DS218+ or DS218play : rsynology

The 218play is good enough. If you want a more powerful server, the ds218+ is a better choice and IMO is good value for money to jump from 218play.

Synology says the ds218play+ is better, the Plex NAS comparability guide says ds218+ Is the only one that supports hardware transcoding and 4K.

It differs from DS218j and DS218play in the presence of an eSATA port, another USB 3.0 port and 2 GB of RAM (against 512 MB and 1 GB, respectively). A ...

DS218 and DS218play is very much the same NAS. Before spending extra be sure you will really need this extra memory, hot-swap trays or one-touch backup button ...

DS218play is a slightly faster model with 1GB RAM which already allows you to do a little more than basic backups. You can also use it for ...

The DS218 Play has a Realtek processor. The 218+ also has a user expandable memory slot. Lots more differences here.

Then the DS218 is better: it has support for the BTRFS file system for one which means DS218 can support snapshot replication while the play ...

For the USB 3.0 backup tests, the DS218play clearly outperformed the DS218j for all filesystems (FAT, NTFS, and EXT4). For NTFS backup to USB3, the DS218play ...

Comparing Synology NAS: Choosing between DS218+, DS218, DS218play, and DS218j ; se - Budget-friendly option. ; j - Affordable option for home use.

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