- High performance and reliable storage solutions for virtualization environments
- Intuitive iSCSI service management and monitoring
- Virtualization certifications including VMware® vSphere™, Microsoft® Hyper-V®, Citrix® XenServer™, and OpenStack Cinder
Application component
SAN Manager
Features
Specifications
- Maximum iSCSI targets: 256 (See limitation 1)
- Maximum LUNs: 512 (See limitation 1)
- Maximum snapshots per LUN: 256 (See limitation 1)
- iSCSI LUN Clone/Snapshot (See limitation 2)
- Two types of space allocation: Thin Provisioning and Thick Provisioning
- iSNS (Internet Storage Name Service)
- Customizable I/O queue depth
- Low-capacity protection mechanism
- LUN Defragmentation to improve LUN performance
- Online LUN capacity expansion
- CHAP and mutual CHAP authentication
- Access control by IQN
- CRC Checksum for checking for errors that occur during data transmission
- Schedulable snapshot tasks with custom retention policies
- Supports VMware VAAI features:
- Thin Provisioning Stun
- Hardware Assisted Locking
- Full Copy
- Block Zero
- Supports Windows ODX
- Supports space reclamation
- Supports assigning network interfaces to provide iSCSI services
- Supports Global iSCSI CHAP to authenticate both connection and discovery sessions
- Supports FUA and Sync Cache SCSI commands to lower the risk of data loss or file system crash
- Supports buffered I/O and direct I/O principles
- Supports moving LUNs across volumes
- Supports VASA to allow users to check the types of hard drives (HDD/SSD) in VMware vSphere
- Supports the Fibre Channel protocol to provide high performance and stable storage for your SAN environment
- Supports grouping multiple initiators to manage their access to LUNs
- Snapshot Replication: Offsite snapshot replication and recovery
- Synology Hyper Backup: Scheduled tasks to back up LUNs to local shared folders, external devices or another Synology NAS
- Synology High Availability (SHA): Ensures the reliability of LUN and iSCSI services
- VMware Site Recovery Manager: Allows administrators to enable disaster recovery directly via VMware vCenter Server, simplifying - complicated configurations and optimizing the process
Limitations
- The maximum number of LUNs, targets, and snapshots varies according to models (Refer to the software specifications of your Synology products)
- iSCSI LUN Clone/Snapshot are only available on specific models (Refer to the software specifications of your Synology products)
- Snapshots and space reclamation are not supported on Thick Provisioned LUNs
- Only Thin Provisioned LUNs created on Btrfs volumes on DSM 6.2 and above versions support instant snapshot and restoration
- Maximum number of concurrent LUN backup tasks: 1
- Minimum LUN size: 1 GB
- Minimum legacy advanced LUN size on ext4 volumes: 10 GB
- Defragmentation is only supported on Thin Provisioned Btrfs LUNs
- LUNs with the snapshot feature enabled or legacy advanced LUNs can be cloned quickly only within the same volume
- Converting legacy advanced LUNs will also delete the snapshots of the LUNs
- Discovery with CHAP authentication is not supported
- Only legacy advanced LUNs support three modes for space reclamation
- Prioritize I/O Consistency
- Balanced
- Prioritize Reclamation
Synology Storage Console for VMware
Features
- Monitors multiple Synology NAS on VMware vSphere Client
- Optimizes the transfer performance of shared folders/LUNs and connection stability between hosts and Synology NAS
- Supports application-consistent snapshots
Specifications
- System requirements
- VMware
- vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U2 or above
- vSphere Client (HTML5 only)
- Synology: DiskStation Manager 6.2.3 or above
- VMware
- Streamlines vSphere Client datastore creation wizard with integrated creation process of LUNs/shared folders on Synology NAS
- Supports ESXi host setting optimization to improve transfer performance and connection stability
- Supports VMware VASA Provider (VASA 1.0) and VM storage policy management
- Supports adding storage systems via HTTPS
- Supports mounting datastores
Limitations
- Storage Console virtual machine requires a minimum of 16 GB of available space on the datastore
Synology Storage Console for Windows
Features
- Monitors multiple Synology NAS on Windows Server
- Supports application-consistent snapshots
Specifications
- System requirements
- Windows: Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019
- Synology: DSM 6.2.3 or above
- Supports monitoring LUN/volume statuses on multiple Synology NAS
Limitations
- Synology Storage Console for Windows and Synology Snapshot Manager for Windows cannot be installed on a Windows Server at the same time
SMI-S Provider
Features
- Supports SMI-S standard and integrates System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) to facilitate the management of multiple Synology NAS
Specifications
- System requirements
- Windows: Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019
- Synology: DSM 6.1 or above
- Port 5988 for HTTP and port 5989 for HTTPS must be enabled
- Supports the management of LUNs and targets via SCVMM
- Creating and deleting LUNs
- Creating targets
- Configuring LUN and target mapping
- Configuring target masking
Synology Storage Replication Adapter
Features
- Supports managing iSCSI LUN replication directly on VMware Site Recovery Manager Server
Specifications
- System requirements
- VMware vCenter 6.0
- VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.1
Limitations
- Only VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.1 is supported