Synology RS1221+ NAS - Should You Buy It

[@joelnrs]

Great job for calling it how it is. Thanks for your honest opinions!

[@guywithFX]

Your 5 versus 5 videos are the best for people who are familiar with many models and like seeing the cliff notes.

[@bothorsen4292]

The "don't buy" #3 and #4 really got me. I have a small 9U rack (60 cm deep) in my house and I'm looking for a new nas to replace the aging and no longer sufficiently powerful rs816. One thing I disagree with consistently in your videos is that you don't get the attraction of home rack mounting. There are a lot of people that are now using small racks like the one I have to get rid of all the clutter of networking equipment. And once you have had a rack mounted nas, it's is a *major* pill to swallow, to go to a ds instead of an rs device. But those two arguments are completely true. Also, they don't even have an SFP+ card with NVMe caching, and my 10gb ports are all SFP+. Looks like I have to keep searching for another NAS or take the pill and go with a DS 1621+.

[@WX4CB]

that's my issue.... the 1821 is nice, but not rackable

[@skin0flute]

My 1821 Sits right on top of my rack 😉

[@jmssun]

Seeing Synology’s limited variety is frustrating, watching your video is not. Great job. Nice to see SHR coming back, hope they come up with SHR-2 for Flash drives

[@DaveChurchill]

No nvme is the killer for me. Thanks for the great review

[@ernestcouto]

The title says DS1221 but video is RS1221

[@nschdnschd]

Would you recommend this nas also by now or are there any better options for 2023? Important. Short Depth, Rackmount, minimum of 4 bases Optional should be available if not directly integrated: SFP+ slot

[@gaewing]

Great review. I will not buy the rs1221+ because of the issues you mentioned. I was very excited in the beginning. Synology really missed it on this server.

[@alcon1427]

Same here, waited for this for over 1y , and now this ..and no 10Gb included =/

[@leexgx]

Not even 2.5gbe, Synology is very annoying in this regard

[@iTurkie]

Same on here, waited for long and disappointed. i might go with ds1821+ and a shelf instead and add 10gbe sfp+ nic

[@arianfaurtosh]

If you buy the PCIe E10M20-T1 card, does this solve #1 and #3 from the don't buy list? Seems like adding that card would not only add 10Gbe support but also adds NVMe SSD Caching

[@nascompares]

Yes, it would 100% counter against the 1+3 don't buys - but at an additional £175-250 depending on where in the world you are, I can't overlook the omission of these on the system. Especially when the DS1821+ has both caching AND an available PCIe. Cheers for the question Arian.

[@guywithFX]

Any other half depth recommendations?

[@myrdale]

Will it handle Jellyfin

[@mikestevens1441]

Is this a good NAS to use for Plex server?

[@glnknl2232]

And why does it have USB 3.2 Gen1? Another bottleneck. I don't ever intend to use it that way but imagine backing up your external SSD directly on the NAS. Bottlenecked by the USB port to a pathetic 400MB/s at most. When USB 3.2 Gen2 (10Gb) is readily available or USB 3.2 Gen2x2 over USB C (20Gb) for that matter.

[@Dextermorga]

I stoped reading this useless crap after first sentence

[@glnknl2232]

Dude, only the price is small-medium business. The hardware spec is definitely not. The AMD V1500B SoC has 2x 10Gbe but Synology didn't care to put it on a port so they can sell you their overpriced pci-e cards.

[@jefflynn333]

release date for DS2421+?

[@tomboss9940]

It's a so much better deal than the horrible RS1219+ with its horrible CPU in comparison to the DS1819+ was. With the combo card (SSD + 10Gbit), the drawback to the DS1821+ is not huge.

[@juliannebrynlee7166]

Good. I wait for love from you 💝💖