Synology DS223j 2-Bay Diskstation NAS (Realtek RTD1619B 4-Core 1.7 GHz 1GB DDR4 Ram 1xRJ-45 1GbE LAN-Port) 16TB Bundle with 2X 8TB WD Red Plus

Why A NAS?
It was delivered earlier than expected and well packaged.It was easy to assemble and with some experienced assistance it was up and running in a little more than an hour.Understand that now (after installation) is when the real work and thinking will come into play. You have to decide how to setup your data, pictures and videos.If you have worked with data bases in the past, it will be easy but time consuming but if not read up on the structure of simple data bases (which isn`t too complicated) or get some help from a friend.Now it`s time to move all of your data over to this fantastic device. If you have your data already organized, then it`s just a matter of copying it like any other file and pasting it to a location on your new NAS!UT-OH, NOW IS THE TIME TO REMEMBER WHY YOU PURCHASED THE NAS. Was it because the device you had all your data on is running out of space and is also running slower and slower? Or was it because you wanted to let other people look at the videos, pictures or even documents you have without having to spend time sending them to each person? Yes, it allows the other people to connect on the WEB to see what you will allow! That was the job of a server in the past, and now is the job of a cloud location (which you pay for) but as the cloud space fills up, the cost goes up for extra space! Well guess what will allow you to do what you want without paying the monthly costs; you guessed right, it should be a NAS!A NAS can be as large (in storage as you want) and you pay once for it except for Maintenace! If you purchase quality, it will last for a long time (usually 5 years or more) and if set up correctly, it will tell you when Maintenace is needed.I know this is a long answer to the Amazon request of “How was the item” but as an old electronics instructor in the US Airforce, and a retired IBM’r I have been a user of all the older methods mentioned above and the NAS is my choice for the future.

Lot of services, this one is more that a NAS device
I’ve been using WD NAS for a long time now, mostly for file services. Lately I decided I also want to use a media server. WD has the Twonky server, that is “OK”, but time to time somehow it hangs. I needed more space, so i decided to give Synology a chance. I am not disappointed!First of all for some reason it was cheaper to buy the station itself, and the disks separately. The disk install was just a piece of cake, it really did worth the saving. The configuration of the disks logical, only a few clicks and it was good to go. From there on you basically log in into a server console, and you can install packages like Media Server, DHCP server, auth services, Git server, Apache, and so on. These a services are usually easy to configure, and you can start using them right after installation.So far I did not have any issues, I am very happy with this purchase.

Why didn’t I switch to Synology sooner?
I’ve been using and recommending a different brand of NAS for more years than I care to admit. Sure I was occasionally grumpy, when “upgrades” changed or removed a convenient option (like WebDav, or the shutdown menu option), but on the whole, I had no complaints.I recently upgraded to this Synology NAS and my old default brand seems substandard by comparison.The ease of setup and administration is simple. Nothing forced me to angrily fire up ssh while muttering, “Next, I’ll get my hammer”. Everything I wanted to do was logically presented in a pretty interface.The built-in app options run the gamut. There are hundreds of add-on packages available.Honestly, the capabilities far outstrip my needs, but I love it anyway.

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Bought this to be my off site backup for my existing DS423+. No issues so far with hyperbackup and the 2x18TB drives I added in. 5 star for this use case.This is NOT a device for using PLEX or heavy computations so please be aware of your use case if you plan to buy this for things like that. 2 star for this use case.

Benutze das Nas als private Cloud Lösung um all meine Daten zu sichern und das Zuhause. Synology Apps für Android lassen sich prima einrichten um auch das Smartphone automatisch zu sichern. Arbeitsgeschwindigkeit der NAS ist flott und im Mediaserver streaming gibt’s keinerlei ruckler mit 4K Videos. Einrichtung war sehr einfach und selbsterklärend. Habe zwei 8TB NAS Festplatten von Toshiba verbaut und sie laufen im RAID.

C’est mon premier NAS. Très bon produit. Installation rapide et facile. Par contre pour le paramétrage il faut absolument se renseigner sur le net.Je recommande vivement.