DiskStation

DS420+

High Performance NAS with Highlights

• Accelerated Application Performance

SSD Cache Acceleration Average 15% performance boost to photo indexing
and other computing-intensive operations, as well as
Capability database response time
• Reach Optimal Performance and Capacity with SSD
Cache
Synology DiskStation DS420+ is a network- Built-in M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slots permit cache
acceleration without occupying storage drive bays
attached storage solution for smooth data
• Effortless Data Sharing & Synchronization
sharing, video streaming, and photo indexing. Access, share, and sync your data easily across different
operating systems and devices
Two built-in M.2 SSD slots and Synology SSD
• Protect and Restore Data in a Snap
Cache technology allow you to boost system Back up critical data and reduce your Recovery Time
Objective (RTO) with Snapshot Replication
I/O and application performance.
• Entertaining Multimedia Hub
Organize and stream music, video, and photo
collections across all your devices
• Anytime, Anywhere
Freely access files on the go and back up mobile photos
with iOS and Android™ apps

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 Streamline Your Data Management Experience

DS420+ is a powerful 4-bay desktop NAS that brings you a fast and
smooth data management experience, as well as over 226 MB/s
sequential read and 225 MB/s sequential write1 throughput. It
benefits computing-intensive applications, speeding up Synology Drive
and Moments2 by an average 15%, and boosting Web PHP response
efficiency by about 95% compared to its predecessor, for simple and
efficient data management.

DS420+ comes with two built-in M.2 SSD slots that support Synology
SSD Cache technology, allowing you to reduce random I/O response
time 20 times compared with spinning drives without occupying front
drive bays.

Establish a Strong Storage Foundation with Btrfs

DS420+ features a Btrfs file system optimized by Synology to offer you

high reliability and high performance. Btrfs supports advanced storage
technologies that meet the needs of modern business:

• Advanced snapshot technology provides schedulable and

Next-Generation File System
near-instantaneous data protection of shared folders and LUNs.
Btrfs is a modern file system designed to
safeguard data integrity through metadata • File and folder level data restoration offers users who wish to
mirroring, file self-healing, and fast snapshot
replication.
restore only a specific file or folder more flexibility.
• Flexible Shared Folders and User Quota System provide
comprehensive quota control on all user accounts and shared folders.
• File self-healing allows Btrfs file systems to auto-detect corrupted
files using mirrored metadata and to recover broken data using RAID
configurations.
• Inline compression compresses data before writing them to the drive,
to optimize storage use and reduce write commands to the drives.

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 Powerful Backup Tools

DS420+ offers users a range of backup solutions for cloud and physical, on-
premises environments. Backing up and restoring data is effortless – and
completely free of licenses on compatible NAS models.

• Back up your cloud data: Cloud Sync enables users to seamlessly back
up or synchronize data between a local Synology NAS and other cloud

Synology Backup Suite services.

A centralized, integrated, and license-free backup • Back up your PCs and servers: Synology Drive Client backs up your
solution to protect every bit of your data. Windows®, Mac®, and Linux® desktop devices to safeguard important
computer files.
• Back up your Synology NAS: Hyper Backup offers a wide range of
destinations for backups of your NAS, including on-premises and cloud.

Your Personal Multimedia Library

DS420+ helps you easily manage multimedia content and share it across
Windows®, macOS®, and Linux® platforms.

• Video Station helps you organize your personal digital video library using
different data and criteria. Streaming videos to Apple TV, Android TV,
Samsung TV, Chromecast and mobile apps is a breeze, and a wide range
of digital devices are supported.
Multimedia Streaming
• Audio Station provides music playback via AirPlay® devices, and
Seamlessly gather and stream music, video, and
comes with lossless audio format support and Internet radio. Using the
photo collections across all your devices.
Alexa Audio Station feature, you can call out your music to your Voice
Assistant.
• Moments' and Photo Station's intuitive design fit both home users and
professional photographers. Auto-created albums help you manage your
images in seconds. You can also share photographs with local users or
the public while regulating security using fine permission settings.

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 Multimedia Anytime, Everywhere

Synology's mobile apps let you enjoy your multimedia library anytime,
anywhere. Available on iOS and Android™ platforms, DS photo, DS
audio, DS video, and DS file let you access your Synology NAS through
Photo Station, Audio Station, Video Station, and File Station,
respectively. With Synology QuickConnect, you can connect to your
Synology NAS using a secure and customizable address for instant access
to media and work files on Windows®, Mac®, Linux®, and mobile devices.

Cool & Quiet Design for Energy Efficiency

Synology DS420+ is designed with energy efficiency in mind. Compared

with its average PC counterpart, Synology DS420+ consumes less
power, at 28.30 watts while accessing and 8.45 watts when hard drive
hibernation is enabled. The power scheduling feature further reduces
power consumption and operating cost.

Low Power Consumption

DS420+ is designed with energy-efficiency in mind,
helping you minimize your carbon footprint.

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Hardware Overview
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1 Status indicator 2 Drive status indicator 3 Drive tray lock 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 port
5 Power button and indicator 6 Drive tray 7 1GbE RJ-45 port 8 Reset button
9 Power port 10 System fan 11 Kensington Security Slot

Technical Specifications
Hardware
CPU Intel Celeron J4025 2-core 2.0 GHz, burst up to 2.9 GHz

Hardware encryption engine Yes (AES-NI)

Memory 2 GB DDR4 onboard (expandable up to 6 GB)3

• 4 x 3.5" or 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD (drives not included)

Compatible drive types
• 2 x M.2 2280 NVMe SSD (drives not included)

Hot swappable drives Yes

External ports 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port

Size (HxWxD) 166 x 199 x 223 mm

Weight 2.18 kg

LAN ports 2 x GbE RJ-45

Wake on LAN/WAN Yes

Scheduled power on/off Yes

System fans 2 (92 x 92 x 25 mm)

AC input power voltage 100 V to 240 V AC

• Access: 28.3 W
Power consumption
• HDD Hibernation: 8.45 W

Power frequency 50/60 Hz, single phase

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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 Maximum operating altitude 5,000 m (16,400 ft)

General DSM specification

Networking protocols SMB, AFP, NFS, FTP, WebDAV, CalDAV, iSCSI, Telnet, SSH, SNMP, VPN (PPTP, OpenVPN™, L2TP)

• Internal: Btrfs, ext4

File systems
• External: Btrfs, ext4, ext3, FAT, NTFS, HFS+, exFAT4

Supported RAID types Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR), Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10

• Maximum single volume size: 108 TB

Storage management • Maximum system snapshots: 65,5365
• Maximum internal volumes: 64

• Read/write cache support

SSD cache
• M.2 NVMe SSD support

• Maximum local user accounts: 2,048

• Maximum local groups: 256
File sharing capabilities
• Maximum shared folders: 512
• Maximum concurrent SMB/NFS/AFP/FTP connections: 500

Privileges Windows® Access Control List (ACL), application privileges

Directory services Windows® AD integration: Domain users login via SMB/NFS/AFP/FTP/File Station, LDAP integration

Virtualization VMware vSphere® 6.5, Microsoft Hyper-V® , Citrix®, OpenStack®

Firewall, shared folder encryption, SMB encryption, FTP over SSL/TLS, SFTP, rsync over SSH, login auto block, Let's Encrypt
Security
support, HTTPS (customizable cipher suite)

Supported clients Windows® 7 onwards, macOS® 10.12 onwards

Chrome®, Firefox®, Edge®, Internet Explorer® 10 onwards, Safari® 10 onwards; Safari (iOS 10 onwards), Chrome (Android™ 6.0
Supported browsers
onwards) on tablets

English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, Dansk, Norsk, Svensk, Nederlands, Русский, Polski, Magyar,
Interface languages
Português do Brasil, Português Europeu, Türkçe, Český,

Packages and Applications

File Server & Synchronization
Synchronizes files across Windows®, macOS®, Linux®, Android™ and iOS. The built-in cross-platform portal allows access to
data anytime and anywhere.
Drive
• Maximum number of hosted files: 500,000
• Maximum number of concurrent connections for PC clients: 350

Provides virtual drives, remote folders, Windows® ACL editor, compression/extraction of archived files, bandwidth control for
File Station
specific users/groups, creation of sharing links, and transfer logs.

Supports bandwidth control for TCP connections, custom FTP passive port ranges, anonymous FTP, FTP over TLS/SSL and
FTP Server
SFTP protocols, network booting with TFTP and PXE support, and transfer logs.

Presto File Server6 Enables high-speed data transfer over WAN through the exclusive SITA technology between Synology NAS and desktop.

Offers one or two-way synchronization with public cloud storage providers including Alibaba Cloud OSS, Amazon S3-
Cloud Sync compatible storage, Backblaze B2, Baidu Cloud, Box, Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage, Google Drive, hubiC, MegaDisk,
Microsoft OneDrive, OpenStack Swift-compatible storage, Tencent COS, WebDAV servers and Yandex Disk.

Universal Search Enables global search of applications and files.

iSCSI Storage & Virtualization

• Maximum iSCSI targets: 128
iSCSI Manager • Maximum iSCSI LUNs: 256
• iSCSI LUN clone/snapshot support

Virtual Machine Manager Deploys and runs various virtual machines on Synology NAS, including Windows®, Linux®, or Virtual DSM

Data Protection & Backup Solution

Hyper Backup Supports local backup, network backup, and backup data to public clouds

• DSM configuration backup, macOS® Time Machine® support, Synology Drive Client desktop application
Backup tools
• Shared folder sync supports a maximum of 8 tasks

• Maximum number of snapshots for shared folders: 1,024

Snapshot Replication
• Maximum number of replications: 32

Synology High Availability Reduces service downtime by combining two identical NAS into a high-availability cluster.

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Active Backup for Google
Supports backup and restoration of Google Workspace My Drive, Team Drive, Gmail, Contacts, and Calendar.
Workspace

Active Backup for Microsoft 365 Supports backup and restoration of Microsoft 365 OneDrive for Business, mail, contacts, and calendar.

An all-in-one backup solution designed for heterogeneous business IT environments. It enables IT admins to remotely
Active Backup for Business
manage and protect PCs, servers, and VMs from one centralized console.

Productivity & Collaboration

Users can collaborate through the instant messaging service Synology Chat, the online editor Synology Office, and the
scheduling assistant Synology Calendar.
Collaboration tools • Maximum users for Chat: 600
• Maximum users for Office: 1,000
• Calendar supports CalDAV and access via mobile devices

A note taking platform that supports rich text, note organization and versioning, encryption, sharing, media embedding, and
Note Station
attachments.

Synology MailPlus Server A secure, reliable, and private mail solution featuring high-availability, load balancing, security, and filtering.

Synology MailPlus An intuitive webmail interface for Synology MailPlus Server with customizable mail labels, filters, and user interface.

Multimedia
A feature-rich photo management application that includes AI-powered album creation from facial and subject recognition,
photo editing and sharing capabilities, similar photo detection for duplicate management, auto-editing functions such as
Moments
color correction and angle adjustments, and auto-selection of the best shots. Mobile applications are available on iOS and
Android™ devices.

Other packages Video Station, Photo Station, Audio Station, iTunes® Server

Surveillance

Surveillance Station Maximum IP cameras: 25, for a total of 750 FPS at 720p (H.264).

All-in-One Servers
Synology Directory Server Provides a flexible and cost-effective domain controller solution.

Central Management System Provides a single interface to manage and monitor multiple Synology NAS.

• Maximum connections: 30
VPN Server
• Supported VPN protocols: PPTP, OpenVPN™, L2TP/IPSec

• Supported Mail Server protocols: POP3, SMTP, IMAP

Mail Server
• LDAP/AD account support

Mail Station A webmail interface for Mail Server to receive emails from multiple POP3 mailboxes and SMTP servers.

Web Station Enables hosting for up to 30 websites with support for PHP/MariaDB® and 3rd-party applications.

Other packages DNS Server, RADIUS Server, Log Center

Others
Displays volume and quota usage, total size of files, volume usage and trends based on past usage, size of shared folders,
Storage Analyzer
large files, most recently modified files, and least recently accessed files.

Antivirus Essential Provides full system scans, scheduled scans, white list customization, and auto-update of virus definitions.

Synology Drive, Synology MailPlus, Synology LiveCam, Moments, DS audio, DS photo, DS video, DS cam,
iOS/Android™ applications
DS file, DS finder, DS note

Other packages Additional 3rd-party packages are available in the Package Center.

Environment and Packaging

Environment safety RoHS compliant

• DS420+ main unit x 1

• Quick Installation Guide x 1
• Accessory pack x 1
Package content
• AC power adapter x 1
• AC power cord x 1
• RJ-45 LAN cable x 2

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 • DDR4 non-ECC SO-DIMM 4 GB (D4NESO-2666-4G)
• VisualStation VS360HD, VS960HD
Optional accessories7 • Surveillance Device License Pack
• Synology MailPlus License Pack
• Virtual DSM License Pack

Warranty 3 years8

*Model specifications are subject to change without notice. Please refer to www.synology.com for the latest information.
1. Performance figures may vary depending on environment, usage, and configuration.
2. Performance figures are based on the average percentage improvement of DS420+ relative to its predecessor, as tested at Synology labs. Test items include file
indexing in Synology Drive and photo indexing in Moments.
3. DS420+ comes with 2 GB DDR4 onboard and can support up to 6 GB by adding one optional DDR4 non-ECC 4 GB SO-DIMM.
4. exFAT Access can be purchased separately in Package Center.
5. System snapshots include snapshots taken by iSCSI Manager, Snapshot Replication, and Virtual Machine Manager. Availability of these packages varies by
model.
6. Presto File Server license can be purchased separately through the application.
7. Please refer to compatibility list for the latest optional accessories list.
8. Up to 5 years of warranty are available as an additional bundle with Extended Warranty Plus or Extended Warranty, both 2-year extended warranty service
add-ons available in select regions. Check availability for Extended Warranty EW201 or Extended Warranty Plus. Different terms and conditions may apply to
Synology Certified Refurbished Products. For details, please check corresponding product specification pages or visit https://www.synology.com/company/
legal/warranty for more information.

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