SYNOLOGY DRIVE CLIENT INSTALL

You also get two 92mm fans at the back that deliver adequate cooling and make sure the drives don't heat up too much, and the fans are a smidgen quieter here than the DS1520+. The DS1522+ retains the same design aesthetic as its siblings, including a metal chassis that's durable, doesn't call attention to itself, and the vented design around the brand's logos at either side ensures good airflow. I'm not going to talk too much about the design, because there isn't anything new here. (Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Android Central) If you need a five-bay server for home or office use, this may just be the ideal choice for you. The DS1520+ is among the best NAS for Plex because of its ability to transcode media on the fly, but having used the DS1522+ extensively, I found this to not be as big a limitation in daily use. The DS1520+ came with a quad-core Intel Celeron J4125 instead, but Synology has favored AMD hardware in the last two years, particularly in its business-focused models like the DS1621+.Īnyway, it looks like this trend will continue going forward, and what you need to know about the R1600 is that it doesn't handle Plex transcoding. What's changed this year is a shift to AMD Ryzen hardware, with the DS1522+ featuring the dual-core R1600.

SYNOLOGY DRIVE CLIENT INSTALL

With a lot of NAS servers featuring 2.5 or even 10GbE ports as standard, the DS1522+ is at a disadvantage here, but there is an easy way to install a 10GbE module at the back.

Connectivity is the same as the DiskStation DS1520+, with four Gigabit Ethernet ports located at the back.

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