DS1825+

well - Synology has removed the DS1821+ from their website, so I cannot tell you what is the largest supported drive. On the current models - DS1823xs+ and DS1825+, they are only officially supporting Synology drives, not Seagate or Western Digital or Toshiba. There were some drives that were suppor

you are not doing anything with a 4 drive NAS. the suggestion below of the 1821+ is a good suggestion if the DS1821+ was still being made, but today it's the DS1825+ or DS1823xs+. And for these models, you have to use Synology branded drives, which are double the price of a Seagate EXOS or Western D

nothing wrong with AVID Nexis. Nothing wrong with EditShare. Nothing wrong with Facilis Hub. Nothing wrong with OWC Jellyfish, nothing wrong with Studio Network Solutions EVO. You want a QNAP or a Synology for 3 editors with Adobe Premiere or AVID Media Computer - you get an EIGHT DRIVE NAS. I don't

Exactly. See comparison between UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus and DS1825+ here. You can use Xpenology on Aoostar NAS. Or on your own build/hardware. Whatever you choose. I would highly recommend ARC loader since it's modern, versatile and easy to use. Take a look at it's FAQ and you'll see. IMHO whatev

Have the N5 non-pro and use Xpenology to emulate Synology. Works perfectly fine. All hardware is recognized and RAID sets are available. The N5 thinks it’s an Synology DS1825+ 👌🏼

Ha sido un infierno en los ultimos meses, yo incluso lo titularia "The NAS Wars" jaja En resumen: Muchos esperabamos los nuevos 2025 modelos de Synology, los sacaron, problemas: Hardware specs digamos que bastante viejos para el 2025, incluso el procesador es casi el mismo que el del pasado. Luego i

I guess I'm just throwing out a warning to the smaller segment of Plex Server owners who already recognize the addiction that some of us are afflicted with. I have a Ugreen DXP4800Plus NAS on my Plex test bench and just put up a long video on using the newish FygoOS NAS operating system, which seems

Thanks for the advice! I'll make sure be specific about where the costs are coming from to make sure we get the right speed for the price. Our onsite guy has 2.5Gb ports on his current rig so the DS1825+ would be a good fit with its 2.5Gb ports, I just got spooked by Synology locking down what HDDs