Fast, blows my old Synology NAS out of the water Super easy to setup Did I mention fast?
Toolless drive set up Works great with WD NAS drives RAM can be expanded although I doubt you'll need it for a home set up M2 drives can be set up as a cache I've used that feature, but may down the road
- (still) powerful CPU with hardware video processing - upgradeable RAM - SSD cache/storage pool option
Initial setup is easy. With the help of YouTube I was able to setup Synology Photos. A super app for organized storage and sharing of my photo library. Even though is does not have photo editing everything it does is superlative. I looks like Synology Drive will help me mirror and share files among al my family's devices.
- Well made - Nice little heatsink on the chip. - Fast ... really fast !
Easy setup User friendly OS Native support for Plex and other media server apps VPN support HDMI output for viewing console commands (visual OS is accessed via the web based app) Dual 2.5gbit Ethernet ports for 5gbit link aggregation Upgradable ram Optional NVME slot for write caching Tool free hot swap bays Solid aluminum construction Incredibly fast read / write speeds USB ports for adding additional 4 bay units
I was able to replace 2 Raspberry Pi's and a repurposed older desktop with a single compact machine that is SO much easier to maintain. Why did I wait this long?
Good Interface, stable product, great price, good online Video training, easy to setup for basic functions, easy to link to vie home network, TV connections. Quite and good power management.
It just works. And in the computer world thats a big win. Runs as fast as a local hard drive.
Easy to set-up Easy to be used by any devices Easily support 6 users ( 4 iphones + 2 android + 5 window laptop + 2 macosx + 2 fire tv) backup and streaming)
Decent price for the hardware, sleek design, upgradable RAM, software updates are frequent, drive bays are solid, can control fan speed for the CPU
- The pool and volume management is great and the flow very simple to follow. SHR + Btrfs make it so you don't have to fiddle around complex pool management and gives you a lot of flexibility and options. Something really needed in a home NAS scenario. - Security management is easy to setup. - Great management UI. Attention to details and polished.
-Stylish design -easy to access hard drives (no screws) -dual 2.5Gb ethernet ports -hard drives transfer at up to 300MB/s -NVMe slots -easy setup -RAM can be upgraded -HDMI port