All ok
The delivery was perfect, the installation with two 4GB hard drives was just as easy (I didn't install it myself, my son did) and he told me it was really good. That's why 5 stars.
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Unreliable
The product ordered in November starts to be intermittently blocked after 3 months, blue LED flashing. I managed to restart it. It does the same thing a month later I end up restarting it again but today definitive failure the power LED flashes blue continuously despite the reboot and removal of the hard drives. It hasn't done 6 months...
GO SAV. To be continued...
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Number of reviews: 7 Average rating: 10
Fine
With this NAS I was able to recycle my old 500GB HDDs. Easy to install and intuitive to set up. The updates are very simple to perform and monitoring is regular. The performance is good for the price of the device.
I bought it from the ldlc shop in Orléans, very friendly and professional.
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10
Very good NAS, I recommend
I have a DS215j model, which is very good, but sluggish when the load increases. So I bought this higher end model and am very happy with it. Each is installed in a remote location and both synchronise via the internet.
The product is good, the applications and the documentation too. A bit technical when you want to synchronize, but the Synology help pages are well done.
My advice: if you can afford it, buy the top of the range (+ series, like the DS220+), you will avoid the slowness that occurs when the load increases on the "j", "play" and "no mention" ranges. The same goes for the disk capacity: as it works well and avoids having disks all over the place, you tend to store everything on it. So my advice would be to buy large capacity disks, not necessarily the maximum (16 GB I think), to avoid having to change them quickly. I was disappointed with the WD NASware drives, although they were designed for NAS, I switched to Toshiba drives recently, let's wait and see how they hold up over time.
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 4
Barely 2 years of life ...
I had bought this device here because I had already had two other models in the para before (a ds 216 se and a ds 218 play). The 1st one having given up after 2 months and the following one that I got after many discounts at the SAV of another company that had disappointed me, I decided to buy the same one at LDLC because of their quality. The result is that after 2 years of service, the device is slowly giving up on me (slow execution, interface that time out, no access from outside my house, cascading errors, ...). I'm not sure if it's the best quality, but I'm not sure if it's the best quality, but I'm not sure if it's the best quality, but I'm not sure if it's the best quality. And if they are the best in quality what is the quality of other brands on the market! I'm disappointed and I'm not ready to buy a server from them again.
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10
Good product
Use in the context of a VSE;
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Number of reviews: 14 Average rating: 8
ideal as a multimedia base
This NAS is really convenient to use live or remotely.
It's best to have fibre to take full advantage of the optimum copy speeds.
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Number of reviews: 4 Average rating: 10
Excellent product!
I used to have a basic network drive to share my few media files, but it had become too small. By moving to the Synology, I wanted to increase the size of the drive, and also its security (raid 1). I was also able to add an automatic incremental backup to a USB drive. But I didn't think this NAS could do so much: even if it's beyond my current needs, it can be configured as a full Linux server (Apache, ...). Wow. In any case, I'm delighted with this purchase.
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Number of reviews: 5 Average rating: 8
Very good but more expensive than the competition!
The product deserves a 10/10 but I would never put more than 9/10 to a Synology product for the only and simple reason is that their NAS with equivalent hardware are more rush than the competition!
After of course there is DSM which is a real joy, main use for me: Plex, Download Station (with an AllDebrid plugin), remote access via FTP (NDD OVH (Dynhost)), web hosting (NDD OVH (Dynhost)) and so on and so forth...
So I can only recommend this product, but Synology should think about looking at what the competition is offering in terms of hardware at the same price, even if DSM is above the rest.Review automatically translated -
Number of reviews: 3 Average rating: 7
Works perfectly but no hardware decoding for PLEX
Bought to replace my DS214+ which doesn't do hardware encoding in PLEX, I'm disappointed to realize that the DS218play doesn't do it either! So I have to fall back on "DS video" to stream at home. It works, but it still offers less functionality...
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 9
Excellent
Just what I expected, fast delivery, perfect product. LDLC excellent as usual. The installation was easy and so was the set up
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 9
Synology is a safe bet, but it's not the only one.
A second network socket would have been welcome and a replaceable network card would be a plus. My previous NAS, also a synology, is out of order because the network card broke and alas, it is inseparable from the motherboard, so 1 NAS in the trash. It's a pity ...
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Number of reviews: 3 Average rating: 9
Very good value for money
This is my first nas, I use it for the following functions: backup of all the devices in the house (mobile phone photos, syncing documents on a tablet or automatic copy of sensitive folders on my computer), audio streaming server in AirPlay/musicast on the various sound systems in the house, and finally of course multimedia centre for broadcasting films on the TV.
So far nothing to say, it's all good. Easy to install and quite efficient. I am fully satisfied.
I am fully satisfied with it, but there are two drawbacks:
The first concerns the isolation of hard disk vibrations, indeed no silentblock on them so if you do not have special HDd nas and the NAS touches a wall of the TV cabinet it will make resonance box!
The second one is about the movie centre experience of the nas, indeed being a beginner in nas, I had to struggle a lot of time with the playback of movies via DS videos. Three quarters of my library was not supported! The problem was solved by installing the ffmpeg package, now all 1080p content from HDlight x264 to uncompressed playback very smoothly without any problem, it's still a shame that Synology doesn't include all the codecs that go well.
I'm not sure if it's the NAS that's at fault or if it's my free mini 4K player that's a bit tight, or what...
I'm planning to test this again soon with an NVIDIA Shield box ordered from LDLC.
I've been using it for a while now and I'm not sure if it's a good one or not.Review automatically translated -
Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10
Very good product
Very easy to install and set up, everything is done very quickly.
You can quickly get used to the Synology system and create your own cloud: top!
The same goes for playing videos on the TV, whether it's via the DS video app or live, everything is easy to use.Review automatically translated -
Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10
Compliant and easy
As in all the tests, it is easy to equip, install, configure. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to use a different drive, but I'm sure it's a good idea to use a different drive, and I'm sure it's a good idea to use a different drive, and it's a good idea to use a different drive. It's easy to set up the power on times to save energy and decibels even though it's very quiet (at the time I slept in the same room so without it it's better).
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Number of reviews: 5 Average rating: 8
Home NAS
Installation a bit long for me, as I am a total neophyte. But everything seems to be as I expected. Quiet and responsive: perfect.
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Number of reviews: 8 Average rating: 9
Replacement of an NSA
The previous product from Synology gave very good results. This one is obviously much more efficient. Just a small problem when installing the Raid, but with the help of Synology everything went smoothly.
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Number of reviews: 4 Average rating: 10
Excellent value for money
2-bay NAS for data backup use thanks to 2-disk RAID. This solution is less efficient than a 4-bay NAS but much cheaper! Bonus: the operating system and multimedia capabilities make it a very versatile device. It is fast to connect and also fast for file transfers. Caution: choose hard disks designed for this type of use. Be sure to read the information on the hard drives.
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 1
Unreliable
The product ordered in November starts to be intermittently blocked after 3 months, blue LED flashing. I managed to restart it. It does the same thing a month later I end up restarting it again but today definitive failure the power LED flashes blue continuously despite the reboot and removal of the hard drives. It hasn't done 6 months...
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10
All ok
The delivery was perfect, the installation with two 4GB hard drives was just as easy (I didn't install it myself, my son did) and he told me it was really good. That's why 5 stars.
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Number of reviews: 2 Average rating: 9
Excellent, but noisy...
I don't regret my purchase at all, this NAS is really excellent!
The ease with which we configure it is disconcerting, everything is thought for the "novice" user with a simple and effective handling.
If you're a bit more of a "power user" like me, you'll appreciate the different possibilities offered to push the configuration.
For the storage part, I placed two old disks of identical size to test it before getting disks of higher capacity but especially SILENT because this is the weak point of this NAS (from my point of view), as soon as the disks scratch, the vibrations are transmitted to the case because the system to fix the disks is in metal with simple screws and there are no absorption materials ...
Too bad, a fixing system with rubber rail would have been better = 1 star less.
For the multimedia part, I already use Plex and I was hoping that the recent compatibility with the DS218 Play would work miracles but no: no problem for the installation of the package (which you have to download from the Plex website) but when I launched a HDLight 1080p x264 movie on the TV, the playback is fine but there is a big problem of caching while everything is connected to the ethernet at home, the result is 30 seconds of buffering every 2 minutes during the playback of the movie, the horror.
So I had to fall back on DS Video (the Synology solution) and after configuring the library, using DS Video is simple and straightforward. The app to download on your smartphone for example allows you to order the NAS to send the movie playback directly to your TV (if it is connected and DLNA compatible).
It is far from the possibilities of Plex but this solution does the trick.
For the "NAS" part, because it's still its basic function, nothing to say about it because everything is there.
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10
Very practical and easy to use
This is my first NAS.
I use it as a backup, storage server, multimedia and also video surveillance software.
Everything works perfectly in all these aspects.
Very easy to use product with many utilities (for PC, Mac or smartphone) allowing to have its NAS everywhere.Review automatically translated -
Number of reviews: 8 Average rating: 9
Nothing to complain about
I wanted a NAS to back up my personal documents and access them remotely, but also to have a high performance multimedia server for my home with low power consumption.
And I am not disappointed by these two aspects.
I installed two 4TB IronWolf disks in raid 1 so that I could enjoy a backup. It's not the best in terms of speed in this configuration, but at least I have peace of mind.
The configuration to access it externally is not the easiest, but there is access to a lot of tutorials, both on the configuration of the packages (program on the NAS) to install and on the configuration of the box.
I'm not sure if it's a good idea to use the same software as the NAS, but I'm sure it's a good idea to use the same software as the NAS.
I don't regret my choice, the NAS has been running for a month non-stop and I haven't encountered any difficulties, it may be disproportionate to my current needs, but I think it will allow me to see ahead?Review automatically translated -
Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 6
Multimedia without interest
I don't doubt that this NAS is otherwise a good NAS like other Synology models, but I had chosen this version to simplify my life to create a media server. It's not the case.
1) When you add a second drive to store music or videos, you don't need a RAID drive because you have the originals on CD or DVD. Unclear and illogical menus for installation, and it's a pain to install a second drive that is not automatically RAID.
2) I installed the multimedia clients on an Android box. Nothing special for DS Photo and DS Audio. It works but doesn't bring anything more than a software like Kodi. On the other hand DS Video is a disaster. First of all, for operas or ballets, it will look for completely crazy thumbnails for the titles. But above all, it is unable to read ISO files. For ISO Blurays, it crashes pure and simple. For ISO DVDs, it sometimes manages to display the main menu, but unable to select an audio track, subtitles, or go to a specific chapter. I'm still using Kodi or VLC as clients, and this multimedia version doesn't bring anything.Review automatically translated -
Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10
Excellent SIN, for the false beginner but also for the advanced user
I had heard good things about Synology for their NAS and I was not disappointed.
The NAS operating system, although intuitive and ergonomic (except maybe at the beginning, but you get used to it quickly), offers the possibility to precisely set up the equipment (notably the management of volumes on the hard disks), and includes many useful features: sending notifications by email, SSH connection... It is also possible to extend the functionalities using packages (which can be approved packages but also third party packages)
Physically, the NAS looks solid, it's still plastic but it's good quality.
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Number of reviews: 5 Average rating: 9
Impec
I bought it as a replacement for a ds212j that was a bit old but still active (5 years of use anyway), I am still very satisfied with the synology nas. It runs two irongate disks of 3Tb each mounted in shr by default. I've been using it for a while now, but it's still great.
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Number of reviews: 4 Average rating: 9
Excellent!
Fast delivery, as always .... thanks LDLC!!!
First experience with a NAS. I was a bit tired of having photos on 274 different clouds :-)
Works perfectly, fast and very quiet. Very simple installation with two 2GB HDDs from W.D.
I'm still learning every week about the features, I put all my photos (over 20,000), movies that we watch directly on the TV in the living room and the various portable devices, and created clouds for each person in the family (2 adults and 2 children at school) I don't tell you how it heats up sometimes. But the NAS is still cool.
I would try to put my mail server on it ..... We'll see with time.Review automatically translated -
Number of reviews: 2 Average rating: 8
Top
The first NAS for me, easy to install and configure. It does the job quietly and stores my data securely (mirroring). The only downside is that if you need to find one, it takes a few seconds too long to get out of standby mode when you want to access the data for the first time in the day.
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Number of reviews: 6 Average rating: 9
Just perfect
This is the second Nas Synology I've bought.
What more can I say? It's very well done, simple and fast and I don't see anything to say about this product that I advise to buy in all serenity.
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 8
Very good quality/ratio
First Nas for me, for the price I am very happy with it.
Easy to install and use, allows me to access my media content from anywhere.
My only comments :
- Processor not compatible with the PLEX application (hope synology develops a fix)
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Number of reviews: 5 Average rating: 10
Really impressed
This is the first NAS for me but I'm really impressed with it. It is easy to physically install my drives. The setup and connection to my network is simple (for the most part, the default settings seemed fine). I started by transferring all my movies (about 4TB - this job took about 4 hours in total. I then installed the Plex Media Server application and synced all the movies ... again, easy. Next, I decided to sync all my music which is already backed up to a OneDrive account. I created a new shared folder called "Music" and installed the Cloud Sync app, linking the shared folder to my OneDrive music folder ... about 60GB of music transferred in about 5 hours. Is it exactly the same with a shared Photos folder and One Drive, and currently about 10GB of photos have been transferred in the last 2 hours. This device continues to be easy to use and seems to be faster at transferring things the more I use it.
As I said, I am really impressed with this device. The software is intuitive and easy to use. Installation was a breeze. Linking shared folders to OneDrive folders worked perfectly. The Plex Media Server application is great. I really can't think of a single bad thing to say about my experience so far. If you're in the market for a NAS, I highly recommend that you give Synology's products special consideration.Review automatically translated -
Number of reviews: 11 Average rating: 9
Not disappointed!
I am new to using a NAS. I was looking for a raid 1 backup tool that would be easy to use in a home network, combined with secure use via multiple media. It's quite simple, when I entered these elements, it was the SYNOLOGY brand that stood out in my budget. Easy to access, clear and practical. I haven't seen everything yet, but for the moment I am very satisfied.
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Number of reviews: 3 Average rating: 9
Great Product
I am very pleased with my product, it works perfectly. Quiet, however, a small vibration noise when placed on a piece of furniture because of the plastic feet, can be heard at less than 1 metre when there is no noise in the room. But the problem is solved with double sided tape and cotton wool slices:
- one side of the tape on the feet of the SIN and the other on the cotton.
No more vibration noise.
Performance: nothing to say
- Access everywhere and automated (if configured)
- Multimedia, great except that an HDMI port would be a plus, my chromecast does the trick.
- user management
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Number of reviews: 2 Average rating: 9
Very pleased
Efficient thanks to the applications well developed by Synology, easy to set up, quiet, for a Synology play, accessible with a family use, not disappointed for a first Synology...
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10
Perfect
Fully satisfied, I wanted a raid 1 2*4TO solution to back up family photos/videos. It's fast intuitive and very easy to access:
- auto backup of specified folders from PC and smartphone.
- Access to the file from anywhere.
- No headache for the use via the box.
I've read nothing but good things about synology... it's well deserved
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