Synology DiskStation 2-Bay NAS, 64-bit 1.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor (DS218play)
The Synology (DS218play) is a feature rich, two-bay tower equipped with a 64-bit quad-core processor. Featuring powerful multimedia processing capabilities, DS218play supports real-time transcoding of 4K Ultra HD source content, and is perfect for multimedia streaming and file sharing for home users. Synology DS218play is backed by Synology’s 2-year limited warranty.
Synology (DS218play) Key Features
- 4K Ultra HD Entertainment Center
- Personal Multimedia Library
- Cross-Platform File Sharing and Data Synchronisation
- Easy Backup Solutions
- Anywhere/Anytime Availability
- Energy Efficient with Cool and Quiet Design
- 2-bay NAS with optimal multimedia solution for home users
- 4K video transcoding on the fly with 10 bit H.265 codec support
- Up to 112 MB/s and 112 MB/s sequential reading and writing throughput, respectively
- Over 112 MB/s encrypted sequential reading throughput and 112 MB/s encrypted sequential writing throughput
- Powered by a 64-bit 1.4 GHz quad-core processor with 1 GB DDR4 RAM
- Supports a single volume of over 20TB raw capacity
- Supports up to 15 IP cameras
4K Ultra HD Entertainment Center
Synology DS218play is a multimedia-optimised 2-bay network attached storage solution equipped with a 64-bit quad-core 1.4 GHz processor and 1 GB RAM, delivering sequential reading throughput at over 112 MB/s and writing throughput at over 112 MB/s under RAID 1 configuration. An encrypted sequential data transmission at over 112 MB/s reading and 112 MB/s writing. DS218play further supports real-time 4K Ultra HD (4096 x 2160) video transcoding of up to 10bit H.265 (HEVC) content.
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Personal Multimedia Library
The DS218play helps you easily manage your multimedia content and share them across Windows, Mac®, and Linux® platforms. With Video Station, you can easily organise and sort your personal digital video library with comprehensive media information and watch 4K Ultra HD movies and films. Photo Station allows you to effortlessly organise photos into customised categories, smart albums and blog posts, and link them to social networking websites within a few clicks. Audio Station comes with Internet radio and lossless audio format support, and is capable of music playback via DLNA or AirPlay-compliant devices.
Cross-Platform File Sharing and Data Synchronisation
Synology DS218play supports comprehensive network protocols, ensuring a seamless file sharing experience across Windows®, Mac®, and Linux® platforms. Windows AD and LDAP integration allow the DS218play to fit quickly and effortlessly into any existing network environment without the necessity to recreate user accounts. Cloud Sync keeps your Dropbox, Google™ Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Baidu and Box storages in sync with your personal DiskStation at home. The Cloud Station Suite allows you to sync files among multiple devices — Windows PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android™ tablets/ phones — effortlessly keeping everything up-to-date. The DS218play combines seamless file sharing capability with hardened security, even over the internet with HTTPS, built-in firewall, and multiple IP and account intrusion auto-blocking mechanisms.
Easy Backup Solutions
With block-level incremental backup and cross-version deduplication, Synology Hyper Backup provides multi-version backup with optimised storage utilisation and allows data backup to multiple destinations–local shared folders, external hard drives, network shared folders, rsync servers, and public cloud services.
Anywhere/Anytime Availability
Synology provides mobile applications that allow you to enjoy your multimedia library even when on the go. Available on iOS, Android™ and Windows Phone® platforms, DS photo, DS audio, DS video, and DS file enable access to your Synology NAS through Photo Station, Audio Station, Video Station, and File Station. What’s more, you can use DS get to remotely manage and monitor download tasks on Download Station. QuickConnect allows you to connect via a simple customisable address so that you can instantly access media and work files on any Windows/Mac/Linux computer, laptop, or mobile device.
Energy Efficient with Cool and Quiet Design
Synology DS218play is designed with energy efficiency in mind. Compared with its average PC counterpart, Synology DS218play consumes relatively little power at 16.79 watts when accessed and 5.16 watts when hard drive hibernation is enabled. The scheduled power on/off feature further reduces power consumption and long term operation costs.
Synology (DS218play) Technical Specification
Hardware
- CPU: Realtek RTD1296 quad-core 1.4GHz
- Hardware encryption engine: Yes
- Hardware transcoding engine:
- Supported codec: MPEG-4 Part 2 (XVID, DIVX5), MPEG-2, VC-1, 10-bit H.265 (HEVC)
- Maximum resolution: 4K (4096 x 2160)
- Maximum frame rate per second (FPS): 60
- Memory: 1 GB DDR4
- Compatible drive type: 2 x 3.5" or 2.5" SATA SSD / HDD (drives not included)
- External port: 2 x USB 3.0 port
- Size (HxWxD): 165 x 100 x 225.5 mm
- Weight: 0.87 kg
- LAN: Gigabit (RJ-45) x 1
- Wake on LAN/WAN: Yes
- Scheduled power on/off: Yes
- System fan: 92 x 92 x 25mm
- AC input power voltage: 100V to 240V AC
- Power frequency: 50/60Hz, single phase
- Operating temperature: 5°C to 40°C (40°F to 104°F)
- Storage temperature: -20°C to 60°C (-5°F to 140°F)
- Relative humidity: 5% to 95% RH
- Maximum operating altitude: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
General DSM Specification
- Networking protocol: SMB, AFP, NFS, FTP, WebDAV, CalDAV, iSCSI, Telnet, SSH, SNMP, VPN (PPTP, OpenVPN ™ , L2TP)
- File system:
- Internal: ext4
- External: ext4, ext3, FAT, NTFS, HFS+, exFAT3
- Supported RAID type: Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR), Basic, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1
- Storage management:
- Maximum internal volume: 256
- Maximum iSCSI target: 10
- Maximum iSCSI LUN: 10
- iSCSI LUN clone/snapshot support
- File sharing capability:
- Maximum local user account: 2,048
- Maximum local group: 256
- Maximum shared folder: 256
- Maximum concurrent SMB/NFS/AFP/FTP connection: 200
- Privilege: Windows Access Control List (ACL), application privileges
- Directory service: Windows® AD integration: Domain users login via SMB/NFS/AFP/FTP/File Station, LDAP integration
- Security: Firewall, encryption shared folder, SMB encryption, FTP over SSL/TLS, SFTP, rsync over SSH, login auto block, Let's Encrypt support, HTTPS (customisable cipher suite)
- Supported client: Windows 7 and 10, Mac OS X® 10.11 onwards
- Supported browser: Chrome®, Firefox®, Internet Explorer® 10 onwards, Safari® 10 onwards; Safari (iOS 10 onwards), Chrome (Android™ 6.0 onwards)
- Interface language: English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, Dansk, Norsk, Svensk, Nederlands, Русский, Polski, Magyar, Português do Brasil, Português Europeu, Türkçe, Český and more
Packages and Applications
- File Station: Virtual drive, remote folder, Windows ACL editor, compressing/extracting archived files, bandwidth control for specific users or groups, creating sharing links, transfer logs
- FTP Server: Bandwidth control for TCP connections, custom FTP passive port range, anonymous FTP, FTP SSL/TLS and SFTP protocol, boot over the network with TFTP and PXE support, transfer logs
- Universal Search: Offer global search into applications and files
- Hyper Backup: Support local backup, network backup, and data backup to public clouds
- Backup tool: DSM configuration backup, macOS Time Machine support, Cloud Station Backup Shared folder sync - maximum task number: 4
- Cloud Station Suite: Sync your data between multiple platforms by installing the client utilities on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS devices, while retaining up to 32 historical versions of files Maximum concurrent file transfer: 200
- Cloud Sync: One or two-way synchronisation with public cloud storage providers including Amazon Drive, Amazon S3-compatible storage, Baidu cloud, Box, Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage, Google Drive, hubiC, MegaDisk, Microsoft OneDrive, OpenStack Swift-compatible storage, WebDAV servers, Yandex Disk
- Surveillance Station: Maximum IP camera: 15 (total of 450 FPS at 720p, H.264) (Includes two free camera licenses; additional cameras require the purchasing of additional licenses)
- VPN Server: Maximum connection: 15, supported VPN protocol: PPTP, OpenVPN™, L2TP/IPSec
- Mail Server: Supported Mail Server Protocols: POP3, SMTP, IMAP, Support LDAP/AD account
- Mail Station: Webmail interface for Mail Server to receive emails from multiple POP3 mailboxes, customisable SMTP server
- Collaboration Suite:
- Chat maximum user: 500
- Office maximum user: 100 , maximum simultaneous editing user: 30
- Calendar: support CalDAV and access via mobile devices
- Note Station: Rich-text note organisation and versioning, encryption, sharing, media embedding and attachments
- Storage Analyser: Volume and quota usage, total size of files, volume usage and trends based on past usage, size of shared folders, largest/most/least frequently modified files
- Security Advisor: Malware detection/removal, user account/password, network, system-related security scan
- Antivirus Essential: Full system scan, scheduled scan, white list customisation, virus definition auto update
- Download Station: Supported download protocols: BT, HTTP, FTP, NZB, eMule, Thunder, FlashGet, QQDL. Maximum concurrent download task: 50
- Web Station: Virtual host (up to 30 websites), PHP / MariaDB®, third-party applications support
- Other packages: Video Station, Photo Station, Audio Station, DNS Server, RADIUS Server, iTunes® Server, Log Center, third-party packages available on Package Center
- iOS/Android™ applications: DS audio, DS cam, DS cloud, DS file, DS finder, DS get, DS note, DS photo, DS video
- Windows Phone® applications: DS audio, DS file, DS finder, DS get, DS photo, DS video
Environment and Packaging
- Environment safety: RoHS compliant
- Package content:
- DS218play main unit x 1
- Quick Installation Guide x 1
- Accessory pack x 1
- AC power adapter x 1
- RJ-45 LAN cable x 1
- Optional accessories:
- VisualStation VS360HD, VS960HD
- Surveillance Device License Pack
- 2.5" Disk Holder (Type C)
- Warranty: 2 years
