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NAS Synology DS918+ and 4TB Seagate HDD $550 @ Synology
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Tadashi on 13/02/2018 - 23:09 synology.com (3571 clicks)
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Received an invitation to the Synology seminar and workshop. Package 2 includes the NAS Synology DS918+ and 4TB Seagate HDD for $500.

Great NAS, I had it for 2 months now and don’t know what I would do without it. Wish I was able to attend considering the NAS alone goes for around $750.

From the site;

Important information for registration

Who should attend: Synology Workshop 2018 aims to introduce advanced soltuions to distributors, resellers, IT administrators, and business users.
Participation packages:
Participation package 1: Free hands-on training
Participation package 2: 500 AUD (ex. GST) for the hands-on training, a DS918+, and a 4TB HDD (limited opportunity)
*Please note that your contact info will be forwarded to our distributor Multimedia Technology for further invoicing and payment purposes.
Please Note: After submitting the registration form, you will receive an automatic email regarding your registration. Synology reserves the rights to evaluate your registration. We will follow up with a notification once your registration is confirmed.
For those who select the paticipation package 2, Synology will forward your contact information to our local distributor Multimedia Technology for further invoicing after confirming your registration. Once the payment is received, your registration will be completed.
Since seats are limited, please register at your earliest convenience. Thank you!

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  • kungfupanda on 13/02/2018 - 23:18
    +1

    You should correct the typo in the title … 4GB HDD won't "catch" anyone today

    • Tadashi on 20/02/2018 - 21:14

      Oops. Fixed

  • ozoner on 13/02/2018 - 23:18

    I'm assuming you'd need to attend to pick up your NAS?

  • CYMA on 13/02/2018 - 23:18

    Damn a whole 4GB HDD!

  • m0nkeycheese on 13/02/2018 - 23:23
    -4

    Probably a great deal but have my Raspberry Pi 3 kickin it as a NAS for $120 (2tb) Running it as a media server and torrent box with VPN as well. Hard to compete with a DIY NAS these days..

    • garage sale on 13/02/2018 - 23:57
      +6

      Synology and QNAP do lots of things beyond just NAS, they do backups to AWS S3 (possibly Azure also now, haven't checked in a while) so if there is a house fire, burglary , flood you can get your data back.
      They also do snapshots, so if you get ransomware you can restore to a safe point in time.
      etc,etc,etc.

      You can run XPEnology , a community supported port of Synology (not supported by Synology) but you need an Intel chip not an ARM.

      Yes, there is a lot of DIY stuff around, but also need good enough hardware to run it.
      This DS914+ is intel quad core, and has encryption and is fast …… it's business grade, not home grade.

      bargain at $500 with a drive….. over $700 on it's own…. and training so you can bypass a lot of you tube and googling, probably so is lunch and morning tea as part of training.

      • onggie on 14/02/2018 - 06:19
        +5

        Lol this guy comparing Synology/QNAP to a RaspberryPi. At least quote FreeNAS and I might give you some credibility.

        • m0nkeycheese on 14/02/2018 - 06:58

          I am using FreeNAS. Few years back I would have bought one of these, but no longer need to for home use.

        • MrBear on 14/02/2018 - 15:30

          I am looking at getting a NAS. Could you give me some pointers to hardware, etc for using FreeNAS?

      • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2018 - 07:34
        +2

        Mine backs up to Azure.

    • noz on 14/02/2018 - 13:59
      -1

      Please post your maximum transfer rate when copying files?
      My "DIY NAS" does 120MB/sec over SMB (Windows sharing). Like to see what your RPi can do?

  • ahara on 13/02/2018 - 23:35
    +8

    All other event locations listed @
    https://www.synology.com/en-global/events/solution_day_2018

    Including Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Auckland…

  • theguyrules on 14/02/2018 - 00:23

    Very tempted for the Brisbane one…. hmm

  • nagel on 14/02/2018 - 01:11
    +1

    Possible to get the NAS without attending?

    • JimmyF on 14/02/2018 - 07:54

      It does say 'Participation package'

  • Daabido on 14/02/2018 - 01:28

    Online registration page question;

    Where did you hear from this event?

    I predict lots of "other" responses, "OzBargain".

    • playswithfire on 14/02/2018 - 09:52

      I put in the category "Forum"

  • immature on 14/02/2018 - 02:16

    Anyone signed up to this yet? What does the invoice say, is it for the training or the NAS?

    • testeagles on 14/02/2018 - 08:58

      No invoice yet. Seems they will screen your enrollment form and select customers based on details

  • Chewiebacca on 14/02/2018 - 02:35

    Afaik this is just to register your interest in attending? Pretty sure unless you are selected you can't get this for $550.

    • JimmyF on 14/02/2018 - 07:55

      It's a first in, best dressed arrangement for Participation package 2. Places are limited

      • Chewiebacca on 15/02/2018 - 01:26

        Clearly wasn’t a first in best dressed, of course preference would be given to businesses, where they can actually get an ROI.

        • JimmyF on 15/02/2018 - 08:26

          Yes well, I see that now! It did say places had been limited, so assumed it was a first in best dressed, but appears it was a OMG we oversold the event, so just waitlist anyone without a business looking email address.

  • sjobeck on 14/02/2018 - 06:50

    Meh,

    Lose a half day income so I can save a few hundred dollars? Not worth it to me unless the training will save me another half day in f**ing around time normally associated with the setup

    • bich.light on 14/02/2018 - 06:55

      It’s at least offset by the training though

      • bchliu on 14/02/2018 - 07:07

        Only if it matters to you (ie. small scale provider / NAS-SAN engineer etc).

  • bchliu on 14/02/2018 - 07:02

    Supports 2 x NVME slots inside for cache. This thing is quite a beast for what you get. I presume it has a 64bit processor to do about the 16TB limit? Would be pretty awesome to outfit it with 4 x 10TB and stick 2x512GB NVMEs in there. But need to take out a mortgage to do that..

    edit runs the latest 64bit Celery inside. Definitely will run the highest capacities. lol

    • allenhori on 14/02/2018 - 07:24
      +3

      runs the latest 64bit Celery inside

      Organic computing.

    • Shonky on 14/02/2018 - 07:54

      You don't need a 64 bit CPU to access large drives.

    • JimmyF on 14/02/2018 - 07:56

      This model is limited to 8gb going by the Synology spec sheet, it's a CPU limit from memory. I did look it up a while ago

      • justtoreply on 14/02/2018 - 11:23

        gb? Are you talking ram or hdd?

    • lamb on 14/02/2018 - 11:45

      Snippets from their:
      https://www.synology.com/en-global/products/DS918+#specs

      CPU Model
      Intel Celeron J3455 (64-bit Architecture)

      Maximum Internal Raw Capacity
      48 TB (12 TB drive x 4) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)

      Maximum Raw Capacity with Expansion Units
      108 TB (48 TB + 12 TB drive x 5) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)

  • Jetkuma on 14/02/2018 - 08:04
    +1

    I have DS916+. In my own opinion from 1 year usage, it is pretty darn good. I use it mainly to link between my seedbox and my NAS. This allows me to basically connect to it and watch movies, listen to music, share photos, or really…creating usernames for people I want to access certain contents. If i feel like it, I can test build a website just to learn. Kid me not, I had to upgrade my phone plan to 25 GB after since I just have too much time on the train watching movies, documentary, and tv shows. It is quite powerful for home usage…Synology's interfaces are quite well designed. They made it feel like using normal Windows. Hence, you might feel like you are just using another windows.

    I remembered I bought this for around 700 (8GB variant) back in 2017? Given it is a newer version and it can do NVME, I think it is a great deal for 550!

  • No Username on 14/02/2018 - 08:09
    +1

    Tempting just to skip work and go to the event. I've been using the hp proliant ml10 v2 as a storage/window server/back up system.

    • Lukian on 14/02/2018 - 09:25

      I run freenas on mine, it's faster than any home nas setup I've seen.

      • No Username on 14/02/2018 - 20:10

        I use to have freenas running on my Dell PowerEdge 2950. Now I am just using VMware to minimalize my server space.

  • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2018 - 09:31

    This is a great offer
    If not I have just bought the DS218+ November last year
    I would definitely be getting this!

  • playswithfire on 14/02/2018 - 09:55

    Thanks for this one. My aging DS413j is still cruising along but since i've had it for 4.5 years so far I figure it's due for replacement. This deal is perfect, and for me, worth attending anyway since I work with synology gear occasionally :)

  • BigLeviathan on 14/02/2018 - 09:56

    Too bad this model does not do kodi native installation from its DSM app. Plus does not come with HDMI port, otherwise this would be the good replacement for my Asustor AS-6204T (which supports HDMI connection and kodi, but the other apps are so so)

    • snuke on 14/02/2018 - 10:18

      QNAP have NAS with HDMI, and Kodi installed, all reviews I read about them said it was a piss poor experience. Far too slow, and far too many file types it just did want to handle like a proper media player would. I was thinking of getting one, but there were far too many flaws to consider in the end. Keep the NAS to store the media, and get a proper media player for palyback and Kodi.

      • BigLeviathan on 14/02/2018 - 12:16

        I have asustor as-6204t, not too bad for kodi and plex server.

        The ADM (which is the app store software for asustor) could be better, but after all a not too bad and cheaper NAS, if compared with qnap and Synology

        Oh…also asustor support is quick too (although they are located overseas, thus you need to be patient in receiving response if you raise it in the morning)

        • snuke on 14/02/2018 - 12:39

          Plex, Emby etc… that's pretty simple with enough RAM. Transcoding can be the catch, if it's required.
          Using it for Kodi playback, that can be the hugely limiting factor with things like frame rate switching, HD audio, Hi10P, HDR and 12 bit playback causing many issues for non dedicated hardware.

    • dealspider on 14/02/2018 - 15:48

      I wouldn't use the NAS + Media player option ever. Let the NAS do it's job and get a NUC i3. Works really well. You can do whatever you want, dual boot windows and openelec (with Plex plugin) on the NUC.

      • BigLeviathan on 14/02/2018 - 16:38

        I suspect you have no kids as yet? (Or are least your kids are all grown up now)

        Once you have them, you won't have time to fiddle too much in installing dual boot, compatible hardware, psu, vga, etc…

        With NAS, it's pricier but easier to install and manage, plus support team is just an email away

        Well after all, there is always an alternative approach for everything :)

        • dealspider on 14/02/2018 - 16:55

          My point is having NAS to run as a NAS and a Kodi/Plex media player is not a great idea at all. Let the NAS serve files and do its job. Have a seperate PC/RaspPi as the Media player. Imagine NAS having to transcode media files and play it at the same time. That's not going to be very enjoyable watch.

          You don't have to dual-boot. You can just install windows on a NUC and that will probably support pretty much any codec that might emerge in the future. Even if you get the lowest grade NUC you could get pretty decent setup. You can keep the Big-black-box (NAS) hidden somewhere else in your house while the NUC goes on the back of your TV.

        • BigLeviathan on 15/02/2018 - 07:31

          @dealspider: fair point on intel nuc approach as it is small enough to be hidden behind the tv

          Ah well…there is always next project to give this a try

  • imolared on 14/02/2018 - 10:26

    Cheers OP! Got my manager approval and funding for me to attend.

    • lamb on 14/02/2018 - 12:07
      +1

      does "funding" mean YOU get to keep the device or does he? hmmm .. =P

    • BigLeviathan on 14/02/2018 - 12:12
      +5

      His manager is his wife

  • marsking on 14/02/2018 - 10:36

    Good find. Thanks OP!

  • dudeski on 14/02/2018 - 11:14

    This would be an awesome replacement for my tiny QNAP ts109, had it for over ten years, never missed a beat. Replaced stock qnap os with Debian Jessie, does everything I need for now. Agreed, don't run Kodi on the NAS, run it in your Sony Android TV, killer combo!

    • theguyrules on 14/02/2018 - 12:01
      +1

      Better yet, a standalone Android TV box ie Nvidia Shield!

  • lamb on 14/02/2018 - 11:50

    Signed up for it .. Thanks ..

    Wonder if there will be any ACTUAL techs onsite, their email support can't figure out my issue and just dropped the case. I have an older reporting MORE space than actually available ("Storage Manger" vs calculations from "File Station" and "MS Explorer") .. about a 17TB difference. =(

  • theguyrules on 14/02/2018 - 12:01

    Who should attend: Synology Workshop 2018 aims to introduce advanced soltuions to distributors, resellers, IT administrators, and business users.

    Hmm, I want to sign up for it but my usecase is more, I want a dope media server.

    • BigLeviathan on 14/02/2018 - 12:13

      Check out asustor brand, not too bad for kodi and plex server

  • lamb on 14/02/2018 - 12:02

    Out of curiosity ..

    are any Synology owners/users running DSM 5.2-5644 Update 8 (or that range of firmware)?

    I am wondering if you have experienced any issues with the device reporting you have TONS of empty space when you know it to be full(er) what their "Storage Manager" app displays.

    Thanks.

  • MELso on 14/02/2018 - 12:46

    Signed up, not merely for the cheap NAS but also because I do actually want to learn a bit more about using NASs for backups etc (this'll be my first NAS).

  • JelIyfish on 14/02/2018 - 12:55

    Wonder if home users will be given a look in or preference will go to business users.

    • theguyrules on 14/02/2018 - 13:02

      That's what I'm worried about.

      • JelIyfish on 14/02/2018 - 13:19
        +1

        Hopefully the distributor is still making money at $550 and they don’t actually care if you go through with the registration or not.

        • S11 on 14/02/2018 - 14:36

          I imagine the cost of the NAS's + HDDs will be covered by Synology themselves, so I don't think the distributor will be getting a say since Synology will be the ones to forward your details on if your successful. But I could be wrong.

          Home Users may be at a disadvantage, as businesses are more likely to upgrade/buy future models. Though it would also make sense to target people who marked their interest in Surveillance since that means they can further sell their very expensive camera licenses to you.

          Purely speculation, though.

  • BaarOzGain on 14/02/2018 - 13:19

    Does it tell you during registration if there are HDDs left or not ?

  • theguyrules on 14/02/2018 - 13:30

    Registered for Brisbane.

    I put that I’m a home user.

    Will see if they accept my registration.

  • ninjataki on 14/02/2018 - 13:45
    +1

    Why does Brisbane have to be the only full one. Thats really irritating.

    • theguyrules on 14/02/2018 - 13:53

      Yeah I just mentioned it to my co-workers and now it's full.

      • ninjataki on 14/02/2018 - 17:48

        Would rather have not seen this deal at all, now just pissed to have missed it by a few mins. Would've loved going to that conference too, I wonder if it's a yearly thing..

        • S11 on 14/02/2018 - 18:30

          Think you can still go, but obviously not with the NAS to play with after.

        • ninjataki on 14/02/2018 - 18:58

          @xS415x: Yeah I really want to go, it sux but can live without the $150 discount I guess but unfortunately only my area is unavailable to go (Brisbane) ;_; boo

          EDIT - Woot Brisbane is back, they replied to my emails and somehow it had been temp closed but they reopened it just now :) Just to elaborate the training option is now available, the buy option is sold out still.

  • XeSSiV on 14/02/2018 - 14:24

    Sydney full too - says SOLD OUT prefixed to option 2

  • neonlight on 14/02/2018 - 14:26

    it is gone already?

  • S11 on 14/02/2018 - 14:28

    Melbourne no longer has any Option 2/NAS Bundle Options available. The deal is pretty awesome, so guessing most events will be sold out.

    Now it's time to wait and see who of us got in…

  • JelIyfish on 14/02/2018 - 14:28

    Anyone received a confirmation email?
    (Apart from the auto reply?)

    • S11 on 14/02/2018 - 14:30

      Nope, not yet. I imagine they'll be sorting through them.

    • JimmyF on 14/02/2018 - 18:26

      not yet :(

  • Geoff897 on 14/02/2018 - 15:21

    They will be calling the people who got the NAS bundle on Friday to collect payments for the NAS+HDD
    The delivery is going to be @ the venue on the session day.

    • S11 on 14/02/2018 - 15:35

      How did you find this out?

      • Geoff897 on 14/02/2018 - 15:47

        The website had issues submitting the form so i called, They fixed the issue pretty quick, The lady commented in the background "someone posted on OZ Bargain" hahaha

        Probably due to the number of people signing up from OZB cause them some temporary issues

        • BigLeviathan on 14/02/2018 - 16:41
          +1

          Haha ozb is also a community based performance testing platform

        • lamb on 14/02/2018 - 18:15

          There was a number you can call? .. Can you please share the number you called?

        • ninjataki on 14/02/2018 - 19:01

          @lamb: I'm wondering this also, tried their main international line and got a message that it's Chinese new year so bye bye. Can't see a point in ringing the U.S or U.K numbers. No idea how Geoff897 managed to catch them..

        • lamb on 15/02/2018 - 01:08

          @ninjataki:

          Yep. Got the same in their email reply:
          Please note that we are currently out of office due to the New Year's holidays. We will reply to your message when we are back on 21th Feb, if not earlier. Sincere apologies for the inconvenience. Thank you.

          😂

  • paracaps on 14/02/2018 - 18:40
    +1

    Is this something they do every year?

    • JimmyF on 14/02/2018 - 21:59

      roadshow yes, cheap NAS, no.

  • GreenVine on 14/02/2018 - 20:27

    Received this email:

    We would like to thank you for your interest in our workshop.

    Synology Workshop 2018 Melbourne is currently at its full capacity.

    We will keep your registration on our list and contact you again once more seats become available.

    If you don't receive further emails or phone calls from us, it unfortunately means there are no available seats.

    • S11 on 14/02/2018 - 21:22

      Just got the same email.

      Shame, was really looking for some hands on time with a Synology NAS to help me decide if they were worth deploying for work.

      Maybe next time.

      • inori0821 on 14/02/2018 - 22:20

        have received mine.

        Dear xxxxx,

        We herewith confirm your registration for Synology Workshop 2018, participation package 2.

        Since you have opted for a paid package, we will then forward your information to our local distributor Multimedia Technology, who will advise you with payment details. Please note that your registration is not completed until we have received your payment.

        Probably because I used company email registered, and my title is System Administrator.

        • S11 on 15/02/2018 - 08:46

          Don't think using a work email nor your title made any difference. I did the exact same thing, with a similar title, and no invite for me.

          Guessing it was just luck of the draw.

        • Melong on 16/02/2018 - 23:57

          yeh i was confirmed on 16/2, definitely they are picking those whom are in a position to facilitate future sales. Melbourne, used business address.

          Haven't been contacted by "Multimedia Technology" yet

  • stratbargain on 14/02/2018 - 21:18

    Just got an email confirming my paid package. Excellent.

  • theguyrules on 14/02/2018 - 21:36

    Waitlisted.
    Maybe they are doing that cause I’m not a potential business user.
    Pretty disappointing considering registrations were open again well after I registered.

  • JimmyF on 14/02/2018 - 21:46

    Pretty pissed off, I got waitlisted and I signed up many hours BEFORE it was posted to ozbargain as I receive the newsletters etc.

    All these 'free loaders' who didn't have an interest are impacting REAL users of the products.

    Whats also funny is I'm waitlisted, so not even given package 1 option! So turning away someone who was going to give them $550 dollars, even before it was ozbargain'd is just crazy!

    • lamb on 15/02/2018 - 01:05

      I own 2 Synology's NAS devices totallng around 7k (and having issues). Got waitlisted as well.

      Just wished their technical support was a quick to respond. 😂

      • JimmyF on 15/02/2018 - 08:24

        Same, I've spent LOTS with them before, the email address used is the one I used for other roadshows etc. Not happy!

        I guess existing customers don't need any extra 'love'

    • S11 on 15/02/2018 - 08:49

      I'm in a similar situation.

      I work for a SME who's looking at deploying NAS across our sites, this was actually a perfect timed event for us. This probably would have been enough to push me into buying more Synology Products after all the research I've done, but without having hands on time, I'll probably opt for a cheaper solution I had been leaning towards.

      I really wish they'd requested an ABN or ACN for this. As someone who wanted to participate for legitimate business reasons, I'm annoyed that this got OzBargin'd, but as a OzBargin'r, I also feel if anyone got lucky, good on them.

    • stratbargain on 15/02/2018 - 10:10
      -1

      To be honest I never would have found out about it prior to OzBargain but I am a business user and have interest in trying to run some of our software on these NAS's as part of our roll out which in theory could see us spending $$$$$$ with Synology.

      This was probably pretty evident in my application so I can see why they would pick me vs someone with a gmail.com email or a home user etc.

      Ultimately these things are about getting more SME/Business users on board. They only have limited seats so they are right to be choosey.

      • JimmyF on 15/02/2018 - 13:54

        Well good for you, but its a crappy way to treat your existing customer base, when this offer was OPEN TO ALL.

    • JimmyF on 15/02/2018 - 15:45

      Oh look at the freeloaders downvoting!

  • yolow on 14/02/2018 - 23:06

    Just received the email confirmation from them:

    We herewith confirm your registration for Synology Workshop 2018, participation package 2.

    Since you have opted for a paid package, we will then forward your information to our local distributor Multimedia Technology, who will advise you with payment details. Please note that your registration is not completed until we have received your payment.

  • JimmyF on 20/02/2018 - 09:44

    Update - So a week on, after I've been waitlisted for Package 2, I'm not even been offered package 1 as an option! Looks to be a just don't show up kind of thing.

    So turned away someone who was going to give them $550 dollars, and not even offering them package 1!

    And yes, I signed up before it was ozbargain'd, so not one of the freeloaders jumping on board for a cheap NAS.

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