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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
RS822RP+ ✓ - -✓✓ⓘⓘⓘ✓✓ⓘⓘ✓✓✓
RS822+ ✓ - -✓✓ⓘⓘⓘ✓✓ⓘⓘ✓✓✓
RS422+ ✓ - -✓✓ⓘⓘⓘ✓✓ⓘ✓✓

LATEST PRICE LIST

RS822RP+1199.98 GBP1404.64 USD
RS822+1034.24 GBP999.99 USD
RS422+641.21 GBP865.11 USD

BEST FOR Virtualisation

NAS CPU Cores Threads Speed (GHz) Docker/VM Score ECC
RS822RP+ AMD Ryzen V1500B 4 8 2.2 Docker/VM 4584 ECC /2 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM
RS822+ AMD Ryzen V1500B 4 8 2.2 Docker/VM 4584 ECC /2 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM
RS422+ AMD Ryzen R1600 2 4 2.6 (MAX:3.1) Docker/VM 3147 ECC /2 GB DDR4 ECC

BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA

NAS GPU Base_GHz/Max Codec FPS Transcoding Plex
RS822RP+ / 0 1080p
RS822+ / 0 1080p
RS422+ / 0 720p

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS BAYS Bandwidth HDD storage expansion Drive mixing File System
RS822RP+ 4 HDD 4Gbit (4 ports combined) 88TB ✓ ✓ EXT4 BTRFS
RS822+ 4 HDD 4Gbit (4 ports combined) 88TB ✓ ✓ EXT4 BTRFS
RS422+ 4 HDD 2Gbit (2 ports combined) 88TB ✓ 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
RS822RP+ folder/barebone ✓ face ✓ ✓ volume/folder
RS822+ folder/barebone ✓ face ✓ ✓ volume/folder
RS422+ folder/barebone ✓ face ✓ ✓ volume/folder

BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING

NAS MAX LAN speed Ports transcoding PCIe NVMe
RS822RP+ 1Gbit 1 x Gen3 x4
RS822+ 1Gbit 1 x Gen3 x4
RS422+ 1Gbit 1 x Gen3 x2

BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)

NAS HDMI QVM transcoding AI
RS822RP+
RS822+
RS422+

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS Virtual switch Docker/VM HDMI S/PDIF / AUX
RS822RP+ Docker/VM
RS822+ Docker/VM
RS422+ Docker/VM

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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand Model TW USA UK Released
Synology RS822RP+ • • • 2022-06
Synology RS822+ • • • 2022-06
Synology RS422+ • • • 2022-04

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RELATED REVIEWS

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


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PROS
👍🏻Remarkably compact rackmount server with a 10GbE Option
👍🏻Very quiet for a rackmount server
👍🏻Default ECC Memory will be hugely reassuring
👍🏻DSM 7.1 is still hands-down the best NAS software out there
👍🏻Storage services such as BTRFS/EXT4 Option, Synology Hybrid RAID Support and Fast RAID Rebuild
👍🏻Very high build quality and slick design
CONS
👎🏻Lack of M.2 NVMe slots
👎🏻No Expansion Support
👎🏻Odd brand position on HDDs and SSDs
👎🏻CPU Choice is divisive
👎🏻Default 2GB of memory cannot up upgraded


LATEST PRICE LIST

RS822RP+1199.98 GBP1404.64 USD
RS822+1034.24 GBP999.99 USD
RS422+641.21 GBP865.11 USD
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Synology 4-Bay Rackmount NAS RackStation RS422+ (Diskless),Black Amazon UK UK 9.86 OFF (WAS 1564) [LINK]
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