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[eBay Plus] 2 Bay Synology DS218+ 2GB DiskStation Gigabit NAS Unit $381.65 Delivered @ Computer Alliance eBay
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That's how much RAM it has
that would make sense haha
Imagine having a 2GB HDD in that hahahaahDat vintage
A 2gb HDD probably worth a lot in a few years to museums n what not lol
@mcfintech: Re Data vintage , I have a 70meg SCSI hard drive sitting around just a bit smaller than a house brick. How far we have progressed in such a short time.
I'm looking at upgrading a single-bay WD My Cloud to one of these for data backup and Plex. Is synology much of an improvement?
I see CA are also selling a QNAP two-bay NAS for $185.
This is a different beast to an external hard drive. Designed to be a 24/7 NAS. My use-case is as a server replacement for storage/plex/backups and probably some docker/VM. I'm guessing most run this in Raid 1. There are a variety of Synology NAS (as with QNAP). Synology seemed to consistently come out on top in the reviews I read. If Plex is a main use, you'll probably want your NAS to transcode which this will.
This won't transcode 4k.
According to Synology it will. This is a 4k Group 1 model: From Synology…
"4K Group 1 models are capable of transcoding 3GP, 3G2, ASF, AVI, DAT, DivX, DVR-MS, FLV, M2T, M2TS, M4V, MKV, MP4, MTS, MOV, QT, TP, TRP, TS, VOB, WMV, XviD, and RMVB up to 720p. For the complete list of supported file formats in the original and transcoded streams, please see the specifications of Video Station and DS video."
"For online transcoding, only DS1019+, DS918+, DS718+, DS218+, DS418play, and 4K Group 3 models support video format in 4K HEVC Main10 profile and 10-bit HDR; Hi10 profile is not supported in H.264."
"Any container or file extension in 4K 2160p (4096 x 2160 or 3840 x 2160) with codecs H.265 (HEVC) and H.264 (AVC), and in 1080p with codecs H.265 (HEVC), H.264 (AVC), MPEG-2 and VC-1 can be transcoded up to 1080p by Synology NAS in 4K Group 1. The maximum supported frame rate per second (FPS) is 30. These containers can be MKV, MP4, AVI, TS, MPG, WMV and more. However, these containers/file extensions might come in codecs other than the four mentioned. In that case, videos cannot be transcoded to 1080p. Please refer to this article for more information on the container formats."
@expatOz: That is my understanding. Comparison of the varying Synology DS218 series models here - https://www.windowscentral.com/comparing-synology-nas-choosi…
Thanks OP, bought one. Its probably the cheapest so far but I wonder why not many upvotes.
Guessing it's simply that the J variant (a lot cheaper but less powerful) and the 918 (4 bays) are more popular
Next noob question..what does more CPU/RAM mean for this kind of device? Faster file read/write? Media transcoding?
Power/Speed/Capability - depends what you want to use it for. Infrequently accessed, dumb storage vs 24//7 media server running VMs, etc. The comparison I linked above (https://www.windowscentral.com/comparing-synology-nas-choosi…) should help give a sense of the differences. I wanted the better CPU and will be adding more RAM but I'm replacing a server.
Finally have time to set it up. Just wow, I have never setup anything so slick and easy. I have wasted so much time doing the hard way in the past.
lolwhat