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Synology DS224+ 2-Bay Network Attached Storage Diskless DiskStation

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B&H Photo Video has Synology DS224+ 2-Bay Network Attached Storage Diskless DiskStation for $254.99. Shipping is free.

Newegg Inc via Walmart has Synology DS224+ 2-Bay Network Attached Storage Diskless DiskStation for $254.99. Shipping is free.

Newegg has Synology DS224+ 2-Bay Network Attached Storage Diskless DiskStation for $254.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Members PatrickK5807 and molecularlakerology for finding this deal.

B&H Photo also has Synology DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure for $509.99. Shipping is free.

Features (2-Bay):
  • 2 x 3.5/2.5" SATA HDD/SSD Drive Bays
  • 2.0 GHz Intel Celeron J4125 Quad-Core
  • 2GB DDR4 RAM
  • 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports
  • 2 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 Ports
  • RAID 0, 1, Basic, Hybrid, and JBOD
  • AES-NI Hardware Encryption Engine
  • 92mm Cooling Fan
  • Synology DiskStation Manager OS

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  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $45 lower (15% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $299.99
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.7 from over 90 customer reviews.

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B&H Photo Video has Synology DS224+ 2-Bay Network Attached Storage Diskless DiskStation for $254.99. Shipping is free.

Newegg Inc via Walmart has Synology DS224+ 2-Bay Network Attached Storage Diskless DiskStation for $254.99. Shipping is free.

Newegg has Synology DS224+ 2-Bay Network Attached Storage Diskless DiskStation for $254.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Members PatrickK5807 and molecularlakerology for finding this deal.

B&H Photo also has Synology DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure for $509.99. Shipping is free.

Features (2-Bay):
  • 2 x 3.5/2.5" SATA HDD/SSD Drive Bays
  • 2.0 GHz Intel Celeron J4125 Quad-Core
  • 2GB DDR4 RAM
  • 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports
  • 2 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 Ports
  • RAID 0, 1, Basic, Hybrid, and JBOD
  • AES-NI Hardware Encryption Engine
  • 92mm Cooling Fan
  • Synology DiskStation Manager OS

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $45 lower (15% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $299.99
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.7 from over 90 customer reviews.

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Check out the NAScompares channel on YouTube, he's likely done a deep drive on that model with transcoding tests in Plex, and you can also learn what's new on the incoming 2025 models (basically just 2.5GbE)
I have this exact NAS and it works great for my Plex server and as a photo backup replacement instead of paying Google. I recommend it, but I've already outgrown the 2 bays in a little over a year, FYI
DS923+ is also on sale at BH. Waiting for the 1522+ to go on sale 😬

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Quote from boourns84 :
What does diskless mean?
It does not come with hard drives
Last edited by eekster April 1, 2025 at 06:11 PM.
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Quote from Huntinforthedeals :
Not a good product anymore in recent years due to all the hacking. But then the same thing with opennas, etc
Quote from CTRFK8 :
dang so much for backup day

deal dead
Dang, we talked too much, hopefully a better discount on 4 or 5 bays will come up next. I really wanted to get 2 bay after reading all comments that at least we can use it as storage to try and later i planned to expand with 4 bay and move this 2 bay off site.
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Quote from Ride_The_Sky :
Dang, we talked too much, hopefully a better discount on 4 or 5 bays will come up next. I really wanted to get 2 bay after reading all comments that at least we can use it as storage to try and later i planned to expand with 4 bay and move this 2 bay off site.

Bro I think you need to build a server now. Go download true nas scale
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Quote from CTRFK8 :
Bro I think you need to build a server now. Go download true nas scale
Do you have a link to a guide with hardware+software recommendations? I know some people run it with RPi 4, which I have and bunch of external drives which I also have, while others build a rack for this purpose only, so there are extreme ends of this which for me just photo and video storage (like google pictures or iCloud) and file storage (archival data) and won't have multiple people accessing it, maybe 1 or 2 which won't be at the same time anyway.

Plex is good to have but if it works as file storage that's good enough for some old DVR recording I kept from back in the day like tv shows or movies I recorded with HDHomeRun Smilie
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Quote from CTRFK8 :
This guy is pretty good when it comes to setting up stuff on synology.
https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceRexWill

thanks for the link
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Quote from CTRFK8 :

Also eventually you will want to learn to create a HTTPS cert which trex talks about this so you dont get that stupid warning when logging through the browser. he made a video , its real easy. You will spend time learning this stuff , it can be quite daunting at first. synology makes it easy though vs qnap or any other nas on the market. They have the best security in the business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knD5TjXGBqA

yes so you can access the browser using a name vs ip

thx for the link
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Quote from Ride_The_Sky :
Do you have a link to a guide with hardware+software recommendations? I know some people run it with RPi 4, which I have and bunch of external drives which I also have, while others build a rack for this purpose only, so there are extreme ends of this which for me just photo and video storage (like google pictures or iCloud) and file storage (archival data) and won't have multiple people accessing it, maybe 1 or 2 which won't be at the same time anyway.

Plex is good to have but if it works as file storage that's good enough for some old DVR recording I kept from back in the day like tv shows or movies I recorded with HDHomeRun Smilie

.depends on your use case and the size of your pool which drives you are using . I am sure chat gpt can answer all your questions or ask on the official discord channel people are always there to help. Or you can invest in unraid which is a better alternative for you

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Quote from DonV1962 :
That is not a ready to use NAS and and real cost will probably be in the $500 or up when you account for all the setup, parts, time and labor needed. It never run as integrated or be as easy to use as the Synology.
never said it was. it's a computer too. horses for courses. as for synology, much better value multi bays & they will work well with truenas. and not as weak or long in the tooth as entry point synologies. ppl buying $150 mini PCs with bad quality, no nvme slots, single or low slower Ethernet ports. also your costs I don't know, sinology doesn't come with drives, setting up time not much diff, if techie distro doesn't take long then truenas faster, & ultimately better control & multi use. that beats all mini PC's here + low power & 2 fast ether means for some it's a better multi use option.
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anyone suggest if their older DS220+ is cheap to give it a memory bump?
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Quote from kabukicho :
anyone suggest if their older DS220+ is cheap to give it a memory bump?
no stay away

the 224+ for around 250-280 is a great deal
if you want a better setup get the 923+ and then later add the expansion for another 5 bays

the 923+ will need the 10GB lan card , you can buy these on aliexpress and you can upgrade the ram cheap on amazon with generic ECC ram im sure.

I have a 224+ and i just use it right now for photo and file sharing backup.
it only pulls 15-20w , i upgraded the ram for 20 bucks to 18GB , i am sure i can run 1 VM

If you are going to spend this kind of money why not just go with unraid to make the ultimate plex /seedbox server with VMs
I use 24 bay supermicros on a rack. The biggest investment is your cache disks , you can do raid 0 and throw in a 10GB lan card . Use a intel cpu for onboard video for plex. Throw in some NVMEs later for VMs or fast storage for plex caching.

You can use any hdd size too. True nas is power hungry because the drives never go to sleep in the pool. My 400+ TB unraid server only pulls 150-200 w but right now i am seeding over 600 torrents haha so i have a few hdds not in sleep.
good luck
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Hi.. I am just curious if any of you who bought this DS224+ from Amazon have received the NAS yet.

I still haven't gotten any shipment update from Amazon... I guess I should have bought from B&H
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Quote from mahou :
Hi.. I am just curious if any of you who bought this DS224+ from Amazon have received the NAS yet.

I still haven't gotten any shipment update from Amazon... I guess I should have bought from B&H

Got my shipment notification today finally. But I still haven't found any HDDs. Was thinking I could do 2 x 12-16tb for $100ish each but not looking likely. May only be able to get around 8tb for that price.
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I'm in the Apple ecosystem. Have a 1TB macbook pro. 70% of that is taken up by my Photos Library.
Constant storage warning/issues. Have offloaded all I can to externals in terms of music (I DJ so have a pretty big library of mp3's) but getting warnings and disk space errors all the time.
Just want to be able to store my Photos library somewhere else. But I also want to access full-res photos whenever I need from anywhere... which is why I have kept it on my macbook and not on an external. Although I guess I can always bring my external with me but doesn't seem ideal. I also don't want to offload to icloud - don't trust that like to keep the full res photos and videos.
Want simple solution. Would a plug and play (with minimal setup) NAS like this be the answer? Extremely overwhelming all the terminology and everything in these threads. I have an external SSD for Time Machine Backups as well as a Backblaze subscription backing things up.
Thanks.
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Quote from eekster :
Oh didn't know that, I figured the whole line up was plastic. Hardware is still out dated for the price
These kind of "I just figured......" answers are not helpful. You present yourself as knowledgeable on the subject. Then admit you just guessed. Then double down with another negative comment that nobody should really believe.

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Quote from Rockalittle :
These kind of "I just figured......" answers are not helpful. You present yourself as knowledgeable on the subject. Then admit you just guessed. Then double down with another negative comment that nobody should really believe.
Bla bla bla. Fan boy said what?

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