Built with a quad-core processor, an AES-NI hardware encryption engine, and Btrfs file system support, the DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure from Synology is a compact NAS designed to bring centralized data management to small organizations and teams. The DS224+ is equipped with two drive bays that are capable of natively supporting 3.5" SATA hard drives as well as 2.5" SATA hard drives and SSDs. Using its two drive bays, this NAS will allow you to store and share a large number of files with up to 2048 user accounts and 1500 maximum concurrent connections.
Product SKU:
1781611
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2.0 GHz Intel Celeron J4125 Quad-Core
2gb_ddr4_ram:
2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports
box_dimensions_lxwxh:
11.7 x 11.5 x 4.8"
certifications:
FCC, CE, BSMI, VCCI, RCM, UKCA, CCC, Kcc
color:
Black
cooling:
1x 92 mm Fan
cpu:
Quad-Core: 2 to 2.7 GHz
dimensions:
9.14 x 6.5 x 4.25" / 232.2 x 165 x 108 mm
form_factor:
Desktop
gpu:
Intel UHD Graphics 600
input_power:
100 to 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz
inputsoutputs:
2x USB-A 3.0 / 3.1/3.2 Gen 12x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet
installed_operating_system:
No
media_card_slots:
No
mobile_app_compatible:
Yes: Android & iOS
noise_level:
22 dBA
number_of_bays:
2x 2.5"/3.5" SATA III
package_weight:
4.91 lb
power_consumption:
14.69 W (Typical)4.41 W (Standby)
processor:
Intel Celeron J4125
psu_wattage:
1 x 60 W
weight:
2.9 lb / 1.3 kg
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Not a stupid question at all! I've heard that it's always a good idea to have an empty bay or two available for future expansion. My understanding is that you just add the new drive, click button in the UI telling it what to do, and it starts assimilating it.
Check out SpaceRex on YouTube. He has a few beginner-focused videos and regularly mentions that filling up all the bays is a common mistake.
Thoughts on Synology 4TB BeeStation? Just need a place to save photos and videos and cancel all iCloud/google subscriptions. Is this good enough? 4tb is more than enough.
no get the 2 bay its worth the money , and throw in a 14-16TB drive that is cheap , or better if you have higher capacity. do a raid 1 mirror. You will still destroy Google /drop box/ or whatever cloud service out there on a monthly cost basis.
Enterprise drives are cheap , 12TB are going for 70 bucks
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Think I might get the DS224+ for a Plex server. I regret not jumping on the B&H deal a few weeks ago. Anyone have advice? I was looking at maybe grabbing the 12TB refurbished eBay drives that keep popping up and then grabbing a RAM upgrade as well from Amazon.
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I have a DS220j (2x14tb, hard wired) and my main gripe is that it's very slow to load photos and browsing is a pain when the backup folder is large. I'm talking like 20 seconds to open a <5mb iphone photo. Am I right to assume that it's likely a ram / cpu / caching issue? I was thinking of getting a DS923+ or DS1522+, maxing the ram, adding one M.2, and possibly going for the 10gb lan. I know the ds220j is bottom of the barrel, but making sure my thought process is right.
Actually, now that I'm typing this, I'm debating if it could be an HEIC problem, or it struggling to load really large directories.
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As someone who knows nothing about NAS, would this be good to create a private cloud of photos to share with the family? I have a lot of pre-iPhone / dslr photos I would like the family to be able to see. Currently they're all sitting on external hard drives.
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It will be good if you're able to direct play everything or if you only need to do light transcoding but if you paired this with a cheap N100 Mini PC you would have a pretty great Plex setup.
As someone who knows nothing about NAS, would this be good to create a private cloud of photos to share with the family? I have a lot of pre-iPhone / dslr photos I would like the family to be able to see. Currently they're all sitting on external hard drives.
Yes should work great just for photos and small files and syncing outside your LAN.
You could even host larger files as long as your upload speed is good. At most nowadays people only have 50MB/s unless you are a business or live outside the USA.
Most ISPs here do not give you a fast upload speed at most it is 1GB/s or you will be paying hundreds of dollars a month for anything higher.
Getting the 4 disk synology using raid 5 will give you 3disks /1 parity and only 1GB/s unless you get the 10GB synology module which is another 100 bucks you would see around 350-400MB/s , maybe 500MB/s like the specs say over your LAN. No one has 10GB/s upload or even 2GB/s so your speed would be limited outside your network
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I would only recommend the 2 bay unit as 95% of the people out there using a ISP only have 40MB-50MB/s upload.
If you truely want to build a NAS to do VMs/ iscsi/smb and all sorts of backup/sync things look into True nas scale it is free. Build a 24 bay
keep synology just for cloud base stuff for set that up to host sync/backups/cloud data sharing outside you LAN since DSM is the most user friendly and will ensure your security is fool proof when setting up.
If you are still interested /stuck on synology get the 4 bay , spend the extra 100 bucks and get a 10GB lan card by synology.
it is completely stupid to throw in a bunch of enterprise drives to do raid 5 and then only get 150MB/s over your network.
Just does not make sense to spend this kind of money unless you find a better deal on synology 5 bay or 8 bay units that have 10GB lan already installed or you can buy a SFP+ or 10GB lan card cheap that is compatible. There are many enterprise SFP+ cards on ebay for 20-30 bucks that do 10GB/s
What's the point of 10gb for home network if most speed are sub gig? Trying to understand how it works
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Enterprise drives are cheap , 12TB are going for 70 bucks
Actually, now that I'm typing this, I'm debating if it could be an HEIC problem, or it struggling to load really large directories.
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I added more RAM and an NVME, transcodes are quick in PLEX.
You could even host larger files as long as your upload speed is good. At most nowadays people only have 50MB/s unless you are a business or live outside the USA.
Most ISPs here do not give you a fast upload speed at most it is 1GB/s or you will be paying hundreds of dollars a month for anything higher.
Getting the 4 disk synology using raid 5 will give you 3disks /1 parity and only 1GB/s unless you get the 10GB synology module which is another 100 bucks you would see around 350-400MB/s , maybe 500MB/s like the specs say over your LAN. No one has 10GB/s upload or even 2GB/s so your speed would be limited outside your network
If you truely want to build a NAS to do VMs/ iscsi/smb and all sorts of backup/sync things look into True nas scale it is free. Build a 24 bay
keep synology just for cloud base stuff for set that up to host sync/backups/cloud data sharing outside you LAN since DSM is the most user friendly and will ensure your security is fool proof when setting up.
If you are still interested /stuck on synology get the 4 bay , spend the extra 100 bucks and get a 10GB lan card by synology.
it is completely stupid to throw in a bunch of enterprise drives to do raid 5 and then only get 150MB/s over your network.
Just does not make sense to spend this kind of money unless you find a better deal on synology 5 bay or 8 bay units that have 10GB lan already installed or you can buy a SFP+ or 10GB lan card cheap that is compatible. There are many enterprise SFP+ cards on ebay for 20-30 bucks that do 10GB/s
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My photos top out at 47.3 megapixels or 70MB. I want to browse them remotely and only load on my laptop the ones I plan to edit.
Is that doable or the network will be too slow?
Currently I am uskng two 16tb USB3.0 drives. One is writen on import for backup. I'm not happy with the speed.
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