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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
DS223j - βœ“ βœ“βœ“βœ“
DS223 - βœ“ βœ“βœ“βœ“

LATEST PRICE LIST

DS223j201.5 GBP189.99 USD
DS223201.5 GBP189.99 USD

BEST FOR Virtualisation

NAS CPU Cores Threads Speed (GHz) Docker/VM Score ECC
DS223j Realtek RTD1619B 4 4 1.7 Docker 700 NO /1 GB DDR4 non-ECC
DS223 Realtek RTD1619B 4 4 1.7 Docker 700 NO /2 GB DDR4 non-ECC

BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA

NAS GPU Base_GHz/Max Codec FPS Transcoding Plex
DS223j Mali-G51 GPU / H.264, H.265 60 2160
DS223 Mali-G51 GPU / H.264, H.265 60 2160

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS BAYS Bandwidth HDD storage expansion Drive mixing File System
DS223j 2 HDD 1Gbit (1 ports combined) 44TB βœ“ EXT4 BTRFS
DS223 2 HDD 1Gbit (1 ports combined) 44TB βœ“ 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
DS223j folder face /folder
DS223 folder face /folder

BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING

NAS MAX LAN speed Ports transcoding PCIe NVMe
DS223j 1Gbit βœ“
DS223 1Gbit βœ“

BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)

NAS HDMI QVM transcoding AI
DS223j βœ“
DS223 βœ“

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS Virtual switch Docker/VM HDMI S/PDIF / AUX
DS223j Docker
DS223 Docker

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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand Model TW USA UK Released
Synology DS223j β€’ β€’ β€’ 2023-06
Synology DS223 β€’ β€’ β€’ 2023-01

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SOFTWARE - 9/10
HARDWARE - 8/10
PERFORMANCE - 8/10
PRICE - 9/10
VALUE - 8/10


8.4
PROS
πŸ‘πŸ»Supports MOST of the Synology App Suite
πŸ‘πŸ»Support of SHR, BTRFS and Snapshots
πŸ‘πŸ»Low Power Consumption
πŸ‘πŸ»Lovely Compact Design and Noise Level
πŸ‘πŸ»Large HDD & SSD Compatibility
πŸ‘πŸ»Three USB Ports & Copy Button
πŸ‘πŸ»Warranty can be extended
πŸ‘πŸ»Very Capable, despite ARM CPU
CONS
πŸ‘ŽπŸ»1GbE, 5Gb/s USB & No SD Card Slot
πŸ‘ŽπŸ»2GB Memory is fixed
πŸ‘ŽπŸ»No expansion Support
πŸ‘ŽπŸ»No Plex App Support (Yet)

SOFTWARE - 9/10
HARDWARE - 8/10
PERFORMANCE - 6/10
PRICE - 9/10
VALUE - 9/10


8.2
PROS
πŸ‘πŸ»Supports MOST of the Synology App Suite
πŸ‘πŸ»Very Affordable
πŸ‘πŸ»Support of SHR, BTRFS and Snapshots
πŸ‘πŸ»Low Power Consumption
πŸ‘πŸ»Lovely Compact Design and Noise Level
πŸ‘πŸ»Large HDD & SSD Compatibility
πŸ‘πŸ»Three USB Ports & Copy Button
πŸ‘πŸ»The warranty can be extended
πŸ‘πŸ»Very Capable, despite ARM CPU
CONS
πŸ‘ŽπŸ»1x 1GbE ONLY, 5Gb/s USB & No NIC Upgrade Support at all!
πŸ‘ŽπŸ»1GB Memory is fixed
πŸ‘ŽπŸ»No expansion Support


LATEST PRICE LIST

DS223j201.5 GBP189.99 USD
DS223201.5 GBP189.99 USD
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