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The hardware on offer with the DS1520+ makes it an outstanding choice as a Plex media server. Synology DiskStation DS1520+ The competition If you're thinking of upgrading your current enclosure and want a powerful NAS with great hardware and extensible software, the DS1520+ is the default choice right now. In terms of hardware and day-to-day performance, the DiskStation DS1520+ ticks all the right boxes. There's Active Backup for Business for seamlessly managing backup tasks from a centralized location, Virtual Machine Manager for installing and configuring VMs on the NAS, and you can run Docker containers on the DS1520+. You can also set up an office-wide messaging platform with Synology Chat, create your own email or VPN server, and even set up a custom note-taking client.īecause the NAS is aimed at office-related use cases, you'll find Synology's full suite of productivity features in DSM. Synology Drive is a great utility that makes it as easy as possible to back up data from several computers, and Synology Office is a robust alternative to Google Drive - it even has collaborative document editing. While the DS1520+ is great for media streaming, it has much more to offer. You will need a Plex Pass for hardware-accelerated transcoding, and the DS1520+ does a stellar job with 1080p and 4K transcodes. Setting up Plex on the NAS takes just five minutes, and thanks to the Celeron J4125 chipset, you should have no issues with streaming 4K content to devices throughout your home. There's also a Photo Station that does a great job collating all your photos, and the Moments feature automatically creates highlights and sorts your photos into albums, much like Google Photos. Plex is available as a native client, and Synology has dedicated utilities for audio and video streaming. If you're looking to use the DS1520+ as a media streamer, there are a lot of features you'll like.

You'll find an exhaustive array of features on the DS1520+. By offering a lightweight web-based OS with an exhaustive set of features, Synology was able to carve out a lead over its rivals. Synology's NAS enclosures have stood out thanks to the robust software, DiskStation Manager (DSM). Source: Harish Jonnalagadda / Android Central (Image credit: Source: Harish Jonnalagadda / Android Central)