Synology NAS Enclosure: DS923+ 4-Bay $480, DS1821+ 8-Bay $850 + free s/h

ionizer

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ionizer

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1st one shows $599

edit: nm, coupon applies in cart for $120 off

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eggyolk

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eggyolk

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Tempting price on the ds1821+ but 6 and 8 bay synology due for refresh. Decisions decisons

t99

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t99

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New 8 bay should be coming in December, but probably just slightly faster CPU. Not sure it will be worth waiting and paying full price.

$150 off is a good deal, thinking of getting it. Can save on tax too, although finding too many complaints since they switched to Comenity Bank so will pass on that.

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a_land

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Am I right that the 'plus' models are best because they have better hardware and support plex encoding etc

t99

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Quote from a_land

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Am I right that the 'plus' models are best because they have better hardware and support plex encoding etc

Plus are the better models, but this has Ryzen CPU with no iGPU so no hardware transcoding. If you have an Apple TV or something similar not an issue unless watch remotely.

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ajamils

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Wouldn't it be cheaper/better to build an Unraid server than these? Specially for Plex?

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olafaloofian

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I keep drooling over these NAS deals and then eventually deciding I don't actually need it for our home setup. Here I am again lol...

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Quote from olafaloofian

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I keep drooling over these NAS deals and then eventually deciding I don't actually need it for our home setup. Here I am again lol...

Depends on what you're doing today to backup pictures and videos. For me, having a NAS was a game changer. Central location for all pics and videos. No cloud limits or payment plans. Able to serve local media to streaming devices. And automatically backing up all pics and videos from all cell phones in the house. Redundancy is good option and ability to automatically backup to an external is also a plus. I just found it very time consuming to store family pictures and videos on portable drives that sometimes just failed for no apparent reasons.

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Quote from ajamils

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Wouldn't it be cheaper/better to build an Unraid server than these? Specially for Plex?

I'd agree that it's probably better, depending on your definition of "better." I see the main benefit of these units being that they "just work" - it's not something you have to build and maintain, just update them regularly, Synology ensures compatibility and ease of use.

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Rainmaster20

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Worth waiting till Black Friday for a better price on the 923+?

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Quote from sdaddict001

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Depends on what you're doing today to backup pictures and videos. For me, having a NAS was a game changer. Central location for all pics and videos. No cloud limits or payment plans. Able to serve local media to streaming devices. And automatically backing up all pics and videos from all cell phones in the house. Redundancy is good option and ability to automatically backup to an external is also a plus. I just found it very time consuming to store family pictures and videos on portable drives that sometimes just failed for no apparent reasons.

Can you please elaborate a bit about automatically back up all pictures and videos on cell phone? Does it work for iphone/ipad? How does it work?

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dealgeek007

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Quote from hmt

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Can you please elaborate a bit about automatically back up all pictures and videos on cell phone? Does it work for iphone/ipad? How does it work?

Same question

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Quote from hmt

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Can you please elaborate a bit about automatically back up all pictures and videos on cell phone? Does it work for iphone/ipad? How does it work?

You install the Synology Photos app on your device, give the app permission to access your photos/videos, and set it up for automatic backup to the NAS.

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Quote from t99

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New 8 bay should be coming in December, but probably just slightly faster CPU. Not sure it will be worth waiting and paying full price.

$150 off is a good deal, thinking of getting it. Can save on tax too, although finding too many complaints since they switched to Comenity Bank so will pass on that.

We depoly these things left and right and the CPU is never an issue. However we're using them for corporate functions (backups, file server, VPN server, etc), so not sure how well they work with things like Plex or home apps.

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Product Description:	The DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure from Synology is a capable solution that can be adjusted and expanded as your needs change, with optional support for up to nine drives, faster networking, and two M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD slots for caching or additional storage pools. Powered by Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM), it offers a flexible all-in-one solution for data sharing, synchronization, backup, and surveillance. The DS923+ is equipped with four drive bays that are capable of natively supporting 3.5" SATA III hard drives, as well as 2.5" SATA III hard drives and SSDs.
Product SKU:	1735213
4_x_3525_bays_2_x_m2_2280_slots:	2.6 GHz AMD Ryzen R1600 Dual-Core
4gb_of_ddr4_ram:	2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports
iscsi_lun:	256
iscsi_target:	128
max_cameras_supported:	40
max_concurrent_connections:	1000
max_folders:	512
max_groups:	256
max_sync_tasks:	32
max_user_accounts:	2048
max_volume_number:	64
supported_protocols:	AFPCalDAVFTPHTTPSL2TPNFSOpenVPNPPTPRsyncSFTPSMBSNMPSSHSSLTFTPTelnetWebDAViSCSI

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