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LATEST PRICE LIST

DS423	750 GBP	551.58 USD
DS620slim	800 GBP	523.61 USD

BEST FOR Virtualisation

NAS	CPU	Cores	Threads	Speed (GHz)	Docker/VM	Score	ECC
DS423	Realtek RTD1619B	4	4	1.7	Docker	700	NO /2 GB DDR4 non-ECC
DS620slim	Intel Celeron J3355	2	2	2 (MAX:2.5)	Docker/VM	1183	NO /2 GB DDR3L non-ECC

BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA

NAS	GPU	Base_GHz/Max	Codec	FPS	Transcoding	Plex
DS423	Mali-G51 GPU	/	H.264, H.265	60	2160
DS620slim	Intel® HD Graphics 500	250/700	H.264	30	2160	1080p

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS	BAYS	Bandwidth	HDD storage	expansion	Drive mixing	File System
DS423	4 HDD	2Gbit (2 ports combined)	88TB		✓	EXT4 BTRFS
DS620slim	6 HDD	2Gbit (2 ports combined)	132TB		✓	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
DS423	folder		face			/folder
DS620slim	folder		face			/folder

BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING

NAS	MAX LAN speed	Ports	transcoding	PCIe	NVMe
DS423	1Gbit		✓
DS620slim	1Gbit		✓

BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)

NAS	HDMI	QVM	transcoding	AI
DS423			✓
DS620slim			✓

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS	Virtual switch	Docker/VM	HDMI	S/PDIF / AUX
DS423		Docker
DS620slim		Docker/VM

LATEST VIDEOS RELATED

AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand	Model	TW	USA	UK	Released
Synology	DS423	•	•	•	2023-03
Synology	DS620slim	•	•	•	2020-06

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RELATED REVIEWS

SOFTWARE - 9/10

HARDWARE - 7/10

PERFORMANCE - 7/10

PRICE - 7/10

VALUE - 8/10

7.6

PROS

👍🏻Affordable 6-Bay Solution
👍🏻Incredible low footprint in your environment
👍🏻Supports Plex Media Server
👍🏻4K Media Playback and Transcoding
👍🏻LAG/Trunking Support
👍🏻Supports 15mm Drives
👍🏻VERY quiet
👍🏻Supports DSM 6.2.2 Very Well
👍🏻2.5″ Focused, but very capable

CONS

👎🏻Shame it’s not the 4-Core J3455
👎🏻Only 2x RJ45, Bottleneck for Faster Media
👎🏻10Gbe would have made this INCREDIBLE

LATEST PRICE LIST

DS423	750 GBP	551.58 USD
DS620slim	800 GBP	523.61 USD

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