Synology DS1522+ NAS Review

在过去的几年里，我们在家庭网络和工作室办公室都严重依赖 NAS 解决方案。随着封锁期间远程工作需要同步大量视频文件以制作 YouTube 频道内容，这一点变得尤为重要。

For those not yet familiar with what a NAS is, you can check out our article here (Who needs a NAS and how to choose the right one?).

We've had many different NAS devices in the past and continue to use them personally (home media hub) and for the team (remote storage and back-up).

我们现在拥有的全新 Synology DS1522+ NAS 配备 5 个硬盘位、1000Mbps LAN 连接以及众多其他功能和扩展选项。

As usual, it was pretty easy and simple to set up. Simply install the HHDs (no need for tools), attach the LAN cables to your router and initiate the setup process via your computer by going to find.synology.com on your browser. Alternatively, you can download Synology Assistant and configure it from there.

NAS 由 AMD Ryzen R1600 2.6GHz 双核（3.1GHz Turbo）处理器驱动，配备 8GB DDR4 内存（可升级至 32GB），底部设有两个 M.2 NVMe SSD 缓存插槽。

The DS1522+ has a lot more features and expansion options compared to the previous Synology NAS we've used before.

我们的配置还配备了两块 (2) Synology HAT5300-4TB 磁盘驱动器，因此我们直接就拥有 8TB 的存储空间。DS1522+ 的最大（原始）内部存储容量为 80TB（5 x 16TB HDD），并支持多种 RAID 配置——Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR)、JBOD、Basic、RAID 0、RAID 1、RAID 5、RAID 6 和 RAID 10。

它在前面有一个 USB 3.2 Gen 1 接口，可用于连接外部硬盘，后面还有第二个 USB 3.2（Gen 1）接口以及两个 eSATA 扩展接口。

The four (4) RJ-45 1GbE LAN Port at the back with with Link Aggregation and failover support. If you want something faster, there's a Synology Ethernet module that can get you to 10Gbps.

Here are some of the more common case uses for the NAS at home:

Consolidated network storage and back-up. We upload all old files from the two laptops and one desktop station (editing rig) to the NAS to free up space from the PCs. We also have a back up of essential files (video prep files, financial docs, monthly reports, post-production files).
Photos from smartphones. We take a lot of photos and videos on a daily basis and the files could rack up and eat a lot of space from our phones so we archive most of them (the ones we don't delete) into the NAS.
Media Storage for Streaming. We store old MP3 files, video footage and old movies/TV series into the NAS so we can access them for playback on the phone, computer and even the TVs that are all connected to the network.
Remote storage for the Home CCTV. We have close to a dozen CCTVs at home and some of them are connected to the Synology NAS for network storage.

我们非常喜欢 Synology 的原因之一是它的 DSM 操作系统，拥有非常友好的用户界面（Windows式界面）。它使用起来非常简便，快速上手。添加新服务也轻而易举，DSM 提供了大量非常实用的应用程序。我们甚至尝试在 NAS 上安装 Apache、PHP 和 WordPress，将其作为我们网站的预演服务器进行测试（更多内容请参见另一篇文章）。

Synology 还提供移动应用程序，帮助您管理 NAS，并无缝使用音乐和电影流媒体、文件管理及备份等服务。

If you're very conscious about back-ups, the Hyper Backup feature (installed from the DSM Package Center) allows you to sync between your Synology NAS and the cloud, whether it's a remote NAS, Synology's C2 storage or 3rd-party cloud storage.

We tried synching our team NAS with our Dropbox Pro account before but the latter quickly ran out of storage from our 24TB Synology NAS so we discontinued it.

The DS1522+ is also quite fast in terms of network transfers. Theoretically, it can reach up to 736MB/s and 796MB/s sequential read/write when you include the 10Gbps network card. For storage expansion, you can add up to 10 extra drive bays with 2 DX517 expansion units for a maximum of 15 storage drives.

Over-all, the DS1522+ checks almost all the boxes in terms of what we needed in a NAS -- whether it's for the home office or for our studio office. It's even more useful because of the remote work setup we have for the team especially that we're handling large files on a daily basis for our video production. It even compliments our other cloud setup like DropBox Pro.

The Synology DS1522+ retails for PHP 52,999 over at Shopee and Lazada. It's quite pricey actually, even compared to the other NAS devices from Synology but the versatility and expansion options of the DS1522+ offers extra features to those looking for a more capable and future-proof NAS.

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