Synology DS918+ 4-Bay NAS

crmaris · Dec 13, 2017

The Synology DS918+ is the successor to the DS916+ and features a new CPU, more RAM, a pair of M.2 slots, and trays with locks. Strangely enough, the older model seems to perform better in real-life scenarios; however, the DS918+ is fast enough to still meet the increasing demands of a home user.

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pociej · Dec 14, 2017

Synology still without PCI-E slot on 4 bay devices for future use with 10 GbE.

Just Qnap offers "cheap" NAS with 10 GbE (built-in) in 431X, hope Synology will follow that soon or will give us a slot for external NIC.

bug · Dec 14, 2017

I'm not sure how power draw is a plus with 11W in sleep and almost 30W in idle.

Also, btrfs has been up and coming for so many years, RedHat threw in the towel and dropped support for this file system.

crmaris · Dec 14, 2017

with four HDDs, which consume most of this power.

bug · Dec 14, 2017

crmaris said:
with four HDDs, which consume most of this power.

I can't find the specs for the drives used, but a mechanical HDD idles at ~1W.

repman244 · Dec 14, 2017

bug said:
I can't find the specs for the drives used, but a mechanical HDD idles at ~1W.

1W is for standby, idle is 4,6W per drive and this is for 500GB drives. Larger drives usually consume even more due to having more patters, so he was right in saying that the drives consume most of the power.

copenhagen69 · Oct 13, 2018

So you mention the plastic HDD install clip things with no antivibration ... can these be swapped out or something added to help with vibration?

Pretty sure this will be my next purchase since this seems to be one of the best out right now in 4 drive setup.

stuartb3502 · Mar 13, 2019

Really helpful to get these sort of details as I'm looking at an upgrade from a previous diskstation and wanted to understnad the power hit. You call out vampire power being >0.5w, but it's actually higher than standby power which can't be correct (?)

Processor	Intel Core i7 4770k
Motherboard	Asus Maximus VI Extreme
Cooling	custom liquid cooling by pociej
Memory	Corsair Dominator GT CMT16GX3M4X2133C9
Video Card(s)	2x EVGA GeForce GTX 680+ 4GB w/Backplate
Storage	Samsung 840 PRO 256 GB, 4x Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003
Display(s)	Dell Alienware AW2310
Case	Lian Li V2120X
Power Supply	Seasonic Platinium P1000 SS-1000XP 1000W
Benchmark Scores	3D Mark Fire Strike 11411 points http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1038101

Processor	Intel i5-12600k
Motherboard	Asus H670 TUF
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 34
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 G.Skill Ripjaws V
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1060 SC
Storage	500GB Samsung 970 EVO, 500GB Samsung 850 EVO, 1TB Crucial MX300 and 2TB Crucial MX500
Display(s)	Dell U3219Q + HP ZR24w
Case	Raijintek Thetis
Audio Device(s)	Audioquest Dragonfly Red :D
Power Supply	Seasonic 620W M12
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core
Keyboard	G.Skill KM780R
Software	Arch Linux + Win10

Processor	Intel i5-12600k
Motherboard	Asus H670 TUF
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 34
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 G.Skill Ripjaws V
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1060 SC
Storage	500GB Samsung 970 EVO, 500GB Samsung 850 EVO, 1TB Crucial MX300 and 2TB Crucial MX500
Display(s)	Dell U3219Q + HP ZR24w
Case	Raijintek Thetis
Audio Device(s)	Audioquest Dragonfly Red :D
Power Supply	Seasonic 620W M12
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core
Keyboard	G.Skill KM780R
Software	Arch Linux + Win10

System Name	Desktop
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-1680v2
Motherboard	ASUS Sabertooth X79
Cooling	Intel AIO
Memory	8x4GB DDR3 1866MHz
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 970 SC
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB + 2x WD RE 4TB HDD
Display(s)	HP ZR24w
Case	Fractal Define XL Black
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Modi Uber/Sony CDP-XA20ES/Pioneer CT-656>Sony TA-F630ESD>Sennheiser HD600
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Logitech G613
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	ASUS ROG Zephrus M15
Processor	AMD Rhyzen 7 4800HS
Memory	16GB
Video Card(s)	Geforce RTX 2060
Storage	1TB

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