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Shopper : Why Did You Choose This?MATTHEW R : Need to set up more dependable file storage system and backups.VALERIE S : Top reviewsRobert K : Sinology reputation and features included in the productRAMON M : ExpandabilityAUSTIN H : I heard great things about synology. I also wanted to stop using cloud stores such as iCloud.STEVEN B : Combination of software and hardwardJOHN S : I did a lot if research and came to the conclusion that this system would best fit my needs.ANTOINE D : recommended by friends.JOSHUA C : Expandability, increased CPU performance, reliability, Moments integration, some future-proofingARTUR R : Easier to use compare to QNAP. QNAP is for users who want to "play" with NAS.Phil G : We own the DS1618+, works great!!CHRISTOPHER B : Need a good NASSTEVEN W : Have had synology NAS unit for years older model. Have had zero issues with it and know other people that have had good luck with them. I also have a Qnap TS-251+ and have had issues with it so going back to synology.JOSEPH B : My second Synology. Upgraded for additional capabilities. Solid products.JUSTIN G : Need storageL. Brent G : private cloud.

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Review Summary

2022-08-31T09:08:16

Rated 5 out of 5

Just do it.

Super happy with this product, synology all the way. I went with WD reds and they seem to be working fine. Imho choose a model with expandability options for future growth. Also choose the most recent years model and dont go too far back in time like with an 18 model number.

SCOTT S.

2022-08-21T08:38:07

Rated 5 out of 5

Works great

Working great and as advertised. I replaced my drobo with it and I am glad.

MIKE K.

2022-04-19T09:02:44

Rated 5 out of 5

Synology DS720+ Excellent Beginner?s NAS

The Synology DiskStation DS720+ is my first NAS drive, which I bought primarily to use as a Plex server. It was easy to set up and works well as a Plex server.

DON S.

2021-10-13T12:14:03

Rated 5 out of 5

NAS the Best

Best for NAS

Kitti E.

2021-04-23T13:51:57

Rated 5 out of 5

Everything and more

Fantastic machine. It has all the horsepower and expandable potential I could want. Comes with the latest for running Moments for AI picture management. And it is stupendous at that.

Joshua C.

2021-03-25T12:23:32

Rated 5 out of 5

Great Compact Media Server

I've had the DS720+ for a few weeks now and it's working great. I have a 10TB NAS drive in it right now and plan to get a second as backup soon. Setting it up for my home Plex server was fairly easy after a small bit of research. The speed and quality are great, from my phone to the 4k TV.

JEREMY N.

2021-03-16T14:16:49

Rated 5 out of 5

DS720+ FTW

I bought this to replace a DS220j. I was spending far too much time with the DS220j, trying to make it do things that it just was not capable of doing. The DS720+ came in, looked around a bit, said "Alright", and got right to work doing every task that I had for it. I now spend my time doing other things and let the DS720+ do its thing. The DS220j is bound for either a life on eBay, or maybe as a remote backup NAS for the 720+. All that device is capable of doing is simple file sharing. That is it. Forget about trying to do anything other than that with the 220j. But the 720+ is doing all of my file sharing tasks, and acting as my Plex server. It is doing some other things, too, but I am forgetting what they are because I simply do not have to think about them any longer. OH! My 9-year-old son and I love DS Note on our iPads. We share silly doodles with each other.

Matthew H.

2020-12-18T10:42:06

Rated 5 out of 5

Excellent product

Excellent product. Easy setup. My second Synology NAS and migration to this one was easy

Joseph B.

2020-09-09T08:52:28

Rated 4 out of 5

Some strange specs but overall great product

This is a solid product but falls into a weird slot in the current Synology catalog. It is the only quad-core 2-bay, I believe, and while it has SSD cache slots they are of minimal value for a 2-bay. The max official RAM of 6GB is just strange. All in all this is well-constructed and the software is excellent, and priced to match, as one would expect from a Synology NAS.

KEVIN D.

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Synology DiskStation DS720+ Specifications

Hardware: CPU

Hardware: CPU

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  • CPU Model

    Intel Celeron J4125

  • CPU Architecture

    64-bit

  • CPU Frequency

    4-core 2.0 (base) / 2.7 (burst) GHz

  • Hardware Encryption Engine (AES-NI)

    Yes

Hardware: Memory

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  • System Memory

    2 GB DDR4 non-ECC

  • Total Memory Slots

    1

  • Memory Expandable up to

    6 GB (2 GB + 4 GB)

Hardware: Storage

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  • Drive Bays

    2

  • Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit

    7 (DX517 x 1)

  • M.2 Drive Slots

    2 (NVMe)

  • Compatible Drive Type

    3.5" SATA HDD
    2.5" SATA HDD
    2.5" SATA SSD
    M.2 2280 NVMe SSD

  • Maximum Internal Raw Capacity

    32 TB (16 TB drive x 2) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)

  • Maximum Raw Capacity w/ Expansion Units

    112 TB (32 TB + 16 TB drive x 5) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)

  • Maximum Single Volume Size

    108 TB

  • Hot Swappable Drive

    Yes

Hardware: External Ports

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  • RJ-45 1GbE LAN Port

    2 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support)

  • USB 3.0 Port

    2

  • eSATA Port

    1

Hardware: File System

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  • Internal Drives

    Btrfs
    EXT4

  • External Drives

    Btrfs
    EXT4
    EXT3
    FAT
    NTFS
    HFS+
    exFAT

Hardware: Temperature

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  • Operating Temperature

    32 Degree F to 104 Degree F (0 Degree C to 40 Degree C )

  • Storage Temperature

    -5 Degree F to 140 Degree F (-20 Degree C to 60 Degree C)

  • Relative Humidity

    5% to 95% RH

Hardware: Certification

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  • Certification

    EAC
    VCCI
    CCC
    RCM
    KC
    FCC
    CE
    BSMI

Hardware: Environment

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  • Environment

    RoHS Compliant

Hardware: Others

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  • System Fan

    3.62 x 3.62" (92 x 92 mm) (1 pcs)

  • Fan Speed Mode

    Full-Speed Mode
    Cool Mode
    Quiet Mode

  • Brightness Adjustable

    Yes (Front LED Indicators)

  • Power Recovery

    Yes

  • Noise Level

    18.4 dB(A)

  • Scheduled Power On / Off

    Yes

  • Wake on LAN / WAN

    Yes

  • Power Supply Unit / Adapter

    65 W

  • AC Input Power Voltage

    100 V to 240 V AC

  • Power Frequency

    50/60 Hz, Single Phase

  • Power Consumption

    16.44 W (Access)
    6.19 W (HDD Hibernation)

  • British Thermal Unit

    56.1 BTU/hr (Access)
    21.12 BTU/hr (HDD Hibernation)

  • Dimensions (H x W x D)

    6.53 x 4.17 x 8.77" (166 x 106 x 223mm)

  • Weight

    3.32 lbs (1.51kg)

Software: Storage Management

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  • Maximum Internal Volume Number

    64

  • Maximum iSCSI Target Number

    128

  • Maximum iSCSI LUN

    256

  • iSCSI LUN Clone/Snapshot, Windows ODX

    Yes

  • SSD Read / Write Cache

    Yes

  • SSD TRIM

    Yes

  • Supported RAID Type

    Synology Hybrid RAID
    Basic
    JBOD
    RAID 0
    RAID 1
    RAID 5 (with Expansion Unit)
    RAID 6 (with Expansion Unit)
    RAID 10 (with Expansion Unit)

  • RAID Migration

    Basic to RAID 1
    Basic to RAID 5
    RAID 1 to RAID 5
    RAID 5 to RAID 6

  • Volume Expansion with Larger HDDs

    Synology Hybrid RAID
    RAID 1
    RAID 5 (with Expansion Unit)
    RAID 6 (with Expansion Unit)
    RAID 10 (with Expansion Unit)

  • Volume Expansion by Adding a HDD

    Synology Hybrid RAID
    JBOD (with Expansion Unit)
    RAID 5 (with Expansion Unit)
    RAID 6 (with Expansion Unit)

  • Global Hot Spare Supported RAID Type

    Synology Hybrid RAID
    RAID 1 (with Expansion Unit)
    RAID 5 (with Expansion Unit)
    RAID 6 (with Expansion Unit)
    RAID 10 (with Expansion Unit)

Software: File Services

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  • File Protocol

    CIFS/AFP/NFS/FTP/WebDAV

  • Maximum Concurrent

    500 CIFS/AFP/FTP Connections

  • Maximum Concurrent with RAM expansion

    1,500 CIFS/AFP/FTP Connections

  • Windows Access Control List

    Yes (Integration) (ACL)

  • NFS Kerberos Authentication

    Yes

Software: Account & Shared Folder

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  • Maximum Local User Accounts

    2048

  • Maximum Local Groups

    256

  • Maximum Shared Folder

    512

  • Maximum Shared Folder Sync Tasks

    8

Software: High Availability

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  • Synology High Availability

    Yes

Software: Log Center

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  • Syslog Events per Second

    800

Software: Virtualization

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  • VMware vSphere 6 with VAAI

    Yes

  • Windows Server 2016

    Yes

  • Citrix Ready

    Yes

  • OpenStack

    Yes

Software: General

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  • Networking Protocols

    SMB1 (CIFS), SMB2, SMB3, NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, NFS Kerberized sessions, iSCSI, HTTP, HTTPs, FTP, SNMP, LDAP, CalDAV

  • Supported Browsers

    Chrome
    Firefox
    Edge
    Internet Explorer 10 onwards
    Safari 10 onwards
    Safari (iOS 10 onwards)
    Chrome (Android 6.0 onwards)

  • Supported Language

    Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese ,Turkish

Software: Add-on Packages

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  • Antivirus by McAfee (Trial)

    Yes

Software: Central Management

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  • Central Management System

    Yes

Software: Synology Chat

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  • Maximum Users

    1500

Software: Document Viewer

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  • Document Viewer

    Yes

Software: Download Station

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  • Maximum Concurrent Download Tasks

    80

Software: exFAT Access

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  • exFAT Access (Optional)

    Yes

Software: Synology MailPlus/Server

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  • Free Email Accounts

    5 (Licenses required for additional accounts)

  • Maximum Number of Concurrent Users

    50

  • Maximum Server Performance

    1,224,000 emails per day, approx. 37GB

Software: Media Server

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  • DLNA Compliance

    Yes

Software: Moments

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  • Facial Recognition

    Yes

  • Subject Recognition

    Yes

  • Auto Color & Rotate

    Yes

  • Moments Select

    Yes

Software: Snapshot Replication

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  • Maximum Snapshots per Shared Folder

    1024

  • Maximum of System Snapshots

    65536

Software: Surveillance Station

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  • Maximum IP cam (Licenses required)

    40 (including 2 Free License)

  • Total FPS (H.264)

    1200 FPS @ 720p (1280x720)
    800 FPS @ 1080p (1920x1080)
    350 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536)
    280 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)
    170 FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)

  • Total FPS (H.265)

    1200 FPS @ 720p (1280x720)
    1200 FPS @ 1080p (1920x1080)
    600 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536)
    480 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)
    200 FPS @ 4K (3840x2160)

  • Total FPS (MJPEG)

    450 FPS @ 720p (1280x720)
    250 FPS @ 1080p (1920x1080)
    200 FPS @ 3M (2048x1536)
    100 FPS @ 5M (2591x1944)

Software: Synology Drive

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  • Number of Hosted Files

    500,000 (applies to files indexed or hosted by Synology Drive. For file access through other standard protocols, refer to the File Services section above) (Recommended)

  • Number of Concurrent Sync Clients

    350 (the number of connections that can be maintained when the recommended number of hosted files was reached) (Recommended)

Software: Synology Office

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  • Maximum Users

    3,400

Software: Video Station

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  • Video Station

    Yes

Software: Virtual Machine Manager

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  • Recommended Virtual Machine Instances

    2 (Learn more)

  • Recommended Virtual DSM Number

    2 (including 1 Free License) (Licenses required)

Software: VPN Server

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  • Maximum Connections

    30

  • UPC Code

    846504003136

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About Synology DiskStation DS720+

FEATURED REVIEWS

Just do it.

By SCOTT S.

Super happy with this product, synology all the way. I went with WD reds and they seem to be working fine. Imho choose a model with expandability options for future growth. Also choose the most recent years model and dont go too far back in time like with an 18 model number.

Works great

By MIKE K.

Working great and as advertised. I replaced my drobo with it and I am glad.

Scalable NAS with SSD cache acceleration capability
Synology DS720+ is a compact network-attached storage solution to streamline data and multimedia management. Two built-in M.2 SSD slots and Synology SSD Cache technology allow you to boost system I/O and application performance. Scalable storage design lets you start small and expand storage capacity with Synology DX517 as your data grows.

• CPU: 4-core 2.0 GHz, burst up to 2.7 GHz
• Cache Acceleration: 2x built-in M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slots
• Performance: Average 15% boost to computing-intensive applications
• Scalability: Expand up to 7 drives with a DX517 expansion unit

Optimize performance and capacity
DS720+ provides two built-in M.2 SSD slots so that you can take full advantage of Synology SSD Cache functionality. Add SSD cache for up to 20 times faster I/O response without using front drive bays. You can add five more drives with Synology DX517 to expand storage capacity.

Accelerate demanding applications
A more powerful CPU speeds up computing-intensive applications. The new 2-core processor boosts photo indexing, database response times, and web PHP response efficiency. Easily categorize your photo memories, smoothly manage files across computers and mobile devices, and enjoy blazing fast web applications.

Access and sync your files seamlessly
Synology Drive provides a built-in universal portal to access your data anytime and anywhere, and synchronize all your files across platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. Learn more

• Sync files on demand: Save the storage space and network bandwidth of your PC.
• Go back in time: Easily retrieve previous versions of your shared files.
• Back up your data: Protect your files as scheduled or in real-time.

Real-time collaboration on your private cloud
Synology Office is a collaboration package combining the convenience and usability of public clouds with the data privacy and security guaranteed by private clouds. It allows you to work seamlessly together on documents and spreadsheets in a protected environment.

Seamless integration with your mobile devices
Synology mobile applications are designed to allow quick and secure access to your data wherever you are.

Powered by Synology DSM

Multimedia
Complete multimedia solution for management, streaming, and playback.

Hyper Backup
Store multiple backup versions with block-level incremental data backup and cross-version deduplication.

Desktop Backup
Simplified backup solution for your Mac, PC, and mobile devices.

Snapshot Replication
Schedulable and instantaneous data protection for shared folders and iSCSI LUNs for disaster prevention.

Surveillance Station
Complete surveillance solution for recording, monitoring, and management.

Synology Drive
A versatile solution for file management and synchronization.

Synology DiskStation DS720+ Features

  • CPU: 4-core 2.0 GHz, burst up to 2.7 GHz
  • Cache Acceleration: 2x built-in M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slots
  • Performance: Average 15% boost to computing-intensive applications
  • Scalability: Expand up to 7 drives with a DX517 expansion unit

Key Features

  • CPU: 4-core 2.0 GHz, burst up to 2.7 GHz
  • Cache Acceleration: 2x built-in M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slots
  • Performance: Average 15% boost to computing-intensive applications
  • Scalability: Expand up to 7 drives with a DX517 expansion unit

What's in the box:

  • DiskStation DS720+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
  • Accessory Pack
  • AC Power Adapter
  • AC Power Cord
  • 2x RJ-45 LAN Cable
  • Quick Installation Guide
  • Synology 3 Year Limited Warranty