Four bays, expandable, and fast enough to run backups for a whole small business — still with Synology’s superb software.
Best for: Power users & small businesses. Price: ~£520 (diskless, 4-bay).
The DS923+ is the DS224+’s bigger sibling: four bays, expandable to more, and Synology’s free Active Backup for Business — which quietly backs up every PC, Mac and even Microsoft 365 in an office to one box.
Whole-office backup with versioning and fast local restores. Add a 10GbE card and it flies. For a small business, it’s a one-time spend versus stacking per-seat cloud bills.
Loaded with four drives it isn’t cheap, and it’s more than a single-laptop household needs.
Small businesses and prosumers who want on-site backup for many devices with room to grow.
A home user with one laptop — the DS224+ is plenty.