Synology DS1813+ Unboxing

Synology DS1813+ Singapore

Yippee. Finally I can get myself an upgrade to the current NAS that I am using. Currently I am on the Synology DS1511+ and DX510. Now I have got the Synology DS1813+ !!

The latest in the range of 8 bay (DS1813+ = DS 18 maximum bays.. 8 in the main unit and 10 more in the expansion units if you buy ..) and released in 2013 (that’s why there is a 13 in the model number) and a “+” = supposedly to be better in performance.. 🙂

Synology DS1813+ Singapore

Synology DS1813+ Singapore

Unboxing time ! 🙂

2 LAN cables, one power plug, many hard disk screws and a pair of KEYS… KEYS ?!
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

My order came with a free upgrade of RAM to bring up the RAM to 4GB..
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

Here she comes….

Synology DS1813+ Singapore

Synology DS1813+ Singapore

What a beauty..
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

Synology DS1813+ Singapore

You can now lock your hard disks HA HA:
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

The screwless cabby (frankly, the shop fix the hard disks in for me.. i got to find out how to use the screwless cabby.. ha)
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

A Western Digital RED 3 TB hard disk peeking out of the DS1813+ 🙂
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

This is the first time I am going to use WD RED hard disks in my NAS. Previously I was using Seagate (and not the NAS version)

Not one…
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

But 6 x 3TB Western Digital RED 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

Inside view:
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

Synology DS1813+ Singapore

Back view.. I read somewhere that the fans can be removed.. much easier (if that’s the case) for cleaning ! I had a hard time cleaning my current NAS..
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

Left side 2xUSB 3.0 and eSata
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

Right side. 4 LAN Ports (?!) and 4 USB ports
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

And the DS1813+ compared to the DS1511+ and DX510…
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

And in front 🙂
Synology DS1813+ Singapore

13 comments

  1. Wow! Nice! Are you going to migrate the data from the old Synology to the new one or keep them in parallel operation?
    I have been toying with the idea of upgrading my Qnap but so far haven’t done anything. Currently, I want to upgrade my 1TB Raid1 to a 2TB without having to store the data somewhere offsite. Not yet sure how to accomplish that. Officially the old Qnap doesn’t support some of the newer harddisks.

    1. Hello my friend

      I am replacing the old Synology with the new one. My thoughts are to do the “migration” manually. I will review what files i have in the old Synology (I must have lots of useless stuff inside) and then do a remote copy to the new Synology.

  2. Cleaning up the old data will be a lot of work.

    I forgot your setup … do you have one big RAID (like 5 or 10) or do you chop your disks into different types of RAID?

  3. I also just bought a DS1813+ from Comex with the 4GB memory upgrade. But I bought 3x4TB WD Red and created Raid5 on them. In the process of migrating data off from my old NAS.

      1. Yup, planning to add 1 piece of 4TB every 3-6 months. It will take 2 years to fully populate it. I envy you can watch TVB serial on your Samsung TV. I also use Plex but with LG TV. Can only watch TV shows and Movies but not RMVB. No option to change transcoding. 🙁

          1. Haha, I am like you also, no deleting of stuffs unless agreed by grandchildren. Need lots of disk space.

            I think time to move on to Samsung TV then.

            Btw, are you trunking the 4 network ports to create a big pipe? If yes, what switch are you using?

          2. I have a Cisco SG100 switch

            Not really sure how to create a large pipe. I think my switch is not managed switch.

            Any ideas ?

          3. It seems like Cisco SG100 is an unmanaged switch. If so, I don’t think you can configure trunking on it.

            From googling, I found these two are the common switches used together with Synology.

            HP Procurve 2824 and Netgear GS752TXS

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