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- Real Name: Charles Rodríguez
the Synology DS218 Play is a $229 consumer NAS system, that does not even support Plex server, least not a professional vidoe application like Davinci Resolve. Blackmagic now makes the Cloud Store product line, and the current 2 products that are available are the Cloud Store Mini, which is 8 TB of flash storage for $2995, and the Cloud Pod, which will give you limited NAS features, and you provide your own thunderbolt or USB-C drives, and this is $395.
Of course, there are plenty of NAS systems on the market from QNAP, Synology, Asustor and others, that will all allow you to have NAS functions for shared storage and remote access, but they don't cost $229. What can you get for $229, so you can do 4K editing ? NOTHING. If you are a single user, and want a small QNAP, you would get a QNAP TS-h886 with 6 matching 7200 RPM SATA drives, and the 10G card. Without a 10G interface on your computer, you will not be doing 4K editing. With a Synology, you would purchase the DS1621xs+, and provide 6 matching 7200 RPM drives. And of course, the Cloud Store Mini will perform great as well, but it's only 8 TB of storage.
If you can't afford any of this, then I suggest that you just get a standard thuderbolt drive to do direct attached storage. The only reason to choose a NAS system - be it Blackmagic Cloud Store, QNAP, Synology, etc. is because you want shared storage for multiple computers, and remote access and the ability to sync to cloud sites. If you feel that a product like the Synology DS218 was the "right purchase" because it was cheap - well, you have already found out, that it will not work for you.
Bob Zelin