Hardware Overview12345678910DATASHEET | DiskStation DS120j General DSM specification Maximum operating altitude 5,000 m (16,400 ft) Operating temperature 0☌ to 40☌ (32☏ to 104☏) If you’re looking for a cheap NAS that does as it says on the tin and doesn’t cost a lot to run, yes! It’s important to note this model won’t run BTRFS.įrom the data sheet: Specifications HardwareĬompatible drive type 1 x 3.5″ or 2.5″ SATA HDD3 (drive not included) Setting up the software was easy, setting up an iSCSI LUN was easy too.

Yes it can be joined to a domain although it can’t run an Active Directory server. Can this NAS integrate with Active Directory? SMB is good too and works well on this box but if you’re looking to backup one server without an an expensive SAN setup this is a good way to go. It was the right way to get things setup for backup. As the only device accessing the DS120j in our envrionment is the server. Using the Synology SAN Manager we were able to setup an iSCSI lun and connect up our Windows server for block storage. That was a big deciding factor in our case at Plexaweb. Synology also offer apps for setting up, monitoring, accessing files, etc. This box comes with DSM like with all Synology boxes and because of the spec you’re going to struggle with Plex transcoding but for uses like a basic NAS/iSCSI device you’ll be golden. As with all Synology boxes it seems well made (although likely would be a benefit for many if it had a faster USB connector) Software included Further down there’s a blue power indicator built into the button.

The DS120j sports a single 1Gbps ethernet connection, 2x USB 2.0, a kensington lock, DC power connector and FAN at the back.Īt the front we’ve got 3 green LED indicators for drive activity, lan activity and status. The good thing about this box is it’s probably one of the lowest wattage ways to get 8TB of storage available on the network. Included in the box is the instruction manual and power supply.

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