{"id":595733,"date":"2025-05-22T14:59:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=595733"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:00:01","slug":"synology-rack-server-with-data-tiering-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/595733-synology-rack-server-with-data-tiering-announced.html","title":{"rendered":"Synology rack server with data tiering announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Synology unveiled its PAS7700 flagship rackmount server at Computex in Taipei on Wednesday as part of its push to further establish itself in the enterprise segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PAS7700 is a non-volatile memory express (NVMe) all-flash storage system that uses an active-active dual controller architecture designed to allow for non-disruptive operations across all layers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employing AMD’s EPYC 7443P processor, it can produce up to 2 million input\/output operations per second (IOPS) and an impressive 30GBps of sequential throughput, according to internal testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unit’s build integrates two controllers and 48 NVMe SSD bays contained within a four-rack chassis, which is scalable with up to seven expansion ports per controller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The memory is further upgradable to 1,024GB per node or 2,048GB for the entire PAS system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synology’s flagship rackmount server also supports 100 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) networking and a range of file and block protocols, including iSCSI, NVMe-oF, and SMB (1,2,3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding data security, the PAS7700 has a built-in 3-2-1-1 backup strategy that ensures data integrity at all levels through immutable snapshots, replication, and backup options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To maximise storage efficiency, Synology product manager Cody Hall highlighted the controller’s capability of inline and post-process deduplication as well as tiering between Synology rack servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deduplication refers to the process of removing redundant files while still maintaining the integrity of the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With inline deduplication, calculations are performed before the data is copied across to the storage array.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Essentially, the storage array will tell the client what it needs to finish its data library,” said Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What that means is you’re not sending as much needless duplicate data over your network, which means you’re using your network bandwidth more effectively.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall said this will allow users to conserve the lifespan of their SSDs by not sending redundant data to the array.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast, the post-process deduplication found in other Synology flash arrays, such as the FS6400, happens once the data has already been written to the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data tiering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Cody Hall, Synology product manager, alongside the PAS7700<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hall emphasised the PAS7700’s data tiering, which he said he “had been waiting for for half a decade.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This data tiering will allow users to set up a tiered environment between devices like the PAS7700 and other scalable Synology systems like the HD6500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data tiering refers to a strategy for categorising data, which does so according to how frequently it is accessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This allows more frequently accessed data to be on a higher tier or one with more computing power, such as the PAS7700, thus optimising storage efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerning redundancy, Hall said that the PAS7700 supports a more advanced redundant array of independent disks (RAID) topology than its previous products, such as the RAID 0,1,5,6,10, and TP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This system is also going to support an even more advanced RAID topology, including RAID triple parity,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“And that means it has a higher fault tolerance than a standard RAID 6 array with the two-drive tolerance.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“PAS7700 is the culmination of Synology’s 25 years of engineering experience in data management and storage,” said Kenneth Hsu, Director of the System Group at Synology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’ve engineered PAS7700 to deliver ultra-high performance at a price point previously unseen in the enterprise storage market.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with other Synology storage solutions, the PAS7700 supports Synology applications such as Synology Drive, Synology Office, and Mail Plus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synology said the PAS7700 will become available in the second half of 2025. Regarding pricing, the company said it could achieve primary storage-grade performance at the cost of mainstream storage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Synology has launched their flagship PAS7000 series of rackmount servers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341175,"featured_media":595735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[99956,99958,99957,37218],"class_list":["post-595733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-cody-hall","tag-computex-2025","tag-pas7700","tag-synology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595733"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":595872,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595733\/revisions\/595872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}