Nas Storage Synology

[AES-NI] My first NAS was a Synology DS918+ purchased from B&H about four years ago. I added a Synology DX-517 expansion unit two years ago, also purchased from B&H. This combination served me well for my large Plex library and for general files sharing. My only regret was the two 1G network connections for the DS918+. I tried 2.5G via USB on the DS918+ and it doubled my file transfer speeds, but I wanted more. I wanted 10G and the drive capacity in one NAS to provide 10G throughput. This brought me to the DS-1821+ I just got from B&H. To max out this new unit's capabilities, I added a two port 10G card (Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro), two 2TB NVME drives (Samsung 970 EVO Plus), two 2TB SSDs (Crucial MX500), six 14TB drives (Seagate EXOS X14), 32 GB of ECC RAM (Samsung) and I added another sine wave UPS (Cyberpower) for power protection. I found a means through Reddit (Synology) to use the NVME drives for storage rather than just cache, so one remains read cache, while the other became a storage drive. I set the two SSDs in RAID 0, so now I can fully use the 10G from the NVME, the SSD pair or the six spinning drives. Can pigs fly? I don't know for sure, but I am getting the performance I was after with this freshly configured DS1821+. The DS-918+ and DX-517 are now my primary backup for the DS1821+. I have several external WD drives of varying capacities that are used to provide backup for both NAS units. These are rotated off-site to minimize potential data loss. I thank Synology and B&H for providing dependable storage that meets or exceeds my expectations.

[70 G / 2.0 ms] This just plugs straight into a Synology NAS. It gives a warning about it not being on the approved compatibility list, but works just fine. If you're ADDING this to a NAS which already has drives in it, remember that it can only add as much storage as the next-largest disk in the array. If you add one of these to an array containing 18TB disks, it can only add 18TB to total storage. If you add two, then they become backups for each other and you can use the full amount of space. This is also dependent on which RAID scheme you are using, but everyone with a Synology is probably using SHR mode.

[AES-NI] I have wanted a Synology NAS to consolidate all my other smaller Drobo direct attached storage units and I have finally made the jump. Learning DSM will be interesting. Now I can have my PLEX storage and my surveillance in one place. I also purchased the 10GB ethernet adapter and moved my network to all 10GB. The DS1821+ is pretty quiet compared to a Drobo. Will be even quieter when I put it in my cabinet.

[1x eSATA] The easiest way to add storage to your existing Synology! Was contemplating getting this or just picking up a new NAS, but this is defiantly the way to go. No need to look at specs, just plug it in, plug drives in and you're off to the races!

[8 TB] Great drive for my Synology NAS

[Synology ] Boost Synology NAS performance

[550 TB] Excellent Enterprise Drive for use in my new Synology NAS.

Excellent Enterprise Drive for use in my new Synology NAS.

[10 TB] I love my Synology NAS! Easy and quick to set up.

[DDR4] Easy install and works perfect with my Synology NAS!