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

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

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

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

Even if your switch is 10 GbE, the NAS is the bottleneck • DS923+ – plus optional 10 GbE card • DS1522+ – plus optional 10 GbE card • DS1618+ – plus 10 GbE card • DS1819+ – plus 10 GbE card Above safe example for support 10GbE. If you buy 725+ 925+ latest. It won’t worth at all with 10GbE. I mean yo

Well, this is a Mac thread so I won't "drag" you into the NAS world, but it all started some 4 yeas ago toward the end of the pandemic: my son had been using a Synology NAS since he and his family (4 young kids) had one at home. Having a NAS allowed him to control where they can go on the internet,

I have a couple Synology units.DS1522+ (5 bay)DS718+ (2 bay)I'm probably going to use hyper backup on those to keep 2nd copies of everything on the unas.I ran into a failed drobo situation a couple years ago and had to do data recovery and I don't want to get in that situation again! Yes I should ha