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I absolutely love reviewing NAS drives – especially the ones that come with its own ecosystem of apps that make your lives easier. Synology is one such company that has done a lot to perfect its app ecosystem for its NAS drives and I am amazed with what t...
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We would like to thank Synology for supplying the review sample. Almost two years have passed since the review of the DS916+, and we have today on our test bench its successor, the DS918+ which is equipped with a newer and slightly more capable CPU (s...
Fairly good performance, Power consumption, DSM OS, Btrfs filesystem support, Two Gigabit Ethernet ports, Two M.2 NVMe 2280 slots, AES-NI hardware encryption engine, Quiet operation, Low HDD temperatures, Tool-less installation of HDDs, Support for up to...
Vampire power (power consumption in standby mode) exceeds 0.5 W, Lacks an HDMI port, Plastic HDD trays are without anti-vibration materials and locks, Cannot skip disk checking during RAID 5 and RAID 6 setup, You cannot format an external disk into NTFS (...
The Synology DS918+ retails for $549.99. Fairly good performance Power consumption DSM OS Btrfs filesystem support Two Gigabit Ethernet ports Two M.2 NVMe 2280 slots AES-NI hardware encryption engine Quiet operation Low HDD temperatures Tool-less...
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While it is always exciting to take a look at Synology's latest NAS hardware, Synology's new additions to its DiskStation Manager and support packages makes the DS918+ a powerful personal cloud device.Read on for our exploration of these features on Synol...
In our time with the DS918+, we really grew to appreciate what solid hardware and superb software can do. Both Synology's DSM and hardware have been incrementally improving over the years and its from this solid base that Synology have successfully ventur...
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Our homes are turning into small offices, whether or not they actually have home offices inside. Multiple devices, increased use, and complicated setups now require more than the average box ISPs provide. 4K videos, thousands of photos and documents, and...
Built-in M.2 NVMe SSD slots, Accessible SODIMM memory slots, Easy to access, key-locked drive trays, 2 channel 4K transcoding, hardware encryption engine, DiskStation Manager apps that extend functionality...
RAM capped at 8 GB (due to Celeron J3455)...
Synology has dozens of NAS solutions for every need and budget. For home offices and SMBs, however, the DS918+ easily takes the crown with the almost perfect mix of improved hardware, future-proof expansion slots, the latest DiskStation Manager, and a ple...
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In this review, I'll be looking at the Synology DS918+ DiskStation. Synology describes the Plus Series as "Engineered for high-performance and data-intensive tasks, designed to meet on-the-fly encryption and scalability demands". That description perfectl...
BTRFS filesystem with snapshots available, Supports 4K H.264/H.265 online transcoding, Supports up to two M.2 NVMee 2280 SSD modules without occupying internal drive bays...
Expensive, No 10 GbE support...
The Synology DS918+ and the DS418j DiskStations are very different devices, yet both scored well in our Total NAS rankings, finishing #1 and #3 respectively. The main reason for this is that our benchmarks don't include things that benefit from the 918+'s...
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A few weeks back, Seagate launched an array of 12TB hard drives targeted a variety of market segments, from desktops to workstations and high-performance Network-Attached Servers. The Seagate Barracuda Pro, IronWolf, and IronWolf Pro are fundamentally sim...
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Synology has been making some of the best networking devices to date and that includes its current line of Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. The DS918+ is a high-end model powered by a quad-core processor coupled with a generous 4 GB of RAM for the...
Great design, Quiet operation...
Performance could be faster...
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The DiskStation DS918+ is the newest edition of Synology's 4-bay tower Plus Series NAS. This model offers four 3.5" bays in addition to two M.2 NVMe slots on the bottom for caching. Networking connectivity is provided through two 1GbE ports. The DS918+ de...
Synology's 4-bay DS918+ is the latest member of the DS9xx+ family. The DS918+ comes equipped with an Intel Celeron Quad-Core 2.3GHz CPU with an AES-NI hardware encryption engine. Out of the box, this NAS comes equipped with a 4GB DDR3L memory module but i...
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Synology has a range of network-attached storage (NAS) enclosures that cater to different segments, and while the two-bay DS218+ is a great way to get started if you're looking for an affordable home media server, the DS918+ has plenty more to offer. For...
Excellent performance, Dual 4K transcode, DSM is in a league of its own, 24/7 reliability...
Pricey, No 10 GbE ports...
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