Synology DS920+ 32TB 4 Bay Desktop NAS Solution, installed with 4 x 8TB Seagate IronWolf Drives

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I feel that it offers the best value for money in regards to performance, total storage capacity, options for redundancy, and features. The best overall NAS from Synology is the DiskStation DS220+. This enclosure has two drive bays, allowing for up to 32TB of data to be stored. This is more than enough for most NAS owners who are new to the market, and the 2GB of non-upgradable DDR4 RAM is brilliantly matched to the Intel Celeron J4025 processor. Most NAS devices provide the functionality to send web-based links to others, allowing them remote access to certain files and folders that are stored on your NAS. Usually, the user has the option to reconfigure the drives to gain the capacity of the second drive, if desired. One way you can do this is via "striping," in which the data will span both drives. Striping by itself is chancy; under some circumstances, it enhances the speed of reads and writes, since you're accessing two drives at once. But if either disk fails, it's possible that all your data will be lost, so we don't recommend this approach. With two drives, you have two points of failure. You’ll be able to access all of your files, even when on the go, in a convenient and straightforward way.

If you are looking for a more budget-friendly, entry-level NAS to use within your home network, the TerraMaster F4-210 is a very affordable option to consider. The Synology DiskStation Manager is an excellent operating system and is what you’ll find on all branded enclosures. It truly shines on the DS220+. The two 1Gb LAN ports can be linked together for additional network bandwidth too. All NAS systems in this guide are compatible with (and can be accessed by) Windows, Mac, Android and Linux operating systems

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The most modern and regularly updated NAS systems will support the very latest 20TB NAS hard drives (such as the Seagate Ironwofl 20TB and WD Red 20TB)

The most modern and regularly updated NAS systems will support the very latest 20TB NAS hard drives (such as the Seagate Ironwofl 22TB and WD Red 22TB)Could this Nas handle Usenet ? And would i be able to control all those needed programs with my phone ? Many thx if someone far more intelligent then me , possible a bit younger while containing much more knowledge then me could help me. The DS920+ NAS is something that Synology should be proud of. It is a great entry into their already impressive range of Diskstation NAS devices. If you are looking for a brand new NAS to consolidate your home media, to support your relative as the ‘IT whizz’ of the family, or move your business away from Google Drives and DropBox’ onto something safer, more scalable and dependable – then the DS920+ has alot to offer you. It gives you a great base to start using the DSM platform, as well as a good means to upgrade your storage internally at a later date (expansions in memory, expansions in storage, expansion in NVMe). If you are an existing DS918+ or DS916+ owner, this might not seem like the jump you were waiting for. Your Synology NAS comes with a power cable, an Ethernet cable, drive mounting screws, and, if you have a higher end model, it may also come with hot-swap drive bay trays, and a second Ethernet cable (the high end DiskStations support dual network cards for increased network throughput). Before we take a look at the actual unit and how to fill it up, let's talk about disk selection. Hard Drive Selection

If you want a 4 bay NAS to simply plugin and start using, the Buffalo TeraStation is a good option, but you may find purchasing a diskless NAS and then buying the hard drives separately offers better value for money and potentially better performance. Easy-to-use software: Some NAS operating systems, like those from QNAP and Synology, are better than others. The four bays are ideal for SSDs, which further helps this enclosure be used as portable storage. It's handy having an external drive ready for your trip, but these are limited in capacity and expensive. It'll be easier to carry around just one device that can contain everything you need. Still, for most home users who aren't rabid video-file hoarders, a two-bay NAS should be sufficient, provided that you buy big enough drives from the outset if you'll be mirroring them, meaning simply making one drive an exact duplicate of the other. Err on the high side of capacity, though; it'll cost more now, but you don't want to have to rebuy two hard drives for your NAS to get a higher effective mirrored capacity. Remember: Mirroring takes two physical drives. More on redundancy below. My thoughts: This is a no-brainer. The DS220+ is not only my favorite Synology NAS, but also my all-time favorite enclosure period. It has everything you need for a solid mid-tier, great-value server.If the DS220+ isn't quite good enough for your needs or simply seek something with a little more functionality, the DS420+ is a great step up and takes our runner-up spot. Because we're looking at an additional two bays, Synology included an extra fan, which means the DS420+ runs cool, and you barely notice any noise.

That’s not to say that HDMI is the only option for media streaming. You can also stream via DLNA, Airplay, Chromecast, and Bluetooth with the Multi-Zone multimedia control.

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These are the best 4 bay NAS devices for home I have found that strike a good balance between performance, storage and redundancy to make a perfect repository for all of your files and media. The PCIe Slot is PCIe 3×2 and the M.2 SSD Bays are PCIe 3×1 (likely limitations of all this H/W on a Celeron+chipset Others have said that the TS-451+ can take quite a long time to boot, and the interface can be quite slow and cumbersome to navigate. The built-in Virtualization Station feature allows you to run multiple virtual machines, be them Windows, Linux, UNIX or Android. This allows you to have a play around and do some testing with operating systems you may not be used to in a controlled environment without affecting your main workstation. Synology makes numerous models of network-attached storage (NAS) enclosures, but which one would be best for you? I’ve rounded up my favorite models from the company, including an affordable enclosure and one that’s well-kitted out for running Plex Media Server.