The Synology DS918+ vs DS916+NAS Comparison What Should you Buy

Synology NAS is probably one of the biggest names in the industry. Providing hardware for home and business users alike, they have been known for their user-friendly software design, sleek modern chassis and accessibility to anyone with even the smallest amount of IT Experience. Last spring we saw the release of one of the most ground breaking 4-Bay NAS devices of recent years in the form of the expandable and powerful (yet affordable) Synology DS916+. It was a 4 Hard drive / Solid State Drive Desktop NAS device that could be expanded with the DX513 Expansion device, as well as providing more than enough hardware and software power to really make a mark for home and SMB users to throw their money over the counter.

Fast forward to October 2017 and we have seen the release of the 4-Bay NAS, the DS918+. This new unit promises to do everything the older DS916+ can do, and more. But does it deliver? If you own the DS916+ NAS, is it worth upgrading? If you don’t and are trying to choose between the DS916+ or DS918+, which one should you buy? Whichever Synology NAS you choose, rest assured that you are buying one of the most capable and adaptable network attached storage devices available. Either one will provide:

Synology DSM Operating system Free and updated regularly
BTRFS and EXT 4 File systems to choose from
Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, RAID 60 and the always popular and adaptable SHR (Synology Hybrid RAID)
Host a Virtualisation Platform – setup and run multiple VMs, supporting multiple Operating systems and enhanced by the Docker app, Container Station
Personal and business software applications included free like Synology Office (docs, spreadsheets, pdfs, etc), Synology LiveChat, Synology Mail, Photo Station, Video Station, Music Station, Download Station and more
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Accessing my PLEX NAS media server
Both units cab be used as a fantastic Plex Media Server
Serve as a cross-platform service – bridging connections and transfers of files between Mac and Windows systems over the network
Heavily support backups, archiving, remote replication and comprehensive snapshot technology meaning you will have an equal amount of backup options whichever you go for. As well as migration, connection and interaction with existing cloud services like dropbox, Google Drive, ElephantDrive and Synology C2
Create a comprehensive Surveillance solutions, supporting multiple IP cameras and even arriving with some licences included

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Great video, thanks for making it. One comment, not sure you noticed after uploading, the sound is not synced to the image.

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Keep up the good work, one hell off a video again!
I understood that it is possible to upgrade the ram memory
of the Synology DS916+ to 16GB DDR3 Memory unofficially.
My question is whether I should use a single 16GB module,
to do the upgrade? because the DS916+ only has one memory slot?
God bless.
kind regards,