Synology DS224+ - The New Entry Level Standard

In today's video, I want to review the new Synology DS224+. Synology's new full-featured 2-bay entry-level NAS packs good performance in a small package, making this a serious contender for your home media needs. With Intel's Quick Sync-supported CPU, this device makes easy work of transcoding video. I will cover the setup and configuration of the NAS and do some quick testing to verify the performance.

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[Sentinel-]

Great video here.. thank you!

For those of us that are need to this, these videos are extremely helpful.

And for some of the commenters here that are more versed and skilled… systems like this aren’t “junk” just because they serve the novice class. Realize that the goal here is to protect data with versatility… not everyone is at your level, so realize that when you’re commenting.

We’ll be looking to the experts to provide meaningful comments so we can regularly upskill and eventually get to your level

[mali]

Thanks for the overview. Would love to see more stuff covering different options and how to use them accordingly.

[piotrdworakdrewnianeuchwyt]

Finally someone have explained what I needed - I was asking about this in some computer stores, and there were nobody who could help me to choose NAS, as they haven't knew too much about this.
Thank you Mike!

[japanesejuan]

This is the explanation I exactly needed! Thanks!

[elmojito]

As a long time Synology user my experience has always been very positive. So much so that I own 4 of them including one in my boat handling security cameras and as repository of all equipment installed in the boat. In my house one of the units solely used for security cameras in a separate VLAN for security. All units have been foolproof with the oldest dating back to 2011! and still working fine although now only used for backing up the main unit.

[sumit]

Thank you! Sir, you’re great at simplifying the information to explain.

[magog]

Mike, great quality on the video. What is your camera?

[caesar]

Thank you! Would be nice if you create a video of how to create a folder per user. Thanks again!

[antonior]

Is it possible to run this unit with only one drive for awhile, and later add a second drive? Budget wise 😅

[jjohnson]

I have a question - if you have 2 drives and setup 2 drives as one, and setup RAID 1, where is the mirrored drive?

[techintel]

First off, great video. Very well explained and easy to understand. I’m currently running a DS220j, dual 2TB WD Red Pro in RAID 1. It’s used for my family to backup their photos to and I have upwards of 600GB of them on there. My NAS has become unbearably slow and I’m seriously considering upgrading to a 224+. Is this worth the upgrade or should I go for something like a 723+? The only use currently is for photo backup.

[MJK]

Did you have a video on how to install the additional RAM stick on the DS224+?

[janspel]

Mike thanks, your video is helping, but what I need is directions on how to back up. The first drive 8 gig is for files like music and the second drive has to be the back up from the first. How do I implement that? grtz Jan (Netherlands)

[Leba]

Great video! Is there a way to back up my Netgear ReadyNAS Duo to the Synology DS224+? Thank you

[jamieskon]

Great Vid - As a total novice I intend to use this for transferring video from action camera H.64 & H.265 hevc to NAS. I thought I heard it couldnt handle playback of H2.65??? unless the info was from one of Synology's previous 2 bay models thanks

[Lam-miqr]

With two tapes and how to setup backup from tape 1 to tape 2? Many Thanks.

[tombouie]

Hmmmm .... Well-Done;
You clearly explained cryptive but essential end-user NAS concepts so-well that even I understood them (most can't/won't ;).
1st Request you keep your synology videos well-organized in playlists. Pls keep focusing on end-user needs instead of endless geek detailed techno-babble.
2nd I have 2 hopefully simple questions:
A. I mainly want/hope to re-connect my family/friends/etc spread all over the-world justs-likes old-times via a synology NAS (ex: !DS1824+ or Bust!). I plan to do great on/off-site backups & thus I really don't need any type of real-time redundancy like RAID/SHR (plus RAID is a processor-hog, wears-out the HHDs a lot faster, etc). In a nutshell if my NAS gets corrupted, I'll just simply go offline for a few hours, reload the latest backup, & pop back online again.
?wouldn't it be wiser for me to just get a 4bay synology NAS & plug an inexpensive USB 4/6/8bay HHD enclosure into it?
B. Whether than cloud storage for my offsite backups, I plan/hope to find a local professional network geek (like yourself) & pay him for offsite encrypted backup storage (even-better offer mutual offsite encrypted backup storage space).
?What dos-yous-thinks?

[RedondoDennis]

How would you migrate existing CalDav events from a prior Synology unit to the current Synology calendar used by the DS224+? Thanks for creating this video.

[PiperHipsz]

Been looking at getting this particular NAS because I've been having a lot of issues with my current BUFFALO LinkStation 220 that has two 4tb. Question is, can I pull those drives and place them into this Synology?

[cottagekeeper]

Curious if this will work for those on the Apple ecosystem? Also for someone who has no understanding of NAS and how to set it up what is the best way to learn how to set this up to use Time Machine for multiple people and give each person space a place to save files that need to be shared and photos/videos. Thank you.