Testseek.com have collected 17 expert reviews of the Synology DiskStation DS118 1-bay USB3 and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Synology DiskStation DS118 1-bay USB3.
April 2018
(83%)
17 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Performance comparable to the top-rated DS218play, 4K Ultra HD real-time transcoding, Very quiet low-power operation
Expensive for a single bay NAS
At around $180, the DS118 is not an inexpensive NAS. But it stands toe-to-toe with our #1 ranked two-bay NAS, Synology's DS218play. With the exception of RAID capabilities, the DS118 shares the same features as the DS218play including a hardware encryptio...
Powerful hardware, On-the-fly 4K hardware transcoding, Hardware encryption engine, Small footprint, eco-friendly, and silent, Strong media performance,
None, “The DS118 is a perfect NAS if you don’t need drive redundancy. It keeps things simple, yet, delivers a strong performance.”, Synology DS118 1-Bay Multimedia NAS Review, Thank You, Synology, for this review sample,
Synology's DS118 is a simple NAS in the sense that it only has one drive bay, 2 USB 3.0 ports, and one Gigabit Ethernet port. But that shouldn't hold you back. If you don't need drive redundancy, perhaps you backup externally instead, and you can do with...
Single disk offers no data protection, Not cheap, Kitguru says: The idea of a one bay NAS unit may seem a bit odd but the combination of hardware features and the DMS OS make it an idea tool to use for dedicated jobs on an office or even home network, Rat
Synology's DiskStation DS118 is a real step up from the previous generation DiskStation DS116 using more modern CPU and memory technology than the older unit. In place of the 32-bit dual core processor and DDR3 memory of the DS116, the DS118 uses a 64-bit...
