Synology DS418Play 4-bay NAS

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Brand

Synology

Manufacturer

SYNOLOGY

Model number

DS418play

Model Year

2017

Part Number

DS418play

RAM Size

2 GB

Memory Storage Capacity

2 GB

Computer Memory Type

DDR2 SDRAM

Digital Storage Capacity

48 TB

Hard Drive Size

20 TB

Processor Count

Hardware Interface

USB

Aspect Ratio

Unknown

Voltage

240 Volts

Batteries Included

Batteries Required

Data Transfer Rate

226 Megabits Per Second

Total Usb Ports

Contains Liquid Contents

Supports Bluetooth Technology

Product Dimensions

22.3 x 19.89 x 16.61 cm; 2.23 Kilograms

Item Weight

2.23 kg

Manufacturer

SYNOLOGY

ASIN

B075ZNKCK4

Item Model Number

DS418play

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Date First Available

17 November 2017

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Mario

Excellent and reliable, even for an IT professional

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 May 2020

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Very pleased with it, it's keeping my precious data safe. Excellent support from the devs too, constant updates and new features.

Chelsea Tiger

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 March 2018

Verified Purchase

Great item, shame NO UK standard plug for connection to mains supply.

Mark Humphrey

Very happy with it so far!

Reviewed in Canada on 29 May 2019

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I received the DS418play and two WD RED 4TB drives ten days ago. The initial setup is very straight forward, but check the Internet for suggested ways of harding security, because not all the obvious features are on by default (two-factor authentication, DDoS protection, firewall rules, Quickconnect uses UPnP by default etc).

A few things to point out:

If you decide to use Synology's DHCP server package, the default lease time is in seconds. I've never come across that before. Minutes, hours or days, yes, but never seconds! The on screen help and documentation doesn't mention this.

Plex prevents the hard drives from going into hibernation because it constantly writes to log files. There's currently no way to stop plex from doing that. If you want your drives to go to sleep, you'll have to use schedule manager to configure stop and start times for the Plex service. For example, I have Plex starting at 6pm and stopping at 1am, so it's available during the times I watch TV, but the drives can power down during the rest of the day.
Synology's own Video Station and DS Video app allow the drives to sleep, but I've not found their software to be as slick as Plex. I have a Sony XBR49X900F TV, and DS Video slightly pixilates everything I play, as if showing it at a lower resolution (I will contact Synology support about that). DS Video has the option to use third party players, and they recommend MX Player for Android/Android TV. This doesn't have the pixilization issue, but I've seen some stutter and audio sync issues with it on my TV, whereas Plex works perfectly. I will probably stay with Plex, but it would mean I would have to pay for a Plex pass for hardware transcoding and other features, when these are free with DS Video.

Although not officially supported, USB 2.0 hubs seem to work. I have an Amazon Basics hub, to which I've connected a Brother printer and Cyberpower UPS. The NAS sees them fine. I understand that USB 3.0 hubs definately don't work.

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mDs

Absolutely solid as Plex media server and as backup.

Reviewed in Canada on 24 January 2019

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Currently set up with 4x 4TB Red Western Digital drives. Set up was a breeze with synology drivers available online. Drives are simply plug and play. Adding additional drives is easy yet takes time to set up. With 16TB, I get around 12 TB with their hybrid RAID set up.
The tricky part with the Plex server was ensuring all available ports were open. Took some hours of tweaking. Don't download the Plex version available through Synology through your NAS. Get the version from the Plex website.

This NAS is quiet, cool, up for days on end. Perfect for back up. The native apps aren't bad either through Synology.

The CPU in the NAS isn't powerful enough to run 2160p or 4k rips. Lots of stuttering and pauses, but anything lower in res will run perfectly.

A solid product overall.

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Ruben

Excelente NAS con gran funcionalidad. Superó todas mis expectativas.

Reviewed in Mexico on 1 March 2020

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Este NAS superó todas mi expectativas. La instalación y configuración es muy sencilla, además puedes hacerla desde un teléfono móvil si no tienes una PC. Lo que más valor tiene en cuanto a la administración propia del NAS es que la interfaz de usuario es la mejor que he visto para este tipo de dispositivos. Funciona como un sistema operativo (en realidad lo es) desde tu navegador y la configuración de usuarios, carpetas compartidas, acceso remoto y demás son muy intuitivas y fáciles de configurar.

Synology tiene una extensa sección de ayuda en su sitio web y también se puede consultar directamente desde cualquier lugar de la configuración dentro el sistema operativo del NAS. Las aplicaciones de ellos y la funcionalidad que ofrecen satisfacen las necesidades más importantes para un dispositivo como este: compartir fotos, audio y video, así como archivos y realizar respaldos.

Synology Drive te permite tener una sincronización en tiempo real con el NAS ya sea local o remotamente. Esto es genial ya que tienes una propia nube, tipo OneDrive, que se sincroniza local si estás en la misma red que el NAS, o remotamente si estás fuera de casa o en el trabajo.

En cuento a Plex, que es uno de los usos multimedia más populares, funciona excelente. Algo a tomar en cuenta es que Plex recomienda no usar el paquete que se instala desde el app store de Synology, pero la instalación manual es muy fácil y sencilla. Solo descargas el instalador desde la web de Plex y en el Package Center de Synology selecciones instalación manual, selecciones el archivo desde tu PC y listo.

Un NAS es un dispositivo caro pero si no quieres preocuparte por perder archivos y tienes un cantidad considerables de contenido como archivos, documentas, fotos, videos y demás, vale mucho la pena inversión.

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