![]() Even if you can aggregate and utilize all four Gigabit ports, your biggest bottleneck is still going to be the network. While the idea of using an M.2 adapter card sounds very appealing (especially considering that Synology’s new M2D18 adapter card finally supports ultra-fast M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD drives), limiting all that speed potential to standard Gigabit network is pretty much defeating the purpose of such a nice NAS in the first place. Personally, after running the DS1817+ in 10GbE network, I wouldn’t even consider a NAS without this capability. Just like the DS1817+, the Synology DS1618+ comes with a single PCIe 3.0 slot to be able to accommodate either a 10GbE network card, or a dual slot M.2 adapter card. The device will also allow expanding your storage with additional or larger drives with Hybrid RAID and other RAID protocols like RAID 5 and 6, so it is a pretty flexible system. Just like all other popular NAS storage solutions, you can utilize pretty much any kind of RAID for storage: from Synology’s proprietary “Hybrid RAID” all the way to RAID 10. And if newer, higher capacity drives become available, you will be able to keep the storage array and swap out the drives for even more storage. With a total of 6 bays to be able to accommodate both 3.5″ and 2.5″ size drives, the Synology DS1618+ can support up to 72 TB of storage natively (6x 12 TB drives) and it is scalable up to 16 drives (using 2x DX517 expansion units), with a potential to host up to 192 TB of total storage. You can even host your own WordPress site and use the NAS as your home iTunes and movie server. We are not just talking about a dumb storage device, but a pretty robust server that can host a number of web server and client applications for backup, file hosting, scripting and much more. Speaking of apps, that’s the beauty of Synology NAS devices. This makes the Synology DS1618+ technically more capable than the 8-bay DS1817+, which is impressive.Ībility to expand RAM is important for those who want to run more apps. In addition, the C3538 CPU architecture allows up to 32 GB of RAM, while the C2538 is capped to 16 GB maximum. The newer Denverton C3538 CPU has a lower clock speed (2.1 Ghz vs 2.4 Ghz), but has much larger L2 cache and can support faster DDR4 memory, whereas the previous generation Rangeley C2538 is limited to DDR3. While it mostly resembles its bigger brother, the DS1817+ in terms of its specifications, it is important to point out that the big differences are in the CPU and RAM. It sports a quad-core Intel Atom Denverton C3538 CPU (clocked at 2.1 Ghz), 4 GB of DDR4 RAM (upgradable to 32 GB), 6x 3.5″ or 2.5″ drive slots, 4x 1GbE network ports, 3x USB 3.0 ports, 2x expansion ports and 1x PCIe 3.0 slot. The new DS1618+ borrows the same chassis, but comes with slightly different hardware. Although Synology has had a 6-bay NAS in the form of the DS3018xs, it is a premium product designed specifically for small businesses, offering high-performance, scalability up to 30 drives and a solid 5 year warranty. The Synology DS1618+ joins the plus family as the first 6-bay unit, sitting between the 5-bay DS1517+ and the 8-bay DS1817+ that we reviewed in 2017. Automated Backups to Another Synology ArrayĪmong the vast number of Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions offered by Synology for different needs, the plus series of storage arrays stand out with their high performance and scalability, making them top choices for photographers and videographers.In this detailed review of the Synology DS1618+, we take a look at what this network-attached storage unit has to offer and how it compares it to its bigger brother, the 8-bay Synology DS1817+ for photo and video storage needs.įirst, let’s go over the base specifications of the Synology DS1618+. When we found out that Synology was releasing a smaller, but powerful 6-bay unit, we wanted to test it out and see how it performs. Although we have reviewed 8-bay storage arrays in the past, we realize that such large and expensive solutions are simply overkill for most photographers and videographers out there, so we decided to look at smaller and less expensive alternatives. Thankfully, with companies like Synology specializing in building high-quality storage arrays, it is easy to find the right solution based on one’s needs. As we battle our ever-increasing storage needs, the need for a storage solution that is capable of consolidating our data, while keeping it in a single, reliable storage array is becoming increasingly important. Just a decade ago, it was hard to imagine using up a terabyte of space, and today we already have single hard drives that can hold up to 12 TB of storage. Without a doubt, the rise of high-resolution content has been putting a lot of pressure on content creators to seek for faster and larger capacity storage.
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