The Synology DiskStation DS220j is a budget-friendly 2-bay NAS enclosure designed for home users and small offices. It’s an ideal solution for individuals looking to build their own private cloud for data storage, sharing, and multimedia streaming. Powered by a Realtek RTD1296 64-bit quad-core 1.4 GHz processor, it offers decent performance for light tasks, such as file backups, media streaming, and data synchronization across devices.

The DS220j supports up to two 3.5″ SATA HDDs or 2.5″ SATA SSDs, giving users flexibility in their storage configuration. It can handle a maximum raw capacity of 32TB (16TB per drive). The NAS is equipped with 512MB of DDR4 RAM, sufficient for basic file management and media server tasks, but not ideal for resource-intensive applications.

This NAS runs on Synology’s DiskStation Manager (DSM), which offers a user-friendly interface with a wide range of applications. With DSM, users can easily set up a personal cloud, use the NAS for multimedia streaming (DLNA), create backups, or set up a small office file server. Features like QuickConnect allow easy remote access to your data, and Synology Drive provides seamless file syncing across multiple devices.