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Synology
DiskStation DS220j
9 positive 0 neutral 7 negative
Based on 16 Reddit mentions
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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
...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
...strolls in r/HomeNAS
March 8, 2026 5:43 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
...Unhappy_Market_2978 in r/HomeNAS
December 19, 2025 8:10 PM
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