DiskStation DS218+

No remorse so far with DXP4800+ (2024 kickstarter $420) coming from coming Synology DS107e (2007 $200), DS410 (2011 $500), DS218+ (2019 $250). Synology was getting too expensive and not enough HW for their pricing.

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.

Hey, you are not alone, I got a Asus NUC 15 Pro+ (Intel Core Ultra 7 255H) ordered last week. Ditching my old Synology DS218+.

Kein Problem ich nutze selber ein Synology DS218+ die habe ich damals günstig geschossen die Festplatten sind eher der Knackpunkt bei den aktuellen Preisen kein günstiges unterfangen. Aber egal welcher Hersteller es lohnt sich.

Two things. First, they restricted HDD to "Synology approved" drives (mainly their own brand, more expensive) for the DS225+ which was their newest 2-bay NAS. Due to backlash, they came back on this decision. Then there was the transcoding issue, they disabled it on their newest NAS because you need

I would say go with the Synology. While it is not perfect it works for all your requirements, including the part where you do not want to tinker with it.I have been using Synology for 10 years+ (DS214 and DS218+) and they have been rock stable. I recently bought a DXP2800 and installed TrueNAS on it

Absolutely agree. The Ugreen is way , way more machine for the money, but the Synology is easier to figure out and e Work with. I have bothe a dxp2800 and a Synology DS218+. The software on the Synology does more stuff that the offerings on the ugreen, but ugreens offering will grow. If you go Synol