Synology DS118 NAS Setup and Review

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The synology DS118 NAS drive is an excellent mid range choice. In this video i go through how its set up, installed and let you know my thoughts.
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@robbo9566 4 жыл бұрын

Hi there, just ordered one of these units with a 3tb hard drive, I was a little apprehensive about setting it up when it arrives, thank you so much for making it simple to understand, I now look forward to setting it up, it's replacing one I installed ten years ago, I'm 70 now and things have got a lot more complex. Channels like yours are a real life saver for we non technical minded. Many thanks.

@Zimpaz 4 жыл бұрын

This comment made my day. Really pleased it’s a useful video for you

@TempoCyclist 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this vid! I just unboxed, installed and set up my DS118 + HDD while watching this. So easy!

@Zimpaz 3 жыл бұрын

Very pleased it was so useful for you! Enjoy your new drive! What are you going to use it for?

@TempoCyclist 3 жыл бұрын

@@Zimpaz Mostly storing 4K video files for local streaming to the FulGaz app, an indoor cycling platform (fulgaz.com) and then back-ups of all my old photos.

@CallMeDude313 3 жыл бұрын

Thx for helping me to install my DS118.

@gaballive 4 жыл бұрын

Hi there, good video btw ;) Do you know if there's a wifi dongle compatible with this device (DS118 NAS)? If not, is there any way I can make it work without directly plugging an ethernet cable into my router?

@smu7373 4 жыл бұрын

I am here to support your channel. Watched your qck edge video and liked it.

@Zimpaz 4 жыл бұрын

Thankyou! Hope you found the videos useful?

@SniperFly0 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review, it helped a lot! Greetings from Hungary!

@Zimpaz 3 жыл бұрын

Hello back from the UK

@yacko00 Жыл бұрын

great walk thru!

@throttlenerd 3 жыл бұрын

Hey man did you tried realtime transcoding on your 118? Can you throw 4K at it and stream via Plex or Video Station to your phone at, say, 480p/1mbps?

@yeatnc4964 3 жыл бұрын

Does smartphone able to access the synlogy hardrive? If it is able to do so, does smartphone can also upload pictures or any other file towards the NAS and download from it?

@marcolopes6018 3 жыл бұрын

i have a question!! if I have one of theist home Cani access it everywhere? like from my office?

@iangarland2096 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!!

@OMG_BeCkY 4 жыл бұрын

Can you upgrade the RAM? And how do you make a physical backup of what's on the Synology? It doesn't have the 'copy' button on the front that many of the other models have.

@abederahimanes804 3 жыл бұрын

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@zakinthetube Жыл бұрын

how about the noise? and power consumption?

@Camelotonline 4 жыл бұрын

Do you need a NAS Specific HD for this or can you use any HD?

@Zimpaz 4 жыл бұрын

Any HD will work but you can buy specific NAS drives designed to be constantly on

@26snoopy82 4 жыл бұрын

Did you have to buy your storage like 1T or did it come with one?

@Zimpaz 4 жыл бұрын

You can buy it with or without a Hd installed. I had a 2tb with mine

@PeDrOkAs24 3 жыл бұрын

Hi there! I was wondering if you could answer a question of mine. Can you open files and edit them directly from the NAS? In this video you mapped the drive so it shows up as "normal" drive in yourr computer. so, can 2 people, in two different computers on the same network, be editing files? Of course, not the same file and only different files but can they do it at the same time?

@Zimpaz 3 жыл бұрын

Yes 2 people on two PCs could edit files at the same time. Not the same file though

@PeDrOkAs24 3 жыл бұрын

@@Zimpaz Can you work from another place? Imagine I have it in my house. When I am in class, can I use it as if I were there? Or for that I must use one of the apps from the brand? maybe even through the browser

@Zimpaz 3 жыл бұрын

Through the browser you can definitely access it yes. I’m not sure about if you can connect as if it were a local drive

@Anonomoss 2 жыл бұрын

Hi There, Great Video. I was about to purchase the Synology DS118 and 12 TB NAS HD to replace a Seagate Personal Cloud NAS that recently died. (they don't make them anymore) I mainly plan to use it as a up to 4k Movie server for my Windows 10 based LAN with a few smart TV's and Roku devices. Wondering if this will work well for my needs? or is there something else you would recommend? How do you like it so far? Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks...

@Zimpaz 2 жыл бұрын

I would say this will work great for your needs. I stream 4k movies from it on an Amazon stick with Kodi installed.

@Anonomoss 2 жыл бұрын

@@Zimpaz - Thank you for your feedback. I purchased and installed it, a bit of a learning curve compared to my old Seagate Personal Cloud but I go it it up and ruining. One thing I didn't anticipate was how loud the hard drive would be, much louder than my old unit. The Synology ds118 is not loud, but the 12tb Seagate Iron Wolf is. Lastly it did not work with KODI out of the box had to do some tweaking to the software and enable NFS for it to work.

@Zimpaz 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I haven’t notice my hard drive being noisy but I have it inside my tv unit. Yes I remember having to faff about to get kodi able to access it!hope you get many years of use from it!

@Anonomoss 2 жыл бұрын

@@Zimpaz - Thank you again for your help and feedback!