ds718+

I've had this machine a while and it is humming along. I've recently spun up some containers (like paperless-ngx) and I'm finding out it would be useful to ssh in sometimes for command line items. SSH is enabled. I've tried the root admin, and my other admin user; I get to the password and...

Hi, I have a Synology DS718+ with 2 LAN interfaces. LAN#1 (192.168.1.12) is my local LAN (192.168.1.xxx). It is attached to the main router (192.168.1.1) with access to Internet. LAN#2 (192.168.2.12) is my camera subnet (192.168.2.xxx). The DHCP server is on the DS718+. A Zyxel...

I’ve had a DS 718+ for 5 years with zero problems but I keep running out of space (despite using more and more cloud storage). So am thinking about getting the reasonably affordable DS 916+ and be able to stick in it the two drives I took out of the 718+ when I upgraded to larger drives. Why...

Hi all, I am a new comer in this forum & would like to ask for any suggestion.. I own Ds718+ but recently one of HDD drive has degraded. Option 1: buy a new HDD Option 2: buy a new HDD + new NAS ( If I go with option2, should I install new HDD into current one to make sure everything is fine...

I have a DS718+ which became unresponsive. I have rebooted it and it shows a solid Blue Power Light, but then the Status LED flashes green (never turns solid) and the LAN LEDs also flash green and the disk LEDsare solid green also. No services are active and DS Finder shows status of 'Not...

Hey guys, new to this forum and looking to confirm the bad news. Is this thing bricked? I've had a DS718+ for the last 4 yrs or so. 2 WD RED 4TB drives in SHR mode, BTFRS. This is primarily storage for family pics. I also ran pi-hole and Unifi in docker containers. Since day 1, I installed...

I have two DS718+. One is at home for mainly Plex. And one is at my office for file sharing. I got an email notification that one drive in the Office NAS has SMART errors. It was critical and needed attention. It is set up as RAID 1. I thought that one drive would continue while I figured...

I've watched/read multiple tutorials. I did my backups. Now I have taken an 8TB drive from my 718+ and inserted it into the 920+. I inserted a shiny new 8TB drive. Turned it on. Found the IP on my router and navigated to it. No problem. Then I followed the migration path indicated by the...

Hi I am a relative Newbie. I have setup my DS718+ and it is perfect except for it being only 2 bay. I have a DX517 expansion unit and had put in 2 drives there. I use Surveillance Station, PLEX and use Synology Drive, DS Audio, and Photos. The setup is running nicely. I can move the DS718+...

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Since I have switched my 718+ NAS to all flash (double WD blue 500GB) I haven’t had a chance to test it out regarding it performance. Truth is that I was waiting for more RAM considering that this model comes only with 2GB RAM. Now that I have 16GB running in it, I decided to see how well does...

Exactly 2 months ago my 718+ NAS got an upgrade with a pair of brand new WD Blue 500GB SSDs. The whole idea behind that is to have 718 and 918 running with max RAM and all flash storage. Continue reading...

Comparing the Synology DS720+ vs the DS718+ NAS Drive When it comes down to it, most users buying their very first network-attached storage device will end up choosing a 2-day device. A NAS used to be a remarkable niche piece of hardware that uses would buy and hardly something that troubled...

Might be an interesting read for others. I have purchased a used but as good as new DS718+ . Let me first show what config and infrastructures I currently have now so I can explain better what I plan to do with this new NAS and where it will fit in our environment and infrastructure. This is...

Have a vpn server set up on my DS718+ with OpenVPN protocol (UDP / 1194). I've got the config files on my ios devices and windows 10 laptop. I get like 1/3mbps when hooked up to my vpn server, but like 50/50mbps when hooked up to Mullvad, also on vpn server. This is all on my office's att...

Flexible scalability meeting growing needs Powered by a quad-core processor and AES-NI hardware encryption engine, DS718+ delivers excellent file transfer speeds. With the scalability to expand up to 7 drives with Synology Expansion Unit DX517 and the support for real-time 4K/1080p video...

DiskStation DS718+ - High performance NAS optimized for intensive workloads Flexible scalability meeting growing needs Powered by a quad-core processor and AES-NI hardware encryption engine, DS718+ delivers excellent file transfer speeds. With the scalability to expand up to 7 drives with...

Synology DS718+ vs QNAP TS-253Be NAS Network Attached Storage (NAS) has grown exceptionally popular in 2019, for a number of reasons. First, the importance of our data at home with our family, to the phones that we carry on the commute, to the devices we use in everyday work create data...