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GENERAL NAS FEATURE COMPARISON
NAS | Plex (local 4K) | Plex HD (remote) | Plex 4K (remote) | BACKUP (MS/GOOGLE OFFICE) | BACKUP (BAREBONE) | PHOTOS (OBJECT AI) | VIDEO EDITING (4K) | VIDEO EDITING (8K) | DOCKER | VIRTUAL MACHINES | PC MODE (QVM) | 2.5GbE | 10GbE | 25GbE | Thunderbolt | NVMe | Pcie | Expansion | HDMI | Drive Mixing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RS2423+ | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
RS1221+ | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
RS1221RP+ | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
LATEST PRICE LIST
RS2423+ | 2100 GBP | 2031.22 USD |
RS1221+ | 1191.56 GBP | 1299.99 USD |
RS1221RP+ | 1546.87 GBP | 1699.99 USD |
BEST FOR Virtualisation
NAS | CPU | Cores | Threads | Speed (GHz) | Docker/VM | Score | ECC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RS2423+ | AMD Ryzen V1780B | 4 | 8 | 3.35 | Docker/VM | 8216 | ECC /8 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM |
RS1221+ | AMD Ryzen V1500B | 4 | 8 | 2.2 | Docker/VM | 4584 | ECC /4 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM |
RS1221RP+ | AMD Ryzen V1500B | 4 | 8 | 2.2 | Docker/VM | 4584 | ECC /4 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM |
BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA
NAS | GPU | Base_GHz/Max | Codec | FPS | Transcoding | Plex |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RS2423+ | / | 0 | 1080p | |||
RS1221+ | / | 0 | 1080p | |||
RS1221RP+ | / | 0 | 1080p |
BEST FOR FILE STORAGE
NAS | BAYS | Bandwidth | HDD storage | expansion | Drive mixing | File System |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RS2423+ | 12 HDD | 12Gbit (3 ports combined) | 264TB | ✓ | ✓ | EXT4 BTRFS |
RS1221+ | 8 HDD | 4Gbit (4 ports combined) | 176TB | ✓ | ✓ | EXT4 BTRFS |
RS1221RP+ | 8 HDD | 4Gbit (4 ports combined) | 176TB | ✓ | ✓ | EXT4 BTRFS |
*All NAS support multiple RAID/ volume groups, if you want to mix different size drive on non supported model.
BEST FOR BACKUP
NAS | Level | HA | AI | Microsoft | encryption | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RS2423+ | folder/barebone | ✓ | face+object | ✓ | ✓ | volume/folder |
RS1221+ | folder/barebone | ✓ | face+object | ✓ | ✓ | volume/folder |
RS1221RP+ | folder/barebone | ✓ | face+object | ✓ | ✓ | volume/folder |
BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING
NAS | MAX LAN speed | Ports | transcoding | PCIe | NVMe |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RS2423+ | 10Gbit | 1x RJ45 | 1 x Gen3 x8 slot (x4 link) | ||
RS1221+ | 1Gbit | 1 x Gen3 x4 | |||
RS1221RP+ | 1Gbit | 1 x Gen3 x4 |
BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)
NAS | HDMI | QVM | transcoding | AI |
---|---|---|---|---|
RS2423+ | ||||
RS1221+ | ||||
RS1221RP+ |
BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI
NAS | Virtual switch | Docker/VM | HDMI | S/PDIF / AUX |
---|---|---|---|---|
RS2423+ | Docker/VM | |||
RS1221+ | Docker/VM | |||
RS1221RP+ | Docker/VM |
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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
Brand | Model | TW | USA | UK | Released |
Synology | RS2423+ | • | • | • | 2023-03 |
Synology | RS1221+ | • | • | • | 2021-01 |
Synology | RS1221RP+ | • | • | • | 2021-01 |
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LATEST PRICE LIST
RS2423+ | 2100 GBP | 2031.22 USD |
RS1221+ | 1191.56 GBP | 1299.99 USD |
RS1221RP+ | 1546.87 GBP | 1699.99 USD |
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