Synology DS923+ NAS product image

Synology DS923+ NAS

Nerd Approved:
(5/5)
Review by Joshua Morris on
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Review

The DS923+ anchors my homelab and small-office backups. Synology’s Ryzen R1600 CPU, 4 GB ECC RAM (expandable to 32 GB), and dual NVMe slots mean I can run Synology Drive, Photos, Hyper Backup, plus a handful of Docker containers without breaking a sweat. I use SHR-1 with four 12 TB drives for 27 TB usable capacity, then schedule nightly Hyper Backup jobs to an off-site T7 Shield. QuickConnect, SAML SSO, and the new Active Insight dashboards make remote management painless. I also added the E10G22 10GbE card so I can edit 4K footage straight from the NAS. DSM 7.2’s snapshots and immutable backup support also give me peace of mind against ransomware. It’s not cheap, but between Synology’s software polish and the hardware expandability, it’s a NAS I trust with critical data.

✓ Pros

  • ✓AMD Ryzen R1600 and ECC RAM handle storage + container workloads
  • ✓NVMe cache, 10GbE expansion, and 32 GB RAM upgrades future-proof it
  • ✓DSM 7.2 offers polished apps, snapshots, and immutable backups
  • ✓Quiet, low-power operation for 24/7 use

✗ Cons

  • ✗Needs additional RAM for heavier virtualization
  • ✗NVMe slots are cache-only—no storage pools

Specifications

CpuAMD Ryzen R1600 (2-core, 4-thread, 2.6 GHz)
Memory4 GB ECC DDR4 (up to 32 GB)
Bays4 x 3.5/2.5 in SATA, expandable to 9 with DX517
Lan2 x 1GbE (link aggregation) + optional 10GbE
M2 Slots2 x NVMe cache
FeaturesDSM 7.2, Btrfs, Synology Hybrid RAID, Docker, VMs
Date First AvailableNovember 16, 2022

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