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Synology 2 bay Network Video Recorder NVR1218 (Diskless)

3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 147 ratings
Connectivity Technology HDMI
Compatible Devices Servers
Brand Synology
Memory Storage Capacity 1024 MB
Hard Disk Size 20 TB

About this item

  • Standalone surveillance solution with 1080p HDMI output
  • Point of Sale (POS) system support combines business transaction records with surveillance recordings
  • 4 free camera licenses included, supports up to 12 cameras
  • Mobile apps ready for on-the-go surveillance
  • Expandable storage capacity up to 7 HDDs with DX517
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Synology 2 bay Network Video Recorder NVR1218 (Diskless)

Synology Network Video Recorder NVR1218 is an all-in-one, energy efficient private surveillance solution with HDMI output for PC-less management and live monitoring. Offering an effortless surveillance experience, Synology Network Video Recorder NVR1218 has the ability to display and record up to 12 IP cameras while being extremely energy-efficient.

Setup and deploy NVR1218 in remote or secure locations with no external network access required. The support for Point of Sales (POS) systems allows NVR1218 to be integrated with transaction systems to enable video indexing capability against transaction records.

NVR1218 can be connected to Synology DX517 expansion unit to expand from 2 to 7 drives, allowing you to create RAID 5 volumes and find the ideal balance for your storage strategy. Once connected via eSATA with a specially designed locking cable, NVR1218's raw capacity can reach 70TB.

Specifications

CPU Model Embedded NVR SoC
CPU Architecture 32-bit
CPU Frequency Dual Core 1.0 GHz
System Memory 1 GB DDR3
Drive Bays 2
Maximum Drive Bays with Expansion Unit 7 (DX517 x 1)
Maximum Internal Raw Capacity 32 TB (16 TB drive x 2) (Capacity may vary by RAID types)
Maximum Single Volume Size 16 TB

What's in the box

  • NVR1218 main unit
  • AC power adapter
  • RJ-45 LAN cable
  • USB installation dongle
  • Quick Installation Guide
  • Accessory pack

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    Product Description

    Synology Network Video Recorder NVR1218 is an all-in-one and energy efficient private surveillance solution with HDMI output for PC-less management and live monitoring. NVR1218 supports up to 12 channels of 720p/30FPS camera streams. Point of Sale (POS) system support combines business transaction records with surveillance recordings. Synology NVR1218 is backed by Synology's 3-year limited warranty.CPU Frequency : Dual Core 1.0 GHz

    Customer reviews

    3.9 out of 5 stars
    3.9 out of 5
    147 global ratings

    Customers say

    Customers like the performance, ease of setup, and security of the digital video recorder. They mention that it works with most network cameras, is very easy to set up, and is secure. Customers are also satisfied with the hardware. However, some complain about the speed, saying that it struggles to record at 1080P 30fps and that the web UI is a touch laggy at times. Opinions are mixed on quality and value.

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    6 customers mention6 positive0 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the performance of the digital video recorder. They mention that it works reliably and works with most network cameras.

    "...It works with most network cameras you can find, from the expensive Hikvision to Amcrest to Reolink and all the way down to the $25 Wyze cameras...." Read more

    "...The web UI is a touch laggy at times, but it work reliably, and it is the remarkably good Synology software I have come to trust...." Read more

    "...The NVR1218 works pretty well, though, seems under powered (CPU utilization spikes pretty high during any use of the web UI), though if configured..." Read more

    "Very easy to set up. Works the first time. Can access from smart phone." Read more

    5 customers mention5 positive0 negative

    Customers find the setup of the digital video recorder to be easy. They mention that it works the first time and can be accessed from a smart phone.

    "...1920x1080 24fps on event detection (camera-triggered), my setup runs happily and reliably...." Read more

    "It was simple to set-up and cheaper than buying the licenses from Synology on another device...." Read more

    "Very easy to set up. Works the first time. Can access from smart phone." Read more

    "...and this is no different than setting up a Synology NAS -- it was very easy and only took about 30 minutes...." Read more

    5 customers mention5 positive0 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the security of the digital video recorder. They mention that it is feature-rich, secure, and stable. Some appreciate the customization and reliability of the product. Overall, most are happy with the stability and performance of the device.

    "...It does exactly what I want it to at a very good cost. The quality, security, and customization that my Reolink/Synology setup has afforded me for a..." Read more

    "...better than QNAPs (as far as ease of use) but the QNAP box is a rock solid performer." Read more

    "Hardware is good. I'm just disappointed with how developed the software isn't...." Read more

    "A great surveillance NAS..." Read more

    3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the hardware of the digital video recorder. They mention that it is well-vetted, and the software is incredible. Some say that the hardware is excellent and the NVR software is better than QNAPs.

    "...This device provides all of that. The Synology NVR software is just excellent, and is camera brand agnostic, allowing you to pick and choose your..." Read more

    "...Synology's NVR software is excellent, better than QNAPs (as far as ease of use) but the QNAP box is a rock solid performer." Read more

    "Very good, if you optimize the camera and streaming configuration...." Read more

    6 customers mention2 positive4 negative

    Customers are mixed about the value of the digital video recorder. Some mention it's a wonderful value and cheap, while others say the license is too expensive for more than 4 cameras and the whole set up is pricey.

    "...Luckily, I only activated one of my 8 license packs for $400. Bam, money wasted, but hey I could I have opened the other and wasted almost a..." Read more

    "...If that fulfills your needs, this device is a wonderful value– where else are you going to get a brand-name NVR with proven, refined, supported, and..." Read more

    "...I bought this NVR1218 to replaced an existing NVR. The whole set up is pricey..." Read more

    "It was simple to set-up and cheaper than buying the licenses from Synology on another device...." Read more

    5 customers mention3 positive2 negative

    Customers have mixed opinions about the quality of the digital video recorder. Some say it's an excellent product, while others say it is a horrible device with poor quality and unreliable IP camera controller.

    "...It does exactly what I want it to at a very good cost. The quality, security, and customization that my Reolink/Synology setup has afforded me for a..." Read more

    "One word: SLOW! This thing is absolutely the slowest and most unreliable IP camera controller I have ever interfaced with...." Read more

    "This box is amazing! I installed it for a client with no internet access and it works like a charm...." Read more

    "...don't waste your $ on this..it is a horrible device." Read more

    6 customers mention0 positive6 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the speed of the digital video recorder. They mention that it can record at 4K but very slow, the throughput is only 30 FPS, and it's impossible to use over slower networks. The web UI is a touch laggy at times, and the video stutters and skips every other seconds.

    "...The web UI is a touch laggy at times, but it work reliably, and it is the remarkably good Synology software I have come to trust...." Read more

    "One word: SLOW! This thing is absolutely the slowest and most unreliable IP camera controller I have ever interfaced with...." Read more

    "...can record at 4k but very slow. For my purpose, 1080 is good enough.Wishlist:- facial recognition...." Read more

    "...I was wrong. it struggles to record at 1080P 30fps with default bitrate. it stutters and skips every other seconds unable to watch the recording...." Read more

    3 customers mention0 positive3 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the power of the digital video recorder. They mention that it is extremely underpowered, with a very low power processor and ram combo.

    "...This particular box is not really designed for that, it's a very low power processor (~7W with one disk)...." Read more

    "Great Idea! POORLY executed with VERY underpowered processor/ram Combo and no upgradability...." Read more

    "Feature-Rich, Secure and Stable, But Underpowered..." Read more

    Top reviews from the United States

    John Baker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great for an NVR, this is NOT a Synology NAS
    Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2020
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    This was bought specifically for the NVR functionality, which works great. It works with most network cameras you can find, from the expensive Hikvision to Amcrest to Reolink and all the way down to the $25 Wyze cameras. It even has an app that allows you to use your cell phone or tablet as a portable security camera that streams back to the NVR.

    If you are looking for any NAS functionality beyond basic drive shares, look elsewhere. This IS NOT A SYNOLOGY NAS. The version of DSM is heavily neutered and you only have access to 4 (or so) functionality apps outside of Surveillance Station. No Docker, VMs, Plex, etc... Almost all of the community apps fail to install as well.

    Finally, as some of you know, these boxes are quasi-linux based. So if you are comfortable with SSH and working via CLI then there are many more options open to you.

    ***Do not cheap out on the hard drives***

    The speed of the drives you purchase will dramatically affect your happiness with this (or any NAS) device. If you buy cheap WD Blue/Green drives, then the "maximum number of cameras" stated by Synology does not apply to you, you will get far less.

    I have deployed almost every version of non-rack Synology boxes, never had a single regret. They are solid products.
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    Jon W.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Feature-Rich, Secure and Stable, But Underpowered
    Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2020
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    The old cliche "good, fast, cheap: pick two" sums up this product. Here we have good and cheap. I have run Synology NAS devices for many years and have come to trust the extremely good reliability, customization, and security Synology products offer. This device provides all of that. The Synology NVR software is just excellent, and is camera brand agnostic, allowing you to pick and choose your cameras based on your specific application. The main catch to Synology Surveillance Station is that it requires an add-on per-camera license. This box includes a four-camera license. If that fulfills your needs, this device is a wonderful value– where else are you going to get a brand-name NVR with proven, refined, supported, and well-vetted software for this price?

    This sounds like a five star review so far, but there are some catches. The box is noticeably underpowered. It is adequately capable of running four cameras if you meticulously refine the camera settings. With my 5mp Reolink cameras, just one camera stream at max resolution is capable of pinning the processor at 100%. Of course, 2k at 30FPS is an absurdly high resolution for surveillance, and if that is what you are after, this is not the device for you. With it set to record four camera streams continuously at 640x480 10fps and throttle up to 1920x1080 24fps on event detection (camera-triggered), my setup runs happily and reliably. The web UI is a touch laggy at times, but it work reliably, and it is the remarkably good Synology software I have come to trust. Could this box really run 12 cameras, as it claims? I seriously doubt it, certainly not at a resolution most users would be satisfied with.

    The second catch is the license cost. The license at add another 4 cameras is $200. This license is migrate-able if you buy a new Synology device. In the context of high-end surveillance systems this cost isn't awful, but in the context of the remarkably cheap entry-level systems you might be looking at here on Amazon, that is a significant sum.

    Overall, I really like this device. It does exactly what I want it to at a very good cost. The quality, security, and customization that my Reolink/Synology setup has afforded me for a total cost of under $600 is remarkably, remarkably good. On the con side, I have serious doubts if there is much more room for expansion here, and it would cost $200 if I wanted to try.

    If you want to run four cameras or less, and can live without having the cameras set at maximum resolution full time, it is hard to beat the value and features this box offers.
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    Tim
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great for what it does!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2018
    Verified Purchase
    It was simple to set-up and cheaper than buying the licenses from Synology on another device. Plus I had a few spare HDDs laying around that made this an inexpensive purchase. Would do it again!
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    Tim Martin
    1.0 out of 5 stars DON'T BUY IF YOU INTEND TO USE MORE THAN 5 CAMERAS PER BOX!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2020
    Verified Purchase
    One word: SLOW! This thing is absolutely the slowest and most unreliable IP camera controller I have ever interfaced with. After switching to blue iris, my client is happy but was ultimately dissatisfied with the fact that I gave this product a chance in the first place. The support was sort of helpful, but they really just told me to buy 2-3 more of these devices even though they are advertised to support up to 10 cameras each.

    Video stuttering, failed recordings, lackluster event detection, my goodness the list goes on. Please save yourself the money and trouble and skip it unless you live in a 200sqf box with 2 cameras at most running off it. Don't even get me started on DS Cam which is almost as bad as those RC video cars from the early 2000s.

    Luckily, I only activated one of my 8 license packs for $400. Bam, money wasted, but hey I could I have opened the other and wasted almost a thousand just on stupidity.

    Buy a cheap used *real server* and throw blue iris or other software on it and be done with the job. What a waste of time.
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    Shawn Hughes
    3.0 out of 5 stars out of production, not getting DSM v7, onboard HDMI unable to output HEVC H.265 (only H.264)
    Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2022
    Verified Purchase
    Overall Synology + Surveillance Station are good packages. The NVR1218 works pretty well, though, seems under powered (CPU utilization spikes pretty high during any use of the web UI), though if configured with cameras doing most of the work (motion detection, etc), then it's got plenty of CPU for just recording. Biggest disappointment was the onboard HDMI: the reason I purchased the NVR vs Disk Station, and yet, it's unable to output modern HEVC video to an attached monitor. Even if Synology had paid for the H.265 license, expect they would have needed to include a much faster CPU. To later learn this model won't be upgraded to DSM 7 is the icing on the cake. I expect certain other NAS vendors to abandon their hardware. I expected better from Synology. c'est la vie
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    aw
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great surveillance NAS
    Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2020
    Verified Purchase
    I suspect many of the lower reviews here are expecting to be able to do motion detection on the NAS itself. This particular box is not really designed for that, it's a very low power processor (~7W with one disk). Ideally you want to use this NAS for cameras that can do motion detection themselves. In that configuration this surveillance NAS is unbeatable, it's low power and does exactly what it's supposed to without an hard dependency on a cloud provider. If you want to record 24x7 and have your data local and don't want to DIY a solution, this is it.
    6 people found this helpful
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    dem
    5.0 out of 5 stars Compact and light.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2017
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    Very easy to set up. Works the first time. Can access from smart phone.
    3 people found this helpful
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    Steve Souza
    1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible
    Reviewed in Canada on July 10, 2021
    Verified Purchase
    I will never buy another Synology product for personal or professional use because I purchased the latest cameras and they didn't work with the unit. Customer service was piss poor its been over 3 months and still no camera update. Waste of money.
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    Nano
    5.0 out of 5 stars C est un NVR et pas un NAS !
    Reviewed in France on July 1, 2022
    Verified Purchase
    Simple embarque 4 licences camera nativement (2 de plus que les NAS)
    Pas evolutif en DSM7
    Peu de paquets disponibles par rapport à un NAS.
    Pour moins cher qu un pack 4 licences vous avez un NVR en plus.
    Ideal en complement d un Nas Synology pour le dedier a la video surveillance.
    Seul bémol la nature du revetement du boitier type peau de peche qui accroche la poussiere. Pourquoi n avoir pas reutilisé ceux des NAS du meme format ?!
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    Famm
    5.0 out of 5 stars Warum habe ich so lange gewartet!
    Reviewed in Germany on June 30, 2020
    Verified Purchase
    Auf meinem Grundstück betreibe ich 8 IP-Kameras verschiedener Hersteller und Generationen (Reolink, Hikvision).

    Zuvor hatte ich einen Hikvision NVR im Einsatz. Der war zwar günstig in der Anschaffung, aber dafür auch inkompatibel mit modernen Browsern und mancher Kamera, bzw. es wurden auch nie alle Modi aller Kameras unterstützt, teilweise ging auch ohne Flash Player(!) gar nichts. An anderen Orten hatte ich ähnliche "günstige" NVR von z.B. Amcrest, mit den gleichen Kinderkrankheiten im Einsatz. Die grundsätzlichen Funktionen funktionierten mehr oder weniger, aber ich war nie ganz zufrieden. Nun war plötzlich mein Hikvision NVR nicht mehr ansprechbar und ich sah mich nach Ersatz um.

    Kurz gesagt: Ich könnte mit diesem Synology NVR glücklicher nicht sein. All meine Kameras funktionieren endlich komfortabel über den Webbrowser, sogar die PTZ-Funktionen wurden integriert. Ich kann am Desktop/Laptop, oder auch sehr schnell unterwegs über das Handy mit der App "DS cam" alle Kameras live und flüssig betrachten, steuern und Aufzeichnungen blitzschnell durchsuchen. Ein modernes System, das für mich keine Wünsche offen lässt.

    Einziger Kritikpunkt: Der Synology NVR1218 F kommt mit Lizenzen für lediglich 4 Kameras, obwohl bis zu 12 Stück untersützt werden. Zusatzlizenzen gibt es auch über Amazon, diese sind gefühlt allerdings schon etwas teuer. Aber für gute Qualität und vor allem fortlaufenden Support und Updates zahle ich am Ende gerne, von daher ist das eigentlich schon in Ordnung.
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    George Liu
    5.0 out of 5 stars NVR1218 has 4 default licenses for Cameras
    Reviewed in Australia on May 21, 2022
    Verified Purchase
    It is really easy to set it up with all cameras, remotely with Wifi or cable POE, more importantly I have managed to combine these 4 cameras into DS1621 surveillance station with default 2 cameras by using CMS, all together 6 cameras surveillance monitoring on my iPhone app. The weak point is that the Synology surveillance station 9.0 software is a mature, it is all right for basic function cameras, once you have PTZ or multi mode cameras, they can’t NOT tuned in the Synology app. So it is useless when you can control them of their full function and night vision also would not auto turn on, if You are using professional devices surveillance system, cameras and NVR, you would be better to stick with the professional devices, this Synology NVR is good for fun and play with left over cameras in hand just like I did.
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    George Liu
    5.0 out of 5 stars NVR1218 has 4 default licenses for Cameras
    Reviewed in Australia on May 21, 2022
    It is really easy to set it up with all cameras, remotely with Wifi or cable POE, more importantly I have managed to combine these 4 cameras into DS1621 surveillance station with default 2 cameras by using CMS, all together 6 cameras surveillance monitoring on my iPhone app. The weak point is that the Synology surveillance station 9.0 software is a mature, it is all right for basic function cameras, once you have PTZ or multi mode cameras, they can’t NOT tuned in the Synology app. So it is useless when you can control them of their full function and night vision also would not auto turn on, if You are using professional devices surveillance system, cameras and NVR, you would be better to stick with the professional devices, this Synology NVR is good for fun and play with left over cameras in hand just like I did.
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    たけまる
    5.0 out of 5 stars これはいい
    Reviewed in Japan on December 10, 2021
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    パナソニックのバカ高いレコーダー買うよりも断然おすすめです。
    タイムラインだったかな？この機能はめっちゃいい。onvif対応カメラならなんでも登録出来るところもおすすめです。主要でない某メーカーのカメラも登録出来ました。

    ホットスワップ対応でなかったのが少し残念です。
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