Very likely to be honest. Just be prepared to wait a while knowing that Amazon could cancel your order at anytime! good luck though if you do decide to purchase :smirk:

Heat added Frank...night again :laughing:

Night Maccy. I`m off to bed soon :laughing:<3

They've also released the DS116 new single bay drive with some updated hardware which i want to get hold of - I've got the DS115 but it'll be nice to upgrade.

Just need the money first!

I'm that tired, but the lure of a good film is just too much :laughing:

8tb here http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Asustor-AS-202T-8TB-Desktop-2-x-4TB-HGST-3-5-7200rpm-nas-drive-NEW-/282040563183?hash=item41aaed75ef%3Ag%3AUbsAAOSw6oBXE6Ve&_trkparms=pageci%253A04fc214c-2778-11e6-bb92-74dbd18061b8%257Cparentrq%253A08c0f5971550a60cd80788cbffff2885%257Ciid%253A4

Asus and Synology aren't really in the same league. Synology are the 'Apple' of NAS drives. Asus would be about at least 3rd or 4th.

fair enough lol I just seen the 8tb

This will get cancelled.

I'm only getting the 4tb one at that price.

Follow this link

definitely a strange one...all drives 2,4,6&8TB are £321.94 price was £546 :confused:

"Usually dispatched within 2 - 4 weeks", so plenty time for them to cancel :-(

good deal shame its not a qnap with hdmi out

i have virgin broadband, will it allow remote access to this device? dont think its as powerful as the ts-253a

good price for the drives though

Do Amazon take payment on dispatch?


You can stream most media to a chromecast, Xbox etc. Remote access should work fine.

Yes they do

Cheers.

What's the likelihood of them cancelling a pricing error like this?

Very likely to be honest. Just be prepared to wait a while knowing that Amazon could cancel your order at anytime! good luck though if you do decide to purchase :smirk:

Talked to CS, apparently they don't take payment until dispatch, so I've ordered one just on the off chance it's honoured :stuck_out_tongue:

Speaking of which, anyone want to buy a Synology DS215j with 2 x 3TB WD Reds? :smirk:

4TB is now that price - 8TB is £539.95 - misprice deal over I think plus probably a few cancellations !

Could I use this As a plex server?

Thanks, ordered too. Fingers crossed!

Yes, I use my DS213 as a Plex server

No problems transcoding?

Reviews not great. But are generally known to be good drives (like the Ds216j)

Ordered. Hopefully honoured but not holding out

Am I looking at this the right way?
Synology DS216+ 8 TB
comes with 2 x 4TB drives?
DS216+/8TB-RED is the product code and according to other sites it is 2 x 4tb
price is still the same.

BUT... the 2TB and 4TB are still £321

Sounds likely to get cancelled. Great NASes though - pricey, but you get what you pay for and don't end up buying a new one in a couple of years. I have a 6 year old DS210j and it's still going strong and still getting software updates! With all the updates it's had it's a much different NAS now to what it was 6 years ago.

No problems at all, Plex encodes through the software as opposed to the HW so it works perfectly.

A 2 bay enclosure with 8TB included storage uses 2x4TB disks.

You can run them in RAID 0, RAID 1 or JBOD.

Absolute steal at this price, worth a punt.

Flubit came back at £314.28

Price changed now

Price now £539.95. Looks like it's been spotted & corrected.

No idea about what you have said, it's not accurate.

I expect this will be fine for one HD stream or two at a stretch. But not sure there is a Nas on the market that could handle more streams than that at the same time (hardware limitation)...

Anyway one stream is possibly all that is required for the majority of users, who knows.

Use this link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B01DUZWWDO/ref=olp_f_new?ie=UTF8&f_freeShipping=true&f_new=true&mv_size_name=all&tag=ho01f-21

Looks like it's this price for the $TB and 6TB versions now

Get your orders in.:smile:

Can't find the price in the deal, seems to be 539.95£ now.

Yeah it looks like the 8TB model is sold out. The 6TB and even 4TB versions for that price are still a very good deal.

Actual Nerd here. Good price, couldn't build it for that.

2TB 4TB and 6TB are all now this price (£321.94) + Free delivery

Good deal. I have opted for the 8TB but delivery is 3 weeks so as has been said before, plenty of time for them to cancel. Was tempted to go for the 4TB as it was for delivery tomorrow and still an excellent price... Ah well, time will tell...

Oh round things....wasn't too sure from the description on Amazon so went for the 6TB one as couldn't decide whether the 8TB contained one 8TB drive or 2 X 4TB drives and figured there was such a big difference in costs between the cost of a single 6TB and 8TB drive that the 6TB worked out at the more affordable option at the moment...now wishing I'd gone with the 8TB one if it does in fact contain 2 X 4TB drives...admittedly it's probably not going to matter a toss anyway when they cancel the damned thing and I've wasted several hours of my life agonising over which one to go for in the middle of the night...lol...

And yes I apologise to all as I've just realised how confusing the above is...I blame sleep deprivation :confused:

Update. Just had my 8TB order cancelled...

My order has also been cancelled

Mine been cancelled too

Have just ordered the 6TB for £321 so see how that goes (currently OOS)

Yup cancelled, oh well!

Cancelled :disappointed:

so this is overpriced and unsupported after 2 years?

I have been hunting for this for awhile. Last week they had a refurb ds716 no disk unit for £290 and should have pulled the trigger. Currently own the DS211 and its probably the best piece of IT equipment I have ever bought. If you are thinking about it, they are worth the money. As for being the Apple of NAS's, probably a fair point, but I would argue their prices are more reasonable

Synology NAS boxes are not a great choice for Plex if you need transcoding. You're better off with a NUC box (or an old PC) if you need transcoding . I find XBMC/Kodi works better if you have large .mkvs. Synology NAS are a good choice if your media is already encoded in a Plex-friendly format, otherwise it's a pain.

Don't know if it's any help to any of you but Amazon haven't changed the price for the 2TB/4TB/6TB from £321.94 yet...would have thought they would have done this by now particularly for the 6TB version...it's status has also changed from temporarily out of stock to dispatched within 2-4 weeks and is still available to order for £321.94 if anyone was still after one especially those of you that have had the 8TB version cancelled.

Just to add to what Tigger has highlighted... As I mentioned I had the 8TB version cancelled, and I then ordered the 6TB version at the same price. Had email from them today giving an updated delivery between 2-3 weeks, with no query on the price.

Is there a maximum to the size of hdd each bay can take?

Think the maximum per drive is 8TB so total of 16TB.

Thanks I noticed that too and have got an order in for the 6TB version, lets see how that pans out. :smiley:

Long time lurker, this deal had to make me register to say thanks to Frank30 , ordered the 6tb and it arrived today for £321...been looking for this specifically for 4+ months, many thanks Frank, hope this means others receive theirs as well!

Your most welcome! enjoy :smirk:

Did you receive 2x3 tb or 1x6tb disk capacity ?

Haven't opened the box yet but fully expect 2x3gb, will report back

I've had the 8tb cancelled so I've put a order in for the 6tb. 2 to 4 week wait

Noticed that Amazon have finally changed the prices...6TB version now £450.04, 4TB £430.11, 2TB £380.28...

Not heard anything about my order yet but the 6TB version is back to showing as temporarily out of stock...was regretting not going for the 8TB version but quite glad I didn't now seeing as they were cancelled...maybe too much of a loss for Amazon to accept willingly although its not as if they couldn't afford to especially with the way their prices fluctuate normally...admittedly I'll not be surprised if the 6TB and 4TB are eventually cancelled.

I still haven't had my order for the 6tb cancelled but not holding out much hope.

Sorry for delayed response, finally had time to crack open the box, it is as expected 2x 3tb drives for the 6tb model, fingers crossed for everyone to receive theirs!

Was just having a check on my order to see if any change regarding delivery date...still showing as temporarily out of stock but happened to notice that Amazon is no longer listed as a seller for the 6TB version so not sure if this is a sign of things to come i.e. cancellations :confused:

It's been like that for days, doesn't mean anything other than it being out of stock.

Know it has been showing on my order as temporarily out of stock for days but Amazon were definitely still showing as a seller of the 6TB version for £450 (and so many pennies) on the item page itself last night but are now no longer listed as a seller of it....mind you wonder what the hell they're up to with their NAS pricing as been quite a few at mis-prices recently...the QNAP one was suddenly available again at £247.99 and then they promptly cancelled all orders for it a second time.

Whey hey have received a dispatch notice today from Amazon for the 6TB version...totally over the moon and well chuffed as I'd been looking for a reasonably priced NAS for a while and this one is certainly better than what I was originally going to be able to get...a HUGE HUGE thank you to you OP as I'm one very very happy tigger :innocent:

Your most welcome! Glad they dispatched it :wink:

​Did you receive your order?

Yes...it arrived on Friday although the predicted date was next Tuesday so has arrived earlier than expected :smile:

Don't know if it's any help but I ordered about 5.43am on 1st of June and it was showing as Temporarily out of stock at that point.

​That's good to hear. Mine hasn't been cancelled yet so I'm still hoping there's a chance it'll be dispatched. Have you set it up yet? Any tips you could share setting it up as I'm new to Nas drives just incase mine ever turns up.

My order for a 6Tb model has just been cancelled after weeks of waiting. :disappointed: Gutted.

Same, expected dispatch date was today but I received this email instead

"We regret to inform you that we have been unable to source the following item:

"Synology DS216+ 6 TB 2 Bay Desktop Network Attached Storage Unit"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01B8FG34M

Our supplier has informed us that this item is no longer available. This item has now been cancelled and we can confirm that you have not been charged for it.

Please accept our apologies for any disappointment or inconvenience caused."

My flubit order is still alive, but I had even less hope for that to go through.

Congrats for those fast people that got it, use it well.

Mines been cancelled also. Devastated

Mine was cancelled this morning, although Amazon could have done this sooner...
It was still showing as 'expected today' at 7am. Then just after 7.15am, cancelled.