Synology
DiskStation DS1821+
Based on 34 Reddit mentions
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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
...BobZelin in r/editors
August 31, 2025 9:57 PM
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Setting up a NAS - Who to Hire?
you are not doing anything with a 4 drive NAS. the suggestion below of the 1821+ is a good suggestion if the DS1821+ was still being made, but today it's the DS1825+ or DS1823xs+. And for these models, you have to use Synology branded drives, which are double the price of a Seagate EXOS or Western D
...BobZelin in r/videography
November 11, 2025 5:47 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,
...BobZelin in r/editors
November 14, 2025 2:47 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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guys, i need more storage
I have DS1821+ with 2 expansions, later I found out, the link cable is the biggest "Single Point of Failure". One move, a cat or a bad cable. ALL data is unrecoverable, because you lose more than 2 drives at once. A rebuild is not possible. So, you can't span your volume over the expansion without t
...tonyleungnl in r/cablegore
April 19, 2026 8:25 AM
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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,
...Coupe368 in r/UgreenNASync
February 12, 2026 6:31 PM
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Updated from 2.5.x to 2.7.5 (latest) and the server is hogging all the resources on my NAS
What year/midel of the Nas? Synology has worse cpu, I had to run immich on mac mini, my synology 1821+ with 64gb of ram couldn’t handle it (i have smart search and ocr on)
Joker_Bra030 in r/immich
May 24, 2026 10:51 PM
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Buying a second hand used DXP4800
I have 4 synology NASs, I use it daily, and UGOS is just as good if not better. The photos app is absolutely better. Your argument makes no sense, because every time the OS on the synology is updated, it takes more core resources and the whole experience gets worse. Synology doesn't make sense on PR
...Coupe368 in r/UgreenNASync
June 23, 2026 9:46 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
...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
...MightyDaddd in r/PleX
March 22, 2026 2:55 PM
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