ds218

Hello, I'm a Synology greenhorn and I would like to ask how to do an upgrade of HDDs in my NAS Synology DS218+. I have 2x 12TB HGST now and I want to change it to 2x 16TB HGST. Each drive has its own volume - no RAID (I backup it from time to time to external drives). So I can not use something...

Hello all. I first began to use a Synology NAS as local backup for my IT developer home-office. Photos, videos and my sources. I have now retired and my photo video collection has reached 1.5 Tb, but backups of my ex-work virtual disks and old PCs still use a lot more and I haven't yet managed...

I received this message from Synology but there is no sign of the update either via the DSM UI or manual update process: "Auto Update has detected a new version of DSM. Please log in to Home-server and go to Control Panel > Update & Restore to install DSM 7.0.1-42218 Update 4. To learn more...

I'm new to the forum and a novice NAS user so far as technical expertise is concerned. I'd been running a DS218+ for a little over two years when the NAS box failed. Presumably the Hard Drives are OK (WD Red 4TB). The DS218+ was configured by the vendor and my experience has been with basic...

So, this is a head scratcher for me and need help figuring this out. In an endeavor to ensure that this goes according to plan, I look to you, the Synology geniuses, to guide me. I currently have the Synology DS218+ that I use as a Plex Media Server but also use for backups. One of my hard...

My DS218 is blue blinking. It turned out, that the image on the mainboard (stored in a MX25L6433F Flash Chip) is damaged. it does still look good, but its not starting. The error mesage is different each time so no clear error. This is only 8 MegaBytes of Data, but it can not be re-created...

Hi, I have a DS218+ with two 12GB hard drives installed, the drives are currently configured to mirror each other. I'd like to stop mirroring the drives and change the RAID configuration so I have around 24GB of space available, the extra space is more important to me than having the files on...

Hi, I'm new to this forum - hoping someone could help me out. Can't see this issue being discussed anywhere previously. I have a DS218+ (running the latest DSM 7) which I have on a power schedule to start up the system in the morning and shut down over night when its not being used. This has...

Hello all ! Since a couple years ago, I had to change my DS218+ in emergency due to a boot loop of the Synology in production. I kept the old one to try to repair it when I'll the time to do it and... the time has come ! So, I have a DS218+ booting in loop. When I plug the power connector, I...

Moving from my DS218+ to DS220+ and noticed (surprise!) that the DS220+ has only one rear USB port. On my DS218+ I had an external USB drive and a UPS connected to the two USB ports on the back of the drive. Since there is only one port on the rear of the DS220+, will it work if I plug in the...

I currently have a DS212 and DS218+. DS218+ is my main unit, DS212 is used for backup from the DS218+. I'd like to replace the DS212 as it's getting a little long in the tooth, and don't want to have to deal w/a failure in a hurry if (when) the DS212 fails. Also want to use Snapshot from one...

I have Synology DS218+ and I'm planning to buy DS1621+. If I just put my disk (I have only 1 volume with btrfs) from 218+ to 1621+ what can I expect? Will new NAS overwrite existing DSM and keep all the data intact? If I loose some of the system setting that's OK, as long as all the shares and...

Hi all, I have a DS218+ and I've been trying to INCREASE the network speed to the device in my apartment (pre-wired CAT 5E). I was unable to maintain 1gbps on my PC, as network card would automatically downgrade after a while... what I did, ordered some Cat7 shielded cables from Amazon and...

Hi all, I have a DS218+ which has been working great, running 2x6TB WD Red Plus. I mainly use it to backup from 2 PCs, share Photos, 2 security cameras, and HEAVY Plex use! I am slowly running out of space, and my only option is to replace both drives with larger drives as I cannot add...

I have a 2 bay nas with one 4tb SSD (pool 1) and one 4tb HDD (pool 2). How do I mirror the two pools for redundancy? Detail: one of my WD SSD's failed and has been at WD for over 6 weeks without any communication from WD. Out of caution, I purchased a 4tb IronWolf HDD since I have absolutely...

Since the last firmware update the login screen got quite ugly. It has now a white login screen and it seems I can not change that in the settings. I think before it was somehow transparent/opac? At the bottom it can have some text. There I had a description what is now somehow fliped downwards...

Hi everybody, I have a DS218+ with two 3TB HGST Drives (HGST HDN724030ALE640) for some time now. The drives are configured as SHR Raid Type and only one Volume is used on the Raid. Some months ago (two or three) the NAS suddenly switched to Read-Only mode and wasn't able to boot. I didn't want...

Hi all, I am a newbie Synology users (6 months) or so, it's being used to backup Desktop/laptop data (using Drive), and to host all our videos, which we used multiple times a day via Plex specially for our kids. I've upgraded RAM to 4GB, but everything else is stock, no dongles, add-ons, etc...

Hi, Today my DS218 is making occasional long beeps (roughly 10 seconds each). I can't find any errors in the DSM. I checked Control Panel - Hardware and Power (it says Reason for current beep: None), Storage Manager, and Notifications. The led lights are green. Thanks!

Hi everyone! I upgraded my DS218+ with an 8GB Crucial stick (after having checked compatibility on NAScompares at the time). DSM correctly sees the 10 GB, but after using 2GB (big task) does not use the other 8GB free physical memory (still displays them as free) and instead starts swapping to...