DiskStation DS218+

Synology

DiskStation DS218+

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Kaufberatung: Fotosicherung & KI-Gesichtserkennung – NAS oder Software-Lösung am PC?

Ich hab ein NAS von Synology (DS218+). Die integrierte Foto App macht genau das, was du beschreibst. Gesichts- und Objekterkennung, lokal. Und wenn die Foto App auf dem Handy installiert ist, werden geschossene Bilder automatisch hochgeladen. Eigentlich genau das, was du willst. Wählst du auch eine

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tsmeagain in r/de_EDV

February 1, 2026 9:18 PM

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State of UGreen vs Synology

I moved over to a DXP4800 Plus from a DS218+ about a month ago. I am using the NAS just as a storage device, so for me there is little difference. My backups to my USB drive work as intended. My offsite backup to One Drive works via cloud sync. My only complaint is their sync app is very lacking com

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AlwaysInWrongLane in r/UgreenNASync

February 12, 2026 12:04 PM

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DS218+ Upgrade

I still have My DS218+. I'm using it for PC backups, Plex and Channels DVR also. I'm probably going to retire it at the end of this year. I was just thinking about going with a Mini-PC and a few external drives as I don't really use any of the Synology apps.

HotExample3229 in r/getchannels

May 9, 2026 9:40 PM

2

Synology to QNAP

I went from a DS218+ to a TS-664 (was waiting on the 923+ from Synology and that crapped out). I've been pretty happy with it and the 664 was better hardware specs and more storage space for less money. I left existing data on my 218+ and built 664 from new drives and just transferred data over via

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insomnic in r/qnap

May 13, 2025 2:58 PM

5

"Nas" con Raspberry

Io attualmente ho un Nas Synology 218+ che uso come archiviazione di rete e per qualche container docker, nonostante la vecchiaia funziona senza perdere un colpo. Con la nuova politica sugli hdd non so se consiglierei nuovamente Synology, ma a livello di funzionalità e semplicità di impostazione è v

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Bido90 in r/ItalyInformatica

May 30, 2025 11:53 AM

2

Synology Objekterkennung

Hab seit ca. sechs Jahren eine DS218+. Die Objekterkennung hat bei mir automatisch Deutsch verwendet. Allerdings ist die Erkennung oft ganz schön "schräg". Ich fotografiere sehr viel und ich tagge meine Bilder selbst. Die Tags kann man gut in Synology-Photos im Browser, wie auch in der App suchen.

Sesom42 in r/de_EDV

July 4, 2025 9:14 AM

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Synology isn't the best NAS anymore

Synology never had competitive hardware. What makes them good is their software. I have a Uggreen NAS and frankly I regret buying it. The software is severely undercooked, especially when I bought it. It’s missing so many things you get with Synology’s DSM. I still have my old DS218+ running as a ba

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Apoctwist in r/datastorage

May 14, 2026 5:55 AM

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Ugreen NAS — hardware is great, but how's the software now?

What I hated about Synology is for me to leverage anything outside of computer. Let's say file management from my iphone to the NAS, it was a huge pain the but. All the applications just straight up suck, but UGOS is a one app solution which many many people love. It doesn't have the security/backup

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Deriggs007 in r/UgreenNASync

May 15, 2026 7:52 PM

1

Must be nice

My case scenario was different tho. I am CGNATED yes, but I do have an IPv6 ready connection, aside from that, my tailnet was never flagged as DERP, I think the main culprit was the encryption protocol that TS enforces, and that it does run in userspace in my two TS exit nodes (a Synology NAS DS218+

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kratoz29 in r/selfhosted

April 19, 2026 12:37 AM

1

After 15 years with Synology, the last 3 months in unraid been life changing

Well said. You can't compare those solutions. Why does someone drive a truck, others prefer small hatchbacks? And don't even mention car brands. I've made the switch from Synology->unRaid->Truenas I have my reasons for preferring Truenas, but what I miss most from Synology is the set and forget ment

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UnderstandingNo4209 in r/unRAID

April 14, 2026 8:25 AM

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