#SYNOLOGY DS418 MINIMSERVER FOR ANDROID#

Synology has fully-featured apps available for Android and iOS that let you stream locally stored audio, video, and photos to all devices on your home network. Available for just $100, the NAS is the easiest way to get started with Synology's excellent DiskStation Manager (DSM) web-based operating system. If you don't want to spend too much money but still get a taste of what a Synology NAS has to offer, the DS120j is the ideal option. Of course, you could always pick up a single 8TB IronWolf to get things started and pick up one more down the road. Two of those drives will set you back a couple of hundred dollars, but you are getting 8TB of storage, and that should be plenty if you're looking to build a media server. So if you already have content that will play natively on devices across your home network, it works as a decent enough media server for streaming files over DLNA.įor hard drive recommendations, I would go with 4TB IronWolf drives. The DS220j works well as a Plex server, but it has issues transcoding 4K videos.

#SYNOLOGY DS418 MINIMSERVER SOFTWARE#

You get all the same great software features as the DS220+, including the ability to back up data from all devices on your network, stream audio, and video, and so much more. It has 512MB of RAM, a Realtek RTD1296 chipset, a Gigabit Ethernet port, and two USB 3.0 ports.

That means you can add up to 32TB of storage in the NAS. It is a 2-bay model, and you get the ability to slot 16TB drives in each bay, just like the DS220+. Need a NAS enclosure on a budget? Then, you'll like what the DiskStation DS220j has to offer. Not particularly great with 4K transcodes If you need more storage, you can always opt for the 6TB model or get the 8TB version. The second part of buying a storage server is picking up NAS hard drives we would recommend picking up two 4TB Seagate IronWolf drives to slot into the NAS.

#SYNOLOGY DS418 MINIMSERVER TV#

With 4K transcoding, you will be able to stream content to your TV or other devices without any issues.

If you're interested in getting the DS220+ and turning it into a media server, know that the NAS works just fine with Plex. The DS220+ also offers powerful tools to back up data across all computers and phones on your home network, and it has built-in tools to organize your photos into albums. The brand's DiskStation Manager (DSM) software is the best in the industry, and DSM 7.1 brings a visual refresh with a slew of exciting new features.įor example, you can easily use the NAS as a media server and stream audio and video from it to all devices on your home network and even access the NAS from anywhere in the world. Hardware is just one-half of what makes a Synology NAS great. Because of the beefier hardware, the DS220+ can handle 4K video transcoding with aplomb. There are also two USB 3.0 ports and a single fan at the back. You also get two Gigabit Ethernet ports at the back, and thanks to Link Aggregation, you can combine the two ports to get a boost in data transfer rates across your home network. That should be more than enough storage for most users, and you get upgraded internal hardware in the form of an Intel Celeron J4025 chipset and 2GB of DDR4 RAM. The NAS enclosure has two bays, and it can accommodate a total of 32TB worth of storage. If you're buying a NAS for the first time or looking to upgrade, the DiskStation DS220+ continues to be the ideal choice.

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