4‑bay NAS running Synology DSM with expandable storage and apps for backup, multimedia, virtualization, and file sharing.

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.

Synology DS923+ 4-Bay NAS with Ryzen and NVMe Cache

Synology DS923+ NAS

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