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Synology DiskStation DS220j 2-Bay NAS Enclosure Expired
$160
$189.99
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B&H Photo Video has Synology DiskStation DS220j 2-Bay NAS Enclosure on sale for $159.99. Shipping is free.
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Features:
- 2x 3.5/2.5" SATA HDD/SSD Drive Bays
- 1.4GHz Realtek RTD1296 Quad-Core
- 512MB of DDR4 RAM
- 1x Gigabit Ethernet Port
- 2x USB 3.0 Type-A Ports
- RAID 0, 1, Basic, Hybrid, and JBOD
- Up to 112MB/s Reads and Writes
- Hardware Encryption Engine
- Synology DiskStation Manager OS
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2 Bay NAS by Synology at B&H for $159.99 ($189.99 - $30.00 = $159.99)
2 Bay NAS by Synology at B&H for $159.99 ($189.99 - $30.00 = $159.99)
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IMO this model is too slow for anything else.
NAS with 2 bays is always better than a single bay (Having a single drive is just begging for data loss).
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I use it for everything you mention except PLEX and it is more than sufficient. It audio and video apps work fine as well so I'd expect basic PLEX use would be fine too. Keep in mind this is a kind of a budget option.
I really like the TS-963AX, but it's spendy... I got the TS-653D when it was on sale a few weeks back, and it is decent, but nowhere near as fast as the 963AX and offers less applications support - qts rather than the qtsHero line.
The autosync features to cloud providers like OneDrive and Amazon are great and work just fine on the J series.
I haven't upgraded to the new OS (no real need for what I use the NAS for) and I'll wait until forced or there are no more security upgrades.
Buying the DS216J was the best ~$200 (plus drives) tech purchase that I've spent in the last few years.
If you do not run a media service (like Plex) or other things off the NAS, and just access the video files natively, you will not have an issue.
The "J" series Synology NAS have slow processors and cannot convert 4k video to 1080p on the fly like the "Plus" or higher series.
If you have 4k videos and want to stream them right from the NAS (by opening the files themselves) you will not have any issue.
Just a thought!
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The only reason why I have been looking at other NAS hardware is I almost lost my data from the WD MyBook Live security bug. Luckily my drive was not hit.
I mainly wanted a NAS to replace the external HDD + router setup I have to a setup with redundancy for when a drive fails. Got down a rabbit hole researching ZFS, and to build a NAS with the specs I wanted (SFF 2-bay + enough CPU/RAM for TrueNAS) would've cost me probably $500 for the server alone, so I ended up settling for the low end 2-bay prebuilt models.
I'm pretty new to NAS, but figured 2GB vs 0.5GB would let me run more apps, if I wanted to. For one, the extra RAM seems to allow the TS-230 to support snapshots whereas the DS220j doesn't. Either one is probably good enough for basic file storage/serving and not much else, so I'd say it's down to how cheap you can find them. FWIW I ended up spending just under $500 before tax for the NAS and 2x 14TB@$170 each, a bit pricy just for file storage but I'm still learning what all a NAS can do.
https://www.amazon.com/QNAP-TS-25...RQVYV&th=1 [amazon.com]
https://www.synology.co
Section 7. Audit. Synology will have the right to audit your compliance with the terms of this EULA. You agree to grant Synology a right to access to your facilities, equipment, books, records and documents and to otherwise reasonably cooperate with Synology in order to facilitate any such audit by Synology or its agent authorized by Synology.
https://www.synology.com/en-globa...terms_EULA [synology.com]
Section 7. Audit. Synology will have the right to audit your compliance with the terms of this EULA. You agree to grant Synology a right to access to your facilities, equipment, books, records and documents and to otherwise reasonably cooperate with Synology in order to facilitate any such audit by Synology or its agent authorized by Synology.
On one hand, this will only realistically be used if they think somebody is somehow circumventing their licensing in some major way (ex: only 5 email licenses are included by default, unless you buy more). On the other hand, it's kinda ridiculous that this isn't tied to specific scenarios to exempt normal home users.
In the end, we complain about it but we still use the stuff. :-(
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I am upgrading to the DS220+ instead, which comes with 2 GB of memory and can be upgraded, along with a much stronger processor.
I'm still puzzled why Synology only puts 512MB in the "j" series even though the software offers features that far exceed the memory provided but don't exceed the CPU provided.