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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+2036.26 GBP2031.22 USD
RS1221+1224.29 GBP1299.99 USD
RS1221RP+1640 GBP1648.99 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 Google 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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RELATED REVIEWS

SOFTWARE - 8/10
HARDWARE - 7/10
PERFORMANCE - 8/10
PRICE - 7/10
VALUE - 8/10


7.6
PROS
👍🏻Desktop Ryzen Powered Solution
👍🏻30cm Compact Rackmount is always attractive (RP ver. larger)
👍🏻PCIe Gen 3 x8 PCIe Equipped
👍🏻Great RAID Options (inc SHR)
👍🏻Excellent choice of Apps
👍🏻DDR4 ECC Memory up to 32GB
👍🏻Numerous Backup Software Options
👍🏻Huge Virtualization Support
👍🏻3yr Warranty and Extendable to 5yrs
CONS
👎🏻1Gbe Ports seem a bit limited now
👎🏻Shame it does not support 1/2 x DX1215
👎🏻NVMe SSDs Ports not available, unlike desktop alternatives


LATEST PRICE LIST

RS2423+2036.26 GBP2031.22 USD
RS1221+1224.29 GBP1299.99 USD
RS1221RP+1640 GBP1648.99 USD
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