Synology FS3600: All-Flash Storage for High-Bandwidth, Low-Latency Workloads
Synology FS3600 All-Flash Storage for Workloads in Today’s Businesses
In 2025 and 2026, when companies do more data-heavy work, good storage performance will no longer be a nice-to-have; it will be a must-have. Databases with a lot of transactions, virtualized environments, AI workloads, and large-scale backup operations all need low latency and high throughput that stays the same. The Synology FlashStation FS3600 was made to meet these needs with an all-flash design that is meant for business-level performance and growth.
The FS3600 is still a good choice for modern infrastructures that value speed, reliability, and cost-effective scaling, even though it was released earlier in the decade.
Designed for operations with high bandwidth and low latency
The FS3600 has a 12-core Intel Xeon processor and an all-flash storage design at its heart. This combination lets the platform deliver very low latency and high IOPS, making it great for workloads where consistent performance has a direct effect on business operations.
This level of performance can support virtual machine clusters, transactional databases, online transaction processing systems, analytics platforms, and high-resolution media workflows in the real world. As businesses combine workloads to make things easier, platforms like the FS3600 give them the extra performance they need to avoid bottlenecks.
All-Flash Architecture That Can Grow Over Time
The FS3600 can grow to support large-scale expansion, which means that businesses can add more storage space as their data grows. This ability to grow is very important in 2025–26, when data growth is caused by more automation, analytics, and rules about how long data must be kept.
An all-flash architecture guarantees steady performance no matter what kind of workload is running. This is different from hybrid systems that combine flash and disk. This predictability is very important for applications that are sensitive to latency and can’t handle changes in performance.
Scalable all-flash platforms also make it easier to plan for performance, since adding more capacity doesn’t cause mixed-media bottlenecks.
Advanced Networking for Environments That Need High Performance
The performance of storage is only as good as the network that sends it. The FS3600 has built-in 10GbE connectivity and can support higher-bandwidth networking through expansion cards. This lets businesses match their storage throughput with modern network infrastructures.
High-bandwidth networking makes sure that workloads run smoothly when multiple virtualization hosts or application servers access shared storage at the same time. As businesses use faster backup windows, replication strategies, and real-time analytics, this feature becomes more and more important.
Data Protection and Availability That Work Together
Enterprise storage needs more than just good performance. The FS3600 has features for protecting and making data available that help keep operations running smoothly. Snapshot technology lets you quickly recover both file and block workloads at a specific point in time, which cuts down on the time it takes to recover after accidental deletion or ransomware attacks.
Organizations can use clustered architectures to set up FS3600 systems in high-availability configurations. If a piece of hardware breaks, services can switch over automatically. This keeps downtime to a minimum and meets strict uptime requirements.
These features fit in well with what businesses expect from modern business continuity, where how quickly they can recover and how available their services are are closely linked to their revenue and customer trust.
Supporting virtualization, software as a service (SaaS) and endpoint protection
By default, modern IT environments are hybrid. The FS3600 has built-in backup solutions that let you protect virtual machines, endpoints, and SaaS platforms from a single location. This lets businesses combine data protection into one storage platform while still being able to see and control it.
Centralized backup and quick recovery are especially helpful because businesses still use Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and virtualized infrastructure along with their own systems.
The Strategic Role of IT Architectures in 2025–2026
The FS3600 is best as a high-performance storage tier for important workloads in today’s enterprise architectures. It can be the main data store for virtualization, a backup target that works quickly, or a platform for analytics and transactional systems that has low latency.
But to get these results, you need to plan carefully. To get the most out of the platform, the network architecture, backup strategy, high-availability configuration, and growth planning must all work together from the start.
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Epis Technology helps businesses design, set up, and improve high-performance enterprise storage environments based on Synology platforms like the FS3600. The company focuses on Synology consulting and support, big storage solutions, backups for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, fully managed PC backups, and planning for business continuity. Epis Technology helps businesses design all-flash and hybrid storage systems that work well in modern IT settings and provide consistent performance, strong data protection, and the ability to grow over time.