Synology 12 bay NAS DiskStation DS2419+ (Diskless)

However, it could benefit from some upgrades totaling $250. The DS1517+ was replaced with this one. The upgrade process is extremely simple. The speed of the process is much quicker. Space on the hard drive. Other than that, the build and quality are the same. There is not enough memory in the stock RAM. Here are some unofficial upgrades from Synology that you can buy on a budget (but keep in mind that Synology has official hardware support if you need it) Please read carefully

- The following features are standard in 32GB RAM models Depending on the manufacturer there may be compatibility warnings on this, but you should be able to get it for under $200 shipped. You can use Google to see a list of RAM with/without warnings if you search for "DS1821+ and/or DS1621+ ECC Ram Upgrade Options. ". I. - An Ethernet NIC with 10Gbps Find Mellanox ConnectX by doing a Google search The three MCX311A devices I recommend XCAT LOW PROFILE, which is plug and play for $45. In regard to NVME cache, you should be aware of the following Besides, it's not necessary for most users (including me Honestly, I don't use it at all! A virtual machine running in a home environment may benefit home users. You may only use official Synology NVME cards or Optane caches if you really want them. NVME consumer cards WILL result in data loss when they suffer an inevitably premature demise (research it). I recommend users wait until the stable release of DSM7 later this year to use it because DSM7 improves nvme cache.

Iyla Black

| Aug 31, 2020

The quality of what you get depends on the price you pay. Moreover, you have to pay quite a bit for this type of NAS. What have you got then? Please read carefully

- As near as User interface that is fool-proof - Support that is responsive - In the spec sheet, you are told that you will get 2xNVMe (cache), PCIe AND 10GBE all at the same time. That's so sweet! It's - It's not a slouch, this Xeon. I run about three virtual machines simultaneously (over the 10GBE, not on DSM) plus an occasional game simultaneously, with an RAID 1 of 12TB behind a 1TB The thing can blast through anything it comes in contact with. The list goes on and on database, IIS, compilation, Windows updates. You can feel the initial cache hit, but what do you expect- A cache is a hidden location. The reason this sucker is so expensive is because it needs to be maintained regularly. You can watch some videos on this thing without getting too frustrated, but for regular users, it is a bit much. Nevertheless, if you're running many virtual machines and doing professional drive-smashing work, this might be a good choice.

Kamilah Gross

| Mar 07, 2021

NAS drives like this one are amazing. It is easy to navigate through the admin interface. Despite its compact size and powerful features, this device has a massive amount of storage. The media server serves movies, TV shows, and music (Emby) and allows me to access the internet It is programmed to open As you might expect, installing the Emby media software was pretty easy. Getting the Calibre e-reader was a little trickier, though. The set up of the book manager was a little more complicated because I had to install and configure Calibre before I installed Docker. It is fortunately possible to find online tutorials and instructions on how to install and set up Colectar. At the moment, I have six 12 TB drives in my Synology device, which means that by adding more drives, I can double my storage. There is also an expansion unit that adds another 12 bays to the system! However, I will be adding more memory as my first upgrade. In order to set up a smaller media server for my daughter in law, I utilized two 4 TB drives with a Synology DS218+. In my experience, Synology makes one of the best NASes in the world that does almost anything you could possibly ask for.

Weston Walter

| Mar 05, 2021

As of today, I am still transferring data from my old DS409+. This will take a few more After saying that, I have tested the read/write performance for a short time. I use 4x WD Red 12tb drives in SHR Two of the two red drives I used to setup my old Raid-5 system now give me just over 20TB usable and two additional spaces open for future growth. The results range from 100 to 200 There are 120MBps for reads/writes on the array (spinning drives, not SSDs), and as long as you throw in SSDs, it will run even faster. It runs well with a bonded configuration of two network ports as well. As far as the speed of USB is concerned, the reviewer commented on it. Although you may be better off adding 10GB Ethernet, if you are using spinning drives it will not really matter as USB is faster than what the drives can handle. This is my first installation of Plex server and I found the process relatively painless, also, the reverse setup worked well, The proxy support for http/https connections is really useful, and has enabled me to use another host name for the plex server, although I did have to open/forward the plex port to get host/media detection working, but I think that's more related to my router and firewall. As of this writing, I have installed Docker and enabled SSH, but I have not tested this yet. While I have additional RAM coming, it will not be here for another week and a half, so I will update this post It is a good addition to include reverse proxy in the Application Portal, and we are certainly going to take advantage of it along with Docker for a few smaller projects On my list of apps I will be adding. In order to utilize hardware encoding, Plex had to be installed natively. Anything else I want to install will likely be done via Docker since I do not want to make this installation too bloated.

Overall, it was a night and day difference from my old NAS that hasn't had a software update in several years and I will certainly be tinkering with it in the future. A big plus will be I will be able to host the Ubiquiti UniFi controller software on a semi-traditional box The house is a permanent residence.

Ivory Friedman

| Nov 30, 2020