8 Bay DiskStation (Diskless,4GB, DDR4)

Durable

I love Synology best nas software hardware Need more upgrades from Synology but for all is my favorite nas

It has been working for a couple of months now with all 8 bays full with 10 and 8 tb disks. I added a 10g network card and 2 m2 ssds for the cache and it is a beast. I am really satisfied with the purchase.

Bought it with a 10Gbit LAN card. I am a single user (Photographer and videographer). I was planning on upgrading ram and SSD cache, but neither is necessary. Ram usage is typically 35% only. I already have an older DS1815+, which now is my backup unit. the DS1821+ is much faster and of course the 10Gbit LAN port is sweet as. Update: Added 2x 2TB NVME sticks as Read/Write Cache. Fantastic! Going to update the RAM soon, just in case it helps. Currently using 57%, but what the heck?

This is my fourth 8-disk Synology DiskStation since 2014. My last one was a DS1817 which included two 10-gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) ports, and you can bet I aggregated those links on my (very expensive) Ubiquiti US-XG-6PoE and had 20-gigabit between this and my primary FreeNAS server. Well, I wanted to setup a secondary Plex server to offload some from my primary FreeNAS, but the DS1817 didn't have an x86 based chipset, so Plex wouldn't run. I bought the DS1821+ and have been (until today) living off 4-gigabit aggregated connections. However, where the DS1821+ really shines is its fairly capable AMD Ryzen quad-core CPU, which feels light years ahead of the DS1817 in terms of NAS performance and Plex transcoding on the fly. I broke out some of my BluRays and tried pretty much uncompressed dumps to the NAS and playback on Plex and it handled them and seeking really surprisingly well. Very happy with the 1821+. I do wish it came with at least a couple of SFP+ ports for connectivity, but this thing has PCI-E and you can toss in NVMe cache drives, more RAM, and an expansion card for 10-gigabit or more NVMe or both. I opted for an Intel X520-DA2 to get my 10 gigabit connectivity back, and the Synology found it right away with basically no configuration (other than bumping up MTU) necessary. Hooray! So if you're looking for a very capable, small form factor NAS with expansion options, the DS1821+ is so far my very favorite 8-bay I've used so far. Looking forward to what future models hold in store!

Among all other brands available on the market, I think Synology is the best. Besides, they have different models designed for homes or small businesses as well. At least, in my case, I'm happy that all my external drives finally found their home at docking slots on this Synology server. So, it's an excellent product and worth every cent I spent on it. The store surprised me with speedy delivery, much earlier than I expected, and as a delighted customer, I would consider buying other things there again.

Bom