Tuesday, January 7th 2025

Synology at 2025 CES: BeeStation Plus, Compact New NAS Servers, and Surveillance Solutions

Synology at the 2025 International CES showcased updates to its popular consumer network storage products, beginning with one for its popular BeeStorage line of flash-based personal cloud devices. The new BeeStation Plus comes with 8 TB of flash-based storage—double that of the original BeeStation from 2023—and updated system hardware that includes an Intel Celeron J4125 processor with 4 GB of DDR4 memory, USB 3.2 Gen 2 type-A and type-C ports; and an updated software frontend, including the BeeProtect software that makes snapshots and other forms of backups of your machine. The device continues to lack Wi-Fi, and relies on wired Ethernet to connect to the network.

Next up, the company showed off a couple of its entry-level desktop NAS solutions under the DiskStation brand, the DS224+ (2-bay), and the DS423+ (4-bay). Both feature SATA 6 Gbps drive bays, and you can expand storage using any USB mass-storage device that plugs into its 5 Gbps USB 3.2 port. The DS224+ comes with two 1 GbE interfaces. Under the hood are a Celeron J4125 processor backed by 6 GB of DDR4 memory. The DS423+ can hold up to 72 TB of storage, and besides the four SATA 6 Gbps bays, has two M.2-2280 slots with Gen 3 wiring. The NAS can access any of its drives at up to 226 MB/s reads, with up to 224 MB/s writes. Networking interfaces include a pair of 1 GbE. Lastly, the company showcased a series of "direct-to-cloud" WLAN and PoE surveillance cameras under the C2 Camera series.
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7 Comments on Synology at 2025 CES: BeeStation Plus, Compact New NAS Servers, and Surveillance Solutions

#1
Alan Smithee
The DS224+ and DS423+ were launched in 2023. Maybe google for 5 seconds.
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#2
Rexter
No way this is the only products they are showcasing. Less than a handful from last year? Did Synology think they were getting too popular and start to make it difficult for themselves? Overpriced products with old hardware, software stripped of features?
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#3
Chaitanya
Stupid Synology and their obsession with 1Gbps NICs.
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#4
Timbaloo
ChaitanyaStupid Synology and their obsession with 1Gbps NICs.
This. I'm currently looking to get a 2-bay NAS, I'm not in a hurry, but with the lack of 2.5GBit ethernet on their devices, I'll most likely shop at Asustor or else. And yes, @Rexter does have a point.
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#5
Mr. Perfect
Networking interfaces include a pair of 1 GbE.
Again?! Maybe in two more years when they refresh again...
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#6
Timbaloo
Mr. PerfectAgain?! Maybe in two more years when they refresh again...
When 10GBit has trickled down to consumer level NAS from the competition :D
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#7
Neo_Morpheus
ChaitanyaStupid Synology and their obsession with 1Gbps NICs.
Not making excuses for them, since they are on a roll when dropping the ball seems to be their goal, but they havent released anything new, at least on the DS line for at least a couple of years, so these are just old.

But yes, they need to do something proper soon or they will lose all the good faith they had earned all these years.
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