Synology DS225+, two-bay enclosure with one 2.5GbE and one 1GbE socket vs UGREEN DH2300

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  NAS enclosures

  Synology DS225+, two-bay enclosure with one 2.5GbE and one 1GbE socket

  two bays · Intel Celeron J4125, quad-core · 2 GB DDR4 to 6 GB · one 2.5GbE and one 1GbE socket · compatibility list required

  A two-bay enclosure that publishes its processor, its memory ceiling and the exact module that raises it, and one 2.5GbE socket beside a 1GbE one — but no drive size, no array level and no software name.

  Best for: A household or small office replacing an older two-bay unit, where the applications matter more than the price and where a compatibility list is not an obstacle.

  7.8/10

  ≈ $421

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  UGREEN DH2300

  two bays · 64 TB ceiling on RAID 0 · processor unnamed · 4 GB soldered down · one 1GbE socket at 125 MB/s · no Docker, no virtual machines

  A two-bay enclosure that publishes a list of what it will not do — no Docker, no virtual machines, no Wi-Fi — and whose headline capacity rests on the array arrangement that carries no redundancy at all.

  Best for: A first NAS for photographs and backups, where knowing in advance what it will refuse to run is worth more than a specification sheet.

  ≈ $240

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