First, we should understand what NAS is
NAS is an acronym for Network Attached Storage, roughly translated into Vietnamese as a storage device attached to the network.
Modern NAS systems can also be imagined as a miniature server because it also has a CPU, also has RAM, and runs compact versions of embedded operating systems (usually Linux) as well as having network connectivity
Review of the Synology DS220j NAS
First, it must be admitted that the Synology DS220j NAS is not the most powerful, or most fully featured, cloud storage device.
Aside from the somewhat modest RAM weakness, almost everything else shows that the DS220j is a small but great NAS that any user will want to enjoy.
Compared to its predecessor DS218j, the processor of DS220j has been greatly upgraded, from 2 cores to 4 cores at 64 bit.
Pros of Synology DS220j Cons of Synology DS220j Its 4-Core Realtek CPU is a great value Supports the latest/largest HDDs Supports a wide variety of DSM 6.2 applications 512MB memory significantly limits CPU functionality on these
Synology DS220j NAS support software
NAS DS220j launches with Synology GUI platform and Diskstation Manager control unit.
What can DS220j do?
– Multi backup from PC/Mac systems, multi-user file access and sharing.
– Fully supports DLNA features such as sharing photos, music, videos between devices such as phones, TVs, printers, disc players, music players…
– Synology Drive: versatile software with integration of Synology Office, File Sation, Cloud Station.
– Synology Moments: smart image management application, helps you save all your images in a safe place and automatically organize them scientifically based on image recognition technology.
– Synology Multimedia Support: Photo Station, Video Station, Audio Station
– Supports Synology Chat with up to 10 users
– Synology Surveillance Station: a powerful video management system that runs on all Synology NAS.
– Mail Station: email management tool
– Synology Download Station: a web application that helps you easily download multiple files via Bittorent, FTP, HTTP… The program also helps you quickly extract downloaded files to your NAS.
– Hyper Backup provides an intuitive and integrated backup and recovery solution to help you preserve and retrieve backups of data, restore applications and system configurations from a point in time.
– iTunes Server: Yes
– WordPress: Yes
Overall, If you are a home user, small shop owner or business looking for backup and sharing centers that don’t require too much money, the DS220j NAS’s software support will definitely do the trick.
At the present time, the Synology DS220j NAS is being released in the Vietnamese market.