DiskStation DS1821+

Synology

DiskStation DS1821+

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Dear Bob, I need help. NAS setup

well - Synology has removed the DS1821+ from their website, so I cannot tell you what is the largest supported drive. On the current models - DS1823xs+ and DS1825+, they are only officially supporting Synology drives, not Seagate or Western Digital or Toshiba. There were some drives that were suppor

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BobZelin in r/editors

August 31, 2025 9:57 PM

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NAS setup for small team, hybrid workflow

Good morning. Your "Synology rep" - really ? using an iSCSI LUN has nothing to do with remote editing. For your simple application - all you need to do is connect via the built in SMB network protocol, which is both on your Mac (and any office PC) and the Synology. To do professional video editing,

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BobZelin in r/editors

November 14, 2025 2:47 PM

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State of UGreen vs Synology

Yeah, i got a 4800+ at the kickstarter. It really is kinda basic hardware compared to computers out today, but its so much faster than the synology in every measurable way. The 10gbe network is a must have. I genuinely think that Synology management has never used their own products. Its been great,

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Coupe368 in r/UgreenNASync

February 12, 2026 6:31 PM

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Synology Migration - HOWTO

It being slow seems to be a synology limitation. I had overseer as the only container running, a quad core ryzen CPU, 500GB of NVME cache and 64GB of RAM in my DS1821+. Still performed awfully, moving to another box made it lightning fast.

CForChrisProooo in r/Overseerr

February 22, 2026 7:44 AM

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Stick with 6×4TB SSDs or move to large HDDs for a Plex NAS?

SSDs are wasted on a NAS, don't bother. The bottleneck is your network connection. Its like taking a 5 gallon bucket and dumping it into a drinking straw. Its not going to go through any faster than a regular water bottle. If you have SSDs laying around then use them, but you will get the same speed

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Coupe368 in r/HomeNAS

March 15, 2026 12:22 PM

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FYI: DSM 7.3 Breaks Plex (and the fix)

I had similar issues with "7.3.2-86009 Update 3", worked fine with "7.3.2-86009 Update 2".I'm running plex server version v.1.43.0.10492-121068a07 (last available to date) and also upgrading to the beta (v.1.43.1.10540-3972d551c) did not solve this. I use my plex daily and found this really frustrat

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MightyDaddd in r/PleX

March 22, 2026 2:55 PM

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