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Synology DiskStation DS720+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure (Celeron J4125, 2GB DDR4) Expired

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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:
  • 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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I debated Synology for sometime. But I am cheap as shit.

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 tried every DIY raid solution and then caved and bought the DS1511+ and it's been running and receiving updates for 10 years now and I don't have to do anything because it just works.

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
The previous $440 DS920+ deal would be better if I catched that.

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Pyronic120
08-12-2022 at 12:01 PM.
08-12-2022 at 12:01 PM.
Quote from laptopquestions :
Anything that is exposed to the outside world makes not only your NAS vulnerable, but your entire network. Synology has the security and tools to help identify and limit both access and data integrity issues (e.g. RAID and backup support) out of the box.

Always a good idea to limit access to any data that doesn't require external access period, starting at the router.
Good point about security, but yes, Synology seems to have a decent enough security tools. And regarding integrity though, that's why I also have an external high capacity drive in a USB enclusre I plug in once a month (sometimes sooner if I uploaded something really important) to sync that up to have all my files. And for added measure I swaped out this USB drive twice the past 7 years i've used my original DS 216 even though they haven't failed just in case. The old ones are sitting in a closet just in case. I had a drive failuer before I knew anything about raid or backups when I was a teen and have been paranoid about losing important data ever since. So I do take extra steps now to save and back up those precious memories. I pretty much spent over a grand on drives this last time that Western digital had drops in prices on their 16tb golds. Literally just sitting on them at this point and I'll be throwing two of those into this new 720.
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08-12-2022 at 12:12 PM.
08-12-2022 at 12:12 PM.
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This honestly the simplest and safest way I've found to manage my file storage and network streaming needs. This way, if I need to upgrade the plex media server I only need to upgrade the computer acting as the streaming server without having to reconfigure the raid portion. Just recconect the network drive to the server and assign the same drive leter as what was previously assigned and configure all paths etc the same as the previous media server.
What does this have to do with RAID? Have Plex running similarly on both Lenovo Tiny PCs and Synology (SHR-1 storage pool) boxes that only cares about folder mappings/permissions..
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08-12-2022 at 12:16 PM.
08-12-2022 at 12:16 PM.
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cloud backup isn't an option for me.

Cloud files are not your files
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08-12-2022 at 12:22 PM.
08-12-2022 at 12:22 PM.
Quote from Pyronic120 :
Good point about security, but yes, Synology seems to have a decent enough security tools. And regarding integrity though, that's why I also have an external high capacity drive in a USB enclusre I plug in once a month (sometimes sooner if I uploaded something really important) to sync that up to have all my files. And for added measure I swaped out this USB drive twice the past 7 years i've used my original DS 216 even though they haven't failed just in case. The old ones are sitting in a closet just in case. I had a drive failuer before I knew anything about raid or backups when I was a teen and have been paranoid about losing important data ever since. So I do take extra steps now to save and back up those precious memories. I pretty much spent over a grand on drives this last time that Western digital had drops in prices on their 16tb golds. Literally just sitting on them at this point and I'll be throwing two of those into this new 720.
Unfortunately, everything is a trade off between simplicity of access, security and backup/restore capability.

The 3-2-1 Backup Strategy [backblaze.com] is overkill for many, but it does provide lessons to help protect irreplaceable data, particularly important things like documents and pictures that can be put in harms way from unexpected malware, software and hardware failures. Just like protecting your house, folks just need to gauge the importance of their data and associated risk when determining what makes sense to invest in.

We have all been there.....
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08-12-2022 at 12:34 PM.
08-12-2022 at 12:34 PM.
You guys are confusing data integrity with data security. Data untegrity describes the correctness of data written to storage. If any part of your data system relies on cpu or memory, such as with RAID drivers, then maxing out the cpu or memory by running apps has the potential to corrupt your data. At the very least they can slow the data functions of a NAS which is not what you want to happen.
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08-12-2022 at 01:02 PM.
08-12-2022 at 01:02 PM.
What is the benefit of one of these versus buying a pc with a bunch of hdd bays for 1/2 the price on ebay? Is it just the brand+OS or does it natively just run Plex or whatever program someone prefers? I
'm looking to export my hdds out of my gaming pc and make a dedicated media server
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08-12-2022 at 01:02 PM.
08-12-2022 at 01:02 PM.
Quote from MadPup :
You guys are confusing data integrity with data security. Data untegrity describes the correctness of data written to storage. If any part of your data system relies on cpu or memory, such as with RAID drivers, then maxing out the cpu or memory by running apps has the potential to corrupt your data. At the very least they can slow the data functions of a NAS which is not what you want to happen.
Yup..
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08-12-2022 at 01:15 PM.
08-12-2022 at 01:15 PM.
Synology is the way. Friends don't let friends buy QNAP. Signed, former QNAP owner.

Using for files, VPN to files from outside, two Minecraft servers, Plex server for music and movies.
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08-12-2022 at 01:39 PM.
08-12-2022 at 01:39 PM.
Has been waiting for 4 bays. Frown
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08-12-2022 at 02:10 PM.
08-12-2022 at 02:10 PM.
Quote from crsenn :
$319.99 on Amazon today. Just pulled the trigger on upgrading from my ds220+ to this! Thanks OP!

What made you want to upgrade the ds220+ to this model? Did you have an immediate need for 2 additional cores or perhaps wanted a little more future proofing with the ability to add additional drives in the future?
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08-12-2022 at 02:51 PM.
08-12-2022 at 02:51 PM.
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Couldn't agree more.

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.

May have to wait for a couple years down the road for Synology to update their hardware. Frown I skipped their DS920+ and waited for their new release but haven't heard anything yet. Maybe they will have DS924+ soon. Big Grin
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08-12-2022 at 02:56 PM.
08-12-2022 at 02:56 PM.
Quote from PolishDude :
The price came down to $319.99 since this was posted. I was watching the price of the more basic Ds220j do the same thing yesterday, keep dropping in price every hour or so until it stopped around 149
Where did you find the ds220j at 149?
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08-12-2022 at 02:57 PM.
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Quote from MadPup :
You guys are confusing data integrity with data security. Data untegrity describes the correctness of data written to storage. If any part of your data system relies on cpu or memory, such as with RAID drivers, then maxing out the cpu or memory by running apps has the potential to corrupt your data. At the very least they can slow the data functions of a NAS which is not what you want to happen.
Simply disagree with your contention:
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=156938884&postcount=55

This processor is plenty strong for a NAS. The problem comes when people expect their NAS to be an application server. The NAS vendors share responsibility for this by having app stores with lots of stuff that really should be run on a separate machine. If you are ok with risking the integrity of your data then load it up with virtual machines, Plex server, etc.


Do you *actually* own an NAS, particularly a Synology (and in my case several)?

Data integrity *should never* be compromised by a properly running NAS, even when pegged (unless you chance it with an SSD read/write cache). A consistently oversaturated system can compromise long term reliability, but so can lots of other things, which is why RAID (availability) and backup (restorability) are so important. Any use needs to be measured against a machine's ability to handle it. In the case of the Synology NAS, DSM is extremely efficient and *designed* to simultaneously run many apps/services, with numerous logging and report tools to help ensure you are not saturating it and help identify trouble spots like HDs/SSDs starting to fail.

My Synology DS1520+ for instance has no issues reliably running Plex, VMs and Docker containers, not to mention a host of other services (e.g. antivirus, hyperbackup etc).

Depending on your *performance* requirements, it may make sense to run certain services/apps on a dedicated box based on utilization, but it *is not* a data integrity issue.
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08-12-2022 at 03:13 PM.
08-12-2022 at 03:13 PM.
my CCC alert for this went off this morning with a price of $339 and I said lemme think about it. Then I checked few hours later and saw it was $320, so I pulled the trigger. I came here to post, but OP beat me to it.
Now I just need to upgrade the ram to 16GB (already have 2 16TB WD Red Pros raring to go).
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08-12-2022 at 03:18 PM.
08-12-2022 at 03:18 PM.
Quote from PurpleAlpaca1245 :
Where did you find the ds220j at 149?
https://slickdeals.net/f/15972448-amazon-com-synology-2-bay-nas-diskstation-ds220j-diskless-2-bay-512mb-ddr4-electronics-149-90

I saw it was $149 at Amazon yesterday but people said not enough RAM to get next OS update so I didn't buy it
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