Synology PAS7700 Launches in Malaysia: Built for Mission-Critical Enterprise Workloads
TLDR
- Synology PAS7700 officially available in Malaysia — active-active all-flash NVMe storage system
- Delivers up to 2 million IOPS, sub-1ms latency, and 30 GB/s sequential throughput
- Targets semiconductor design, healthcare, game development, and manufacturing environments
- Scales up to 1.65 PB raw storage via 7 expansion units; runs on DSM Enterprise
Enterprise Storage Gets Serious in Malaysia
Synology just raised the bar for enterprise storage in Malaysia. The company officially launched its PAS7700 all-flash NVMe storage system in the country on 21 May 2026, targeting organisations where storage performance directly translates to business continuity — think semiconductor design firms, healthcare providers, game development studios, and manufacturers handling massive datasets around the clock.
“Storage is no longer just an IT consideration for Malaysian businesses,” said Jason Sin, Country Manager of Synology Malaysia. “It has become part of the foundation that supports enhanced productivity, service continuity and digital growth. With PAS7700, Synology is helping enterprises build a more resilient storage environment that can support today’s workloads while preparing for demanding future needs such as AI integration, analytics and infrastructure expansion.”
The timing makes sense. Malaysian businesses are dealing with more data than ever — virtual machines, large file operations, frequent rebuilds, databases, and business-critical systems all running simultaneously. When the storage layer bottlenecks, the ripple effect hits multiple teams and operations at once. The PAS7700 is built to eliminate exactly that kind of disruption.
The Hardware: Built for Demanding Environments
Under the hood, the PAS7700 is a proper enterprise-grade system. The 4U chassis houses dual controllers and 48 NVMe SSD bays, scalable up to 1.65 petabytes of raw storage when you connect up to seven expansion units. That’s not overkill for industries like semiconductor design or game development where asset files routinely hit hundreds of gigabytes per project.
Memory-wise, each node supports up to 1,024GB, with the full system reaching 2,048GB. Networking is handled via 100GbE, and the protocol support is broad: NVMe-oF, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, SMB, and NFS are all supported — meaning it slots into almost any existing enterprise infrastructure without major rework.
Performance numbers back up the spec sheet. The PAS7700 delivers up to 2 million IOPS with latency under 1 millisecond. Sequential throughput hits up to 30 GB/s. For context, that’s fast enough to handle simultaneous access from hundreds of users working on large files without the system breaking a sweat.
Active-Active Architecture: No Single Point of Failure
What sets the PAS7700 apart from conventional storage arrays is its active-active architecture. Both controllers operate simultaneously — not the traditional active-standby model where the backup sits idle until something fails. If one controller or a network component goes down, the other keeps services running without interruption. That matters enormously in environments like hospitals or manufacturing floors where downtime isn’t an option.
The protection layers go deeper still. Triple-parity RAID, mirrored write cache protection, IP failover, and automatic failover mechanisms all come built in. There’s also Continuous Availability Manager — a monitoring tool that gives enterprise IT teams a visual overview of every system component’s health status, letting them catch and address issues before they escalate into service disruptions.
Data Protection in a Harder Threat Landscape
The enterprise storage conversation in Malaysia has shifted. According to PIKOM’s Beyond Compliance: The State of Cyber Resilience in Malaysia 2026 report, the average cost of a data breach in Malaysia climbed to RM3.2 million in 2025, with some organisations reporting losses exceeding RM5 million from a single major incident. That’s a stark reminder that storage systems need to be secure by design, not by afterthought.
The PAS7700 addresses this with multiple layers. Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs) provide hardware-level encryption without compromising performance. WORM folders and immutable snapshots ensure that once a snapshot is created, it cannot be modified or deleted — making ransomware and insider tampering significantly harder to execute.
For backup and recovery, Snapshot Replication and Hyper Backup are both supported, enabling enterprises to build multiple protection layers between production environments and secondary systems. If something does go wrong, recovery is faster and more reliable.
Optimising Long-Term Storage Costs
Performance and protection aside, Synology knows that enterprise buyers care about total cost of ownership. The PAS7700 supports inline and offline deduplication — technologies that reduce redundant data storage, extend SSD lifespan, and improve storage efficiency in large-scale environments. For organisations running hundreds of virtual machines or AI workloads, the savings on storage capacity alone can be significant.
Coming soon is Synology Tiering — a feature that automatically moves infrequently accessed data to high-capacity storage, freeing up NVMe resources for active applications and hot data. It’s a smart way to balance performance and cost without manual intervention.
The entire platform runs on DSM Enterprise, Synology’s operating system built specifically for enterprise storage environments. It prioritises high performance while keeping management intuitive — important for IT teams that need operational simplicity alongside raw capability.
Our Take
Synology has been quietly building serious enterprise credibility over the past few years, and the PAS7700 feels like the culmination of that effort. This isn’t a scaled-up NAS — it’s a proper all-flash storage platform with the performance numbers, protection features, and scalability to compete with traditional enterprise vendors.
For Malaysian businesses in data-intensive industries, the timing is relevant. The combination of active-active architecture (no downtime on controller failure), immutable snapshots (ransomware protection), and the sub-1ms latency (real-world performance for demanding workloads) addresses the exact pain points that IT managers in semiconductor, healthcare, and game development are dealing with right now.
The scale-to-1.65PB option is also notable. As AI workloads and large-scale data operations become more common in Malaysian enterprises, having a storage platform that grows with those needs without requiring a complete architectural overhaul is valuable.
At launch, the PAS7700 is available through Synology’s global network of partners and distributors. If your organisation is evaluating next-gen enterprise storage, this is worth adding to the shortlist.
