Synology’s DS220j 2-Bay starter NAS sees first discount of the year at $170

Amazon currently offers the Synology DS220j 2-Bay NAS for $169.99 shipped. Normally fetching $190, you’re looking at the first discount since back in November where it went for $10 less as well as a new 2022 low. While this model originally sold for $170, the ongoing chip shortage raised the standard price, making today’s discount all the more notable for getting in on the always-on storage game. As one of the more entry-level offers in the Synology stable, its DS220j NAS arrives with two hard drive bays and support for up to 32TB of storage. Ideal for everything from configuring a rountine backup server, playing around with smart home services like Home Assistant, and more, there’s a 1.4GHz processor and single Gigabit Ethernet port to deliver 112MB/s speeds. Learn more in our hands-on review from World Backup Day.

If you’re not ready to go all-in on a networked storage array, picking up something like the WD 4TB My Passport Hard Drive at $89 is a great alternative. Not only will you get 4TB of storage right out of the box, but the portable USB 3.0 design means you can backup a machine just about anywhere.

Or if your network could use a boost as well, we just took a hands-on look at Synology new RT6600ax router. Bringing Wi-Fi 6 speeds to your setup, it also packs robust NAS features for kickstarting routine backups and the like. We take an in-depth look into features and overall performance in our review which you can read right here for all of the details.

Synology DS220j 2-Bay NAS features:

Designed for home and personal users who need to store and share photos, videos, and documents, the DiskStation DS220j 2-Bay NAS Enclosure from Synology is an entry-level NAS for personal cloud storage that delivers an intuitive user interface and safe data protection approaches for easy digital asset backups from computers and mobile devices at no additional cost. It is equipped with two drive bays that are capable of natively supporting 3.5″ SATA hard drives, as well as 2.5″ SATA hard drives and SSDs with a drive bay adapter.

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