bandwidth control for
File Station
specific users/groups, creation of sharing links, and transfer logs.

Supports bandwidth control for TCP connections, custom FTP passive port ranges, anonymous FTP, FTP over TLS/SSL and
FTP Server
SFTP protocols, network booting with TFTP and PXE support, and transfer logs.

Presto File Server14 Enables high-speed data transfer over WAN through the exclusive SITA technology between Synology NAS and desktop.

Offers one or two-way synchronization with public cloud storage providers including Alibaba Cloud OSS, Amazon S3-
Cloud Sync 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 and Yandex Disk.

Universal Search Enables global search of applications and files.

iSCSI Storage & Virtualization

• Maximum iSCSI targets: 256
iSCSI Manager • Maximum iSCSI LUNs: 512
• iSCSI LUN clone/snapshot support

Virtual Machine Manager Deploys and runs virtual machines on the Synology NAS, including Windows®, Linux®, and Virtual DSM.

Data Protection & Backup Solution

Hyper Backup Supports local backup, network backup, and data backup to public clouds.

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 • DSM configuration backup, macOS® Time Machine® support, Synology Drive Client desktop application
Backup tools
• Shared folder sync supports a maximum of 32 tasks

• Maximum number of snapshots for shared folders: 1,024

Snapshot Replication
• Maximum number of replications: 64

Synology High Availability Reduces service downtime by combining two identical NAS into a high-availability cluster.

Active Backup for Google

Supports backup and restoration of Google Workspace My Drive, Team Drive, Gmail, Contacts, and Calendar.
Workspace

Active Backup for Microsoft 365 Supports backup and restoration of Microsoft 365 OneDrive for Business, mail, contacts, and calendar.

An all-in-one backup solution designed for heterogeneous business IT environments. It enables IT admins to remotely
Active Backup for Business
manage and protect PCs, servers, and VMs from one centralized console.

Productivity & Collaboration

Users can collaborate through the instant messaging service Synology Chat, the online editor Synology Office, and the
scheduling assistant Synology Calendar.
Collaboration tools • Max. number of concurrent users for Chat: 500
• Max. number of users for Office: 3,000
• Calendar supports CalDAV and access via mobile devices

A note taking platform that supports rich text, note organization and versioning, encryption, sharing, media embedding, and
Note Station
attachments.

Synology MailPlus Server A secure, reliable, and private mail solution featuring high-availability, load balancing, security, and filtering7.

Synology MailPlus An intuitive webmail interface for Synology MailPlus Server with customizable mail labels, filters, and user interface.

Multimedia
A feature-rich photo management application that includes AI-powered album creation from facial and subject recognition,
photo editing and sharing capabilities, similar photo detection for duplicate management, auto-editing functions such as
Moments
color correction and angle adjustments, and auto-selection of the best shots. Mobile applications are available on iOS and
Android™ devices.

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

Surveillance
Surveillance Station Maximum IP cameras: 90, for a total of 2,700 FPS at 720p (H.264)8.

All-in-One Servers
Synology Directory Server Provides a flexible and cost-effective domain controller solution.

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

• Maximum connections: 40
VPN Server
• Supported VPN protocols: PPTP, OpenVPN™, L2TP/IPSec

• Supported Mail Server protocols: POP3, SMTP, IMAP

Mail Server
• LDAP/AD account support

Mail Station A webmail interface for Mail Server to receive emails from multiple POP3 mailboxes and SMTP servers.

Web Station Enables hosting for up to 30 websites with support for PHP/MariaDB® and 3rd-party applications.

Other packages DNS Server, RADIUS Server, Log Center

Others
Displays volume and quota usage, total size of files, volume usage and trends based on past usage, size of shared folders,
Storage Analyzer
large files, most recently modified files, and least recently accessed files.

Antivirus Essential Provides full system scans, scheduled scans, white list customization, and auto-update of virus definitions.

Synology Drive, Synology MailPlus, Synology Chat, Synology LiveCam, Moments, DS audio, DS photo, DS video, DS cam, DS
iOS/Android™ applications
file, DS finder, DS note

Other packages Additional 3rd-party packages are available in the Package Center.

Environment and Packaging

Environment safety RoHS compliant

• 1 x RS3621xs+ main unit

• 1 x Quick Installation Guide
Package contents
• 1 x Accessory pack
• 2 x AC power cords

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 • DDR4 ECC UDIMM: D4EC-2666-16G/D4EC-2666-8G
• RKS1317 Rail Kit
• 10GbE Network Interface Cards: E10G18-T2/E10G18-T1/E10G17-F2/ E10G21-F2
• 25GbE Network Interface Card: E25G21-F2
• M.2 SSD & 10GbE Combo Adapter Card: E10M20-T1
• M.2 SSD Adapter Card: M2D20
• M.2 NVMe SSDs: SNV35009
Optional accessories15
• 2.5" SATA SSD: SAT5200
• 3.5" SATA HDD: HAT5300
• Expansion Unit: RX1217(RP)
• VisualStation units: VS960HD, VS360HD
• Virtual DSM License Pack6
• MailPlus License Pack7
• Surveillance Device License Pack8

Warranty 5 years4

Note: Model specifications are subject to change without notice. Please refer to www.synology.com for the latest information.
1. Performance figures obtained through internal testing by Synology. Actual performance may vary depending on the testing environment, usage, and
configuration.
2. For the most up-to-date list of compatible NICs, please check our compatiblity list.
3. RS3621xs+ supports up to 36 drives with two Synology RX1217(RP) expansion units, sold separately.
4. The warranty period starts from the purchase date as stated on your purchase receipt. Learn more about our limited product warranty policy.
5. Check our compatibility list for supported drives.
6. Certain advanced features require Virtual Machine Manager Pro. One Virtual DSM license is included, licenses are required for running additional instances.
7. Five MailPlus licenses are included, licenses required for additional user accounts. Learn more about licenses.
8. Surveillance Station includes two free licenses. Connecting more cameras and devices requires additional licenses.
9. SSD cache can be enabled by using Synology SAT5200 2.5" SSDs or without occupying drive bays by installing Synology SNV3500 NVMe SSDs using M2D20 or
E10M20-T1 adapter cards, sold separately.
10. exFAT Access can be purchased separately through the DSM Package Center.
11. Multiple volumes of 200 TB or less can be created by upgrading the memory to 32 GB or more. Learn more about maximum volume sizes.
12. System snapshots include snapshots taken by iSCSI Manager, Snapshot Replication, and Virtual Machine Manager. Availability of these packages varies by
model.
13. Maximum concurrent connections can be increased to 10,000 with maximum installed memory of 64 GB RAM.
14. Presto File Server license can be purchased separately through the application.
15. Please refer to our compatibility list for the latest optional accessories list.
16. On models with the 5th to 7th digits of serial number being SZR. Refer to the Product Change Notification for more information.
17. On models with the 5th to 7th digits of serial number being UUR. Refer to the Product Change Notification for more information.

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