Synology DiskStation DS1522+

Easy to install and manage ; Highly scalable ; Quiet ; Fast file transfer performance ; Lots of ports

Expensive ; Drives not included

The Synology DiskStation DS1522+ is an excellent five-bay network attached storage (NAS) device for homes and small businesses, with speedy performance and available 10Gbps networking.

AMD Ryzen power ; Toolless upgrades ; 10GbE option ; Synology DSM 7.1

Expensive ; No USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports ; Can’t use NVMe drives as storage ; Lacks 2.5GbE LAN as standard

Friendly and powerful web interface ; Great performance ; Extensive app ecosystem

It’s expensive, even before adding drives ; Live video transcoding is bottlenecked by the lack of a GPU

Yes, but not necessarily this one. The DS1522+ is a powerful and flexible NAS that can be a great choice, particularly for video editors and small businesses. The Ryzen R1600 CPU, especially with as much as 32GB of RAM, enables higher-than-average...

Five drive bays ; Four Gigabit ports with Link Aggregation ; Class-leading DSM 7.1 software ; eSATA extensibility ; 8GB of RAM, goes up to 32GB ; Two M.2 slots for SSD caching

No 2.5 or 10 Gigabit ports out of the box ; No Plex transcoding ; Hard drive list is not as extensive as previous years

The DiskStation DS1522+ retains a familiar design and most of the features from its predecessor, but the switch to AMD hardware brings noticeable gains in real-world use. You also get an extensive feature-set and the best NAS software in DSM 7.1, and...

La configuración de cinco bahías siempre es un éxito por equilibrio entre tamaño, capacidad y coste ; Potente procesador orientado precisamente a estos entornos ; Facilidad de ampliación

Se estanca en conectividad GbE ; El procesador no dispone de GPU así que toda la carga de reproducción multimedia cae sobre la CPU ; Fuente de alimentación externa

Aunque echo de menos el formato antiguo de este mismo modelo de cinco unidades y caja sobremesa lo cierto es que ahora es más accesible en sus capacidades de ampliación y tiene elementos como las unidades NVMe para cache que no tenían las unidades...