Synology just picked up another round of accolades for its home network-attached storage lineup. Wirecutter named the DiskStation DS225+ its top home NAS pick in March 2026, while PCMag gave the nod to the Synology BeeStation as the best single-drive option and the DS1525+ for small business and home use.
The hardware case for running your own node
The DS225+ comes equipped with 2.5-gigabit Ethernet, which is fast enough to handle media streaming, centralized backups, and, increasingly, blockchain workloads. Users are deploying Bitcoin full nodes, Monero nodes, and IPFS instances on Synology hardware via Docker containers. Guides for Chia farming on these devices have also circulated for years.
