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Synology DiskStation DS720+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure (Celeron J4125, 2GB DDR4) Expired
$320
$399.99
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Amazon has Synology DiskStation DS720+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure on sale for $319.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member bigbenLA and PolishDude for sharing this deal.
Features:
Thanks to community member bigbenLA and PolishDude for sharing this deal.
Features:
- 2x 3.5/2.5" Bays | 2x M.2 2280 Slots
- 2.0 GHz Intel Celeron J4125 Quad-Core
- 2GB DDR4 RAM
- 2x Gigabit Ethernet Ports
- 2x USB 3.0 Type-A | 1x eSATA
- RAID 0, 1, Basic, Hybrid, and JBOD
- Sequential Reads up to 225.99 MB/s
- Sequential Writes up to 195.42 MB/s
- AES-NI Hardware Encryption Engine
- Synology DiskStation Manager OS
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| Product Name: | Synology 2 Bay NAS DiskStation DS720+ (Diskless) |
| Manufacturer: | Synology |
| Model Number: | DS720+ |
| Product SKU: | B087Z6SNC1 |
| UPC: | 846504003136 |
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Before going further, no intention to crap the thread ...
My use case is very simple - (1) store files (backup + media), (2) stream media. Update is very infrequent. Media streaming happens 60-80 times a month for avg 1hr each time. I mostly use VLC/XBMC as the client.
I settled for a used NUC of eBay. It was almost in new condition. With 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, USB3 dual bay SATA doc, I paid ~$130ish.
With OMV, I am pretty happy with the setup. For fun, I tried live transcoding with JellyBean. I don't have content more than 1080P. 2 concurrent streams worked just fine at ~50% load.
I am not too tech savvy, I had to invest couple of hours to understand everything before diving in.
For sure this setup is a package solution, easy to handle and manage. And for sure the SATA interface is much more efficient compared to the USB 3 setup, I have. I have a slightly better CPU and 4x more RAM (for docker, Minecraft, etc), though.
I'm sure you could find *something* to nitpick about any model (and I've got mine about the synology software), but as you get older, you just want reliability even if it costs a few hundred dollars. I've played with the various opensource raid-focused OSes and ideas and there's zero reason to switch (for me).
My 10yo hitachi 2TB drives are still error free. They were the deal at the time and I knew I'd have to replace them. The RAID-10 works for me.
I'd pair this with the two biggest HDDs you can afford, RAID-1, and not look back.
Edit… depending on your budget and space needs, you could pass on this one and wait for a 4 or 5 bay model
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Before going further, no intention to crap the thread ...
My use case is very simple - (1) store files (backup + media), (2) stream media. Update is very infrequent. Media streaming happens 60-80 times a month for avg 1hr each time. I mostly use VLC/XBMC as the client.
I settled for a used NUC of eBay. It was almost in new condition. With 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, USB3 dual bay SATA doc, I paid ~$130ish.
With OMV, I am pretty happy with the setup. For fun, I tried live transcoding with JellyBean. I don't have content more than 1080P. 2 concurrent streams worked just fine at ~50% load.
I am not too tech savvy, I had to invest couple of hours to understand everything before diving in.
For sure this setup is a package solution, easy to handle and manage. And for sure the SATA interface is much more efficient compared to the USB 3 setup, I have. I have a slightly better CPU and 4x more RAM (for docker, Minecraft, etc), though.
I've ended up buying a synology DS920+ which cost me a pretty penny for the unit, 4 x14 tb hard drives, 4gb memory upgrade, and 2 x 1tb nvme ssd cache, which cost me around $1300-$1400. I've used it for a few months already and the disks are about 23% full but it really has most of the bells and whistles of a low powered server and certainly less maintence than my old raspberry pi 4 server.
I'm sure you could find *something* to nitpick about any model (and I've got mine about the synology software), but as you get older, you just want reliability even if it costs a few hundred dollars. I've played with the various opensource raid-focused OSes and ideas and there's zero reason to switch (for me).
My 10yo hitachi 2TB drives are still error free. They were the deal at the time and I knew I'd have to replace them. The RAID-10 works for me.
I'd pair this with the two biggest HDDs you can afford, RAID-1, and not look back.
Edit… depending on your budget and space needs, you could pass on this one and wait for a 4 or 5 bay model
My wife has already given the Ok to spend whatever I need to make sure our data is secure but at the same time I don't want to spend more if I don't have to.
Short answer: Yes, but depends.
Longer answer: Is the transcoding client sided or server sided? If it's client sided, then that would just depend on your bandwidth and client devices. Most clients can do h.264-1080p fine, while other clients struggle with h.265 (hevc). I run a DS220+ and force transcoding on client devices. Apple TVs, iPhones, iPads, handle 4k hevc fine, while some computers even desktops, struggle. I can get more into it, but if you're looking for server sided transcoding, h.264 at 1080, I believe it should be okay.
For more technical information, check this sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadshe...127
Short answer: Yes, but depends.
Longer answer: Is the transcoding client sided or server sided? If it's client sided, then that would just depend on your bandwidth and client devices. Most clients can do h.264-1080p fine, while other clients struggle with h.265 (hevc). I run a DS220+ and force transcoding on client devices. Apple TVs, iPhones, iPads, handle 4k hevc fine, while some computers even desktops, struggle. I can get more into it, but if you're looking for server sided transcoding, h.264 at 1080, I believe it should be okay.
For more technical information, check this sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadshe...1274624273 [google.com]
Yes this device has hardware transcoding. So it'll handle 1080p transcodes without issue. If your trying to transcode multiple 4k streams simultaneously, it may struggle.
Before going further, no intention to crap the thread ...
My use case is very simple - (1) store files (backup + media), (2) stream media. Update is very infrequent. Media streaming happens 60-80 times a month for avg 1hr each time. I mostly use VLC/XBMC as the client.
I settled for a used NUC of eBay. It was almost in new condition. With 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, USB3 dual bay SATA doc, I paid ~$130ish.
With OMV, I am pretty happy with the setup. For fun, I tried live transcoding with JellyBean. I don't have content more than 1080P. 2 concurrent streams worked just fine at ~50% load.
I am not too tech savvy, I had to invest couple of hours to understand everything before diving in.
For sure this setup is a package solution, easy to handle and manage. And for sure the SATA interface is much more efficient compared to the USB 3 setup, I have. I have a slightly better CPU and 4x more RAM (for docker, Minecraft, etc), though.
Ive been waiting for another deal for a Synology NAS since the BF deals that I missed out/was lazy/hesitant on.
The Celeron Gemini Lake CPU's were great bang for the buck/power-heat to performance ratio... 3-4 years ago. (not to mention the 9 year old Bay Trails ie say a J1900)
Synology w/ a low power Alder Lake Celeron - that would be bad arse.
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Short answer: Yes, but depends.
Longer answer: Is the transcoding client sided or server sided? If it's client sided, then that would just depend on your bandwidth and client devices. Most clients can do h.264-1080p fine, while other clients struggle with h.265 (hevc). I run a DS220+ and force transcoding on client devices. Apple TVs, iPhones, iPads, handle 4k hevc fine, while some computers even desktops, struggle. I can get more into it, but if you're looking for server sided transcoding, h.264 at 1080, I believe it should be okay.
For more technical information, check this sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadshe...127
Yes this device has hardware transcoding. So it'll handle 1080p transcodes without issue. If your trying to transcode multiple 4k streams simultaneously, it may struggle.
Edit: this is how I'm running my Plex. Direct play all video files. My ipad, iphone, and apple TV 4k can handle smooth 4k HDR HEVC playback on my DS220+.
So far I've been able to do that with no issues
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