This review first appeared in issue 358 ofPC Pro.
With a Celeron J4125 processor and 2GB ofRAM,its similarly specified to the two-bay DS224+.
Synology hasnt been overly generous when it comes to other ports, either.
The dual Ethernet ports are sadly only of the gigabit variety
The DS423+ does have a trick up its sleeve in the shape of twoNVMe SSDslots.
This is one of the easiestNAS devicesweve tested when it comes to setup.
Its lockable caddies are tool-less for 3.5in disks.
Visible, lockable disk caddies tell you the DS423+ is cut out for business
Even the memory expansion slot can be accessed without tools.
We initially configured this NAS with four 1TB disks configured in a RAID5 array.
With or without disk caching, this isnt a particularly fast NAS.
Synology’s excellent software lifts all of its products above rivals
We retested it when configured with two large WD disks, but its performance was essentially unchanged.
Thats a shame, because its simple to manage Synology NAS boxes.
you might bolt on extras through the Package Center, which at the time of writing offered 107 apps.
Examples include Surveillance Station, Synology Mail Server and even the Synology Office suite.
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