Synology DS923+ NAS Review, Part II – LUNs and Snapshots

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Earlier this year Synology sent me a DS923+ to review and test. Thanks again to Synology for making this possible, it is much appreciated. In part one of this series, I did the initially unpacking, set up, and getting the NAS ready. You can read part one here.

In this post I will focus on setting up LUNs, connecting it to my existing VMware Hosts and testing the snapshot function of the LUNs. Let’s get started…

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Synology DS923+ NAS Review, Part I

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I’ve been working with a Synology DS1621+ for a some time now (Thanks to Synology for providing it), and had a great experience with it. At this point it is running an integral part of my Homelab as well as servicing all the different devices floating around at home. After a recent conversation with Nick Kozup from Synology, a different model was sent to me for reviewing.

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Synology D1621+ Network Attached Storage Review Part I

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A while back I had a conversation with Synology and learned about their review program. After some discussion about different models for some testing scenarios I plan on doing, I received a very nice Synology DS1621+ well packaged. Currently disks are hard to come by, but I also received 4x Seagate IronWolf 4TB ST400NV008.

This blog series will go through some of the features and use case scenarios I’m planning on doing. This first part will focus on unpacking and getting the basic setup down.

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