#ds218

Synology DS218 + Conversion Progress

It’s been more than a week and my Synology DS218 still converting the photos and videos.

The process is slow and it really puts the processor, hard at work.

You still can access the data on the NAS — in most part, it’s seems running normally, but if you’re streaming high data contain of a good ripped blue ray — it’s not going to work!

As of this writing, my Synology still working hard. Accessing…

Synology DS218 + External HDD

If you’re using a hot swap external hard drive like the one I loan from my friend — you may find yourself stuck and wonder why you can’t seem to access the drive directly from Synology NAS.

Apparently, Synology has the same issue for a very long time. I found a user thread on Synology forum stretch back to 2013.

I think Synology view this as a non issue because you can make adjustment of the…

Plex + Synology DS218 + Chromecast

I load Synology with few movies and give it a spin. It was perfect although my intention for the NAS is only for photos and files — this would make a very good pass time movie streaming server.

I watch Netflix and YouTube with my Google Chromecast. I like the simplicity and the fact that movie contents will continue to play even though your phone was no longer connected to the same network. With…

Taiwanese network-attached storage corporation Synology has unveiled the FS1018 and DS218 – two feature-rich NAS providing media streaming, file sharing, and data backup features in desktop form factors.

The FS1018 is a compact 12-bay, low-latency, all-SSD desktop NAS powered by an Intel Pentium D1508 dual-core CPU and 8GB DDR4 EEC RAM expandable up to 32GB. Aside from offering four…