Synology’s new DS420+ NAS

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I just upgraded my Synology NAS from the DS412+ to the just-released DS420+. The 412+ was still running well, but I recently added some 5mp surveillance cameras, and between supporting cameras, acting as file server, and of course music storage, with 1g of memory and no SSD cache, things were slowing down a bit. The new 420+ has two slots for SSD cards (so far I’ve added 1 x 480 card) and a memory card slot to upgrade total ram to 6G (which I did). With a 2-core 2.0 GHz processor, 6G of memory, and 480G SSD cache, this thing is probably more horsepower than I need, but it handles everything with no delays or slowdowns. If you’re in the market for a NAS, this is a great one for home use.