DS425+

You’re looking at a Synology with a Celeron CPU and 2GB of RAM vs 32GB of RAM and whatever CPU you put in and wondering why it costs more. If you just want storage and nothing else then Synology is probably all good. But if you want to run containers or anything other than basic storage then I would

I’ve used Synology since 2011 or so with Macs; they work perfectly. I would strongly recommend them - easy to use, reasonably fast for what they are, and lots of flexibility in them. Yes, out of the box the 2025 models (DS425+, etc. with 25 in the name) require Syno-branded disks. This is either a g

zu kaufen und gleich OEM Festplatten, RAM und M2 mitzukaufen Was ich für private Zwecke NICHT empfehlen würde, ist Synologyhardware zum NAS zu kaufen. Für Businesszwecke wegen des Supports und RMA-Prozessen vielleicht ja, aber für private Zwecke zahlt man doch erheblich mehr "für nichts". Festplatte

Many do exactly that, although using a discrete GPU is pointless for most people; built in Intel iGPU is vastly fast enough for the vast, vast majority of people today, even if just using a little Intel Celeron / etc. CPU. You're basically building your own Linux box at that point, whereas the Synol

Recommend second-hand Synology DS218j/219j/220j/221j/222j/223j. Synology Photo and Emby is OK. If you have plenty money to buy DS425+ / DS925+, you have to buy Synology Hard Drive. The hard drive and the machine are sold bundled together, but the key issue is that the machine's configuration is very

If you want an easy plug and play solution, with minor work, reliable and that doesn't need much time to setup, get a Synology NAS. One with an Intel CPU, and 8GB of ram, anything with AMD and ARM CPU is to be strongly avoided. Then if you think, you would need more than 10TB in the future, a 4 bay

It is difficult to recommend running Plex on a NAS such as the DS425+ It has a low power, outdated CPU, the Celeron J4125. That model was introduced in 2019 and is discontinued. Without a Plex Pass it will struggle to transcode 1080p. With a Plex Pass and using hardware accelerated transcoding, it w

Just a heads I'd stay away from Synology, they are currently deep into their enshittification Era. 1st they are forcing people to buy they're branded drives and 2nd Nas Campares just posted this video:Synology Kills Graphics Drivers and HEVC & H.264 HW Transcoding on the J4125 NAS (DS225+ & DS425+)