Synology DiskStation DS418play 4-Bay Tower NAS

Synology Inc. launches DiskStation DS418play, a 4-bay NAS for serving as a home multimedia center.

DS418play is equipped with a dual-core 2GHz processor capable of bursting up to 2.5GHz. It comes with 2GB DDR3L memory by default, which is twice the size of its predecessor, and expands up to 6GB to enhance multi-tasking operations. Powered by a hardware transcoding engine, it supports up to two channels of H.265/H.264 4K video transcoding.

“Mobile devices supporting 4K video recording are becoming increasingly popular. However, since 4K video clips are capacity-consuming and not all TVs at home support 4K video playback, users tend to record videos with lower resolution as an alternative,” said Michael Wang, product manager, Synology. “With DS418play supporting up to 40TB of raw capacity, users can store their favorite videos in ultra-high definition, organize and share videos with families and friends effortlessly, and transcode videos on-the-fly to allow video playback on devices that do not support 4K.“

The processor of DS418play supports AES-NI hardware accelerated encryption. With Link Aggregation enabled, it delivers encrypted data throughput at over 226MB/s reading and 185MB/s writing. Users’ digital assets are protected by AES-256 encryption.

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DS418play runs on DiskStation Manager (DSM) 6.1, an OS for the company’s NAS devices, with various applications offered to enhance work productivity.

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