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Synology HD6500
Midrange · disk (hdd) / hybrid (ssd + hdd) / all-flash · single controller - 4U 60-bay high-density storage server scaling to 300 drives for multi-petabyte archives and large file repositories.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | Synology |
| Family | High Density |
| Class | Midrange |
| Architecture | Single controller |
| Status | Current |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | DSM 7 |
| Controllers | 1 |
| Nodes | n/a |
| Cache / memory | 512 GB |
| Availability | n/a |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | Disk (HDD), Hybrid (SSD + HDD), All-flash |
| Drive types | NL-SAS HDD, SATA SSD |
| Drive note | 60 x 3.5-inch SAS HDD or 2.5-inch SATA SSD bays; dual 10-core Xeon Silver 4210R |
| Flash drive sizes | n/a |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | 300 |
| Controller enclosure | 4U, 60 drive bays |
| Expansion | RX6025sas (60-bay), up to 4 - 60 bays, up to 4 |
| Raw capacity | n/a |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | n/a |
| Data reduction | n/a |
| Protection | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10 |
| Protection note | Synology High Availability (active-passive cluster of two HD6500 units); Snapshot Replication; redundant PSUs; out-of-band management |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | n/a |
| Maximum throughput | 7.6 GB/s |
| Latency | n/a |
| Conditions | SMB sequential read/write with HDD 7,630/6,750 MB/s. Source: Synology Performance page (synology.com/en-global/products/performance): DSM 7.3, FIO, 4 KB random / 1 MB sequential, RAID 6 (12+ bays) or RAID 5 (4-8 bays), fully populated with Synology SSDs (HDD figures: Synology HDDs, DSM 7.2.1), all ports used with the maximum number of Synology 25GbE NICs. Product page: over 6,688/6,662 MB/s sequential read/write; datasheet: over 6,500/6,800 MB/s. Power = 1025.2 W in access mode. |
| Protocols | SMB / CIFS, NFS, AFP, FTP, iSCSI, Fibre Channel |
| Fibre Channel | - |
| Ethernet | 25 GbE |
| Host ports | 15 |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | 512 |
| File systems | 256 |
| Snapshots | 65,536 |
| Management and support | |
| Management | Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) web UI |
| Power | 1,025 W |
| Positioned for | Archive, Backup target, Media & entertainment, File shares |
| Warranty | 5 years |
| Design terms | Storage pool · iSCSI LUN · iSCSI target (LUN masking) · Snapshot Replication |
| Data services | |
✓ Deduplication
✓ Compression
? Thin provisioning
✓ Snapshots
✓ Clones
✓ Asynchronous replication
? Synchronous replication
? Active-active / metro
✓ Encryption at rest
? Immutable snapshots
? Ransomware detection
? Quality of service
✓ Automated tiering
✓ Cloud tiering
? VMware vVols
? Kubernetes CSI
✓ Native file services
? Native object (S3)
? Non-disruptive upgrades
? Scale-out
✓ stated by the OEM · ✕ not offered · ? not stated | |
| Source | |
| Product page | https://www.synology.com/en-global/products/HD6500#specs |
| Datasheet | https://global.synologydownload.com/download/Document/Hardware/DataSheet/HD/22-year/HD6500/enu/Synology_HD6500_Data_Sheet_enu.pdf |