Synology DS120J NAS Hardware Review

[@misubear]

Good video. What do you think about using the DS120J as a remote backup replication target from a DS918+??

[@JeepingNet]

I'm thinking about this for the same purpose.

[@famitory]

how well would this work for streaming ripped CDs and DVDs? (not blu-rays). i have a giant home-built NAS but it's loud and power hungry, so i leave it off most of the time except when i'm making a backup or leafing through for an old picture or something, but it would be nice to have something small on all the time to access my music and movie collection from.

[@dunky1984]

Great review - thank you. I am planning to use this as a low budget portable server to support 3 computers during programs (transferring PPT files between the 3 computers). What are you getting for transfer speeds? Would this be sufficient for that? There would never be any media streaming only movement of the PPT files, that are usually 70 - 200MB - every now an then I get someone with a 450MB file. What are your thoughts? Thank you.

[@mrpeter8644]

If you check out performance comparison on the Synology website ( www.synology.com/en-us/products/performance#1_2bay ), it looks like the DS120j performance poorly at file uploads. Stepping up to the DS118 may be wise..

[@jeffonthetown6100]

@@mrpeter8644 - thank you

[@Quettesh]

It is not handling any drive array, it doesn't use that much of resources for use it is intended, which is home DLNA streaming and file sharing. Big advantage is low power usage.

[@Petrolhead66]

how important is it to use a ionwolf compared to baracuda

[@一本のうんち]

for a 1 bay enclosure buy an ssd

[@KonstantinosMK]

Does this support plex?

[@mihalic17]

yes

[@spankie7728]

hey buddy ... can this nas do plex direct play .... dont really care about transcoding so ... will it do the job i want it too ? :)

[@kamaboko1]

Impressive. One take to record the video.

[@panzerofthelake1623]

Can you host a website with this while having good performance?

[@mgtpublic206]

Hi NasCompares - i know you have tried gaming from NAS before, but that was 1 user (which is you) accessing the NAS currently. What if 4-6 person accessing the same file, the same game, what component usage will be increased? is it linear? because i have tried before VHD inside Freenas, with 2 person accessing Fortnite, it runs well. Unfortunately, cant test more user than that since i have limited space and budget to do that testing. The Freenas run on my old Lenovo g500s. Looking to buy a better nas, but havent decided which one and need some more info

[@MikeGill87]

I don't think the 2018+ models support wifi dongles really. Maybe they might, but you certainly can't find that information on Synology's web; just the opposite.

[@antonymatic]

Hi! Great video. Would you know if the DS120J can handle/stream my 4k movies from PLEX wout any issues?

[@sn0rbaard]

With such low power consumption, this could be the holy grail for an economical 24/7 Download Station client

[@nascompares]

Absolutely, just be aware that alot of the Synology software buzz and multi user access is pretty much not possible on this device.

[@wa2368]

@@nascompares Can i stream a 4k video from this?

[@Wedontwantnowarnomore]

Maybe change that cpu with a Blueberry 🫐

[@loucipher7782]

what is the max supported HDD capacity?

[@MrJew357951]

16TB

[@MrDemodulator]

Nice review... I do not have any experience with NAS and I was thinking about buying this DS120j ONLY to handle 2 cameras for the house where I live. And another normal 2 bay or 4 bay NAS for all other things ( i didn't choose either one, yet.) The problem I do have is that I may be in future selling house, so I can just grab my nas and go. :) Will it work with 2 cameras 24/7 ? Thank you

[@mrpeter8644]

You will find the DS120j on the Surveillance Station supported models list: www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/packages/SurveillanceStation Install a eg. WD Purple 1TB Surveillance Hard Drive ( www.amazon.com/Purple-1TB-Surveillance-Hard-Drive/dp/B072L175ZW ) and you are good to go. It may be wise to add some cloud backup, in case someone steals your surveillance NAS ( eg. Synology C2 Backup: c2.synology.com/en-us/backup ).

[@RonnyFebri]

thank you 10:31 that makes me go to truenas

[@Petrolhead66]

how will the,performance compare to my old WD MyCloud Mirror device

[@nascompares]

If it is 2016/2017 gen, about the same. If it is after 2018 GEN, then your WD will perform better, but with much fewer features.

[@SocialWorkProfessor]

Could you set it up as the destination for another NAS's Snapshot Replication?

[@nascompares]

I'd like to think so. I'll add that to my list of tests. Cheers