Synology ds918+ vs ds218+ review and tests - diskstation NAS

ds918+ vs ds218+. Two synology nas bays put to the test. I go over all the differences and then a few real world tests with an eye to use the synology nas ds218+ and ds918+ as a Plex media server. Is the ds918 worth the extra money over the ds218???
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[claystudiofx]

For anyone who got bored by spandotcom or nascompares channel may find this video really interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[biwwdabeah]

Allan. I was analyzing DS218+ vs DS918+ and came to the same conclusion. I ordered my DS918+ yesterday before finding your video. Thanks for confirming my results.

[ZHilmi]

Very well made comparison video. Thank you sir!

[azariasspyridonkonstantini]

Nice comparison my friend. And also mentioned some tips that you have to view more video's to figure out, if so, like 16gb compatibility, expansion unit etc. Great video! Bravo and thanks for sharing with us!

[tombouie]

Thks the best comparison so far! Seems like the DS718+ is really the sweat spot.

[christianfuchs]

Alan, great comparison, thank you. I noticed you have HDD in two of the four bays in the 918+, can additional HHD be added on the fly or will everything need to be reformatted thereby losing all your data. It wouldn't make sense for Synology to set it up that way but I don't want to assume.

[nickwilliams]

Thanks, plenty of practical examples not just showing me a box and dsm

[chamodmalalathunga]

Do you think 2GB isn’t enough for backups, DS Video & occasionally VM?

Which model do you recommend for my requirement?

[svan]

was hardware transcoding enabled on the 218+? 3 streams does not seem right.

[flat_stickproductions]

218+ is an Intel chip. Its listed on plex compatibility and why it supports hardware decode. They also state they can only decode 4k content. Most people who have 4k will probably play it in direct play without transcoding. No point in getting a 4k movie to only play it in 1080.

[Crowd_Surfer.]

Wouldn’t a better comparison be the DS218+ vs DS718+ or DS718+ vs DS918+?

[kimsonvu]

How about copy speed via Lan port to computer?

[tombouie]

A few points you might find interesting:
*RAMcache keeps most frequent small data in RAM. RAMcache built into Linux based OSs.
Ex: RAMcache (4KMB/s) = ~8x SATA3 SSD (500MB/s) ; SATA3 SSD = 2.5x HHD (175MB/s) ; HHD = 2x Ethernet bottleneck (100MB/s)

*Heavy internal parallel processing (ex: video transcoding, VMs, DBs, etc) should scale with CPU cores & RAM/RAMcache

*4xHHDs can be RAID0or5 & delivery SSD thruput speeds & tons of storage for large files

[abram]

Do you have a Plex pass? You need that for hardware encoding.

[blackcoalboy]

Hi
Only just found you, (not that you’ve be lost) Anyhow your videos are really helpful for a technology idiot like me, But I have a question for you I have a PLEX server on my nvideo shield with an external hard drive with all my media on, My question is if I get a NAS would I be able to transfer all my media’s files over to the NAS and more important how easy/hard would it be,
And thanks for all the videos only problem is I don’t understand half of them,

[sylvainalain]

Yeah the ds918+ is really awesome. Did you check the ds1019+?

[DataCenterExperts]

I'm trying to compare the 918+ with QNAP TS-453Be-4G, any one has experience ?

[tombouie]

1st, I'm curious to your country/accent
2ndly, ??? what do you think of my best bang home NAS options for the buck: (Qcpu & IGPU) ; 16G RAM (~$100) to max out RAMcache ; 3xSSDs RAIDed-for-speed (~$150/TB) to max out internal file thruput ; at least one ~10TB HHD (shucked ~$20/TB) ; external USB3.0 for HDD mirrored/versioned backup & archival
It seems like the DS918+ ($540 4bays)
is it for me
Thks again

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