Our homes are turning into small offices, whether or not they actually have home offices inside. Multiple devices, increased use, and complicated setups now require more than the average box ISPs provide.

Built-in M.2 NVMe SSD slots; Accessible SODIMM memory slots; Easy to access; key-locked drive trays; 2 channel 4K transcoding; hardware encryption engine; DiskStation Manager apps that extend functionality

RAM capped at 8 GB (due to Celeron J3455

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The major differences between the DS918+ and DS916+ are a newer CPU, more RAM, the two M.2 slots, and trays that feature locks on the newer model. Performance-wise, the DS918+ looks to be slower than its predecessor with real-life file transfers, which I can't explain since since both CPUs are of a...

Fairly good performance; Power consumption; DSM OS; Btrfs filesystem support; Two Gigabit Ethernet ports; Two M.2 NVMe 2280 slots; AES-NI hardware encryption engine; Quiet operation; Low HDD temperatures; Tool-less installation of HDDs; Support for up to forty camera licenses (comes with two free...

Vampire power (power consumption in standby mode) exceeds 0.5 W; Lacks an HDMI port; Plastic HDD trays are without anti-vibration materials and locks; Cannot skip disk checking during RAID 5 and RAID 6 setup; You cannot format an external disk into NTFS (and in our case; we couldn't access a disk we...

The Synology DS918+ and the DS418j DiskStations are very different devices, yet both scored well in our Total NAS rankings, finishing #1 and #3 respectively. The main reason for this is that our benchmarks don't include things that benefit from the 918+'s extra processing power, namely encrypted...

Synology's latest 4-bay addition to the Plus series of NAS devices aimed at high performance and data-intensive workloads is the DS918+, a refresh of the DS916+ which launched in 2016 and which we reviewed HERE .

DSM OS; Overall performance; NVMe M.2 SSD slots; Expandability options for both storage and memory

Lack of HDMI port; Plastic drive trays

Verdict: Synology's Diskmanager OS makes it very simple for any user to setup servers such as Web, DNS, Email, FTP, Video, Photo and many more. The Synology Diskstation DS918+ network storage barebone server is presently available for a retail price of Rs 79,817 in India.

Build quality is always pretty good with the Synology units, the 918+ coming to market as the replacement for the DS916+ offers a similar chassis build with plastics and metal skeleton. We have similar placement for LEDs and front-facing USB 3.0 ports.

World Backup Day is slowly creeping up on us. This year we will be celebrating this holiday on March 31st. The whole point of this holiday is to raise awareness of the importance of "Data" in our lives and ways we can protect it.

In our time with the DS918+, we really grew to appreciate what solid hardware and superb software can do. Both Synology's DSM and hardware have been incrementally improving over the years and its from this solid base that Synology have successfully ventured into Office collaboration and photographic...

To be honest, its not cheap, but its a lot more than just a NAS. There is so much more this standalone device does, simply calling it a NAS is doing it a disservice. things I'm currently using it for or messing with include the following....