Synology Disk Station DS3615xs provides a premium-performance NAS solution for large scale businesses that require an efficient way to centralize data protection, simplify data management, deploy virtualization solutions, & rapidly expand storage capacity with minimal time spent on setup & maintenance. Synology DS3615xs is backed with Synology's 5-year limited warranty. Premium performance DS3615xs delivers up to 2351.23 MB/s throughput in reading & 236, 353.92 read IOPS1. DS3615xs is equipped with 4GB RAM & up to 32GB ECC RAM expansion support, so enterprises can guarantee data accuracy as well as superior performance. Hardware encryption engine enhances file transfer speeds Encrypting data is essential to a healthy security policy. Equipped with a dedicated hardware encryption engine, DS3615xs is the ideal digital locker for sensitive data; files & folders are encrypted on the fly & transferred without significant performance loss. DS3615xs delivers encrypted data transmission speeds at 2, 282.38MB/s. Robust scalability up to 36 drives With 12 HDD trays & support for adding up to two Synology DX12152 expansion units, DS3615xs provides the ability to seamlessly expand up to 216TB3 of raw storage capacity & expand a single volume up to 108TB on the fly. When the storage capacity of DS3615xs nears it limit, expansion is easily accomplished as it supports up to 36 HDDs or SSDs. DS3615xs provides enterprises flexible capacity & balanced performance to meet the needs of varying applications & processes. 10 Gb E & SATA III 6 Gb/s support In addition to the default 4 Gigabit ports, DS3615xs comes with one PCI Express Gen 3 x 8 slot, allowing installation of 10 Gb E Network Interface Cards (NIC) for maximized bandwidth. Coming with native SATA III 6 Gb/s support, DS3615xs ensures the optimum data process under heavy system loading. SSD cache technology DS3615xs enables the combination of hard drives & read/write-optimized SSD cache, boosting throughput efficiently while minimizing cost per gigabyte. With full SSD cache reading & writing support, DS3615xs offers a significant reduction in I/O latency without crippling your budget. With only a small upfront investment, businesses can benefit from significant server performance enhancement. 5 year warranty Synology DS3615xs is backed with Synology's 5-year limited warranty. With technical support & hardware replacement service, the five-year warranty maximizes your enterprises' return on investment. For the entire duration, you will enjoy technical support via e-mail & telephone. Fit into business environments easily With the support of Windows AD, LDAP, & Domain Trust, DS3615xs enables seamless account integration. The User Home feature can automatically create a "home" folder for every user account to minimize the administrator's effort in repeatedly creating "home" folders for all accounts. Windows ACL support on DS3615xs allows IT administrators to fine tune access controls & set up privileges to files & folders on DS3615xs through the familiar Windows user interface. With compatibility for major protocols, DS3615xs can eliminate server configuration overhead & enhance IT administrators' efficiency. Seamless storage solution for virtualization environments DS3615xs provides seamless storage solutions for virtualization environments, including VMware, Citrix, & Microsoft Hyper-V. With VMware v Sphere 5 & VAAI integration, DS3615xs helps offload specific storage operations & optimizes computation power in VMware environments. Windows ODX support speeds up data manipulation as the data transfer is offloaded. i SCSI also lets SMB users consolidate storage into data center storage arrays while providing hosts with the illusion of locally-attached disks. Unified storage system DS3615xs enables businesses to cost-effectively manage multi-protocol data by integrating file-level (NAS) & block-level (SAN) storage into one unified storage system. Files can be shared across Windows, Mac, & Linux platforms seamlessly with comprehensive network protocol support (CIFS/SMB, AFP, & NFS). DS3615xs provides a cost-effective i SCSI solution, allowing large scale businesses to consolidate storage into data center storage arrays. With thin provisioning available for file-level i SCSI LUN, you can maximize storage utilization by oversubscribing provisions & grow storage space as needed.