For creative professionals, developers, and homelabbers, reliable centralized storage is non-negotiable. The Synology DiskStation DS925+ represents the newest evolution of Synology's legendary 4-bay prosumer lineup, delivering the most requested hardware upgrade in the company's history: native dual 2.5GbE networking out of the box.
Powered by an AMD Ryzen V1500B quad-core processor clocked at 2.2 GHz alongside 4GB of DDR4 ECC SODIMM memory (expandable to 32GB), the DS925+ is built for intensive multi-user workloads. ECC memory support ensures that silent data corruption caused by single-bit memory errors is detected and corrected before it can reach your disk arrays.
Storage flexibility is formidable. The four hot-swappable drive trays accommodate 3.5-inch hard drives or 2.5-inch SSDs, supporting over 108TB of raw storage in standard 4-drive configurations. Need more headroom? Connecting the DX525 expansion unit scales your pool up to 9 total drives. Dual bottom-mounted M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slots can be configured for read/write SSD caching or high-speed all-flash storage pools.
Network performance has taken a major leap. With dual 2.5GbE ports supporting Link Aggregation and failover, sequential read and write speeds easily exceed 500 MB/s over standard Cat6 cabling. Video editors can comfortably scrub high-bitrate ProRes and 4K footage directly off the network share without dropped frames.
At the heart of the hardware is Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM 7.2). DSM remains the undisputed gold standard for NAS software, offering bulletproof Btrfs snapshots, Synology Drive private cloud file syncing, Active Backup for Business, and Docker container support with zero terminal gymnastics.
At $772.14 (marked down 13% from the $889.99 MSRP), the DS925+ is a long-term infrastructure investment. For power users seeking seamless multi-gigabit private cloud storage, complete data ownership, and bulletproof backup automation, it is the premier 4-bay NAS on the market.