Synology 2022 and Beyond giveaway

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#2823710 3-Dec-2021 11:39

I have a few hours off today so I've powered through the keynote and feature videos alongside the quiz. Have been looking at a Synology 2 Bay NAS DiskStation DS220j to replace a now decommissioned WD MyCloud. Since the MyCloud security debacle I've relied on having everything stored online and on an external HD. I'd like to get back to having a local NAS solution again for the family. The cloud features of Synology actually look quite tempting, especially the backup integration.

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#2823716 3-Dec-2021 11:55

Have a now ancient DS212j

It does what it does and has lasted longer than the drives I put in it!

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#2823735 3-Dec-2021 12:23

Great value for money! Would love to upgrade the NAS

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#2823740 3-Dec-2021 12:40

...and all I got was this lousy badge. 🤣

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#2823743 3-Dec-2021 12:44

I'd like a shiny new badge. 😄

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#2823755 3-Dec-2021 13:25

I would love to win a new Synology to set up a backup for my current one that I foolishly set up as a single storage pool.

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#2823764 3-Dec-2021 13:42

Count me in!

Squeezing the last out of my old Thecus and Plex has even discontinued support. A Synology would be incredible. Still going through the videos but all the features seem brilliant especially backups, security and Plex etc. and the 920+ sounds plenty powerful to see the winner into the future for a good while.

Good luck everyone!!

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#2823772 3-Dec-2021 13:52

I'm in for a nas or a badge. My 414+;is getting a little old now.

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#2823773 3-Dec-2021 13:54

Another badge never hurt anyone...

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#2823819 3-Dec-2021 15:01

Sure. Got the keynote playing in the background.

I'm on my 3rd Synology NAS, and not sure I'd consider anyone elses, TBH. I started with a DS411j which was AWESOME (in 2011) with the Solid State Hybrid drives, it was great for my wife's photos, as the DROBO she had was... well, rubbish and slow as a wet week.

I got rid of the drobo for everything else, and got a DS413J I think. That lasted for ages, until I upgraded to a single DS418j with 4x4TB and sold the other 2.

All good - except I need to put some 8TB drives in now cos it's filling up. Good problem to have.

Most of my usage is just file storage and backup - SMB from macs, and NFS from linux machines and containers. Works great. My main goal is safely, not performance, and this works great.

The new router looks good, tho I just replaced all my wifi / router gear. Sort of tempted by the NAS tho - but I need to see if the backup stuff is supported by my NAS, as it would be useful to have a more-frequent backup (I do monthly snapshots)

Nic Wise - fastchicken.co.nz

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#2823820 3-Dec-2021 15:02

Badge(r), Badge(r), Badge(r), mushroom mushroom!

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#2823825 3-Dec-2021 15:14

I'm up for a badge

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#2823839 3-Dec-2021 15:18

In to win!

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#2823841 3-Dec-2021 15:23

My DS216j has been absolutely rock solid, but it would be nice to upgrade it to something capable of running Docker containers.

I do love the ability to run Minimserver on the DS216j - a UPnP music server that does an excellent job of serving classical music with all of the relevant tags.

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#2823856 3-Dec-2021 15:43

Actually interesting product, haven't had the chance to run a NAS at home, so keen to play with one and all the features Synology has

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