Works perfectly. Only thing to note is that you need two SSD cards if you want to improve read/write... One for read and one for write.
I'm pretty sure it speeds up logging into the NAS interface too. Works perfectly. Only thing to note is that you need two SSD cards if you want to improve read/write... One for read and one for write.
I'm pretty sure it speeds up logging into the NAS interface too.

Bought this to upgrade from my DS415play which I had for 6 years for home use. The upgrade process was very simple just by moving the physical disks over and confirming when prompted at bootup. A massive improvement in response times with the DS920+ even without additional RAM or SSD cache. Makes it much more usable when streaming video or browsing images. If necessary in future I can still expand the RAM, SSD and use the second network port, but I think CPU was the main bottleneck on the DS415play. Bought this to upgrade from my DS415play which I had for 6 years for home use. The upgrade process was very simple just by moving the physical disks over and confirming when prompted at bootup. A massive improvement in response times with the DS920+ even without additional RAM or SSD cache. Makes it much more usable when streaming video or browsing images. If necessary in future I can still expand the RAM, SSD and use the second network port, but I think CPU was the main bottleneck on the DS415play.

Easy to install, reasonably straight forward to configure. I set up 2 RAID 1 storage pools and 3 volumes. Used for image storage and system backups, plus a play space for storing virtual machines. I upped the RAM specifically to run some VMs. A nice selling point is the free Virtual Machine Manager. For my use case I could probably get by with smaller cache SSDs and re-use the ones I got in another project. Network performance is fine on a gigabit wired network, and noise level is acceptable and probably depends on your disks and usage - it's actually pretty quite - probably quieter than a desktop PC with the same disk configuration.
...view more Easy to install, reasonably straight forward to configure. I set up 2 RAID 1 storage pools and 3 volumes. Used for image storage and system backups, plus a play space for storing virtual machines. I upped the RAM specifically to run some VMs. A nice selling point is the free Virtual Machine Manager. For my use case I could probably get by with smaller cache SSDs and re-use the ones I got in another project. Network performance is fine on a gigabit wired network, and noise level is acceptable and probably depends on your disks and usage - it's actually pretty quite - probably quieter than a desktop PC with the same disk configuration.
The only niggle I had was with the VMM which could not connect to the VM console during VM build from ISO. Turned out it will only connect if you open the DSM in HTTP (I'd configured mine for HTTPS). It's only a problem during VM installation - once you can RDP/VNC/SSH to your VM you don't need the console.
I like it - useful tool and a fun toy all in one :-)

Still new to this but it's solving storage & networking snags effortlessly. Cool expansion too. Still new to this but it's solving storage & networking snags effortlessly. Cool expansion too.

I highly recommend this NAS to anyone.
If you aren't the sort of person to want to make your own NAS from scratch, synology is definitely the brand for you, and the DS920+ is pretty much the best you can get.
Whether you are a small business, individual, or literally anyone, i would recommend this model. There is a smaller version with similar specs available, however, the price difference is not that high and you get so much more flexibility with more storage options. I highly recommend this NAS to anyone.
If you aren't the sort of person to want to make your own NAS from scratch, synology is definitely the brand for you, and the DS920+ is pretty much the best you can get.
Whether you are a small business, individual, or literally anyone, i would recommend this model. There is a smaller version with similar specs available, however, the price difference is not that high and you get so much more flexibility with more storage options.

Being able to run docker, as well as apps from the NAS itself is a godsend.

Having upgraded from an old 413 Synology to this, makes a lot of difference in the function and ability of my network. It's a very robust machine, and when paired with a UPS, you can be sure that it'll be accessible any time, even without needing to check that it came back up after the last powercycle. Being able to run docker, as well as apps from the NAS itself is a godsend.

Having upgraded from an old 413 Synology to this, makes a lot of difference in the function and ability of my network. It's a very robust machine, and when paired with a UPS, you can be sure that it'll be accessible any time, even without needing to check that it came back up after the last powercycle.

This nas is amazing This nas is amazing

The DSM software is great. Very easy to use, very stable and trouble free. Great features as well.
First party app from Synology is very good and the user experience is excellent. It is initiative, stable and 'just works'

However the hardware casing is cheap and doesn't care about noise. The spec sheet says it is 19.8db, but in real life it is more like 45db! It is loud and distracting

The fan is loud out of the box. In quiet mode it is slightly better but not silent.
The NAS casing is cheap plastic with no noise isolation, the box also resonance, and the drive bay also rattle when the drive is operating.
I use the 16tb iron wolf pro...view more The DSM software is great. Very easy to use, very stable and trouble free. Great features as well.
First party app from Synology is very good and the user experience is excellent. It is initiative, stable and 'just works'

However the hardware casing is cheap and doesn't care about noise. The spec sheet says it is 19.8db, but in real life it is more like 45db! It is loud and distracting

The fan is loud out of the box. In quiet mode it is slightly better but not silent.
The NAS casing is cheap plastic with no noise isolation, the box also resonance, and the drive bay also rattle when the drive is operating.
I use the 16tb iron wolf pro hard drive. The disk noise is very loud and distracting.

It is so loud that I have to relocate the box into my garage, so I have to rely of Wi-Fi instead of wired ethernet, which reduce transfer throughput.

My advise is you should have "server room" before you buy this

GUI is easy to work on. So far meet all my requirements. Happy to recommend this NAS product. GUI is easy to work on. So far meet all my requirements. Happy to recommend this NAS product.

I received the NAS this week and am attempting to upload to it. I'm getting upload speeds I haven't seen since dial-up internet, despite having prioritised traffic to the NAS in my router and reading everything I can find online about improving performance and using that to tweak the settings. It seems like many customers of Synology have this problem, and there are few solutions available. Even in Synology's own forums, the company is pretty silent on this. :/

I am currently trying to upload a folder of videos, which is 156 GB. I can understand it taking more than 1 GB/s, given that is the max speed of the connection and the NAS has to d...view more I received the NAS this week and am attempting to upload to it. I'm getting upload speeds I haven't seen since dial-up internet, despite having prioritised traffic to the NAS in my router and reading everything I can find online about improving performance and using that to tweak the settings. It seems like many customers of Synology have this problem, and there are few solutions available. Even in Synology's own forums, the company is pretty silent on this. :/

I am currently trying to upload a folder of videos, which is 156 GB. I can understand it taking more than 1 GB/s, given that is the max speed of the connection and the NAS has to do some processing at the other end, but it's coasting at 7% RAM and negligible (actually 0%) CPU usage.

So I'm getting an upload speed for that 156 GB of video files of 3MB/s and a projected upload time of 9999 days, 4 hours, 50 mins and 32 secs! I couldn't make this up. It's possible the unit is faulty, but given what I've seen online, this experience is common. I will update this if I find a solution, meanwhile my plan is to return the unit and build my own server, because even I can do better than this. *sigh*