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I have a DS220j with 2 4TB drives. It works fine. Over time i have realised its best used as a file and photo storage. Cant really play any media on it. Also can get very slow. Now I have been thinking of upgrading this. I know memory cant be upgraded. I am wondering what are my best options (while keeping the budget to bare minimum).
I have been eyeing ds220+ which seems to retail at 379CAD or a DS720+ which retails for 500 appx (but can be paid over 5 months).
I had breifly looked at ds218 too.

Any thoughts? Also if i do end up buying a new NAS , how to sell off my ds220j.

Yes, Synology J series can usually handle a single task at a time. People only use it for backups or simple file storage. Running things like Plex do require more RAM.
DS220+ is a massive improvement. It has more functionality and future-proofing. You can add more RAM and use its transcoding engine. DS720+ has two additional cores and nvme caching. This allows more people to access the media simultaneously.
The old NAS can be sold on ebay. Or you could gif it to a friend and maybe use it as an offsite backup.


I hope this helps.