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Synology DS423+ NAS Review – Next Gen Enough?
The Synology DS423+ NAS drive is a system that, in the short time since it was first revealed, has been quite a hotly debated little system. Over the last 12-18 months, Synology has been getting quite alot of criticism from home/prosumers who are looking for a compact NAS that finds a good balance between home multimedia support, fully featured applications and still enough power to run those small but numerous home-lab services! Now, that isn’t to say that the big name in NAS has not been churning out solutions – quite the contrary, as the last year or so has seen the largest frequency in releases from the brand that I have ever seen. Yet, despite this, there has certainly been a whiff of ‘enterprise’ and ‘bigger business’ in these solutions, with selected components changing gears towards high-end file processes and away from alot of general consumer services. The Synology DS423+ NAS is, arguably, an attempt to supply a solution to those users ‘lower down the server foodchain’, as the brand is clearly redefining it’s portfolio and tiering. The DS423+ is seemingly designed to partially/fully occupy the tier formerly occupied by the 2020 released DS920+ (an exceptionally popular NAS and one that will be referenced ALOT in this video), but at a lower launch price and a little clipping of it’s wings. So, is the DS423+ NAS a great example of Synology giving users what they want? Or something of a compromise? Let’s discuss if the Synology DS423+ NAS deserves your data!
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