Synology DS220J NAS - The Best Way to Store & Backup your Data - I'm Switching!
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- In this video I will share with you the strengths of using a network attached storage (NAS) and why it's very important to consider moving from using ordinary external hard drives, flash memories or even cloud storage to NAS.
I will also reviewed the Synology DS220J which is an entry level NAS device that works the best for personal & home users because of it's affordable price and amazing features
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**Time Codes**
0:00 - Intro
1:11 - Why is NAS?
1:58 - Synology NAS vs external drives & flash memories
2:37 - Synology NAS vs cloud storage
3:22 - Synology DS220J setup process
4:23 - Synology DS220J package center
4:33 - Backup & Sync photos - Synology moments
6:25 - Backup & stream movies - Synology Video Station
9:52 - Backup & stream music - Synology Audio Station
10:00 - Backup, edit & share your documents - Synology Drive
10:42 - Recommended Hard Drive for your NAS
11:05 - Outro
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These are the reviews I like: short, to the point, and extremely informative. Now I understand why and how a NAS is my next solution for all the storage issues I’m facing, and how to resolve once and for all the ability to share our family travel movies to relatives, even if they are continents apart. My sincere thanks 🙏
Thanks for the amazing comment bro, am really glad that I helped
I just found you and wow. Such quality videos with little to no clickbait, along with 50 fps quality. Easy sub
Well explained, direct and without going round and round repeating the same argument a thousand times to fill space. Congratulations.
Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it
I’ve been subscribed since the beginning, since you are a fellow Arab tech enthusiast I’m glad to support you, and I’m amazed at how the quality of your videos have grown exponentially,. Keep it up!
Am really glad that you supported me that much, thanks for this bro, wish you all the best and happy new year
Im a newcomer and just bought my first nas. This video helped me alot, thx!
Great content, keep it up :-)
Thanks bro I really appreciate it
EXCELLENT VIDEO!! FINALLY someone showed the actual UI interface and practical use. Thank you!!! Your videos are gorgeous too
One of the best reviews of this NAS lots of practical examples of what it can do. Thanks
You're most welcome am really glad you liked it
Man! a super great video. I checked few videos on NAS, your one is the best. Simple explanation, to the point, valued content without ranting about out-of-context details to kill time. No1 :-)
Really appreciate your feedback, thanks a lot
@@IDTR Truly the best NAS explanation. Great stuff, mate.
Thank you bro. Most useful video ever about nas. Keep going
Please do more and more NAS videos, as it's very useful specially since Google dropped their Unlimited Storage for Google Photos, more and more people will go towards NAS.
Do comparisons between different brands and models. Very much appreciated 👍🏻👍🏻😃
Awesome review, getting mine soon!!
Got mine today. I confirm - the quality of software comparing to other solutions is great. They have apps for photos/videos even for Apple TV.
Yes they are the best, I loved their software
Great video. Very clear! Keep it up man.
A really clear and succinct guide. Thank you!
You're most welcome
wow, good job! Best review on NAS I could find...
Thanks for the feedback bro
Thank you, a very good and detailed review
Excellent review!
Thank you!! Finally a helpful video
Great value, thanks for that video.
You're most welcome
Great video, honest review well presented.
Awesome dude thanks so much for this information 🙏
Awesome, great content.
thanks for the video, helped me a lot set everything up and now I can finally fix up my windows... (it refused to let me reinstall while keeping my files)
Very useful, good video.
Quite good English too.
Thanks for the feedback glad you liked it
Thanks for shearing
Good explain thank you
Very informative video. Short and crisp yet packs a punch. Does the Synolgy DS220J support data de-duplication ?
Thank you so much for the feedback, I didn't see that option at the time of reviewing the device
Great review.
Thanks
Thank you Bro.
useful review
Thank you for such a clear explanation. I just want to know one thing, If I delete a photo from my phone after keeping it for a day, will it delete from the back up also? (does it sync)?
wow what a good video :-) so does this work like Dropbox for cloud storage? and if something happened to my NAS (e.g. it broke down), what would happen to my data? would i be able to access all my data online?
Can you install a 2.5" HDD and 3.5" in the server?
very good video thanks
You're most welcome
Nice Video, keep going ;D
Thanks bro
Oh hey, I bought this a month ago and it's brilliant
I just bought it today. Excited to receive it.
Sanjay Damodaran same haha, setting it up as we speak.
Hi, II plan to move all my data on iCloud of apply to this NAS. Do it work?
You can sync your data from iCloud to Synology NAS using this software www.synology.com/en-global/dsm/feature/active_backup_business
@@IDTR Thanks, but iactually. I want to cancel 2TB icloud and using 100% to this solution. The way video, picture are synced is the same? I just dont want to store anything on cloud.. Not sync between Cloud and NAS. I will read your way tomorrow
Should I configure it to RAID?
Thanks for the video! Now, I have a question. Can I use only one Hard Drive or do I have to use two? If I can use one and let's say I am out of memory one day can I add another one later or replace it with different memory? I am trying to understand how it works. Thanks!
I'm new to NAS storage, if I may ask a couple of questions. If I were to buy the 2 bay version as advertised and fit 2 x 6tb Ironwolf drives and split them into partitions and set raid to 1 so disc one copies to disc two to prevent loss
If I upload photos to it - disc 1, can my parents access it to view photos of our daughter when I upload new ones or movies of her and does it automatically update those photos to disc 2.
what about the speed ? how big the perfonmance different we expect compare to external disk ?
Hello, Thanks for video. when you watching video from LTE with your phone(9:13). what was your internet upload speed which nas connected?
For the mobile phone back ups, could you select specific folders or does it back up all the photos on the phone. I want it to back up my camera folder and not my entire photo folders.
Hi, Just wanted to know if the model DS220J supports facial and subject recognition in moments app and also how it performs. Btw very informative and detailed video !
Thanks bro, yes it does support, this is related to the app itself not the device you use. Hope my answer helped
May I ask: Can I use 2 HDD with 2 different caches (one is 64MB, the other is 256MB, for example). I have bought a Seagate Ironwolf 4TB with 64MB cache and I cannot find another one so I need advice from experts. Thank you very much.
I have this same NAS and somehow my Samsung 6 series seems to automatically pull this NAS up as a network connected source, and has access to the folders, I can’t figure out how to limits access from/to/at the tv?
Good reviews! Btw can we mount the shared drive to our Windows? So that we can edit and save the documents right into the nas.
Surely
Hi, can this 2xUSB connections be used to connect two lap tops at the same time with this Synology and simultaneously read and write files with two lap tops at the same time?
Please explain how to do automatic , scheduled back up of my C:drive ( certain selected work forders for example ) onto synology !!! PLEASE !
There is an app you can download from the package manager www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/DSM/help/DSM/Tutorial/backup_from_computer
Not others did a review like you. Good job. I am in purchasing a NAS and have choice between WD and Synalogy. When adding an user, will Synalogy send an email invite and ask the user to create an account and password, like WD?
Hi! Thanks for the wonderful video! Would you recommend IronWolf or IronWolf Pro? The price difference is insignifficant, currently, for the 4TB model in my country, at this point, but I'm wondering if there's any downside in choosing the Pro, over the "regular" (sound, heat, endurance, and so on), at least from your experience?
Thanks for the amazing comment, sorry, I didn't try the Pro model
Pro is for business or heavy use, like very many user profiles
@@IDTR in the end, after doing the math, I went for a DS420j equipped with 2 x IronWolf 4TB + 2 x Barracuda 2TB (i shucked 2 drives i had laying around), linked in SHR1 array. I was shooting for 8TB, and this was the most cost effective way of reaching this capacity. The calculation went something like this 1 x DS220J with 2 x 8TB IronWolf would have costed ±650eur. My above-mentioned solution set me back some 500eur (+ the 2 old shucked drives i had laying around worth
For Google one/drive when you stop your subscription you still access your existing data and delete them, but can't add/edit them obviously.
Good to know thanks for the tip
Can i use NAS If i don’t have internet ( but have broadband)
Wd Red or Ironwolf Seageate is faster? Can it run 4K movies?
Will a wd my passport be able to fit into the nas?
Does it has or which app handles iphones Live Photos with iPhone? if you have better solution please let me know :) Thanks
Can we configure RAID 1 with it?
Can you use this with vlc player. Also will it handle 4K content thanks
Can these be used to run a BLYNK Server?
Can a virtual machine machine run smoothly on this nas ??
My plan is to get a Synology 4 bay nas and start with 2 4tb drives, then upgrade drives as I need.
Yes that's a good plan
I think that's a good plan
It's still a onsite solution so basically if your Computer and NAS gets burnt or flooded or stolen you are screwed. You really need the NAS and then an offsite Cloud backup solution also.
What are the failsafe measures in case of hard drive failure?
It depends on which setup you choose Starting from RAID 0 up to RAID 5, RAID 0 is the least fail safe but it gives better performance, but Synology recommend SHR which is developed by them and it has some cool features that you can check here www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/DSM/tutorial/Storage/What_is_Synology_Hybrid_RAID_SHR%23:~:text%3DSynology%2520Hybrid%2520RAID%2520(SHR)%2520is,volume%2520deployment%2520quick%2520and%2520easy.&ved=2ahUKEwjrupfT1vLuAhVOXsAKHRXjCGEQFjANegQIAhAF&usg=AOvVaw1u7px-7H2Ai0nHOKCy-Waq
Does Moment app backup photos in the background whenever I have new photo? Or do I have to keep the app on while syncing?
It happens in the background
Hi, thanks for your video. I liked that you showed apps that a normal user most likely will need. I have a question, why does it have two bays?
This is the base model that only has 2 bays, there are more advanced ones with 4
@@IDTR Thanks! I just watched your video again. Getting ready for my Synology! 😃
Great news Sofia let me know if you need help
@@IDTR Hi, I bought two Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD from Amazon. They arrived separately. Now that I am creating the storage pool, I see that one of the drives shows as DR-166. I followed the instructions to create the storage pool but it failed. Any idea what could be the problem? Please help.
Would you share the error message and advise which RAID did you choose
Is this adequate for an office setting? Would it be slow to run ms office or an accounting program etc? We had MS Home Server and it had a painfully slow interface but accessing files and programs off the nas over the network was perfectly fine. Will this be the same but better interface? Just worried because it only has 512gb ram. Thank you
Bought the Synology NAS 220j 10 days ago & dumped in 1TB worth of pictures & videos... time taken to index the files was terrible. Until today its still at 40% & cant even open Synology photos properly in a mac & 2 mobile devices simultaneously. I think its because of the limited 512MB RAM.. I just ordered the DS720+ today & with an upgraded RAM to 6GB ... hopefully that'll smooth things out.
This is the base model, I tried the DS720+ and it's much faster
@@IDTR cant wait to get my hands on the 720+… it’ll be here by mid Oct…
Hi! Great video. Would you know if the DS120J can handle/stream my 4k movies from PLEX wout any issues?
It would say it can, but I won't expect great experience, consider a slightly better model like DS218play
@@IDTR appreciate it. thanks!
Neat!
How many simultaneous users can stream videos from the this NAS?
can i change my itune backup folder to a folder in NAS?
I don't think iTunes will be able to see your NAS however if you are using windows you can try something called junction which will help you map your iTunes backup folder to any other folder on your PC instead of using the C drive
hi. can i connect synology ds22oj nas to google wifi gateway
I didn't test that my self but it should work with any WiFi
What about popular WD NAS?
Synology is known for it's software features, you get a lot of packages and features
Does it support video back up from smartphone ?
Yes
did nas can safe from ransomware virus?
Does this Device support RAID?
When I upload files to it i need internet or not but when i want it to my pc hdd does i need to internet like downloading it again or just i can copy it offline with internet with usb drive like pc could i put usb to nas I transfer files to it like pc or i cloud just remove hard from nas and put it in pc to transfer files offline could i or not please answer 💛
You don't need internet to copy files to it from your PC because the device is accessible via you local network and yes you can use a USB and copy from it to your NAS as well
In Depth Tech Reviews thx 😊
You welcome
Does this work with the IOS and iPad Files app?
Not sure honestly, may he the connect to serve option would work but I didn't try it
You can mount the nas from the Files app by going Connect to Server and typing in the IP address
Is it possible to transfer my google drive data to this so I can get rid of google
Yes you can
How many HD can one fit into it.
2
Any new speed test coming
May be when i receive the Pixel 4a
@@IDTR do u already have the iPhone SE
I don't have SE
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How long do they last? The HDDs.
I have been using a Seagate Ironwolf for almost a year now and it's fine, didn't come across this yet
@@IDTR do you think this to be a better solution than Google drive? I have 2tb space and i give 10 euros a month. In five years it would be 600 euros, almost the price for the nas and two HDDs. Will they last 5 years? Can I trust them to be my back up drives?
Likeeee Bro
Thanks bro 👍
I was mislead by videos like this. And bought this NAS.
It was mistake.
I wanted it for photos and video Storage.
Synology Moments took weeks to index my files. Nas was unusable during that time.
Dont waste your money on the J models.
Specs are not good enough. And memory is not upgradable.
Synlogy photos / moments/ is very slow, everything takes ages and sometimes it times out.
Im just using it for samba shares now.
im updating my comment. I deleted synology Advanced Media Extensions, Synology Photos and Video Station after de DSM7 upgrade.
Things got better. Then rebooted. Then reinstalled those packages again.
Now its working again. I still recommed you buy a better model, maybe a +, not a J.
I had problem about my synology nas
And Steve Baker
Technical Support Engineer write me about my problem that
We are sorry to hear that your DS218 has to be reset. This is likely caused by an issue in the DSM operating-system.
We understand that you are worried about losing your data. Please rest assured, your data should not be affected by the reset as the OS and data are stored in separate partitions on the drives. When re-installing the OS, the system should normally not touch the data-partitions of your drives.
I beleived and i did what he said now all my data erased omg i shocked after sir Steve Baker dissepeared i am alone there is nothing in my hands
Synology is regret bad nas choose qnap there isnt good support for problemss !!!
There is no good service and support becarefullll!!!
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A NAS should not be seen as "THE" backup solution.
Flooding, fire, get stolen are 3 reasons to sustain that.
We should have always 3 backups of those real important files. For example:
-PC
-NAS
-Cloud service (Synology C2 Storage; Backblaze, iDrive seems the better solutions. And no, Google Drive and/or Dropbox aren't).
Hardu Drives
Your advice about the cloud storage is very misleading. I use a NAS at home for convenience and quick access to my files, but I still pay for cloud backup. In case of a flood, fire, burglary or anything similar, all copies of your data from your devices and the NAS are gone. Non-tech people buy those boxes and believe that RAID means their data is safe, when in reality one power surge and bye bye years of work.
Early
All this for what? To see movies on phone in your house, or out? You must be on always, so no hdd after some time... nope backup your data,
Came here to find Google photos alternative
Or Egyptian
First
U look like Lebanese
lol, today it took a whole day to upload 6 cbr files , none larger than 85k. This is a POS.
May be it's an issue with the drive
these are crap, get any ''+'' model like ds220+ . they are much better
I’ve been using this crap for two months. It’s dreadfully slow, lots of crap apps, iOS apps horribly developed and slow to connect. My old WDMyCloud with OS3 or OS5 is much better than this piece of junk
Its like leaving Google, Microsoft and entering a completely new ecosystem. Not interested.
Feature, not bug.
Correct. And replace an ongoing subscription with control.
Moments doesn't exist, couldn't find it.
Edit: Moments is now Synology Photos.