Synology DiskStation DS1520+

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Then you have to factor in that the Synology DS920+ supports upto a maximum 9 bays with the DX517 expansion to improve its storage down the line, whereas the DS1520+ NAS takes it one step further and supports two of these expansions, allowing you to add 10 drives down the line and then a maximum 15 drives total. SSD slots and Synology SSD Cache technology allow you to boost system I/O and application performance. As both systems support the latest version of Synology DSM, that maximum volume, simultaneous volumes, active storage shares and hybrid storage support are largely identical. Synology has clearly taken a rather different tactic in the release of their newest 5-Bay system, making changes to the expected hardware configuration and architecture that set it on a very different path than its predecessor.

The external performance when comparing the brand new Synology DS1520+ vs that of the fractionally older Synology DS920+ is probably one of the largest areas of disparity between both NAS systems. That said, users will be surprised to learn that this CPU also does not feature embedded graphics, so therefore the DS1522+ will be less CPU efficient at handling multimedia or VM deployment than the DS1520+. On this platform, the DSM package center lists no fewer than 56 Synology created applications and a further 44 third-party tools. it is a huge chunk of money just swapping, but I think I will, I am not a IT guy or video editor, or with a company with a lots of TBs in info, but I have and planning to have tones of 2k and 4k family videos, photo albums, I have very good knowledge in tech.Overall, it is a comprehensive solution for all your storage needs, such as multimedia, desktop backup, surveillance station, virtual machines, and more. For instance, I had an old DS411j that failed on me, one of the drive failed but the NAS was full, so now I can’t even start it up. Both systems arrive with 4 1GbE RJ45 LAN ports, which can be combined via link aggregation/Port Trunking to allow up to 4Gb/s bandwidth between the system and a supported smart switch.

slots at the bottom, and while it is great that the NAS has NVMe connectivity, these slots can only be used for caching and not storage. The 4 and 5-Bay Diskstation releases from Synology have always been one of the most interesting tiers of the brand’s desktop solutions. While the DS1621+ is aimed more at SMBs and doesn't have Plex transcoding, the DS1520+ is ideally suited to media streaming and holds its own for productivity-related use cases. Note – Depending on when you are reading this, the availability of the DS1522+ or DS920+ will be different.There's a bunch of 1st and 3rd party packages you can run on it to make it as much or little a part of your Home IT setup as you like. Much like previous comparisons of the DS920+ and DS1520+ that were released a couple of months apart, the initial 1 drive bay difference between the 4-bay and the 5-bay isn’t a vast amount, but the scalability with those expansions makes much more of an impact (especially if you are looking at using caching with those NVMe Bays or want to scale up your network connectivity and want to ensure it gets saturated). Now, this is not a factor of the DS1520+ compatibility, however, we are still (at the time of writing) awaiting confirmation of the HDD compatibility list of the DS1522+ NAS, so although it is NOT CONFIRMED RIGHT NOW it is possible that your choice of supported HDDs might impact which NAS is better for your storage.

Because this design here has all the openings on the left and right and bottom where dust is sucked in, unlike the J. Below these, you get a Kensington security slot, a reset hole factory reset the device, another USB 3. Today I want to compare the DS920+ and DS1522+, look at the strengths and weaknesses of each and hopefully help you decide which one deserves your money and your data! Use any of the available LAN ports in the NAS's rear with a LAN cable to connect the NAS to your network.

After the DS1621+, Synology's first Ryzen-based NAS which I reviewed a while ago, it was time to evaluate an Intel-powered NAS.