So, for the purpose of this guide, we decided to go with the best and in our experience, these drives worked like a charm. A simple search on Google and Reddit will yield that the WD Red line of HDDs are the industry standard for network-attached storages.

Last but not least, for streaming content, you need HDDs that have a high RPM and these drives can go up to 7200rpm. These drives are meant to be kept on 24/7 and work flawlessly with Synology’s RAID error recovery control feature. The drives are built specifically for Synology’s RAID feature and come with a 5-year warranty. For the DS220j, we used 2X 6TB WD Red Pro drives for storing innumerable amounts of data such as images, movies, music and our entire PC backup. These drives are the industry standard amongst “data hoarders” simply because they are more reliable and specifically optimised for NAS systems. There are plenty of options available but we recommended getting the WD RED or WD RED Pro HDDs for this purpose. While Synology only sells the NAS (network-attached storage) enclosures which means you need to get your own HDD for storing data.

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