Conclusion
...strong all-round performance, huge storage potential and 4K transcoding with popular third-party services such as Plex.The Synology DS1019+ is an incremental upgrade over the existing DS918+. Offering an extra storage bay and more memory, up from 4GB to 8GB, the new unit is by no means ground-breaking but continues to serve as a powerful solution for those in the market for a high-capacity NAS.
Employing a familiar quad-core Intel Celeron processor, dual Gigabit Ethernet and eSATA for simplified storage expansion, DS1019+ delivers all of the NAS essentials, including strong all-round performance, huge storage potential and 4K transcoding with popular third-party services such as Plex.
Synology has played it safe in terms of hardware, yet while we'd liked to have seen PCIe expansion to help ease the transition to faster networking standards, the robust DiskStation Manager operating system continues to make this one of the more appealing five-bay units out there.
The big question for anyone eyeing up a Synology NAS is whether or not it's worth paying the £100 premium for an extra bay and more memory. That depends entirely on how much storage you really need, but we come away feeling as though it's worth keeping an eye on the DS918+ in any upcoming sales.
Dual M.2 slots for easy SSD caching
Media transcoding with third-party apps
Simple expansion via optional DX517
Three-year warranty
Still only USB Type-A
Not the quietest
Synology DS1019+
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