Synology DiskStation DS1618 Plus 6-bay USB3

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9.2

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Based on 234 reviews
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Pros:

Easy setup
Up to 72TB of local storage
Up to 32GB of RAM

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Price

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Last revision on July 3, 2020

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Easy setup
Up to 72TB of local storage
Up to 32GB of RAM
Optional M.2 SSD caching card

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Its new Atom CPU and big DDR4 memory capacity makes the Synology RackStation DS1618+ a great choice for handling a wide range of network storage duties with room on top for plenty of apps. 10GbE performance is a little uneven but is good enough for...

By IT PRO on January 04, 2019

It's hard not to love the DS1618+, with its mix powerful hardware and flexible upgrade options. As high-end NAS devices go, it's also fairly competitively priced. Of course, it faces some stiff competition from other Synology NAS models, as well as...

By TechRadar on November 30, 2018

If you're looking for a solid middle-of-the-road NAS that's got six drives and just enough guts to do justice to most potential everyday applications, the Synology DS1618+ is a good way to go.As with most NAS products, it's about finding the right fit....

By PCWorld New Zealand on November 21, 2018

The NAS box comes with various useful features, numerous connectivity options, and DSM OS which is seriously awesome. It has 6 bays that can store up to 84 TB data, massive for small businesses, it is a great choice to create your own private...

By pcquest.com on September 24, 2018

There's no question that the Synology DS1618+ is a quality piece of hardware. However quality devices do not come cheap: Street price for the NAS device is $750, and that's without any hard drives. If you consider that a 3TB IronWolf NAS drive costs...

By Neowin on August 24, 2018

The new Synology DS1618+ takes on the extra hard drive loadout with Intel's “Denverton” Atom C3538 platform. Quad cores give the system the performance boost needed to handle tasks like encryption across all six hard drives. Adding in the PCIe 3.0 slot...

By servethehome.com on June 25, 2018

The Synology DiskStation DS1618+ has been a highly anticipated product, and we can say that the wait was probably worth it. Offering six drive bays for a theoretical local storage capacity of 72TB, this NAS should provide plenty of room for most users....

By ThinkComputers on June 11, 2018

As we've discovered recently here at the PCPer office, once you experience 10Gb/s network speeds, you never want to go back. And while we've rolled our own storage servers, there's still a place in most homes and businesses for turnkey NAS solutions.The...

By PCPer on September 05, 2018

Synology's DS1618+ is the long-awaited upgrade to its NAS lineup as the first to offer a faster 3000-Series Atom quadcore processor, a PCIe 3.0 expansion slot and DDR4 memory. With an $800 price tag it also becomes the most affordable Synology NAS that...

By Techgage on August 07, 2018

What a NAS! Synology DiskStation DS1618+ is a NAS of my taste. It has all the right things to be the best at what it does: Store and serve your files. And while it doesn't stop there, it doesn't go beyond what it needs to do.A Solid Base with Expansion...

By eTeknix on July 17, 2018

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