The Synology DS2422+ is the company’s newest high-performance DiskStation designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Packed with 12 drive bays and powered by the powerful DSM OS and app platform, Synology indicates that it’s best suited for those looking to store large amounts of data and to easily share their content in a multi-user environment. It will also excel in high-quality video editing and VM storage use cases. You can further increase its capacity and scalability to 24-bays via the company’s DX1222 expansion unit.
The DS2422+ is a direct successor to the DS2419+, which we found to be a solid offering from Synology. The new DiskStation builds on its predecessor with noticeable (potential) performance improvements, including a 26.8% and 122.9% increase in read and write activity. This equates to a quoted 2,200MB/s read and 1,383MB/s write for sequential speeds in a RAID 5 SMB 10GbE configuration.
Under the hood, the DS2422+ is powered by an AMD Ryzen Quad-core 2.2 GHz CPU (which you can also find inside the DS1621+ and RS2821RP+) and up to 32GB of DDR4 ECC SODIMM RAM. For connectivity, the new DiskStation features an RJ-45 1GbE LAN port, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, and an expansion port at the rear, the latter of which can be used to add 10/25GbE networking and NVMe SSD cache to speed up the overall performance of the DS2422+.
Recently, Synology has been persistent in telling users to use their own branded storage drives inside their NAS storage solutions, which is something we’ve taken an issue with. Though you can certainly use other NAS drives inside the DS2422+, they label all non-Synology HDDs/SSDs as “non-whitelisted,” and push this message on users. This can be annoying and even lead to some purchasing drives they don’t necessarily need.
This wouldn’t be so much of an issue if the Synology drives weren’t significantly more expensive than NAS solutions like the Seagate IronWolf Pro or Western Digital Red Pro. That said, as we indicated in our previous review, Synology told us they plan to make these messages less severe in the future. So, we’ll see.
Backed by a 3-year hardware warranty, the Synology DS2422+ goes for roughly $2,100 for the diskless model on Amazon.
Synology DiskStation DS2422+ Specifications
| CPU | CPU Model | AMD Ryzen V1500B |
| CPU Quantity | 1 | |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit | |
| CPU Frequency | 4-core 2.2 GHz | |
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| Memory | System Memory | 4GB DDR4 ECC SODIMM |
| Memory Module Pre-installed | 4 GB (4 GB x 1) | |
| Total Memory Slots | 2 | |
| Maximum Memory Capacity | 32 GB (16 GB x 2) | |
| Storage | Drive Bays | 12 |
| Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit | 24 (DX1222 x 1) | |
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| External Ports | RJ-45 1GbE LAN Port* | 4 (with Link Aggregation / Failover support) |
| USB 3.2 Gen 1 Port* | 2 | |
| Expansion Port | 1 | |
| PCIe | PCIe Expansion | 1 x Gen3 x8 slot (x4 link) |
| File System | Internal Drives |
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| Appearance | Size (Height x Width x Depth) | 270 mm x 300 mm x 340 mm |
| Weight | 9.5 kg | |
| Others | System Fan | 120 mm x 120 mm x 2 pcs |
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| Easy Replacement System Fan | ||
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| Noise Level* | 25 dB(A) | |
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| Power Supply Unit / Adapter | 550 W | |
| AC Input Power Voltage | 100 V to 240 V AC | |
| Power Frequency | 50/60 Hz, Single Phase | |
| Power Consumption* | 73.11 W (Access) 32.12 W (HDD Hibernation) | |
| Temperature | Operating Temperature | 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) |
| Storage Temperature | -20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F) | |
| Relative Humidity | 5% to 95% RH | |
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| Warranty | 3-year hardware warranty, extendable to 5-year coverage | |
| Environment | RoHS Compliant | |