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Synology
DiskStation DS420j
3 positive 0 neutral 1 negative
Based on 4 Reddit mentions
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Synology’s Comeback: Reversing Course and Winning Back Trust
to be fair, the reason choosing synology is because physically durable, less ransome issue and applications. That's why i was using ds418j and ds420j but recently i bought 2nd hand ds1819+ and ds1515+
tessaros in r/synologynas
December 15, 2025 1:59 PM
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What NAS do you all use for Plex Storage?
I love my Synology DS420j but you need to find the best solution for you, but a 4 bay minimum for running a RAID array for protection. I’d also recommend a reasonably priced UPS with USB hookup to tell the NAS when the power has died to start shutdown sequence. Mine was £80
Mr_Tigger_ in r/PleX
May 3, 2025 5:24 AM
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NAS Suggestion
Personally I do not suggest any Mainland China units. Since Synology had dropped the limitation of HDD I still think Synology is still best buy for home use: Less vulnabilities incidents More apps Taking me as example, I use cloudsync to keep backup from my cloud, shared 1TB for time machine, media
...tessaros in r/HomeNAS
December 18, 2025 4:16 PM
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Made a GUI tool for backing up Plex data - thought you might find it useful
I'm moving from a 4 bay Synology DS420J with 2 20TB and 2 16 TB drives to an 8 bay QNAP TVS-h874 with 8x26TB drives. Library grew a bit too large. The Win 10 computer currently running the server will be handing off server duties to the QNAP, which will be the beefiest system in the house once up an
...apollotuba87 in r/PleX
May 24, 2025 3:31 PM
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