Looking for a NAS but lost

[Enquiries]

Hi,
I'm looking for a NAS for home use mostly for data backup, personal cloud, media library, Plex and some VM use (Docker, Home Assistant etc).

I've been looking at the DS920+ but then found out that the DS1522+ is due to be released soon and it looks like a substantial upgrade. However, I've since watched your comparison video and as you say the saving in outlay can be used towards HDD, SSD and RAM upgrade. I've been burnt with an older model NAS before, which soon became a useless paperweight.

Am I overthinking this, should I just go for the 920 and upgrade it?
Should I pay the higher cost and opt for the 1522, knowing it will last longer?
Or, address there other options to consider instead (Asustor or QNAP maybe)?

Thanks for any help or advice,

Simon

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Synology new models are not multimedia friendly. New ryzen CPU is 30% faster, but it only has 2 physical cores. I would only use it for a single VM.
By the sound of it, you do not need 10GbE connection or ECC memory. I would get ds920+ which supports multimedia and have 4 core CPU.
If you need something serious then Qnap 74 series come with i3/ i5 CPU.

I hope this helps.