Huge NAS Upgrade: NVME Storage Pool, ECC Memory, 10 GbE: Synology DS923+ Overview

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I've been using a Synology DS918+ since it came out. I loved it, but it was time for an upgrade. The biggest difference here is that we can install a 10 GbE ethernet adapter, two M.2 NVMe SSDs. and plenty of ram. The DS923+ allows you to create storage pools with your M.2 NVMe... so combine that with the 10 GbE (also runs at 2.5 if that's what you have) and you can edit 4k videos right from the nas.

Check out the video for all the details.

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[traxex]

Won't lie, I'm loving this recent obsession of yours with servers and NAS devices!

[Savergn]

I am the proud owner of your previous NAS. Thanks! It's been running great.

[vardagsteknik]

Good video. Why did you not got 1522+ ?, one more disc extra. I use audio station via the app to play out to my google multi room speakers in my house, really good shit with shoutcast in there :)

[VikingPickles]

Thanks for the explanation of the naming convention. I've always been curious, but never curious enough to actually look it up lmao

[manfromsinope]

A video going in-depth on VMs would be fantastic

[Sawta]

Interested in hearing more about VMs on the NAS. :)

[tappistrt]

I realize there are some cool features with the Synology platform, but I'm likely gonna do the DIY thing for my first NAS. I just love a good computer build. It will still have plenty of utility and will become a fun Homelab/Linux platform learning experience for me as I want to expand my knowledge and get into some more IT-adjacent kind of work.

[cannonkingz]

Man I've never done it but I always thought setting up Nas is really cool, ha my powers have grown beyond your control and now I am the Spotify! Mwahahaha!

[msec]

damn what a perfect time for this video im in the market for a good NAS right now!

[konidalakalyanbabu]

Hey @teksyndicate, How much max capacity NVME m.2 SSD we can use individually in DS923+ NAS. I am buying after your response. It will more helpful if u reply.

[juandiegogonzalez]

is it worth it to buy a DS923+ in july 2024? I have a MyCloudEX2 and I am looking forward to have Docker and other apps NAS to run home assistant and plex plus the backup of course. However the hardware seems little outdated. any thoughts?

[xellaz]

I recently put my UGreen DXP8800 NAS to some abuse of 10TB+ transfer & syncs of data in the past 4 days and it choked. I also have a lot of docker containers running 24/7 on it. No lost data though. Just had to forcefully reboot it... lol This NAS is more for fun and learning as well as a backup media server.

My important data lives on my Synology DS1621xs+ that has an old but reliable Intel Xeon CPU and 32GB ECC RAM. Been running for years 24/7 without missing a beat~ 💪

[Highmepdx]

As someone who (quickly realized) they bought an under powered Synology as their first NAS, I haven't really done much but backups because of all the limitations (including & especially my network) I'd dig deeper dives on some of the other Synology apps like photos/music etc. Got a question though, I have 0 need for a 9 bay NAS, can you add extra RAM, 10gbe, & pool memory to one of the smaller ones?

[andrewf.]

That naming thing (the nr 9) can't be right? I have a DS214play and I can plug in the 5 bay expansion bay, ..so the number should be DS7XXX. I am always so confused by the naming of their disk stations..

Other than that, your video was helpful

[yoz]

Hi tek,
using this kit, am I obligated to use synology m.2 ssd?

[cwgd]

I'd really like to know how to setup networking to securely share photos with family in Synology photos without making my mom learn how to use a VPN. Everything I've read has made me super paranoid about allowing access to any Synology apps without a VPN.

[swedishbatman]

Didn't you just upgrade to a ugreen because it had 10 gig and better ports (arguably better than this one even)? Did that one not work out for you?

[TazzSmk]

since you're using Audio Station, do you happen to have problems with whole albums being skipped on playback? I've been having all kinds of problems with FLAC files and Synology support couldn't figure out anything, multiple times,
ended up wiping all .cue sheets splitting into individual tracks, and completely disabling .cue support in Audio Station but still many files fail to play, randomly after system updates, reboots etc... as if the indexing service screwed its database randomly

[ansarinavish]

can i use Samsung 990 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 instead of synology

[praetorxyn]

I have a DS918+ and it irritates the crap out of me how outdated Docker is on DSM. It's Docker 20.10.3, latest is 24.0.9, so Synology is 4 major versions behind, which is just unacceptable. This keeps me from being able to have one Docker Compose stack include another Docker Compose stack. I can probably manually update it, but I haven't attempted it as I figured it might break Synology's Container Manager or something.