Roon is pricey, but it makes a noticeable difference in sound quality. Media apps abound, including iTunes and DLNA servers, the aforementioned on-the-fly video transcoding up to 4K UHD (2160p), as well as the ability to stream compressed audio files up-sampled to CD-quality 44.1kHz/16-bit via the awesome third-party music server from Roon. Synology’s windowed browser interface is filled to the brim with handy apps and utilities. Pretty much everything useful that has been developed for the Linux operating system has been ported, which makes Synology boxes a great choice for small businesses and enthusiasts. Said apps allow you to do everything from serve websites (including content management) and email, to employing a USB camera for video surveillance. Operating system, interface, and appsĪ huge upside to the DS216play-all Synology boxes, for that matter-is the nifty windowed operating-system-in-a-browser and a cornucopia of applications. The performance is more than adequate for streaming to one (2160p) or a few devices (1080p), though backup times will be on the slow side. It beat out the arch-rival QNAP’s TS-251A by about 10MBps when writing, but it was a much slower reader. The port selection is adequate if not overwhelming: gigabit ethernet, a USB 2.0 port, and a USB 3.0 port, all on the back.Īlas, while it does a bang-up job transcoding 4K UHD (2160p) video, the DS216play is otherwise a somewhat weak performer by today’s standards it's only a tad faster than Seagate’s Personal Cloud. For more Synology options, here’s a useful and informative guide to the best Synology NAS for video editing.The Synology DS216play's performance didn't impress.
The DS920+ supports the Btrfs and ext4 file systems and offers several RAID types, including Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR), Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10. It also has two built-in M.2 SSD slots for cache acceleration and can be expanded to 144TB using a Synology DX517 Expansion Unit. The slots support 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA or SSD drives and are hot swappable. The DS920+ is powered by a quad-core 2GHz Intel Celeron J4125 processor and has 4 gigabytes (GB) of DDR4 RAM that can be expanded to 8GB.
On the back there’s also two 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) throughput LAN ports, a secondary USB 3.0 port, and an eSATA port. The drive has four front-loading, tool-free drive bays, a USB 3.0 port and individual activity indicators on each drive. This storage device is designed for smaller business users and home business as well who need access to files easier than storing files in the cloud. As priced: 16 TB total with 4 x 4TB HUS724040ALE640 HGST hard drives.
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