Synology DS1819+ 8-Bay NAS

The DS1819+ offers huge storage capacity potential, which can be further expanded upon with the addition of two Synology DX517 units. The big question, however, is whether it's worth the stiff price as there may be better options out there that are more affordable.

High performance (especially with encrypted transfers; Solid build quality; DSM OS; Btrfs filesystem support (besides EXT4; Four Gigabit Ethernet ports; Quiet operation; Low HDD temperatures; Tool-less installation of HDDs; Fans can be replaced easily; Support for up to forty camera licenses (comes...

Price; C3538 CPU doesn't features a hardware-transcoding engine; No HDMI port; It would be nice to see a Thunderbolt port; Plastic HDD trays have no anti-vibration materials and locks; You cannot format an external disk into NTFS (but NTFS disks are recognized properly

Just like everyone graduated from IDE drives and AGP cards it is time to change how we use home and small office storage. Gigabit Ethernet is still very popular however, it is time to consider the next Ethernet technology. Yes, I am talking about 10 Gigabit (10GbE) enabled devices.

Amazing storage solution for Photographers...

Upgraded from a Drobo 5D to this unit and am so happy I made the switch. Super easy setup and software to navigate for non NAS tech savy folks, such as myself. I upgraded my unit with the 10GB ethernet card and am running 10TB Seagate Ironwolf drives and am consistently getting 350-450 MB/S read...

This is my first NAS and I using it to backup work data on my PC in addition to using it as a media server for Plex. I got the plus version so the processor is a little better to help in transcoding but it can still max out if I have a few people watching a movie outside of our network, especially...

Synology DiskStation DS1819+ review: A classic, reborn

A fast and affordable desktop NAS that's the perfect choice for business backup duties

Outstanding data protection features; Speedy 10GbE performance; High maximum capacity

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