DiskStation DS918+

A little bit different setup but I have unas pro, and I had synology rs1221+ (sold) i still have Synology DS918+. I have Intel NUC 13th gen for the apps. Personally for me synology has way more of different features but 99% of them i am not using. I think the best advantage of synology is iscsi supp

Your current Synology does not have hard drive lock, nor expansion. And they will probably cave soon enough. If you want to blow another $1000 on some new hardware just say that. That DS918 aint cheap. If you are used to DSM and you have failed on the command line I HIGHLY suggest you just get an ex

I think first up you will need to decide if you want to go DIY or Pickup a turnkey solution. I would start here on this NASCompares channel video. This is pretty recent and should point out some differences between the 2 and which might be a good choice.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-YxbQYn8vs&t=

Seconding the recommendation to get a Synology NAS. I've had a DS918+ for almost a decade now with 24TB of storage across four disks (32TB real space, the rest for redundancy via RAID) and it's a total cinch to set up and use. You can go a lot further with it too if you're inclined, I have a bunch o

In your other post it seems that you already had the mini PC. If you don't have either units, then just get a small form factor machine that can hold all your storage In this case you are looking at a 4 bay. The question is, do you require a 4 bay? Or can you get away with 2 or 3 such as Dell Optipl

Running on a Synology DS918+. Works great!

Synology Diskstation DS918+, 4-drives, running immich in Docker. Mine is setup with a reverse proxy for access from the world. I love my device, it just works, but if you consider Synology devices, be warned that their current 2025 models require using Synology's enterprise drives only. This has cre

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