Synology DS920+ vs QNAP TS-464 NAS - Which Should You Buy?

I don't see the DS920+ on Synology website any longer, but there is no mention (at least none that I could find on their website) that indicates it's been discontinued. I see several local retailers indicating that it's been discontinued :-( but nothing on Synology website. Has anyone heard or seen 'official' statement from Synology indicating that the 920+ is now a discontinued product?

Great review! Learn about your system (for us who like learning) and you won't be disappointed. Been using my QNAP remotely for years and love it. Closed systems..meh!

i am currently looking for an NAS solution as a backup one. My eye catches the DS90+ at the moment. But because this is an 2 year old system. Is it still good to wait or? what is the new followup of this machine_

i have 140€ discount on ebay so it would be a good choice.
DS920+ in combination with 4 NAS red 1TB harddrives with the discount €435,-
TS-464 in combination with 4 red 1 TB harddrives with the discount €671

what would be a better choice

that helps a lot and needed all 30 min on these devices.

Watching this after being hit by Deadbolt ransomware on a Qnap day 0 vulnerability.

Since Qnap does not support btrfs, how are the drawbacks of ext4 vs btrfs mitigated on the ext4 filessystem? Is there a different method used for snapshots and scrubbing to prevent bitrot? And is this as effective but slower, or how does Qnap handle this?
I would really like to know since I like btrfs on my asustor, and find this a big selling point for synology when buying my upgrade.
Thanks for any answers.

It would be great if you can make a video on QNAP settings so users can know how not to mess with the security.

I have the DS920+ and have just order The TS-464. The DS920+ it is easy to use and a great device. However I want more speed as I am moving my network to 10g and another segment at 2.5g. The need for more speed is for replication across soon 4 NAS. So The TS-464 will replicate / backup to the slower NAS's daily.

Thanks

Wanting something to store video files we record and music we create, basically so we and others can access it from away off the premises, what is my best bet???? No need for plex or mainstream music storage just our own files!!!! Will a mycloud ex 2 ultra be good enough??? Offered a good deal on a 16tb unit

You mention the qnap TS 464 comes with 6 camera licenses, as the TS-453 does. At least on the Australian site of qnap it states the TS 464 comes with “2 IP camera channels” that are free. That is for QVR elite. additional channels are only on subscription basis. 1.99 per month. Can you confirm this if the 464 only comes with 2 licenses? This would be a major shift important for people preferring Qnap for the more camera licenses.

Amazon has the 920+ for 550$

Just recently tested two QNAPs 332X with 10gb link each.
Used 2 x 500GB Crucial M2 SATA in one as RAID0 and single Ironwolf 1TB SATA SSD in the other.
RTRR copy of ~50GB test file was done with average 3,5 Gb/s. The problem was overheat of Crucials (even with added custom radiators). They ran at about 70+ degrees where Ironwolf barely hit 40 degrees. Ironwolf had no issues with constant ~400MB write.
So for me Synology mix of NVMe with 1Gb is ridiculous. In some scenarios proper SATA drive matched with 2,5/10Gb LAN (in QNAP i.e.) is faster (and NAS is quieter) than overheating M2/NMVe drive.
+ tested 2 Barracuda PRO 10TB in RAID0 and copy data between QNAPs and then internally to IRONWOLF SSD. Roughly same ~400MB/s speed. So SSD and 1Gb LAN is a no no. Better start with 2,5Gb link.
Hope it helps.

Team 646 all the way.

Hey Robbie, regarding Synology, picky/fussy about the hard drives for in use, Qnap hardware and specs are pretty good, but customer and tech support sucks

Damn good video!

Hi, any ideas on one very important thing: DSM 7.1 completely bans using unofficial memory on their NASes. Tested on 220+ and 1821+ - after upgrade they are no longer booting - blue lights. 16GB Kingston and 8GB Crucial - most recommended modules were working fine on 7.01 and older 6 versions. Truenas Scale is the way. Qnap is off due to poor security and Synology for unrealistic price for HDDs/SSDs/memory upgrades.

Love your reviews! No, 30 minutes is not too long for me with all the information you give. Thanks for all you do

Chose DS920 over QNAP. While QNAP has better hardware conpared to Synology their Security team sucks. Will it change in the future? I doubt .

I bought the DS920+, but I just want to use it to set up a home media server and play around with virtual machines. Would you say it’s good enough for those purposes?

QUESTION: I have a very old Netgear ReadyNAS with 4 x 2TB HDD's. If I buy a Synology DS920+ can I use the 4 old HDD's and upgrade them one at a time with larger drives by hot swapping them as needed? ATM I can pull one drive out and upgrade it when needed and the total contents stay the same.

Ds 1520+ vs Ts 464 Which Should You Buy?

This is an excellent video...thank you 🙏

2.5 GB NICs alone put the Synology to shame, in fact, any 2.5 GB NICs NAS these days is better than DS920+, was obsolete when lunched and today is even worst.

As is often said on these pages, a NAS is not a backup. Taking that lesson seriously, I own both a DS920+ and a now older TS-453A. They both contain mostly the same data. So, I not only have a backup, but if either was hit by ransom ware, it would ( I hope ) be unlikely to afflict them both at the same time so I have a fallback position that I can rely on. ( I do also have an offsite backup.) I also find that some apps are better on one brand than the other so I can choose which one to use. For example, Cloud sync, Surveillance, etc. If you can find it in your budget, buy both. I'm strictly a home user but I put a very high value on my data; a value that far exceeds the additional cost of that second NAS.

Hi, if you had the choice would you go for QNAP TVS-473e-4G or for the QNAP TS-453D-4G? Would you say that the QNAP TVS-473e-4G aged well or is it too old now?

Could you talk about the possibility of installing truenas or unraid on the qnap to prevent the security issues?

WTF? No seagulls???

the debate between Synology and qnap is like fanboys of Apple vs Android. Both are great. The Qnap is a lot more for enthusiasts where one must knows what he is getting into before buying one. People love the user freindly interface of the Syno, but I infact do like the complex interface - give me all - kind of feel of the Qnap.

On the QNAP, does the PCI Gen 3 x1 slow the NVME down to 1000MB? Should we be looking for X2 or X3 on the spec? Is the Synology also limited by spec or can you get full speed out of it?

Is the TS-464 for sale anywhere ? cant even find it on the QNAP site

There's nothing to solve here 😊 The TS-464 with QTS 5 and the new Celeron, HDMI etc. is clearly the best 😍