DiskStation DS918+

wont be enough, the sales are not only plummeting because of the HDD debacle but also because their new systems simply suck, they are still using old CPUs without an iGPU so no hardware transcoding which is a huge downgrade to the previous models. the best Synology model a home user can buy is a use

Synology Works great! Maybe try to get an older used model for cheap. I have ds918+ and its a workhorse.

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

The sweet spot second-hand would be something like the DS918+ or DS920+. Both use Intel x86 CPUs, support Docker and VMs, and still have plenty of performance for modern self-hosting. The DS918+ is older but still very capable, especially with a RAM upgrade. The DS920+ is newer and will likely get l

As ppl have said already, it depends on if your playback device supports the codecs used in the media for direct playback (no transcoding), or if you'll have enough bandwidth in the network to even do direct playback, or if you'll transcode it in case some codecs are unsupported. the Synology Beesta

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

My Plex server is running on a DS918 Synology NAS since launch. Low power, handles the little transcoding it needs to do, has an expansion unit (which I have that ads 5 extra bays), and has a ton of very friendly aps for other home projects. I have a 12+ outside users. Only down side is that it's no