DiskStation DS918+

I had it on DXP2800 and DXP4800 for short time> no complains. Now I have a DXP 4800plus and it´s running with no problems since 2-3 Weeks. I´m not panning to use it as my primary NAS ( MainNas DS720 ) but i´m using it as Jellyfin/PlexServer, Torrent, HomeAssistent, BackupNas. Main Nas (sensitive Dat

Good stuff man. Love the set up. What is your NAS configuration if you don’t mind me asking? Any tips for an elementary 16TB NAS user? Just built mine for remote video footage sharing. The drives are too slow for even local editing but great for mass footage dumps and backup. Feels weird leaving it

It works for me. I already had my hosted services on a separate server, so all I needed was dumb storage, and it’s great at that. On my 4x8TB RAID1 volume, I often see read/write speeds of 500MB/s, sometimes even higher, and coming from a Synology DS918+, it’s almost luxurious. I do wish they’d impl

Time Machine is basically one of the best use cases for a UNAS because at the end of the day, UNAS’s are really just simple SMB devices with RAID capability — and Time Machine runs over SMB. What it’s gonna come to really is if there are features on a Synology not available on a UNAS (basically anyt

I can speak only of my own experience, I started photography around the age of 10-12 yo with my dads gear and I have been very lucky to start my backups on a DS918+ that my dad graciously gave me away for free when he upgraded to 8 bays. I’ve used the heck out of that hardware without even knowing I