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Synology DS918+ 4 Bay NAS & WD Red NAS Drive 4TB $834 + Delivery @ Shopping Express

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Synology DS918+ 4 Bay NAS & WD Red NAS Drive 4TB $834 + Delivery @ Shopping Express
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nocure on 29/04/2020 - 15:25 shoppingexpress.com.au (486 clicks)
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Buy Any WD Red Drive and a Synology NAS on this page, get up to $80 off. Add both to cart, discount shows at checkout.

Synology DiskStation DS918+ 4GB 2 x GLAN 4K 4-Bay Diskless NAS

WD Red 4TB 5400 RPM 3.5" SATA NAS Hard Drive

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  • evanjd on 29/04/2020 - 15:34
    +25

    Just a warning, the bundled drive uses SMR, which are not appropriate for RAID arrays despite WD's marketing.

    • kaal on 29/04/2020 - 15:35
      +3

      Yeah I would avoid wd red 6tb and under if you plan to put them in a raid as they’re SMR drives.

    • sc00terMcTav on 29/04/2020 - 15:36

      thanks for the heads up, I was just about the pull the trigger

    • at9 on 29/04/2020 - 15:36
      +2

      And if I remember correctly it was trying to add the drive to a DS918+ that made this apparent.

    • bdl on 29/04/2020 - 15:37

      Skid Mark/Stingy Manufacturer Recording

    • Calran on 29/04/2020 - 15:40

      came here to say this

  • roller on 29/04/2020 - 15:39
    +3

    Would be a good starter deal if not for the probability of an SMR. If only it came with an ironwolf instead. Even then, 6TB our over preferred for the better URE.

  • DryScissors on 29/04/2020 - 15:39

    Just a warning - new models announced (and then removed). Check my post on the forums

  • CyberMurning on 29/04/2020 - 15:48

    any Synology guru overhere? i have issue with getting smtp server setup for my scanner.
    thank you in advance.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/synology/comments/g9hq10/help_setup…

  • luckylittle on 29/04/2020 - 15:58

    Too small for me. I need Synology 5-bay and 8TB WD RED.

    • boredofficeworker on 29/04/2020 - 16:27
      +1

      Here I am wanting to upgrade my 5 bay for a FreeNAS Mini XL+.

      • Calran on 29/04/2020 - 16:30
        +1

        I wish I could afford that, the FreeNAS hardware looks really good.

        • boredofficeworker on 29/04/2020 - 16:34
          +1

          That's the only thing stopping me too :P

      • DryScissors on 30/04/2020 - 12:52

        Where can you buy one of those?

  • cc23 on 29/04/2020 - 16:18

    I shucked 2 4TB drives for my Synology DS218+, bunged them both in gave me a total of 4TB storage… still don't really know what I am doing with mine. But love it for Plex!

    • CyberMurning on 29/04/2020 - 16:34

      you done raid 1, ie 1:1 mirror thats why you end up with just 4tb not 8tb

      • scuderiarmani on 29/04/2020 - 16:42
        +1

        I don't bother with RAID for Plex on my DS918. I just have a big external backup and if it goes to shit, so be it. Atleast I have more storage. Seems really silly to me unless it's really crucial stuff for work or the like.

        • cc23 on 29/04/2020 - 16:56

          How do you do not RAID then?

          • CyberMurning on 29/04/2020 - 17:09
            +3

            @cc23: during initial setup you can choose all of this.
            the non raid would be jbod. just bunch of disk.
            wait i didn't make up that term.

            JBOD (just a bunch of disks,or just a bunch of drives) is a derogatory term - the official term is "spanning" - used to refer to a computer's hard disks that haven't been configured according to the RAID (redundant array of independent disks) system to increase fault tolerance and improve data access performance.

  • EightImmortals on 29/04/2020 - 16:48
    +1

    Arrg, the conflict between 'want' and 'need' hurts us…

  • Anth0ny on 29/04/2020 - 17:01
    -6

    You can use NAS for:
    1. backup (with cloud replication to AWS S3 bucket)
    2. install plex with docker for your home media
    3. storage of files
    4. use it for hosting your virtual machine disk
    5. install Kodi in docker container to skip ads

    Is there anything else that anyone can think of?
    btw a couple weeks ago there was a deal for DS918+ for $666 but its already expired :( -> https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/532673
    i might wait for a better deal than this

  • onggie on 29/04/2020 - 19:14

    FYI all they just announced the refreshed devices. So wait a bit and these will drop in price. The new ones only have a 15% increase on performance.

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