DiskStation DS420j

Synology

DiskStation DS420j

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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

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tessaros in r/HomeNAS

December 18, 2025 4:16 PM

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Looking for recommendations for 4 bay nas

I can speak for my own experience as a newcomer to NAS about 4 years ago: I started with the Synology DS420j but quickly run out of steam. Use was to organize lots of family photos (scanned and digital), now over 120K, and share them using a website on the same server. Also had quite a few family vi

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JustAnotherMacUser in r/synology

November 18, 2025 10:33 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

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apollotuba87 in r/PleX

May 24, 2025 3:31 PM

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