Synology Unified Controller UC3200
Active-Active IP SAN for MissionCritical Services

Overview:

Designed for high-availability SAN environments, Synology Unified Controller UC3200 offers activeactive architecture for non-disruptive iSCSI services. It provides resilient data protection solutions with a simplified management interface while maximizing service uptime for critical services. UC3200 is backed by Synology's 5-year limited warranty.

• High performance, active-active storage solution to provide non-disruptive iSCSI services
• Over 140,000 4K Random Write IOPS1, enterprise-class performance with low latency
• Flexible capacity able to scale up to 36 drives with RXD1219sas expansion units
• Virtualization-ready with VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V , Citrix XenServer and OpenStack® Cinder compatibility
• Resilient cache protection mechanism to prevent data loss
• Instant data protection with built-in snapshot and replication technologies
• Simple and unified user interface to effortlessly manage data and storage tasks
• Backed by Synology's 5-year limited warranty

Powerful and Flexible Scalability

UC3200 is an affordable yet reliable IP SAN solution for mission-critical environments. Within the 2U chassis are active-active controller nodes, each powered by an Intel® Xeon® D-1521 4-core processor and 8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM, expandable up to 64 GB. It delivers outstanding performance of over 140,000 4K Random Write IOPS.

UC3200 allows you to start small and grow in the future. It holds 12 x 3.5"/2.5" SAS interface drive slots by default, and can be further scaled up to 36 SAS drives when connected with two RXD1219sas expansion units. It comes with single 10GbE and dual 1GbE RJ-45 ports per controller and supports 10GbE / 25GbE network interface card expansion with PCIe 3.0, boosting network bandwidth with Link Aggregation.

Uncompromising Reliability

The active-active controller design maximizes the system uptime for your important applications. The inter-connectivity through high-speed NTB (Non-Transparent Bridge) between the two controllers allows one of them to seamlessly take over the service when the other breaks down. In addition, UC3200 syncs all cached data between the two controllers, avoiding data loss in case of controller failure before data is written into the drives. The built-in SATA-DOM on each controller is solely used for running the operating system, allowing system partition to be separated from data to optimize system stability.

Rock-solid Data Protection

UC3200 supports Synology Snapshot Replication, which provides schedulable, near-instantaneous data protection for mission-critical services. It supports up to 4,096 system-wide replications to offsite servers and local volumes, allowing for application-aware snapshot protection and instant recovery of virtual machines in iSCSI LUNs in the event of a disaster.

Non-disruptive iSCSI Service for Virtualization

UC3200 enhances work efficiency with a simple management interface. VMware vSphere® 6.5 and VAAI integration helps offload storage operations and optimizes computational efficiency. Windows Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) speeds up data transfer and migration rates, while support for OpenStack Cinder transforms your UC3200 into a blockbased storage component.

UC3200 also complies with the iSCSI industrial standard ALUA, allowing hosts to identify optimized paths to increase transfer performance and efficiency.

Simple and Intuitive Management

Powered by DSM UC operating system, UC3200 offers comprehensive functionalities while keeping the intuitive DSM experience to ease the learning curve. The simplified management interface allows you to manage the two controllers from a single management portal. The builtin monitor function gives the most updated status in real time and provides prompt notifications when important events occur, allowing IT administrators to respond accordingly.