DiskStation DS220j

Synology

DiskStation DS220j

9 positive 0 neutral 7 negative

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First homelab/NAS build — single server vs separate NAS? (beginner, future-proof)

i started with combined and honestly it's the right move for learning. proxmox with truenas in a vm works fine - just pass through the sata controller. for hardware in india, check used optiplex micro or hp elite desk on olx - an i5 8th gen with 32gb ram and 2x 4tb drives will run jellyfin and those

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LetterheadClassic306 in r/minilab

April 26, 2026 1:10 PM

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Kućni NAS cloud/storage/server?

Simple... Synology DS220J (pristupačan, support dva diska itd..). Stvar je jednostavna i super, zašto? -Imaš opciju synca izmedju dva diska (napravi schedule, da ti ne drndaju stalno oba diska). Jedan ti radi stalno, drugi po potrebi (produžiš mu život) ili koristiš jedan za privatne stvari drugi za

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Agile-Enthusiasm6231 in r/AskSerbia

November 20, 2025 8:45 AM

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Personal Experience coming from Synology?

You're moving to a (relatively) less mature product vs Synology. The ecosystem, app market, and DSM have been around for a looong time and have many apps. UGreen, not so much. The first difference from lower-end Synology models is that UGreen models have an internal eMMC system drive whereas Synolog

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PracticlySpeaking in r/UgreenNASync

September 9, 2025 5:26 PM

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Help upgrading

Synology’s recent restrictions on third-party disks are making me hesitate. They walked it back after public backlash. I guess they should have been quicker to do so (took them several weeks, as I recall). Have you checked how much you'll get for your DS220j? I've heard that selling a 5-year-old Syn

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strolls in r/HomeNAS

March 8, 2026 5:43 PM

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Low cost backup strategy options ?

i setup something similar last year. that 2018 mac mini with 32gb ram would make a solid network time machine server for all three macs. just connect a couple external drives to it and share them over the network. the 2012 is probably worth selling while it still works. for the drives i have been us

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LetterheadClassic306 in r/macmini

April 14, 2026 5:16 PM

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Is Synology still the best choice if you want something that just works?

I personally am not an expert , but can mostly follow YT tutorials to get things working . I bought a DS220j as my first NAS in 2021. At the time it was to setup a doorbell with surveillance... I used it for 3 or 4 months and it worked well. I then got a dedicated DVR system setup and packed the NAS

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Unhappy_Market_2978 in r/HomeNAS

December 19, 2025 8:10 PM

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NAS za domaco rabo

synology ds220j. malo starejša zadeva ampak popolnoma ok za backupiranje slik iz telefonov. všeč mi je, ker dobiš vse pripravljeno, se ni treba nič kaj posebej ubadat s tem. je pa kar počasna zadeva. vse te alternativne zadeve z mini računalniki, RPi in podobnim se slišijo zelo zanimivo ampak verjet

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Sufficient_Wait_5040 in r/SloveniaEngineering

July 17, 2025 11:17 AM

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