Synology RS422+ NAS Review

[@lensherm]

In terms of the mute, the idea of it is not for you to walk over into the datacenter to mute the beeping. It's there to provide the ability to silence the alarm to those working near the beeping device and to acknowledge the fault. This is especially useful if you're addressing something unrelated/more pressing at the moment and will only look at the issue with the NAS at a later time.

[@popquizzz]

This is not a well-equipped storage solution. This is a minimal black box (siler actually) that needs media to do anything. This lacks CPU power, memory, only 8 PCI lanes, no GPU, no caching benefit, and still $699 bucks.

[@blcjck8121]

Who is even the target audience of this? It's a rack mount, which indicates enterprise or at least SOHO/SMB. But then you look at the CPU, which is woefully underpowered as well as the laughable 2 GB RAM NON-upgradable, which wouldn't even satisfy anything but the very basic home users. Add to that the HDD compatibility list which do list NAS drives, but no pro or enterprise ones barring Synology branded models which they will ofc always try to push. And then ofc the 1G NICs. I mean does this even know what it wants to be? No Rob, you're not being negative. You're rightly questioning Synology for another pointless product, in your own very polite way even though they don't deserve it. Good on you 👍

[@preacherplays]

Audience is probably like me: home users, low budget, in need of a nas that fits a small cabinet with minimal depth. I'm not convinced....yet. In fact I'd massively prefer a 2u-3u unit with the same short depth. I can't find one.

[@jeremythejetplane4712]

@@preacherplays I agree, this would perfectly fit my use case if the RAM were upgradable so I could run Docker containers on it. Then this single 1U box could perform all of my home server needs. But 2GB RAM is nowhere near enough so I'll continue to wait and hope, and continue using my old DS plus an old NUC to fulfill this need.

[@Marcus30983]

Thank you Helped me a lot and saved some Time I'm looking for a replacement for my DS 716 The short rack is interesting for me but only 2 GB is not enough Still hoping for a 722+

[@preacherplays]

Why aren't the Ethernet ports in the front? In a rack,... patch panels in the front.... so I have to slide it out and route behind? C'mon.

[@nascompares]

THAT....is actually a stupidly smart point. Why have I never thought this... DAMN IT

[@dylanneild2580]

@@nascompares This isn't unusual in the server market though, so it's at least consistent with other vendors SuperMicro, Dell EMC, HPE, etc - Ethernet is always at the back. If you're connecting this to a front-facing switch in the same rack, you'd typically use a patch panel anyways.

[@TheAlienDRINK]

The rack unit will grow in size since the drives are mounted in the front.

[@lensherm]

Sliding rails would be useful if there was a top cover you could take off, like on servers. The non-sliding ones are useful if you need to distribute a heavier load across four posts of the rack. I don't see a dire need for either in this case.

The mute button make sense, if u have a more stations (20) in a rack and all have a problem, you need to work in this room. You have newer 20 desktop disk stations in one room, or?

[@davegelink]

I don't use rails and I don't see why you would need them for such a shallow chassis. I'm glad they don't include them so I don't feel like overpaying for stuff I don't need. I do like the new 10GbE card, much easier to install. But proprietary usually ends up being expensive. The onboard 1GbE should've been 2x 2.5GbE though. Now it's almost mandatory to buy the networkcard.

[@gregorysmith3097]

So for your question about rails. There's no need to have rails on something like this. There's no access to the system from the top. You will mount it into the rack via the ears. if you have to pull it out, you just pull it out. There's no need for rails on something that doesn't have top access. You also mentioned about how light it is, rails make it easy to handle heavy servers, not a 10 lb. NAS.

[@the_real_micschan]

I copied a large amount of photos and videos in my new RS422+. Thumbnail generation process is very slow and I kept receiving overheating alarms as the CPU temperature reached 95°C. So I decided to replace the thermal paste hoping it would help. It does make a difference now the temperature sits around 85°C, while generating thumbnails.

[@andrewpndavies]

Such a great channel So helpful Thanks. I am dipping my toe in the NAS market, and am after one for my small home business. I’d quite like a rack mounted one - but that’s not essential. So question is - is there a performance / price trade off with the RS422+ as it’s rack mounted? Would I get a better desktop Synology NAS for roughly the same amount of dough? (Money / knicker / wonga) Not bothered about Multimedia, but will do VMs, docker and of course file syncing / backup etc Any advice much appreciated. Thanks again for all Andrew

[@themodesttraveler745]

your The NAS Master good job

[@TazzSmk]

should have cost half, rails included, 10Gbe included, at this price point Synology shot themselves in the knee, I understand homelabs and smbs may want networked drive bays without anything extra, which arguably this unit aims for, but once you add proper server next to it, this should be priced like 4-bay USB-C/Thunderbolt enclosure at best....

[@grahamleiper1538]

There's a lot of variability in rack depth so kind of understand them not supplying massive 600mm sliding rails to everyone but some extending side supporting shelves would be good. Would the 16TB limit be related to the current (Toshiba MG) Synology branded drives maximum size? Would be nice to have more USB, 2.5g, and ESATA to handle a port multiplier and storage expansion. Not sure 10g really needed with hard drive storage.

[@octaveanaugustus307]

Don’t look now mate, but the seagull what done it is sitting right there!!!

[@aerials2915]

I‘m in the market for that form factor, but this is just too limited. Waiting on reviews of the QNAP TS464-eU.

[@alcon1427]

Hard disk compatibility is short, just Synology and some IronWolf/seagate and Toshiba,, so if I going to use my old WD i will get the warning about the disk ?..

[@alcon1427]

This device's 1GbE LAN ports have a maximum transmission unit (MTU) size of 1,500 bytes. ---- no 9k Jumbo frames support,, ?

[@jennifermedia6288]

is this a better option than a DS 517 extension for my other rsynology as I have just bought the expansion and its so slow. can I see do synologys in the same system?

[@andrescalapt_]

Hi I got the Synology RS411 and I don't have any HDD for now and I can't get connection. Do I need to have a HDD at least? How do I install the SO? What I must do? ahah thaanks

[@HelloHelloXD]

28:40 can you use a usb hub with it?

[@electroplank587]

I love seagulls and i hate excessive packaging 😐

[@nascompares]

I'm afraid then, that you and I shall never be bed fellows. I'll just have to soldier on then. Sigh...

[@Misak737]

Can you install VMM on RS422+? On Synology web is this option missing... But for my user case it would be perfect solution instead of buying quite expensive 822+/1221+

[@alcon1427]

Yes, but only 2Gb ram totalt...so won't be many VM there...none, nada zero, but if u only need 512mb or something like that...

[@j.s.b.6299]

Does this device allow third party RAM upgrades?

[@keyboard_g]

It does not. 2GB soldered on and that’s it. Zero upgrades.

[@kayjoe7237]

How noisy is this thing ??

[@OVERKILL_PINBALL]

My Synology review: Opens box, throws in trash. Review done.