#1 · NAS
Synology DiskStation DS923+ (4-Bay, Diskless)
Synology
85.8/ 100 · n=344 reviews
High confidence · 5 sourcesNarrow win — +1.9 pts over #2
The Synology DiskStation DS923+ is a 4-bay NAS for small businesses and home offices, built on an AMD Ryzen R1600 processor with ECC memory, dual built-in M.2 NVMe slots, and optional 10GbE connectivity. It scales to 9 drives with a DX517 expansion unit.
Specifications
- Bays
- 4 x 3.5" or 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen R1600 dual-core (4-thread), up to 3.1 GHz
- RAM
- 4 GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM (expandable to 32 GB)
- Max capacity
- 108 TB max single volume; up to 9 drives with DX517
- Drive type
- 3.5"/2.5" SATA HDD/SSD plus 2 x M.2 2280 NVMe SSD
- M.2 slots
- 2 x M.2 2280 NVMe (SSD cache or storage pool)
- LAN ports
- 2 x 1GbE RJ-45 (optional 10GbE upgrade module)
- USB / Expansion
- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1; 1 x eSATA expansion port
- RAID
- SHR, Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
- Expansion
- Synology DX517 (up to 9 total drives)