Entry level DS2151 which happens to one of the predecessors of the modern-day DS218i. Also, tests have been conducted on the enterprise-focused DS716+1i which have since been succeeded by the DS718+. Synology happens to be one of the leading manufacturers of NAS devices, thus providing a versatile box that will indeed find the required favor with those who go in for such devices and are popular with small as well as medium sized business set-ups.
What does DS218+ comprise of?
- It is 2-bay NAS
- Powered by Celeron j3355 dual-core processor which seeds up to 2.5 GHz.
- It has 2GB of DDR3L RAM.
- Can be expanded by 4GButilizing the second available memory slot.
- One can place 3.5 inch or 2.5 inches SATA drives into each bay.
What does it look like?
- It looks like the DS716+/DS718+ at a given glance.
- It has a front cover that has the tendency to come out rather loose easily.
- It is rather unobtrusive. Measures about 165mmx108mmx232.2mm
- Weighs 1.3kg without drives
What are the other specific features of DS218+?
- It consists of AES-Ni hardware encryption.
- A virtual manager
- MailPlus Server license that allows one to run a hosted email solution.
- It does support more concurrent users Synology’s Office, Drive, and Chat collaboration apps when compared to consumer NAS units.
- The DS218+ supports 4K 30 fps hardware transcoding which means one can stream those with H.265 files.
The basic concept behind Synology’s Movement app is indeed to offer the basic functionality of Google Photos on a private cloud whereby one host as well as controls all of one’s data. No doubt the app is definitely in progress and does lack some elements which some of the more mature Synology offerings such as DS video has.
These features are available via Moments Web-based interface on one’s desktop and also on the moment’s app for i05 and Android.
Synology’s EZ internet package does make it easy the contents of one’s Synology unit to be available via the internet which it will obviously be required in order to have features such as remote upload to be able to work. This can be possible by opening the required ports on one’s router.
Another app that does aim to replicate a Google product is Synology’s Drive which is indeed functionally equivalent to cloud storage solutions such as Dropbox as well as Google’s app by the same name. No doubt the app does not offer any additional functionality that makes one ant use if over the other given options.
The drive is useful for those who feel data is important n the organization they are working for and the data need to be under one’s control end to end. Also, it is useful in case one values one’s privacy and one is responsible for all of one’s own backups as well as physical security. It is easy to use Drive and it also does a good job of maintaining version histories of all the required documents.
