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Synology DiskStation NAS Enclosure: DS420+ 4-Bay $400, DS720+ 2-Bay
$340
$400
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B&H Photo Video has select Synology DiskStation NAS Enclosures on sale for the prices listed (discount will show in cart). Shipping is free.
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- Synology DiskStation DS720+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure $339.99
- Synology DiskStation DS420+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure $399.99
- Synology DiskStation DS720+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
- Accessory Pack
- AC Power Adapter
- AC Power Cord
- 2 x RJ45 LAN Cables
- 2 x 3.5/2.5" Bays | 2 x M.2 2280 Slots
- 2.0 GHz Intel Celeron J4125 Quad-Core
- 2GB DDR4 RAM
- 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports
- 2 x USB 3.0 Type-A | 1 x 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
Editor's Notes
Written by SubZero5 | Staff- About this deal:
- The price of the DiskStation DS720+ is $60 lower (15% savings) than the list price of $399.99
- Valid through 10/26 at 9PM PT
- About this product:
- 3-Year Warranty
- About this store:
- Details of B&H Photo Video's return policy here
- Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.
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B&H Photo Video has select Synology DiskStation NAS Enclosures on sale for the prices listed (discount will show in cart). Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member sr71 for finding this deal.
Available:
Thanks to Community Member sr71 for finding this deal.
Available:
- Synology DiskStation DS720+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure $339.99
- Synology DiskStation DS420+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure $399.99
- Synology DiskStation DS720+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
- Accessory Pack
- AC Power Adapter
- AC Power Cord
- 2 x RJ45 LAN Cables
- 2 x 3.5/2.5" Bays | 2 x M.2 2280 Slots
- 2.0 GHz Intel Celeron J4125 Quad-Core
- 2GB DDR4 RAM
- 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports
- 2 x USB 3.0 Type-A | 1 x 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
Editor's Notes
Written by SubZero5 | Staff- About this deal:
- The price of the DiskStation DS720+ is $60 lower (15% savings) than the list price of $399.99
- Valid through 10/26 at 9PM PT
- About this product:
- 3-Year Warranty
- About this store:
- Details of B&H Photo Video's return policy here
- Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.
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The 2 bay 720+ (the deal here) is the 4 core upgrade CPU from the base model 2 bay / 2 core 220+
The 4 bay 420+ ( the other deal here) is the base 2 core CPU model, the 920+ (not on sale) would be the upgraded 4 core CPU / 4 bay equivalent.
I own the 2 bay / 4 core 720+ and wish I had bought the 4 bay unit for expansion and/or running RAID 5
With 2 bays, if you want protection, you have to use the other drive to mirror the first, so 2 / 18 TB hard drives will be 18TB (actually about 16ish TB). Once you've filled it, you're done. No expansion unless you buy one of those expansion modules.
A 4 bay (or more) NAS can take 1-4 drives, and you can expand and expand based on your needs. Unless you want redundancy or parity protection.
Running raid 5 will stripe data protection parity across all drives and you can afford to lose one, but 4 x 18TB drives will give you roughly 3 x 18 TB space (more like 3x 16TB)
So, make a decision on how you want to set up your NAS, and are you concerned about adding more drives later, or protecting your data? If it's not critical and you don't care, then either will work fine... One will fill up faster than the other.
If you're serving your whole family storage needs and hitting it a lot at once, a quad core is highly recommend, as is upgrading the RAM (basic, cheap laptop memory)
Again, I have the quad core 2 bay, and if I am copying files via SMB on my Mac, it becomes unresponsive for awhile for other duties, even on the quad core. It may be better using Windows. (Mac's have bad SMB implementation).
So... I've probably made your decision harder.
I can say the Synology OS is nice and easy and very flexible. I'll be selling my 2 bay soon because I'm maxed out already, but I'll be getting either the 920+ 4 core / 4 bay, or a bigger one.
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Any recommendation, would be appreciated.
(1) Room for expansion down the road
(2) as a backup to my NAS, should it one day crash - ive had the unit, but not the hd, go bad and then the only way to restore the data was to buy the same unit, which is only sold on secondary market now.
Is this a good option for that and for eventually transitioning to?
Amazon [amazon.com] has it for $534 for third-party sellers
Amazon Reviews with 4.8 stars [amazon.com] for the DS 420+ $499
B&H deal is for a limited time
Any recommendation, would be appreciated.
(1) Room for expansion down the road
(2) as a backup to my NAS, should it one day crash - ive had the unit, but not the hd, go bad and then the only way to restore the data was to buy the same unit, which is only sold on secondary market now.
Is this a good option for that and for eventually transitioning to?
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Any recommendation, would be appreciated.
I've generally found that Syno's DSM is lighter than QOS leading to snappier performance on identical hardware, though Syno's products are always more expensive. That said, many host-your-own streaming server services (like Plex) are dependent on Intel's QuickSync to decode/encode video, and newer Syno machines are AMD-based. But it very much depends what you're doing with it.
Thank you.
I only need to use it as regular local NAS so that my Apple TV with Infuse app can pick up and play on the TV..
I also think about doing some camera recording storage.
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The 2 bay 720+ (the deal here) is the 4 core upgrade CPU from the base model 2 bay / 2 core 220+
The 4 bay 420+ ( the other deal here) is the base 2 core CPU model, the 920+ (not on sale) would be the upgraded 4 core CPU / 4 bay equivalent.
I own the 2 bay / 4 core 720+ and wish I had bought the 4 bay unit for expansion and/or running RAID 5
With 2 bays, if you want protection, you have to use the other drive to mirror the first, so 2 / 18 TB hard drives will be 18TB (actually about 16ish TB). Once you've filled it, you're done. No expansion unless you buy one of those expansion modules.
A 4 bay (or more) NAS can take 1-4 drives, and you can expand and expand based on your needs. Unless you want redundancy or parity protection.
Running raid 5 will stripe data protection parity across all drives and you can afford to lose one, but 4 x 18TB drives will give you roughly 3 x 18 TB space (more like 3x 16TB)
So, make a decision on how you want to set up your NAS, and are you concerned about adding more drives later, or protecting your data? If it's not critical and you don't care, then either will work fine... One will fill up faster than the other.
If you're serving your whole family storage needs and hitting it a lot at once, a quad core is highly recommend, as is upgrading the RAM (basic, cheap laptop memory)
Again, I have the quad core 2 bay, and if I am copying files via SMB on my Mac, it becomes unresponsive for awhile for other duties, even on the quad core. It may be better using Windows. (Mac's have bad SMB implementation).
So... I've probably made your decision harder.
I can say the Synology OS is nice and easy and very flexible. I'll be selling my 2 bay soon because I'm maxed out already, but I'll be getting either the 920+ 4 core / 4 bay, or a bigger one.
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