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Synology DiskStation DS720+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure (Celeron J4125, 2GB DDR4) Expired
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$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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Always a good idea to limit access to any data that doesn't require external access period, starting at the router.
Cloud files are not your files
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.....
'm looking to export my hdds out of my gaming pc and make a dedicated media server
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Using for files, VPN to files from outside, two Minecraft servers, Plex server for music and movies.
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?
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.
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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.
Now I just need to upgrade the ram to 16GB (already have 2 16TB WD Red Pros raring to go).
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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