DiskStation DS1522+

A N150 PC is head and shoulders above a Synology NAS for running Plex Media Server. Use a Syno NAS for storage, but run PMS on a different system. The N150 is a more powerful CPU than the Intel Celerons or AMD Rxxxx CPUs used by Synology. Furthermore, the Intel Graphics in the N150 is more capable t

Way too old, and do NOT shop for new Synology. Last generation is basically Synology's "death date". People are going "what the fuck is this dude going on about?" Well, I'm going on about Synology requiring the use of their own branded HDDs and NVMEs moving forward just to access basic features. So

Yup. Same, I had a lot of ex-enterprise drives and was worried I'd be stuck one day. Plus the quality issues... I had some corrosion issues with a DS418play that was out of warranty, and after replacing it, I later tore it down and cleaned it. Then I realized how incredibly cheap and prone to corros

I got a DS1522+ which is a 5 bay. Tho as of now i only use 3 bays. This was 55k sa Shopee. Then 8300 per 12tb hdd Seagate Ironwolf. Shopee din. I suggest getting at least 3 bay para you can make use of the RAID function. Meaning if one drive crashes or gets corrupted, everything is recoverable. Down

I do homelabbing and have tons of VMs and containers, but for an NAS I valued brand reputation and "it just works". Went with a Synology DS1522+, of which I'm only using 3 bays right now. Anyhoo -- I'd recommend Synology or UGREEN, the former being the more established but now riskier brand due to r

Ya I built one with HDDs a little over a year ago. I was out of the scene for a decade. Should have done some more research but was too excited and gung ho. Got a Synology ds1522+ love it but could have built something better for cheaper lol

Yeah, it feels like Synology has taking a step back from wanting to be the best nas manufacturer for consumers. Their focus definitely seems to be on software only. Most of their models are quite dated, but with that said, they seem to run a long time. Their naming nomenclature ends with the year th

Going all in, I love it. I have a DS1522+ that I have running two 16TB Synology Drives that I will keep running. UGreen is my primary unit. It's so easy to use and "just works" for my needs. I have about 80TBs on it. I got the Orico because I wanted to get into ZFS without going TruNAS, but I may en

Currently running both DS1522+ with DSM7.3 and TM F4-424MAX with TOS7 and I really love the hardware/software package. There’s no doubt that Synology/DSM has certain advantages over TM, but for the money, the value and ease of use really has TerraMaster being pretty competitive in many of it’s model

I own a Synology DS1522+ and when I first thought about adding a $500 expansion box, for the money, I just decided to buy an additional nas. I like the idea of having another 4-5 bay nas that can do a lot more than just a box that can only do one thing for a similar price.