The Synology DS923+ NAS is Real and is Coming
Note – This article was written 18/07/22 and I will strive to update it as much as I can in the 2nd half of 2023, so if you want to be the first to know, you can get alerts on this SPECIFIC page by entering your email address at the bottom of the article.
Good news for anyone who is sitting on the fence, waiting for a new Synology 4-Bay NAS, as I have been reliably informed that the Synology DS923+ NAS (follow up to the Summer 2020 released DS920+) is very much a REAL thing (along with a bunch of other Diskstations). However, right away we need to address that the amount of information I have been sent is spectacularly small! Indeed, although I will be updating this page with more information as it becomes available on the new DS923+, at the time of writing (18/07/22) there is barely anything I can share beyond the fact it exists. The DS920+ has been around for much longer than many of us expected and many of us (including me!) assumed that a DS922+ would be largely inevitable, but the deadline for a ‘DSx22+’ prefix device is all but over (same-year releases in the August period are not unheard of, such as the DS1520+, but they are incredibly rare and it’s a tricky release window for this kind of product), so sadly we were wrong there! So, let’s move things forward and discuss the 2023 generation of Diskstation.
What We Know About the Synology DS923+ NAS Drive?
So far, I have been informed that the Synology DS923+ Expandable and Fully Featured 4-Bay and FOUR new revisions of the Diskstation 2-Bay are in the works. The 2 Bay systems are the Synology DS723+ Expandable Premium NAS, a DS223+ mid-range fully software featured 2-Bay, a DS223 standard value series NAS and, finally, a DS223j cost-effective 2-Bay system. No details on the hardware have been provided, but these will almost certainly follow in the footsteps of previously released Diskstation 2/4-Bay Devices. Unfortunately, I cannot disclose the source of this information. This is as much information I can share right now, other than a rather wide release window (see at the bottom of the article), that is about it. Now, I can already hear the complaints in the comments about this, but you are going to have to trust me on this one, as I trust the source and in 6 months all this will play out. Additionally, I received further information on other planned Synology hardware accessories/add-ons that I need to verify in the meantime before I publish. So, let’s discuss what we think the hardware of the DS923+ and other Diskstations are likely to be.
What Do We Expect the Hardware of the Synology DS923+ NAS to Be?
In the case of the Synology DS920+ NAS, I think the CPU is likely to be one of the following three (in order of most-least likely):
- The Intel J6412 Celeron. A Quad Core, x86 64bit chip with a reported speed/power of 2.0Ghz that can be burst to 2.6Ghz. This processor also has Intel UHD Graphics at 400-800MHz, Supporting 4K, Intel QuickSync and is a PCIe3 rev with 8x PCI lanes
- The Intel N5105 Celeron CPU was originally my first choice, but now the DS923+ is looking like a late 2022 release, the J6412 above has increased in its likelihood (despite the N5105 being the better CPU overall on points). The Intel N5105 is a Quad Core CPU that is already being used by many other NAS brands in 2022, with a 2.0-2.9Ghz speed/power, Intel UHD Graphics at 450-800MHz, Supporting 4K, Intel QuickSync and is a PCIe3 rev with 8x PCI lanes too.
- The AMD Embedded Ryzen V-Series V1000 or R-Series R1000 with Radeon Vega Graphics. Now, up until recently, ALL Synology PLUS series NAS arrived with an Intel CPU (Atom, Celeron, Pentium, etc), but the release of the DS1522+ and RS422+ in Summer 2022 changed things when they released with a Ryzen R1600. This combined with recent releases of the SMB PLUS series devices in 6, 8 and 12-Bay with the Ryzen V1500B has made many wonder if Synology is going to commit even further to this CPU family. That said, the DS923+ will either arrive with the Ryzen R1600 (which would be a bit weird), or with one of the embedded graphics processors of the V100 or R1000 series. We hope it will be one of the Vega Graphics equipped models, as it will mean a much, much higher embedded GPU clock speed in excess of 1000Mhz (some as high as 1300Mhz, double that of the base 400-450Mhz of the Celerons) while still having 8x PCIe3 Lanes in the R1000 series and up to 16x lanes in the V1000 series
In terms of Memory, this will be easier to ponder. The Synology DS923+ will certainly arrive with DDR4 memory, but depending on the CPU from the options speculated above, will be 4GB by default and upgradable to either 16GB or 32GB – though likely Synology will consider the default memory being attached to the controller board as we saw previously in the DS220+, DS720+ and DS920+. If an AMD Embedded processor is selected, that means that ECC (Error Correcting Code or Error Code Correction) memory will be selected, as Synology have been remarkably hot on including this in a number of their recent releases. Additionally, I fully expect the appearance of M.2 NVMe SSD bays on the DS923+ – It’s been a popular feature of the previous 2 generations of prosumer 4-Bay and will almost certainly be available again in the DS923+ NAS.
Finally, ports and connections! That’s the one that I can honestly make practically no call on! Synology has only ever featured 2.5GbE on their Spring 2022 released RT6600ax router, with all other systems arriving as 1GbE or 10GbE. Now, despite 2.5GbE being something of a stop-gap network connection, it is being adopted by a number or NAS and network hardware compatible devices (routers, switches, adapters, etc) and at the same/similar cost to 1GbE. Now many NAS followers (myself included) expected Synology to make the switch to 10GbE in some of it’s smaller/prosumer/SMB systems in the 2022/2023 generation, however the release of the DS1522+ and RS422+ in June/July 2022 presented a neat alternative option. Synology has released a small form/compact 10GbE upgrade module (built in a rarely used PCIe 3×2 connection and design) in the E10G22-T1-mini which means that smaller scale 1GbE NAS systems can up upgraded to 10GbE for around £130-150 (tax and local currency dependant). As much as I would hope Synology implemented 2.5GbE at this scale of 2/4-Bay, it is becoming increasingly likely that they will stick with 1GbE and include this option to upgrade to 10GbE as needed. It is still too early to rule out 2.5GbE, but Synology have been remarkably quiet on the subject and it’s inclusion on the RT6600ax might well have been more because of greater than gigabit internet speeds, rather than a change in the brand’s position on network connectivity. Aside from this, we fully expect the usual USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gb/s) support and expansion with the JBOD Synology DX517 via an eSATA connection on the DS923+ and DS723+.
When Will We See the Synology DS923+ NAS Released?
We understand that the DS923+ and other DSx23 Diskstation systems are arriving towards the end of the year and start of 2023 – Almost certainly in smaller release groups and with further details on them being revealed at the Synology 2023 Event (that last bit IS speculative, but almost certainly the case). We will update this page regularly with more information on the DS923+ NAS as it arrives, so if you want to be the first to know, you can get alerts on this SPECIFIC page by entering your email address below.
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